And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Looks like all the neighborhood kids are in the car
Back then, one dad could afford to buy for all the neighbors kids. Now, he's lucky he can afford to buy for his own one child. FJB. And F the entire uniparty going back a hundred years.
This was a common sight when I was growing up in the 60’s. Cub Scout den mothers,little league coaches.neighborhood dads or moms when they took us for ice cream etc. but the best was when one of the parents had the Cadillac of station wagon., which was the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser.
Seventeen kids in the Club Wagon. They were small kids, of course. Grade schoolers. Random neighborhood kids: can we have a ride home? Mom: "OK". ~ Doctor Weasel
Half the fun of the ride was mashing your fellow passengers in the back when the driver went around a corner, etc. GREAT TIMES. They've destroyed childhood, the teenage years, and now adulthood. So happy I'm on the downhill stretch and that I got to see the wonderful 60s and 70s as a kid.
Rode in the seat facing rearward most of the time. Completely untouchable from that vantage point as my Dad couldn't begin to reach that far. The only complaint was the exhaust from the car would draft back in through the back window. If all up front windows were closed and the rear window down you sucked fumes.
My folks bought a new Oldsmobile in 1963, my dad picked it up in Michigan, drove to Pennsylvania and got us at my mom's house then we drove back to San Fran for the trip back to Hawaii. That car had seat belts, the first time I'd (or my little sister) had seen them. I can remember that trip AND the seat belts really well...I can still hear my dad saying "put the seat belt back on!"
All of my childhood, my family had two cars. One was always a station wagon. I think that it was a '52 Chevy that had three seats. I always sat in the "way back."
looks like my old neighborhood bunch when one of the dads would take us all to the rootbeer stand. 60's. his treat too!
ReplyDeleteBack then, one dad could afford to buy for all the neighbors kids. Now, he's lucky he can afford to buy for his own one child. FJB. And F the entire uniparty going back a hundred years.
DeleteSNUFFY: I am not "bad mouthing" your father, but I am a firm believer in the Seven P's ... Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
DeleteNeighbors? Looks like my family in the 60s.
ReplyDeleteYes… my cousins and my sis, bro and I stuffed into a mash rambler wagon and go to the beach!
DeleteWe sat in the tray.
ReplyDeleteThis was a common sight when I was growing up in the 60’s. Cub Scout den mothers,little league coaches.neighborhood dads or moms when they took us for ice cream etc. but the best was when one of the parents had the Cadillac of station wagon., which was the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser.
ReplyDeleteMe & six siblings (6 boys!) packed into a 1958 Mercury Voyager wagon. Still a beautiful car!
ReplyDeleteThat could've been my family driving down the road, except in a Vista Cruiser, and one less kid than in the pic.
ReplyDeleteSeventeen kids in the Club Wagon. They were small kids, of course. Grade schoolers. Random neighborhood kids: can we have a ride home? Mom: "OK".
ReplyDelete~ Doctor Weasel
Half the fun of the ride was mashing your fellow passengers in the back when the driver went around a corner, etc. GREAT TIMES. They've destroyed childhood, the teenage years, and now adulthood. So happy I'm on the downhill stretch and that I got to see the wonderful 60s and 70s as a kid.
ReplyDeleteRode in the seat facing rearward most of the time. Completely untouchable from that vantage point as my Dad couldn't begin to reach that far. The only complaint was the exhaust from the car would draft back in through the back window. If all up front windows were closed and the rear window down you sucked fumes.
ReplyDeleteMy folks bought a new Oldsmobile in 1963, my dad picked it up in Michigan, drove to Pennsylvania and got us at my mom's house then we drove back to San Fran for the trip back to Hawaii.
ReplyDeleteThat car had seat belts, the first time I'd (or my little sister) had seen them. I can remember that trip AND the seat belts really well...I can still hear my dad saying "put the seat belt back on!"
All of my childhood, my family had two cars. One was always a station wagon. I think that it was a '52 Chevy that had three seats. I always sat in the "way back."
ReplyDeleteWe had a '62 Country Squire with wood paneling sides. Then we graduated to a "71 Dodge Monaco wagon - the lap of luxury. 8 of us.
ReplyDelete