{"id":682,"date":"2020-07-28T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T21:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/?p=682"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:46:37","slug":"steves-summers-1975-and-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.zwart.tech\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"Steve’s Summers: 1975 and 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I find some interesting parallels between the summers of 1975 and 2020, which are 45 years apart. The common thread is that I have little responsibility and low stress in both of these summers, which is enjoyable and I know it is an uncommon gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1975<\/th>2020<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Wake up and have coffee – Mom would
have made it. I take it with milk.<\/td>		Wake up and make coffee. I drink it black.<\/td><\/tr>
Go to Darryl Duesenberg’s on the Schwinn
10-speed bike. Ride to tennis courts.
Warm-up with a cigarette and play tennis
with Darryl for an hour. Return home and
take a shower.<\/td>		Check news and email on the Chromebox.
Lift weights, take 2 or 3-mile jog,
take a shower.<\/td><\/tr>
Ride the bike to Craig and Chuck Bohn’s
on Raleigh drive, 3 miles. Select a package
of hamburger to thaw for grilling. Take
a swim in their pool.<\/td>		Take a motorcycle ride on Versys 650 or visit
a friend. Sometimes just a bicycle ride.
Tend to yard and garden.<\/td><\/tr>
Listen to music, grill burgers, eat,
and smoke cigs with the Bohn’s.<\/td>		Check on investments, take a 30-minute
nap. Play some piano.<\/td><\/tr>
Ride the bicycle home and cook dinner
for the family. Practice piano (maybe).<\/td>		Make dinner. If a beer night, have
some beers and make some calls.<\/td><\/tr>
Have dinner with the family<\/td>Have dinner solo<\/td><\/tr>
Watch TV<\/td>Watch TV<\/td><\/tr>
Crash<\/td>Crash<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n