"When I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn in the late 1950's and early 1960's, most parks had a "parkee" staffing a building to lend you equipment and make sure the place was under control."
"Also, I was told by another "parkee" at the library that if you do not pay your meter immediately - in other words, if you take time to get your child out of the car first - you are in violation of paying the meter."
"a thick sweater and over all the usual Alaskan "parkee" amply furred around the hood; underneath was a suit of the heaviest Jaeger underwear -- yet until nigh noon feet were like lumps of iron and fingers were constantly numb."