Yes, I vaguely remember thinking that was very weird, when she started asking me about my relatives in California, as if these clueless people would know anything about that. And why should you care?
So, yes, my mother's uncle, my great-uncle, was one who believed in paying cash for everything, even cars and houses. So that's nice for them. No credit card bills, no debts, nothing of that nature for them.
And that was nice of them to take our family out for dinner to the Chuck Wagon restaurant, a swanky place on a wide and busy street in the middle of town. Did they pay for your dinner at the Chuck Wagon restaurant?
