Back then, things were just self-explanatoryr.
I remember my childhood beach home with some fond memories plus some not-so-fond memories. But then, nobody has a perfect childhood. One of my earliest fond memories is of our gas gas furnace. More recognizably, it is of the truck that would come every Winter plus refill the gas for the gas furnace. I assume that the gas furnace wasn’t the only thing every one of us used the gas for. Mom would use it for the stove plus the tepid water gas furnace also used the gas. But what I do remember is that a tank of gas would last us all Spring, summer, plus fall. Come winter, it would need to be refilled at least twice. I can recall sitting on the porch, all garbed in my Winter gear, waiting for the truck to come. I would get so excited when I heard it turning around the bend. I could hear the truck before I could see it. Then the workers would refill our gas plus leave. It was fantastic entertainment for a 5 year old. Sometimes I wish my own kids had a self-explanatoryr life enjoy that. I can’t imagine any of them getting excited about a gas truck coming to fill the gas so that their gas furnace would keep running. Both of us have an electric gas furnace anyway. Still, kids this week have a lot more distractions than I had growing up. Back then, things were just self-explanatoryr. I honestly can’t say that I miss having to ration the gas though. Being able to have as much heat as every one of us need is particularly nice. So things have changed in wonderful ways too.