Word: dad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have been wondering what Hinsdale thought about Carter and energy, as if I didn't know: there, where worth is evaluated by the size of the car, the number (in my day) of cashmere sweaters the girls owned, if Dad let you drive the Cadillac to high school. Where three years ago every kid in town seemed to own a Schwinn bicycle-built-for-two. Yes, lovely Hinsdale will pay for energy rather than conserve it. Status, you know. And the rest of us will pay for the Hinsdales of the country...
...main thing is you've got to tell Dad to stop telling those World War II stories of his, that Willie and Joe stuff from the old cartoons. I mean, it's so out of date you wouldn't believe, I mean, ancient. Like, let me explain...
...made E/4 today-in Dad's time they called it corporal-and perhaps to help me celebrate, they issued us new helmets, made of one of the latest fibers -"Kevlar." It's very light and is supposed to be strong enough to turn away high-velocity frags like it was armor plate or something. The only trouble is, it looks like those coal scuttles the Germans wore in World War I. And I'm not so sure you could make stew...
...daughter. After dinner, about 8:45 p.m., Frank said he had to see someone who was buying our '74 Cadillac. He said to wait for him at the Golden Coach Restaurant. When he didn't come back by 10 p.m., my son said, 'If I know Dad, he fell asleep in front...
...year of Little League baseball, and my high school in Kentucky, Walton-Verona, isn't far from Cincinnati. It was full of baseball freaks and basketball freaks. But I liked horses. They're creatures of habit and smarter than most people think. My mother trains horses and my dad's a blacksmith, and they have some acreage, so I grew up with horses and horse people. It takes me about five minutes now to get the feel of a new horse. I love New York racing. I love riding the well-bred horses, the high-grade horses here...