Day 272
Scraping
quarters together for gas and “Little Golden Books”
Eons
ago, when I was “young & dumb”, I scraped many a quarter just to survive.
Over the years, I significantly improved my plight---with time…now, I’m just “old” & dumb! Hmm!
Went
to buy a “Lucky” lottery ticket chance the other night; Yep! Had to find four
quarters!?
But,
I reckon we got by as good as most. Knew some “rich” folks, now and again, they
owed---everybody! For myself, Well! Me and the good ole bank did just fine:
they had money to loan and I could, at least, write my name. (Well! An “X: is
legally binding!)
Never
cared what the interest rate was, just so they didn’t say “No!”
Once,
I think, I got a whole dollar ahead; some fool wanted the ten bucks I owed him.
Hmm!
We
got enough gas and food and clothes and Little Golden books---I reckon that’s
true enough! Mom put it all in perspective one day when she showed her
frustration at not having the winning
lottery ticket again, saying, “I just want enough money to live on until I
die1”
We
still chuckle at the focused wisdom of that gem. Yeah! Me, too! Mom.
Might have
gotten my “kings” confused with this final thought on the subject?
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