It’s odd that that featured Ohio a lot, as that’s where I graduated that year. I was pretty stoned a lot that winter, but I am certain we got more than 12 inches of snow. Went in the Army in July, so I missed the rest of the year. It was before AIDS and cell phones. Herb was good and girls were bad. What a perfect time to be young. Eod1sg Ret
I'm from CLE and the snow actually began on Oct. 17, 1977. I remember because I was walking to a birthday party for a friend whose birthday fell the day after mine. Less than an inch or so that night. We had almost steady snow storms within weeks that didn't stop until April. The snow plows piled the snow onto the curbs so high, you couldn't see oncoming traffic and had to look out from the towers of snow surrounding the sidewalks. The city stretched a rope between parking meters on E. 9 because the wind would blow pedestrians into the street. The bus company would often shut down, abandoning people who had taken the bus to work earlier in the day. The DOT was building I.90 and the city used the cleared but unpaved space for an extra impound lot for cars broken down and abandoned in the storms. When we didn't have snow, we had deadly cold and winds that often blew out windows on the unlucky side of an entire street.
Loved this, but then I've lived in ohio all my life. The narrator clearly wasn't around in the 70s though, no idea how to pronounce Menachim or Margot :-p
1978 is one of those blurry years for me. I know what state I was in for most of it.
ReplyDeleteAll the 70s were great for me. Got divorced in 70 and I screwed my way right through the decade. I lost count when the tally went to 3 digits.
ReplyDeleteIt’s odd that that featured Ohio a lot, as that’s where I graduated that year. I was pretty stoned a lot that winter, but I am certain we got more than 12 inches of snow. Went in the Army in July, so I missed the rest of the year. It was before AIDS and cell phones. Herb was good and girls were bad. What a perfect time to be young. Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDeleteI went in the army in August of the same year.
DeleteI'm from CLE and the snow actually began on Oct. 17, 1977. I remember because I was walking to a birthday party for a friend whose birthday fell the day after mine. Less than an inch or so that night. We had almost steady snow storms within weeks that didn't stop until April. The snow plows piled the snow onto the curbs so high, you couldn't see oncoming traffic and had to look out from the towers of snow surrounding the sidewalks. The city stretched a rope between parking meters on E. 9 because the wind would blow pedestrians into the street. The bus company would often shut down, abandoning people who had taken the bus to work earlier in the day. The DOT was building I.90 and the city used the cleared but unpaved space for an extra impound lot for cars broken down and abandoned in the storms. When we didn't have snow, we had deadly cold and winds that often blew out windows on the unlucky side of an entire street.
DeleteI remember the winter. It was difficult to get around for a working man.
ReplyDeleteI was in Central Florida painting billboards catching a decent tan. The bad ass winter was miles away.
ReplyDeletebig friggin whoop. i was 18 then and those stories weren't even on the radar. the cold war and gas prices were the big stories.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed that. It sure did trigger a lot of other memories. From most of the comments it did that with others too.
ReplyDeleteLoved this, but then I've lived in ohio all my life. The narrator clearly wasn't around in the 70s though, no idea how to pronounce Menachim or Margot :-p
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