It is
the hour before midnight, on the harsh, gray flat asphalt road along the
banks of one of the Great Lakes . A truck races by like a
shadow, the moon glowing behind a small house. The car swiftly goes on
by, the dim light from the fogy night: --moon penetrating through the
fog onto the tuck and house, where a man is standing by the road; --
music is heard coming from the car, Rock & Roll, as this stranger
standing by the road, a man in a red plaid shirt, he stands erect, as if
he was Paul Bunion; standing in-between the road and the house as a
truck races by.
The world has changed a lot. Most people
don't know the names of all the cars on the market. Two cars in a family
is common. People are busy and don't want to take the time to shop for
that perfect car. Families with kids want SUV's. Everyone wants energy
efficiency. Instead of asking how much horse power, people are asking
how many miles per gallon.
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than enough power when I try going up hills, which is everyday where I
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gold especially if you are in the position where you have to tow a
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Considering cost of
living in her area in the seventies, her income was suitable. A new home
could be purchased for $25,000. A postage stamp rose from $0.06 in 1970
to $0.15 in 1979. I asked my mother if she could recall some prices of
the decade. She remembered bread being $0.29, gas $0.74 a gallon, candy
bars $0.05, soft drinks $0.10-0.15 a bottle in the early seventies and
in the late seventies prices started to rise. She remembered cigarettes
costing $1.00 a pack, cracker $0.29, milk $1.00 and most canned goods
$0.10. The dark
figure standing, staring by the street, is noticed by the two men in the
front seat of the truck, they stare but keep going, --trees blowing to
his right and left, the waves of the Great Lake of Superior, makes a
humming sound, and everything else, as if you were in the middle of a
hurricane, the stranger stands erect yet, never moving. He sees the eyes
of the passenger in the Ford-truck, a small figure, a man of about
forty, the driver calls him Skip, and he hears that. The taller man at
the wheel, his arms are solid, and frozen to the wheel, is called Amery,
for some reason you know he knows that.
I had just started on another beer when someone dropped a few
coins in the juke box. The music was bad country. To my utter disgust
the first song that played was that "I want to stick a boot up your
butt" super-patriotic, ultra-jingoist thing by the guy in the
buy truck new or used commercials. The people around me began to sing
along loudly. If you've made it this far, you're a few steps away from
$3,500 or $4,500 and a new, more environmentally-friendly car. No need
to register-the official website explains all you need to do is head to
a local car dealer. The national program runs off a $1 billion fund.
Once the money runs out or we hit the month of November, you're on your
own. No one, NO ONE is going to read a
three-page attorney biography. Though they may be proud of their
accomplishments, attorneys need to realize the importance of being clear
and succinct. Have the attorneys sit down with copies of their bio and
take the time to update and edit what's there. From cases to clubs and
organizations, limit the information and focus on what the attorney can
do for a new client, not what they have done for old ones. However, if you would like to get more out of the auto
museum, you may also want to purchase the Auburn Inn overnight package
which is for $129.99 but this would be good for two people already.