Happy Tuesday to all. Tomorrow is my follow up visit to the Eye Doc after my second surgery. I think things are going well this time, I can see things, fuzzy but can see things.

I went out to the mailbox this morning, it was still a little dark, you know before the sun comes up, and I could see the car, and driveway, and mailbox. I could see the trees and the outline of the house across the street.

On Good Morning America this morning, they had an interview with a woman, who in the 60's became pregnant. She gave her child up for adoption, and after 30 years the mother and son have been reunited. She signed up to be contacted if her child, now a 30 year old doctor wanted to find her.

Now they have a advertising campaign to try and find the father. They have ad's in the paper and the TV coverage should help also.

I remember the 60's, and for those of you too young here is a little from my rusty memory.

1. If you were a young lady and were not married after finishing high school or age 19, you were considered an old maid.

2. If you were pregnant and not married, you gave the child up for adoption, or a family member raised the young one. There were very few single parents.

3. Guys went to school, graduated, got a job if they didn't already have one, and worried about the draft.

4. "The Draft" not the kind that came from under the door or a poorly fitting window, we are talking about the military and Vietnam.

5. Guys learned one thing early, If you couldn't back up your mouth with your fists, you kept your mouth shut! You didn't solve problems with a drive by shooting.

6. Remember rule 5 and you were safe to go just about anyplace anytime with no problems.

7. The 60's were a time for Peace and Love, and there was a whole different feel to the world. Sure we still had our problems, but it was a great time to be young.

8. Gas! Gas prices were low, I can remember gas for about .25 cents a gallon. Pat and I use to drive her two sisters on Saturday night to the local teen dance in the next town. We use to charge them $1 each and we would buy $2 worth of gas with it when we needed gas and it almost filled the tank.

9. Car prices. In 1968 I got my Job on the Railroad, and I remember telling Pat after receiving my first few checks, "What are we going to do with all this money!?!" I was making $24.66 a day!
We went out and bought a 1968 Chevy Malibu. Price? If I remember correctly it had a sticker price of $3200 on it, and I think after my trade in I got it for about $2900.

10. Holidays. Christmas, New Years day, Easter, they were a time for family and friends, there wasn't any gas stations open even. I can remember Pat and my first Easter. We thought it would be different to go out to dinner. After visiting my family, then Pats family we went out to find someplace to eat. All we could find was a Shakey's Pizza. There we were, Me in my suit, Pat in her pastel Yellow dress with matching jacket, eating pizza.

Time to go wash the van,,,,




Peace and love!