Back in the day (early 1960’s), I was a recent college graduate. I had started my first professional job, as a chemist with the Food and Drug Administration. I was about to file my first income tax return. Although much of my income was subject to withholding, I was appalled to learn that I still …
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The Garden State
If we’re into misnomers, my native state is, of course, The Empire State. Across a certain river nearby lies another famous piece of real estate officially known as The Garden State, or, New Jersey. As a city boy in the 1940’s, I spent several summers there. These days, the state is better known for its …
Way Back in the Day
Housing It was 1945. My parents were renting an apartment in a two- family. We later called arrangements like these “mother and daughter”. Anyhow, the Putnams, from whom my parents rented, were expecting their two sons, George and Jack back from the war, which was, thankfully, ending. One of the sons was getting married, …
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