I'm amazed I don't remember much about the awful heat and humidity I would have had to sleep with as a kid. Jesus, some nights I step outdoors and 11PM it's still 90F and 90% humidity.
It's simply awful.
What I do remember is having to go to bed when it was still daylight to get up for school the next day. That was freaking miserable.
I don't know if we were above or below average income wise back then. We lived frugally because dad was buying farm land and then as now, it was a risky thing to do. Almost lost everything when severe medical problems hit with no health insurance in the latter 60s. As I recall, a $30,000 hospital bill was a staggering problem in those days. One ray of light in that disaster was a bill for only $100 from the main doctor at the hospital. My recollection of how that happened doesn't jibe with older sis's so Idunno.
Our cars were 4 door chevy's. I recall an Impala and a Bel Air. Dad's first pickup was cheap and some of his family thought it was a stupid thing to buy. Dad reminded them of that every time they asked to borrow it.
One fad we succumbed to was in the early 70s when vinyl tops came into vogue, we had to go to Omaha and waste an entire afternoon having the damn thing put on. As I recall it was $70 and a rare frill for our operation. The damn top had bubbles too, and we had to go back several times to have it fixed.
When I was a senior I was allowed to buy a car ($2000!) and boy was that a great thing. 2 cars worked really well. I loved running errands and I was put to work as a gopher. When I was in college Dad (!!) heard the local car dealer had a near new trade in of a car he thought was better than the one I had picked.
LOL, Dad wasn't up on cars too well; the car he referred me to was a Camaro. It had AC and a 350 V8. The dealer allowed what I had paid for my first car as a trade in (it was in good shape) and I LOVED the Camaro. I was 'out' at college, and having a Camaro was a good thing. Wish I still had it . . . . .
It's simply awful.
What I do remember is having to go to bed when it was still daylight to get up for school the next day. That was freaking miserable.
I don't know if we were above or below average income wise back then. We lived frugally because dad was buying farm land and then as now, it was a risky thing to do. Almost lost everything when severe medical problems hit with no health insurance in the latter 60s. As I recall, a $30,000 hospital bill was a staggering problem in those days. One ray of light in that disaster was a bill for only $100 from the main doctor at the hospital. My recollection of how that happened doesn't jibe with older sis's so Idunno.
Our cars were 4 door chevy's. I recall an Impala and a Bel Air. Dad's first pickup was cheap and some of his family thought it was a stupid thing to buy. Dad reminded them of that every time they asked to borrow it.
One fad we succumbed to was in the early 70s when vinyl tops came into vogue, we had to go to Omaha and waste an entire afternoon having the damn thing put on. As I recall it was $70 and a rare frill for our operation. The damn top had bubbles too, and we had to go back several times to have it fixed.
When I was a senior I was allowed to buy a car ($2000!) and boy was that a great thing. 2 cars worked really well. I loved running errands and I was put to work as a gopher. When I was in college Dad (!!) heard the local car dealer had a near new trade in of a car he thought was better than the one I had picked.
LOL, Dad wasn't up on cars too well; the car he referred me to was a Camaro. It had AC and a 350 V8. The dealer allowed what I had paid for my first car as a trade in (it was in good shape) and I LOVED the Camaro. I was 'out' at college, and having a Camaro was a good thing. Wish I still had it . . . . .
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