The air had been cleaned up pretty well by then and it was safe to go water skiing on the Allegheny River. Again, thanks to EPA.

I dated a girl back then who worked for Allegheny Ludlum, a specialty steel company in Ben Avon, in the upper Ohio Valley. They had a rule that anyone who owned a foreign car had to park at the far end of the employee parking lot, which for her, meant a long walk in high heels through the snow just to get to her desk in the morning. I made a decision right then that I would never buy a Detroit car until Detroit started buying Pittsburgh steel. Freedom of choice is a two-edged sword. It cuts both ways.

Believe me. I got no problem with regulating the hell out of these hypocrites. Somebody needs to teach these suits a lesson.