The Reed Index

• Did you ever eat at a truck stop on an Interstate?  Yes.
• Have you ever been in Boone, North Carolina or Barstow, California or any of thousands of such towns across the country.  I live in one.
• Were you ever in the military.  No.
• Have you ever talked to a cop or an ambulance crewman or a fireman.  Rob, Linc, Tom....
• Do you have a Mexican friend?  Papa Hernandez, Hermes Gonzales (Honduran, does that count?)
• When did you last eat in a restaurant where a majority of the customers were black.  Majority by avoirdupois, our kitchen table...last week.
• Do you know an enlisted man, or anyone in the armed services. Andy, Dylan...
• Did you ever hitchhike someplace overnight?  No
• Have you ever baited a hook, hunted, or fired a rifle.  3-for-3.
• Have you worked washing dishes?  Ponderosa Steakhouse.  1977, 1978, Knights of Columbus Fish Fry 2017.
• Have you ever worked harvesting crops?  Yes.
• Have you ever worked driving a delivery truck. No.
• Do you have a blue-collar friend.  Yes.
• Do you know what the Texas Two-Step is?  No.  I DON'T dance.
• Have you ever been in a biker bar.  Does the Onondaga Tavern count?
• Did you attend a fancy schools like Oberlin, Swarthmore, Amherst, the Ivies, Bard (counts as a negative).  No.
• Do you even know someone who graduated from a land-grant school or a regional state university or a community college?  Yes, yes, yes.
• Do you know an engineer or a plumber or an electrician?  Yes, yes, yes.

15-3=12

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