The Blue Comet
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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In the late 60s and throughout the 70s, most families had only one car and the father used it to go to work, leaving the street virtually empty. We had the blue Comet station wagon which became a bit of a legend. The car of choice back in the late 60s and early 70s for larger families was the station wagon. We had a few throughout my childhood, but the Comet was a classic, It was a faded blue, like an old fence that needed painting. It had no optional seat belts and in the front was a bench that SAT three across, it had to corner windows with little cranks. We like to sit in what we call the way back when I was just a baby, there was no need for a fancy car seat. **** not. When mom had a perfectly good lap on which to sit and airbags. No such thing, I suppose the lower number of cars on the road and the lack of speed they were able to maintain made the roads quite a bit safer. Therefore, seat belts were never really required. One summer evening, just after dinner, Mark was waiting to go to his guitar lesson. Mark was a man of few words and he didn't express excitement very easily. He was the brother who often covered his mouth when he laughed, almost as if he feared someone might catch on that. He actually had a sense of humor. He returned to the house just as quickly as he had left with guitar still in hand, he slowly approached my mom in the kitchen and said, mm, I think you may want to call the fire department Back then. There was no 911. You had an emergency phone number kept by the phone or you could dial zero for the operator. What for mom? Asked. Well, Mark said, it appears the car's on fire. He probably remained calm so that she would too, but that never worked. She in fact, panicked.