College folks here. Did you belong to a sorority or fraternity?

NOW THAT IS A FRATERNITY.  

Yep. I know surfie types. They watch out for each other.
There isn't one that hasn't saved somebody's life in a wipeout.

They did you a HUGE favor.

I realized that sometime after.

Being rejected bites.  That's why I cannot stand that stuff.

Oh, it wasn't so awful. But there was a fair amount of drinking and messing around with almost any drug you can think of.

I love the pictures.  COOL. VERY COOL.

You will love this one.  I was in Chicago riding in a cab and this driver had a picture of Judy in his cab on his dash. I asked him why, and he said she was his NIECE.  He was VERY proud of Judy and I always liked her.  We bonded. LOL 

I LOVE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT IS SO DAMN COOL! I WANT TO RIDE IN HIS CAB AND TELL HIM HOW MUCH I LOVE HER HUMOR! 
I've already told Judy herself - - I met her in person. 
She is SO damn funny to me.

Thanks for sharing this!

I gotta look her up again.  I mean I loved her but have not thought of her in forever.  This was the 70's when that cabbie picked me up in Chicago.  I know Judy was from Chi-town.  And I remember her being funny and then disappearing.  I'm glad you brought her up.  YOU MET HER????? LOL  That would make her Uncle so happy, you and I talking about this all this time later.  He was cool too.  

I love your story so much!
Yeah, I met her after one of her shows. She was very nice, just shooting-the-breeze type of nice talk. 
:)

My daughter was in one until she realized it was a total waste of time. (And our money.)

Funny, I had several fraternity brothers who worked while in school. One summer, two of us drove cabs at night for the same local taxi service. This post was edited by Stu Spelling Bee at November 26, 2019 7:38 AM MST

Working their way through Harvard and in a fraternity?  Doesn't sound too likely unless they are superhuman.  My dad likes to tell everyone how he worked while he was in college too.  He worked one hour a week teaching anatomy to forensic students so he could have money for fun on weekends.  I am NOT impressed with that.

When did I say I went to Harvard? I attended Cornell, where lots of kids hadn't gotten into Harvard, which happens to be our bitter rival, especially in ice hockey. Driving a cab 12 hours a night, admittedly during the summer break, is hardly the same as you suggest. But I also worked at the Statler Inn on campus during the school year in food service, and other kids had jobs like that and also managed to study. The same is true at many colleges, including Harvard.

I must say, you sound rather angry and perhaps a tad jealous about all of this. And based on my experience, it seems like you are making assumptions and generalizations in the absence of actual knowledge.

You know, I agree with you.  I was born into great privilege and lost it almost immediately because of an illness.  I was promised a free ride through the best schools but, on my own, I could only afford a Community College when the time actually came, then a state University.  I was exhausted by the time I made the through. Only 13% of "at risk," "housing insecure," or "without an adult benefactor" make it to graduation (College Board, 2017).  I took the most difficult courses I could and sought to cram everything into my long-term memory because I wanted to get MY money's worth.  I am not disappointed in how I performed under duress, but I'm sure I would have gone on to earn an advanced degree if the promise of my early years had come true.  You don't get paid extra for overcoming adversity in acquiring knowledge and marketable skills.  Gotta go.  Didn't proof read so don't correct.  Your words will fall on deaf ears, or eyes, whatever.