OK, here we go: "I'm so old I remember..."

[Genki Hikari]

45. Here's something else I remember

Segregated schools where I lived. The separate restrooms and water fountains and the rest were gone when I was old enough to start retaining memories. My cousin, though, remembers my mother yanking me away from the "colored" water fountain when I got impatient for a drink of water.

And speaking of water fountains--those old water fountains that looked like white porcelain sinks, with the "flower" handle to make the water run.

And refrigerated water fountains that were bigger than a home water cooler. The school had to put steps next to it so the younger kids could reach the water.

Speaking of schools, do they still use that same weird-smelling sawdust concoction to clean up puke?