We never had a car growing up. We were about the only family on the street that didn’t have one.
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AND any family that had TWO cars were really “RICH!”
The neighbor my mother cleaned house for, her husband had his own electrical business. They had at least two cars, and a van he used for his company. Their only daughter was my best friend growing up. Even though they were better off than most of the families on the street, they were very down to earth. My friend's grandparents lived right next door to them. The grandparents were from Italy. Very nice people too. Me and my siblings spent a lot of time at my friend's house playing card and board games. I learned how to play canasta there, although I can't remember a darn thing about the game now. They got the first color TV on the street. I remember watching The Wonderful World of Disney for the first time in color at their house. They had an above-ground pool that we used, and a finished basement with a bar that we hung out in. The house had been modernized, especially the kitchen. They had the in-wall vacuum system, and on the counter, they had a built in blender mechanism. As a kid, I found that kitchen fascinating.
Here's a video of the same blender/mixer they had installed:
1950s NuTone In-Built Blender Mixer for the Kitchen of the Future