Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[Goofyernmost]

51 years ago yesterday (the 16th) it was -36 degrees F in Vermont and that didn't include any "feels like" numbers back then. I remember it because that was the morning just a few hours after my daughter was born. I had left my wife and the baby for them to rest and I went home for the same reason. When I went to go back to the hospital, my car (a 1970 Buick Skylark) wouldn't start. Not because of the car but because I neglected to put a new battery in it when I knew it was getting weak.

However, the car did have almost 100K miles on it. I had bought it new when I returned from Vietnam. Other than that morning it was one of the most dependable cars I ever owned. However, Vermont winters took it's toll and rust began to take charge. I still hung onto it for another two years before it just was not going to last much longer and at that time had a two year old and a two month old. In todays world 100K is barely broken in but back them the average car life was about 75K. By the time I traded it in it had almost 120k on it and I drove it to the dealer, it was still running quite well but the body was falling off. I see so many 1970 cars in those auctions, but by then it would have been a frame up restoration that included a frame and tires. I don't think that can be called a restoration. That is building a new 1970 Buick Skylark from a collection of left over 70' Buick parts both new and fabricated.

 

[Goofyernmost]

The past handful of years we've had a week seemingly every January with these temps. I don't remember them when I was younger.

Memories at your age are just vague things that float around. It isn't until you get older that you see and read about what they were really like. I have pictures of snow banks higher than the roof line of our house. We used to play king of the hill on them climbing up and sliding down on our butts.

I also remember snow storms, especially in January and February where we would get a fairly thick snow cover and then it would rain creating a thick crust with a semi-solid service that you could use a railed sled and slide down our lengthy front yard. The part that made the situation really bad was that snow removal wasn't nearly as good as it is today. One of the things that is clearer in my head was in spite of that there were very few snow days. When I think about how much I enjoyed winter back then I wonder why we weren't all sent to a child psychiatrist. As a much wiser adult we realize just how evil winter actually is!