Dear Log,
From an odd odd article:
«To read Bombeck is to find a constantly updated economic index of her day: the problem with a bathtub faucet left on the "shower" position is that it ruins an eight-dollar hairdo; the problem with a bored child's deciding to put lime wedges in glasses of soda pop is that limes cost $1.49 a pound. I don't think I ever spent a day with my mother -- even late in her life, when her fortunes had improved considerably -- when she didn't mention the price of something. Like Bombeck, like a lot of housewives of her generation, she grew up poor in a hard time, which she never discussed but never forgot. Like Bombeck, she kept the household accounts, and she was careful about them.»--"Housewife Confidential": a tribute to the old-fashioned housewife, and to Erma Bombeck, her champion and guide
