fdce54 said:
My first paying job was in the A&P in 1969. They were good days.
Me too, Frank. The A&P paid for my college education. I worked there for 6 years, from 1958 thru 1963, in stores 811, 812 and 816 (Long Beach, Rockville Centre, and the new [in 1960] Long Beach store).
Also, for Long Islanders . . . the Bee Line Bus Co. (not the one that runs to Westchester now). I took it from Lynbrook to Jamaica all the time I was in High School and college (to switch to the E train). Mostly they ran GMC "Old Look" busses, but early in my riding career, they also ran some stick shift 1941 White Motors rigs during the rush hours, and also a few big Macks. Then in 1959 they began to buy the "new" GMC Fishbowl bus. All of their busses were red and white (with no ads n them).
GMC "Old Look"
1941 White
It was sometimes gut-wrenching to hear (and feel) the gears grinding as the driver of one of these hulks tried to upshift (I'm guessing they didn't know how to double clutch)
Mid-50s Mack
GMC "Fishbowl"