It was 40 years ago now, but might as well have been 100.
Check them out:
1.
I never got told ‘no’ by the cashier."
“When CDs first came out, they packaged them in these long cardboard sleeves.
Wish I still had them!”
“It’s difficult now to believe how little oversight we had from our parents.
We’d go out into the woods for an entire day and just do whatever.
We all had pocket knives, and nobody was older than 9.”
“Pay phones were everywhere.
They were sometimes non-functional and always disgusting especially when the handset was still warm…ew.”
There were ads for them on TV all of the time."
“There were astronomical long distance charges.
“Watching TV was a whole different experience than it is today.
“If you were meeting a friend, you had to be there on time.
This could go on a few times if you kept missing each other!
Much better to be on time.”
Each card had the reference, the page number, etc.
Then and ONLY THEN!
would you map out the paper.”
I still remember the distinct smell my parents' IBM electric typewriter made when you turned it on.”
16.“Maps!
“Gas stations had attendants.
They pumped your gas, washed your windows, and checked your oil.
For lots of high schoolers, that was your first job.”
Now we just search the internet!”
