Today would be the day the school would start when I was growing up. The day after labor brought out the Pendleton shirts or their imitations. They were sturdy wool shirts and purchased at no small cost. I don't think I had one until I was buying them for myself. At least I didn't have for for the back to school fashion parade. As my own children would point out.. the back to school clothes would not come until October when teachers would get their first paycheck.
Since we work through much of August, our first paycheck these days is September 1st. We have been in school with students since August 13, more than 2 weeks. Tomorrow I will have my third Wednesday writing day. Its time to get the names in the grade book and start marking them!
In South City as I was growing up, we worked through the heat of the Indian summer that always attacks the bay area this time of the year. Afternoons can be breathless. The heat, up to 82 degrees often scorches the land. Most kids in the bay area have one season of clothes. One needs only the clothes to beat back the wind... and often the fog. The strange part of this season is that the wind enters the Bay Area from an Easterly flow. During most of the year the wind comes in from the West or the ocean side. The fog develops from the air being chilled by the cold current as wind rolls across it. This time of the year the wind comes in from the other direction and heats up as it compresses against the ground. This is what partially caused the serious Oakland fires of a few years ago.
The girls and Sean came by this weekend and we had a great time all together. On Labor Day Linzi and Heather and I shopped for a new car under 4100 dollars. There were a number of "beater" cars. Some were in the middle of rehab. Most were in the 150,000 mile range and were made in in the late 80's. Overall it was seriously hard work to interface with the salesman and their temporary "jewels" of rolling thunder. In the end we ran out of dealers and the last dealer would drop to our price before we walked. We all gained some in the education of the process. So what do you think of seriously old Nissan Altimas and Mazdas.. oy.. many had difficulty with door locks.. they must be the first to go.
Hope you had a great Labor Day.. Now back to school! and as mom would say.. get all A's
: )
Pat
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I am laughing about your Nissan Altimas... we were married in a black one, the drive-thru wedding chapel in LV, NV.
There is always some flaw in the design of a car and 150K seems to be when what can go wrong does go wrong. For that old van of mine, it was just getting started! Reza figured out that the Audi 5000 had a problem with the wiring harness. He would find someone who had a car that, because of the harness, none of the electric window or locks would work, he would offer 1000 dollars. After he had sifted through the craziness of rewiring, we had some pretty good little cars. We finally said good-bye to the last of the mohicans. Now we just have the Audi Cabriolet and the Jeep.
If I had to choose between an old Mazda and an old Altima, I think I would choose the Altima. Their engines had plenty of zip when they were new. There were a ton of them, and you could probably still find their cousins at pick-n-pull.
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