Subj : Re: Good old days To : Dale Shipp From : Dave Drum Date : Mon Oct 17 2022 05:49:00 -=> Dale Shipp wrote to Dave Drum <=- DS> Although at our age, we sometimes talk about the old days -- we are DS> glad that they are in our rear view mirror:-}} DD> I tell people that the "Best thing about the good-old-days is that DD> they're gone." Our rear-view mirrors do not often give us a clear DD> picture of what was. We tend to remember fondly the enjoyable parts DD> and elide the bummers. DD> A customer was griping about the price of gasoline yesterday. DD> Mentioning that when he began driving it was just 25c/gallon. DS> In the summer of 1963 I had my first real job on the economy. I worked DS> for a research contractor near the Buffalo airport. My wife, Gail, DS> worked as a typist for Dun & Bradstreet in Buffalo proper. We rented DS> an apartment near her work and I commuted the 10+ miles to my job. DS> That summer there were frequent gas price wars. The price of gas would DS> creep down from $0.26 per gallon to $0.13 per gallon, and then shoot DS> back up to $0.26. I noticed that the sudden price jump happened in DS> Buffalo before it happened at the airport area -- and so I took that as DS> the signal to fill the tank near the airport. In this area fuel prices drift downward during the week a penny or two at a time .... sometimes (not often) in biger increments. Then about noon on Tuesday they all jump back up by a substantial amount. We've learned, those of us who pay attention, that Monday evening is usually the best time to tank-up. DD> So I asked him, "What were you making per hour back then? And how long DD> did your car last before it was junk?" Ooooops. DD> When we were young it was an exceptional car that lasted past 100K DD> miles. Today I am driving a car that has 235K miles on the odometer DD> and is still going strong. DS> Neither of our previous two cars reached 70K miles, but that was DS> because of low driving mileage and not any problem. They were 20 DS> and 17 years old and still in great shape. They are still going, though. Just not under your ownership. DD> The roads, of course, weren't as smooth back then - so they took a DD> toll on your machinery as well as your nerves. DS> That was very true when we lived in Pittsburgh. They still had trolley DS> tracks then and they could do quite a job on the alignment and DS> suspension. I've lived in/near cities w/trolley service but the crossings were, for the most part, fairly smooth. Springfield, currently is crossed by no less than five railroads. BNSF, Norfolk Southern, CSX, Illinois & Midland, and the now defunct Illinois Terminal. There is a multi-year, multi billion dollar, railroad relocation effort nearing completion that will consolidat ALL rail lines into a single North/South corridor with viaducts or overpasses for nearly all grade crossings. Former roadbeds will be paved for streets or given over to "green space" and tree hugging activities. And a major passenger transport hub is being built which will serve Amtrak, metro bus, and intercity/state bus customers. I have yet to learn what will be done with the current Amtrak station with its Fred Harvey restaurant that has been in place more than 100 years. springfieldrailroad.com/newsite MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Fred Harvey Railroad Coleslaw Categories: Salads, Greens, Vegetables Yield: 18 Servings 3 lb Thin shredded cabbage 1 lg Bell pepper; fine diced 2 lg Onions; chopped fine 2 lg Carrots; shredded 1 c Sugar MMMMM--------------------------DRESSING------------------------------- 1 c Oil 1 c Cider vinegar 2 tb Sugar 1 ts Salt 1 tb Celery seed Heat to boiling oil, vinegar, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt and celery seed. In large bowl combine cabbage, pepper, onion, carrots and mix with 1 cup sugar. Immediately pour hot dressing over vegetables. Chill overnight. RECIPE FROM: http://www.cooks.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... "A roll of the dice will never abolish chance." -- Stephane Mallarme --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12) .