COLLEGE DAYS - JUST SAYIN'


(this item was originally about the minimum wage. after many revisions it has turned into the following.)


while receiving most of my room and board from my parents and attending CCNY (mostly free) in 1951 i worked about 18 hours a week making $1 an hour which is now worth about $9.18. i used most of this minimum wage money with the aide of my father's car on dates and weekend expenses. much too much to throw away on some girl which i did.

the girl in this case was elaine#2. she seemed to think this new found wealth was coming to her. she was initially likable but quickly became a pain. she was really pissed when dumped. actually i just walked away with no excuse. she'd have to figure it out for herself.

too bad you married guys in the u.s.a. can't just walk away.

with a clear head we met again by chance in about 1954 at rockaway beach in bklyn, ny. her cousin with her started talking to me while she was standoffish. i was wondering what i saw in her but was nice enough to give her another chance by calling her. finding that she still was delusional i pretended that i couldn't feed the pay phone i was calling from with the required coin. bye, bye, elaine#2.

good decision - lesson learned: never throw good time and money after bad.

was this a mistake: spoiling the girl i was dating? actually she was probably spoiled before i got there.

anyway as you can see i've got nothing today.

(i'll get back to the minimum wage problem some other time).

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