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To: KLP who wrote (212930)	7/21/2007 6:55:50 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794044

"...the opportunity to earn our own way." Indeed! Thanks, KLP, for your thoughtful post. I remember my first real job. I was eight years old. That would have been in 1937. I got a job selling GRIT magazine door to door. It cost a nickel and I got to keep a penny. Later on, I was able to add Liberty and True Story. I got so good at it that I could tell, when the lady of the house answered the knock, just by looking at her whether she would buy Liberty or True Story. I saved up my pennies. When I had fifty cents saved, I went to the dry goods store and bought my mother a pair of nylon stockings because that's what I remember her saying that she wanted when she had enough money left over after grocery shopping and paying the rent and the 5 cent per week insurance policies she took out on each of her kids. I can still see the tears of happiness in her eyes when I handed her the small bag with the nylon stockings. We didn't know that we had it so good when everything seemed so bad.

To: KLP who wrote (212930)	7/21/2007 8:35:15 PM
From: Jaknik2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794044

Now just a minute KLP Why the 1946 cutoff date? Things were much the same for us born in 1951 - 1955. Same rules, same lack of modern day conveniences, etc. Jak