So I just saw a story on CBS Evening News that really angered me.

[Tommymac]

27. My dad was a 19 Marine vet...I grew up in a Trailer Park.

And shopped at the post exchange - it was relatively cheap.

We enjoyed fancy suppers like hotcakes and grits, spaghetti with tomato soup sauce, tuna casserole and lots of rice crispy meatloafs.

Too bad satellite TV did not really exist in the 1960's and 70's. But we did get our first color TV in 1972. Really enjoyed watching the 5 or 6 VHF stations we could get over the air. UHF was a joke.

And we got a new used car that had under 60,000 miles every 4 or 5 years. Most of them ran fairly well, if you overlook the busted head gasket and frequent overheats on the interstate for one; the 'spots' of rust in the cabin floor of another...

And I really enjoyed being a latchkey kid at the age of 10 because my dad was overseas in Okinawa and my mom had to work at a High's Ice Cream or Rose's Dept. Store most evenings so we could have a few nice things. I learned how to cook hot dogs, ham sandwiches, chicken-a-la-king boiling pouches, and pot pies really well.