The 501

Remember when we took water for granted? It was the first thing served in a restaurant. The waitress put it down about the same time she handed you a menu. That’s how I remember it.

If you were just learning to read, you treasured the times when she also handed you a menu. Ask me.

Back then no one had come up with special menu offerings for kids. Or seniors. I could be wrong.

If you were really poor,…