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Rockwell's Illustration (above!)NOT Rockwell's words (below!) |
"Heh, heh, so boy
you think $22 is
high price for
dish of ice
cream?
Boy, just wait until you see
How much it cost, for me
to not throw you off train
in windy, cold, rainy
Cincinnati..."
--steveroni
I remember being in dining car around 1952
and almost "died" from sticker-shock.
I lacked proper amount of funds.
They were not nice to me.
I remember being in dining car around 1952
and almost "died" from sticker-shock.
I lacked proper amount of funds.
They were not nice to me.
Rockwell's time, mmmh, let's see ... the waiter would pay by getting mobbed so fast if he said/ did that ...
ReplyDeleteHelp! I don’t understand. What is ‘sticker-shock’?
ReplyDeleteI don’t think any waiter anywhere would get away with that except nowadays, on a British train or in a British restaurant, if a waiter came across a modern hooligan.
A black man would be lynched for saying less. Wouldn't have happened. This is your response to your experience and not the image, right?
ReplyDeletenot nice...that is not cool...sticker shock indeed...$22 better get me some dang good ice cream, just saying....
ReplyDeletesmiles...the dining cars over here as well used to be quite exclusive a few years back - it has changed much... nowadays they're affordable but don't look that nice as well any more..
ReplyDeleteMy uncle was a Train man all his life. I think my first train ride was circa 1962 on an older passenger train. Years later, 1979, '80, '81 I would frequent Amtrak between VT and NYC to visit my boyfriend/future husband. In the northeast I found the prices to be reasonable enough, what you'd expect when you were on commercial travel. How our childhood experiences stay with us though, don't they?!!
ReplyDeleteOh my ... that did make quite an impression on a young boy's psyche ... loved the poem.
ReplyDeleteOUCH....I don't think that would have been said those many years ago.
ReplyDeletefrom the late 40s to early 60s travelled lots across Canada...with great memories..thanks for sharing your words
ReplyDeleteSymphony Orchestra I played in went on tour each year ±6 weeks, and spentmost of that time on Sleeper train. Four Pullmans (one non-smoker!) Once a week mgmt would rent several hotel rooms--day rate!--so we might take shower. More than 100 of us...lots of wet towels!
ReplyDeleteI like to hear your symphony stories, Steve...
ReplyDeleteAfter 61 years, don't you think it is about time to let it go? (LOL?)
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHA! Jerry, consider there just might be a difference between "holding on"
ReplyDelete...or having something trigger a revisitation of a long ago memory.
Thanks for your advice, though.
Not a pleasant experience, sends the wrong type of shivers through the potential ice cream eater.
ReplyDeleteWhat a story Steve....some things really stick with us don't they? :-)
ReplyDeletehaha..
ReplyDeletethat was a bummer for you..
and such incidents etch so deep in memory :P