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As a youth I had a couple of interesting job experiences. For example as a pin-setter in a Kingsway Street bowling alley on weekends, becoming quite proficient setting two alleys at a time for 10 pin league players. It was a dangerous challenge to avoid getting hit by flying pins while curled up between alleys, but it paid quite well!

Next I applied for a job in a downtown Vancouver Motel, it was one of the last, if not the very last Motel in downtown Vancouver appropriately named the ‘Downtowner’. I was able to commute after school from East Van via my first car, a 1937 Plymouth coupe.

The managers were two men, one of whom was gay. I came after school and swept the floor of the parking area, refilled the pop machine, and adjusted tv’s etc. among other chores.

It was an education to say the least, including ‘ladies of the night’. Sometimes I obtained liquor via patrons of the Vancouver Hotels’ ‘gay-friendly’ bar for our motel customers.

Just a few of my youthful experiences..