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| Our Boomer-In-Charge here at BBHQ, Hershel Chicowitz, writes frequently about current events... from a boomer perspective. He is sometimes funny, sometimes provocative, sometimes a little of each. We hope you get a kick out of our Boomer Essays. |
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Anyway, I had to find a replacement... and fast. But this was not going to be easy. The Chicowitz's have always bought new cars -- cash only. We buy 'em, and we keep 'em till they drop. But when I paid $11,000 for the Mazdamobile in 1980, I thought I was crazy. The notion of paying three times that in today was out of the question. If I paid $30,000 for a car, my dad would strangle me -- and he's been dead for a quarter-century. So I accepted the reality that I would have to find a good, used car... if there were such a thing. Hmmmm... what car was noted for decades as reliable. Reliability is of paramount importance. Well, I found this used car right next door to my Mazda mechanic's shop:
Oh, it still runs... it is reliable. But the price of this Tin Lizzie would make Henry Ford roll over in his grave. OK, maybe that's going back a bit too far. My mother told me she always loved the first vehicle she drove, a 1-horsepower, air-cooled carriage:
But that would not do, either. Heck, there is no CD player in the dash!
I do like the idea of not having to change spark plugs. At a one-of-a-kind vehicle shop in Orlando, I found this special-purpose transporter:
Is that me? Or what? But there was no room for Princess in the front seat. So I had to rule that one out.
What's that? You cannot see me tooling down the road in a husky, man's car -- a Cadillac Seville -- getting about 4 miles per gallon? Well, look again:
 Well... this was going to be even more difficult than I had expected. I am exhausted; and I have run out of space. I'll wrap this up in part 4. But let not your heart be troubled. Like every episode of "Leave it to Beaver," it does have a happy ending!
The Mazdamobile story is a four-part series:
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Exploring My Roots: A Chicowitz History
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| The BBHQ Album of the Month is "Old Friends Live on Stage (Deluxe Edition) (2 CD/1 DVD)," by Simon & Garfunkel. If you were fortunate enough to see them in concert last year, I do not have to sell you. The concert was terrific! This album collection includes 55 songs, plus their new recording, "Citizen of the Planet," and one of the songs sung by the Everly Brothers during the concert. The DVD was recorded during their concert in Madison Square Garden in 2003. For any S&G fan, this is a must have! But then, you knew that already, didn't you? |
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The BBHQ Book of the Month is
"Vinyl Highway," by
Dee Dee Phelps. You remember her as Dee Dee, of Dick and Dee Dee.
Together, they took a decade long ride on the rock and roll roller
coaster. It was a heck of a ride! Dick Clark, Quincy Jones, the Beach
Boys, Glenn Campbell, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Vinton... Dick and Dee Dee
rubbed shoulders with all of them. This is her "behind the scenes" story.
It's pretty cool.
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