Oh, how times have changed!
Here are some responses that will either have you feeling nostalgic or completely surprised:
1.
“I grew up in NYC in the ’50s, long before owners had to pick up after theirdogs.
The sidewalks were literally like an obstacle course filled with dog poop!
It was everywhere!”
“My high school had a smoking area outside for students, no permission slip required.
ginnyjensen
3.
Apparently, it was common to dress nicely for simple things like going to the dentist.”
Each stall in the restroom had a lock that would only open if you inserted a dime."
Bob, 68, Michigan
5.
“The card catalog at the library!
If you had to write a paper for school, you started there.
All I have to say is thank god for Google!”
Anna, 56, Georgia
7.
“I’m 70, and rotary phones were pretty much used until the late ’70s/early ’80s.
Of course, all the rotary phones were corded.
Touch tone/cordless phones were a HUGE improvement.
Pretty soon, I predict landlines will be obsolete, and people will only have their cellphones.”
Joe, 60, Illinois
9.
“When I was in fourth grade, my allowance was 25 cents a week.
Back then, Coke was maybe 5 cents, and peanuts were about a nickel.”
“There was pornography everywhere you looked.
It was strange, but it was normal.”
Anonymous
11.
“Banks refused to give my mother a mortgage just because she was divorced.
They told her that divorced women were ‘unreliable’ and were, therefore, a credit risk.
Mind you, when she applied, she was employed full-time and had been for decades.”
“My mom and aunt wore paper dresses for a bit.
They tore like wild, as you might imagine.
My grandma still has one; it looks like a hospital sheet that’s just more decorated.”
morgan_le_slay
13.
“There was SPF 2 and 4.
And to get a tan, women rubbed themselves down with baby oil.”
Girls also weren’t allowed in the pool."
jmacxjr
15.
At restaurants, there were smoking and non-smoking sections.
The wait was almost always longer for the non-smoking area.
It’s hard to imagine that happening now."
John, 79, Washington
17.
The fax came out on curled paper in brown ink.
Hardly a good thing for legal documents!
I got to buy candy with the change."
seaword
19.
“Hairstyles were a big deal when I was in high school.
“I grew up on a farm in the ’60s.
Most of us had pick-up trucks, and most had gun racks with loaded rifles.
We drove to school with our gun-loaded trucks every day.
shinyhedgehog82
21.Lastly: “Car doors usually flew open while taking a turn!
Parents always yelled not to lean or fall asleep on the back doors because they would sometimes fly open.
Yes, kids fell out of moving cars!
I am grateful for car seats, seat belts, and car doors that lock and stay shut.”
