In 1977 I was living in Corydon, IN and on Saturday, January 7, 1977 I took delivery of my new AMX. It began snowing later that same day. In '77, I was never unable to get to or from work at the radio station in Brandenburg, KY...but there WAS one night when the guy on the previous shift stayed over so he and I could switch off digging out the driveway, so we could both eventually leave work.
On Sunday, January 7, 1978 I wrecked my AMX on the way to work at the Brandenburg radio station. My grand-dad died that day. And a few days after his funeral, it began snowing. I was working part-time for the Louisville Auto Auction in Clarksville, IN, and my boss there offered me a full-time position there. So I quit the radio station and went to work full-time at the auto auction...just in time for the big snow.
At the auto auction, we had just purchased a new '78 F-250 with a snowplow, and the aution also had a pull-behind spreader for salt. There was a period of about 2 weeks where I slept in the office at the auction, while Bill "Hopalong" Cassidy plowed the lot at night. I learned to use the old '73 Chevy wrecker to move the "dead animals" around on the lot, and we usually spent 12-14 hours a day on the clock in order to make the Tuesday auctions a reality. I virtually lived on Contac capsules, coffee, Hostess Ding-Dongs from the nearby convenience store, and sandwiches from Arby's, which was one of the few fast-food joints that was able to open. Felt like I lived in that "snowmobile suit" for a few weeks...and maybe I did.
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