There wasn't very good public transportation to Wellesley College from Boston in 1970 so I borrowed a friend's car to pick up my date. The car was old enough ev

There wasn't very good public transportation to Wellesley College from Boston in 1970 so I borrowed a friend's car to pick up my date. The car was old enough even then to have a crank handle stowed behind the driver's seat for starting the car when you weren't parked at the top of a hill. That date didn't go so well!