“Going to the drive-in after work.

a time when screens and Wi-Fi didn’t rule our lives.

So much so that it inspired even more stories and responses.

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“I grew up in Florida in the ’70s.

I had a bicycle with a banana seat and ape hanger handlebars.

We would get behind themosquito fog truckand ride in the fog for hours.”

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“In the early ’60s, I bowled in junior leagues at our local bowling alley.

Then we would go across the street at night to skate at the Twilight Time skating rink.

“I did A LOT of reading.

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Also, I wrote fiction on my familys computer.

This was a pre-internet computer where you didnt connect to anything but a printer.

Those were the days of tape drives and floppy disks and no hard drives or mice.”

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There were 25-cent cheeseburger Wednesdays at McDonalds (does anyone else remember this?)

and $1 movie theaters.”

“I grew up before the internet and before everybody had a computer, ’70s kid and ’80s teenager.

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The neighbors and I had horses and ponies, and we would ride them for miles.

“We spent countless hours making backyard wrestling videos with a bunch of friends.

It was the ’80s so there were always great tunes playing.”

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Wed play until 4:30 p.m., then go inside to watchThe Three Stooges.”

“In the ’60s, mybest friendand I would catch the bus to go downtown.

We would start at Woolworth and get a Coke and burger.

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Then, maybe we would buy some sunglasses or makeup.

Then, we would catch a movie.

Maybe we’d spend the rest of the day walking the streets and checking out boys.

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I would spend my whole week’s worth of babysitting money $5.

I was maybe 12 or 13.

“We spent a lot of time at the beach during the day.

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We did crafty things like Shrinky Dinks, loom loopers, or kid baking sets.

In good weather, we would play outside: hula hoops, jump rope, roller skating, hopscotch…

There was so much to do!

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We were never bored.”

“Drove around aimlessly, especially past the hot guy’s house.”

“I loved making up dances with my friends!

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We were always performing.

We were always exploring in groups, too.

We once found this old abandoned house that was so creepy.

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It was probably incredibly dangerous, but we loved daring each other to go in different rooms!”

“I read constantly growing up.

Like, I could finish a book in a day.

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A few years ago, I was lucky if I read around 30 books a year.”

“Going to the drive-in after work.

We didnt come back until the streetlights came on.”

Two children read a book together under a blanket, illuminated by a flashlight

Drive-in theatre at dusk with parked cars and people in lawn chairs watching a movie featuring a city skyline at sunset on a large outdoor screen

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