Happy New Year!

Sue and I are not much as far as party animals. We watched the home improvement shows until 12:30 last night and then went to bed. All around us people were shooting off firecrackers and sky rockets by the college.

One of the most memorable New Years was one year in the middle 60's. Grandma and Grandpa were out from Colorado. Dad decided to spring for a color T.V. It was called a Portocolor. GE produced the first portable color TV around. It weighed about 25 pounds and had a 5 inch screen.

We were all excited because it would show the Rose Bowl parade in "living color." This was Grandma Nelly's favorite thing in world. She had an quarter of an acre of roses in front of her house, she knew each one by name and their peculiarites. So the family Christmas gift was born. This wonderful TV cost 350 dollars in that era.. That was a fortune.

So a couple of days before the big event, dad got it out and plugged it in. It was DOA (Dead on Arrival). So we made a mad dash to the store (a furniture store) and explained the whole circumstance. It was covered under warranty. They gave us another in exchange. In the mean time they sent that one out to be fixed. It returned fixed and for a brief period of time we had two.. imagine that. Two TV's were at one time there was none. I grew up not watching TV because it took away the drive for me to learn to read.. Thank goodness my parents did this for me. At 14- 15 they realized that I would be a reader and TV was not going to be an issue.

Have a great day.. Have a great year..

Love Pat