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"We get the NY Times every day."

"I recently wrote about eating out, describing the 'eateries' I patronized with my mother, and with my first dates, and in high school and college: candy stores, delicatessens, luncheonettes, cafeterias and restaurants."

"Those of us who are 'children of the depression', when we heard the expression 'eating out', assumed it meant taking a sandwich somewhere."

"A friend of mine called the other day inquiring whether, when you split a meal at a restaurant, you should tip on the cost of that meal or on twice the cost, since it required extra work."

"Dear Fran, I wrote this last year as a way of 'getting it out of my system'."

"Some time ago, I wrote a couple of pieces called 'Things of which I am ashamed.'"

"Fran has accused me of being impatient."
See also earlier draft/notes: "Impatience" (2010/2011)

"As far back as I can remember, I have been conscious of cost."
(Fragment)

"Fran keeps telling me to 'talk to my children about money.'"
(See also: "Money and Misunderstanding" [2012])

"Perhaps a more appropriate title would be Money and Trouble; subtitled My Attitude About Money Has Been the Cause of Most of My Troubles with My Wives."
(Fragment, see also: "Money" [2012])