1969 Buick station wagon was the first car Blane and I had. It was mom’s hand-me-down after she bought a VW Rabbit. This thing was a total 70's Show cruiser, only this wasn't television, this was the real deal. 6 kids and the radio blaring as we cruised around. We did our paper route in this thing throwing some 200 odd papers every afternoon. We would meet our route manager to pick-up the bundles of papers and then start 'banding' our days work. We would switch off driving and throwing. The driver would band the papers and then throw them to the back of the wagon. The thrower would sit on the tailgate in the closed position with the rear window down. The thrower would place about a dozen papers on the roof between the rack rails and sling left and right to the driveways. You would have to pull the banded papers to you with your feet and 'reload' the roof rack. We had a blast.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
First car
1969 Buick station wagon was the first car Blane and I had. It was mom’s hand-me-down after she bought a VW Rabbit. This thing was a total 70's Show cruiser, only this wasn't television, this was the real deal. 6 kids and the radio blaring as we cruised around. We did our paper route in this thing throwing some 200 odd papers every afternoon. We would meet our route manager to pick-up the bundles of papers and then start 'banding' our days work. We would switch off driving and throwing. The driver would band the papers and then throw them to the back of the wagon. The thrower would sit on the tailgate in the closed position with the rear window down. The thrower would place about a dozen papers on the roof between the rack rails and sling left and right to the driveways. You would have to pull the banded papers to you with your feet and 'reload' the roof rack. We had a blast.
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