More True Stories

The wife and I moved in together right after college. I worked some 65 miles away part time and the wife (girlfriend at the time) was a waitress in the next town over. Needless to say money was tight but we got along. We did not have enough money to go to the laundry mat but the previous tenants left a portable washer. It was a tiny thing on wheels that you rolled up to the sink, it had two hoses coming out of it. One you attached to the kitchen faucet the other you stuck down the kitchen drain. You control the water temperature using the hot/cold on the kitchen sink and it held 2 shirts or one pair of jeans at a time. We took the wet clothes and hung them out to dry outside, during the cold Oswego winters (-20) we had an enclosed porch off the back of the house that was our 'dryer'. I remember one fight we got into over food and money. Little Ceasers opened up down the block from us (Pizza, Pizza) and was having that 2 for $5 deal, 2 pizzas for us would feed us for days. However the next morning we awoke to find that the other pizza was never put in the fridge and was now covered with ants. The pizza went in the garbage and the argument ensued. While I am sure I am to blame (as always) the fact that we had spent $2.50 on the pizza and now had to throw it out was very traumatic to us and a strain on the wallet. Apparently we got over it, we'll be married 13 years this January.

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Addendum: On yesterday's post, I do not condone what those officers did! That poor man did not deserve the beating and the officers should be held accountable. My point was that the whole situation should not have happened. The last thing these men (and women) need to worry about after the loss of homes, lives, city and in the midst of trying to rebuild is drunks on the corner and girls gone wild in the balconies. If the mayor wants to open the city then open it to skilled craftsmen and electricians and construction workers and sanitation people, get the city cleaned up, ultilities back on and families back into homes!!!