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1978:
No car of my own as a senior, my dad said he would kick me out of the house if I bought a car even though I had worked for two years saving up for one by washing dishes and washing cars. He said he was trying to protect me from spending all my money on a car. I think he was trying to have absolute dominance, power and control over me - he sure the heck acted like it. Moving out a year later was the best thing I ever did, even my skin cleared up.

1983:
Laying on my back in a puddle of cold water with cold rain pouring down in a dark parking lot five miles my 7 x 13 foot rented room, in a house with no heat and a nauseous fume spewing kerosene heater waiting for me....................trying to get the frozen on starter off a 1976 Econoline at 9:00 PM.............with a college mid-term exam 9:00 AM the next morning…………….and I still had to study for it.

Conclusion 2007:
Working your way though school and earning everything you have is way over rated.