Five Things I Wanted When I was in Grade Six

I wrote this list in the back of my Social Studies notebook in May of the year I was in Grade Six. They were things I was determined to acquire when I had the cash.



1. A 1973 Buick Riviera. My Grade Six teacher Mrs. Page drove one and it was COOL.
What did I eventually ended up with? A 1976 Chrysler New Yorker. It was BIG.


2. A Sony Portable Video Tape recorder. I thought it would be so cool to be able to video stuff and watch it back immediately. My Dad was a big Super 8 film guy - but he would film three minutes and send it off to the developer. It would come back in three weeks.
What did I eventually end up with? Well, just like you, some kind of smart phone that does everything.


4. An electronic organ.



What did I eventually end up with? A 1988 Roland S50 second generation digital sampler - albeit at the end of its working life. Still have it - you have to load samples into it one at a time from single density discs.




4. A Sears triple pick up electric guitar.





What did I end up with? I got a single pick up electric for Christmas in 1975.



Then when I grew up I bought a Washburn knock off of a Gibson 335. Still have it.
5. I also wanted the US out of Vietnam, an American Bicentennial and the Olympics in Montreal. Those things worked out