Snow Day! 1966

"I remember..."  

Ahhhh. what a great way to start a poem, short story, or a post dinner time with wine/beer and friends.  The fact that I am older and the older memories come easier than the ones from last week make these stories more interesting (for me at least!)  Here's one that may start a chain on the Big Board during these first snowy days of Winter 2015-16:

Back in high school, Springfield High School, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, (year? - 1966) when we were at that perfect age of 17-18, we couldn't wait for the snow to cancel school.  Especially on a Friday!  FOUR of us would get into Bob Fazzzina's VW bug and drive over to a certain package store where we would easily bribe a certain favorite adult to buy us beer.  With a full case of Budweiser or Schmidts we would then go out and patrol for drivers stuck in the snow.  When we found them we would all jump out of the car and bodily lift or push them and their car out of the drift or snowbank.  There were several different results:

1. They would open their window and thank us profusely, sometimes with cash,
2. They would stop the car, get out and thank us,
3. They would spin their wheels, covering us with snow and slush and just drive off!

Hoping for the first option, we would then go buy more beer and continue our good samaritan adventures. All of this took place in small towns just North of Philadelphia like Flourtown, Oreland, Erdenheim, Wyndmoor, and Chestnut Hill (these were the big tippers)

When Bob's VW got stuck, the four of us could easily lift it up and push it forward.  Remember the bumpers?  Perfect handles!

If we couldn't find anyone, two guys would hang on to the rear bumpers and Bob would take off and drag us around until someone fell off.  Great times to remember!

Tom C - Lincolnville Beach, Maine - 12/30/15

 (time to go out and snow-blow the driveway...soon)