“Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!”
I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store.
MTV used to play music videos. And not much else.
You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid.
Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink.
“A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.”
One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord.
Comic books cost a dime, and you could get 2-for-a-penny candy.
Milk used to be delivered to your door. IN GLASS BOTTLES!
It used to be normal for a person to be unreachable by telephone for hours at a time.
To change the TV channel, we used to have to get up, walk to the TV set, and turn the dial. (And then mess with the rabbit ears and vertical hold until it looked okay.)
“Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!”
I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store.
MTV used to play music videos. And not much else.
You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid.
Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink.
“A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.”
One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord.
Comic books cost a dime, and you could get 2-for-a-penny candy.
Milk used to be delivered to your door. IN GLASS BOTTLES!
It used to be normal for a person to be unreachable by telephone for hours at a time.
To change the TV channel, we used to have to get up, walk to the TV set, and turn the dial. (And then mess with the rabbit ears and vertical hold until it looked okay.)
To send a letter (pre-cursor to email) to someone far away, one would have to write it on a piece of paper with a pen and put it in a paper envelope on which was written the home address of the person one was sending to. One would then buy another piece of paper, called a stamp, from a shop and affix it to the envelope, which one would then place in a metal box. Several days later, the letter would arrive in the vicinity of where one wanted it to go, usually to a neighbor of the intended recipient.
“Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!”
I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store.
MTV used to play music videos. And not much else.
You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid.
Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink.
“A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.”
One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord.
Comic books cost a dime, and you could get 2-for-a-penny candy.
Milk used to be delivered to your door. IN GLASS BOTTLES!
It used to be normal for a person to be unreachable by telephone for hours at a time.
To change the TV channel, we used to have to get up, walk to the TV set, and turn the dial. (And then mess with the rabbit ears and vertical hold until it looked okay.)
To send a letter (pre-cursor to email) to someone far away, one would have to write it on a piece of paper with a pen and put it in a paper envelope on which was written the home address of the person one was sending to. One would then buy another piece of paper, called a stamp, from a shop and affix it to the envelope, which one would then place in a metal box. Several days later, the letter would arrive in the vicinity of where one wanted it to go, usually to a neighbor of the intended recipient.
Everyone knew we would never have a black President. Duh.
“Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!”
I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store.
MTV used to play music videos. And not much else.
You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid.
Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink.
“A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.”
One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord.
You actually had to walk up to the TV to turn it on/off, change channels, or adjust the volume.
9 “My friends and I played in the street and came home when it got dark. Our Moms didn’t know or particularly care where we were.”
