Childhood Memories, Riding in the Car - Sunday October 14

 

Riding In the Car:

Things I remember about riding in the car as a kid:

1. We never wore seat belts.

2. As the youngest I was always stuck in the middle - between my brother and sister who got the window seats.

3. There seemed to always be a "stay out of my space" fight- the words "Don't touch me!" came up a lot.

4. I remember being tricked by my siblings with word games - one went like this: I saw a skunk on the side of the road and I one it. The next person said, "I two it"... the next said, "I three it"... The point was not be the one who said "I eight it." But, somehow I always ended up getting "eight"  AND, I wasn't as clever as my brother who, when it came his turn to say eight said, "I jumped over it and YOU ate it!"

5. Sometimes my parents would let me sit in the front seat between them. (It was a nice to be small and to get in the front when my brother and sister were fighting.)

6. When more adults were in the car (like my much older married siblings) the youngest kids had to ride in the "way back." There were no seats in the way back - just a flat space for us to share.

 

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Comments

[Julie Miller-Oconnor]

1. We did not wear seat belts. The seat belts were only lap belts with big metal buckles that got real hot in summer.
2. When the car was full with all six kids I rode up front between my parents.
3. When I was put in the back seat on long trips I would get car sick.
4. I used to ride with my dad to take my grandmother home every Sunday evening. The ride wasn't long, but I usually fell asleep in the car.
5. I remember the way the a/c smelled in the car in the summer time.
6. When I played grade school CYC our coach would pile the team in the back of the station wagon to and from the games.