Was 'back in the day' all that good - hindsight is always 20-20, but it seems when I grew up it wasn't about who to text but how far do I have to ride my bike to find what the neighborhood guys are doing today.
(Author unknown)
My entire childhood in one email!!!
45 rpm spindles
Aluminum Ice cube trays
Roller-skate keys
Cork pop guns
Marlin Perkins
Drive-in Movies
Drive-in restaurants (not THRU) with Car Hops
Studebaker's
Topo Gigio (Ed Sullivan Show)
Washer wringers
The Fuller Brush Man (Red Skelton)
Reel-To-Reel tape recorders
Tinkertoys
Erector Sets
Lincoln Logs
18 cent a gallon gasoline and you got green stamps
15 cent hamburgers
5 cent packs of baseball cards
Penny candy
postage rates for 1st class
Jiffy Pop popcorn
Gum wrapper chains
5 cent Cokes
Chatty Cathy dolls
Flash bulbs
Sky King
Speedy Alka-Seltzer
Cigarettes for Christmas
Falstaff Beer
Burma Shave signs
Brownie camera
TV Test patterns
Old Yeller
Chef Boy-AR-dee
Timmy and Lassie
Ding Dong Avon calling
Brylcreem (a little dab'll do ya')
Aluminum Christmas Trees w/ revolving lights.
If you can remember most or all of these,
Then you have lived.
And if some or all of these are unknown to you, I'm so sorry.
You missed out on the "good stuff"!
Life was simple and wonderful back then.
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