Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 …on this day I was living in New York City when lightning struck an electrical substation and the lights went out in the entire city. The looting began almost immediately. Not in my immediate Queens neighborhood, but in the surrounding ones who could least afford it. A friend of mine living in Brooklyn said the sound of breaking glass lasted all night. A lot of businesses and jobs died at the hands of local residents in those 25 hours, never to return. Present times are sadly familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 It’s sad how quickly a civil society can vanish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On this day my family was essentially homeless. We were living in tents on a relative’s land. We were homeless for nearly 10 months after our home burned down on “Groundhog Day” in ‘77. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I was seventeen, had graduated from high school, had a low paying job, was about to move out of my parents house...I was on top of the World. Moved out and reality soon kicked in...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I was on my 6th day of my first tax paying job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Seamus Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/13/77 I was.......wait.....I don't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I was going through a divorce, it became finalized in September of that year. I was living at my folks house which ironically is mine now. That was a weird summer for me! I was worried about my kids but it all worked out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 When the KC MO Fire Dept went out on strike. Cops, like me were now fighting fires set by arsonist along with crime. Now in Missouri it was illegal for fireman and cops to strike, also the arsonist were mainly firemen on strike. Several firemen were arrested for arson but when it was all over the governor pardon all firemen striking and those arrested for arson. Very bitter taste from cops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I was sitting at my wife's bedside as she tried to give birth to our son, Big Red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Ready? 7/13/77...I was rearranging MY room, as my sister had graduated and left home leaving me a room to myself. I had just finished my eighth grade year. I had not a care in the world. This thread showed me once again the blessing my life has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 July, 1977. I was between my third and fourth/final year in Veterinary College at the University of Missouri. I was working for a two-vet rural practice and they were motivating me to do something other than farm animal practice! After a one-hour drive home in the evening and taking a bath, it would be about time to change my two-month-old daughter's diaper, and then do the dishes after dinner. The life of an adult student can be varied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I had been married 5 1/2 years, moved to Sacramento, bought a 77 year-old house, and was working for minimum wage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Six months into the first year of my apprenticeship (4 year, electric) earning $45 a week ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 In High School, working at a local grocery store [Wiseway] and mowing lawns like crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 In Germany. Keeping Europe and the West safe from the dreaded Soviet. Notice how successful we were/are at keeping everyone safe?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 21 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: …on this day I was living in New York City ... Lord have mercy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Our chief water plant operator screwed me over so I quit and went full time as a paramedic. Absolutely LOVED it! There is no feeling like knowing you are absolutely in the RIGHT and getting paid for it to boot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I was between my Junior and Senior year at the University of Texas at Arlington and working on a drug store to pay my way through school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I was a 16 year old lifeguard at the Jefferson City pool and life was good. The pay sucked but the opportunities were endless. That was back when there was 1 meter and 3 meter diving boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 said: Lord have mercy... Son of Sam scare was also that summer. Is one of many reasons I left. NYC was fun for about 80 days a year. The rest just plain sucked. Too much effort to live there. I am not a native New Yorker and had the perspective there were better places to live. Wasn’t a hard decision to pull the ejection handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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