I'm walking through the parking lot of the local Megalo-mart and something
catches my eye. It's one of those high-tech pseudo-station wagon/SUV/everything
to cure your suburban ills, but looks like it should be in the Amazon type
vehicles, although the ground clearance couldn't clear a speed bump vehicle. Can anyone
say run on sentence? Anyway, what catches my eye are the thousands of stickers
adhered to inside of the "back compartment" of said vehicle. Every give-away
sticker from Burger King's "Pokemon", MacDonald's "Little Mermaid" to Chiquita bananas
slapped all over the inner safety glass of this once proud vehicle.As I study this "refrigerator door on wheels", I have a Rear View. Normally this column looks back upon the time when these vintage cars were built. Well after witnessing this display, and how I have encountered countless other such displays of "rare and collectible Beanie Babies" stuffed upon the package tray and "Power Rangers" stickers adoring expensive means of transportation, I say, "Who the Hell is driving these cars?" Each progressive American generation has had it far easier then the last. This I will admit. My father's parents as told to me, could not afford dirt and the children clawed out tons of bituminous coal prior to walking to school in the snow, uphill both ways.  continued... |
"children clawed out tons of bituminous coal prior to walking to
school in the snow, uphill both ways. " God Bless America |
