This brought back a memory for me - when my dad got a flat tire on his truck we took moms car to the junkyard and picked through a huge stack of tires to find one in the right size with some decent tread on it. Then we went in the office and haggled a bit. But it was a very comfortable middle class upbringing - both parents were teachers and I have nothing but good memories. My only time on an airplane before college was to go to grandpa’s funeral and eating out at restaurants is something I don’t really remember at all other than a big family gathering maybe a couple times a year. When a Dairy Queen opened in our town it was a huge thing and every once in a while we’d get money to buy a cone and hang out with other kids outside the DQ.
I remember going to the only McDonalds in town; the church bus picked up us kids, and bought us a single burger, fries and Coke. The Coke was especially good becaue we couldn't afford it in our house.
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u/Fun_Reputation5181 15h ago
This brought back a memory for me - when my dad got a flat tire on his truck we took moms car to the junkyard and picked through a huge stack of tires to find one in the right size with some decent tread on it. Then we went in the office and haggled a bit. But it was a very comfortable middle class upbringing - both parents were teachers and I have nothing but good memories. My only time on an airplane before college was to go to grandpa’s funeral and eating out at restaurants is something I don’t really remember at all other than a big family gathering maybe a couple times a year. When a Dairy Queen opened in our town it was a huge thing and every once in a while we’d get money to buy a cone and hang out with other kids outside the DQ.