YOU'RE NOT OLD UNLESS YOU CAN REMEMBER...
...being sent to the drugstore to test vacuum tubes for the TV.
...when Kool-Aid was the only other drink for kids, other than milk and sodas.
...when there were two types of sneakers for boys: high tops and low tops.
...when boys couldn't wear anything but leather shoes to school. (And shirts
tucked in, belts had to be worn, and skirts no higher than mid-knee.)
...when it took five minutes for the TV to warm up. (Remember watching test
patterns, and that itty-bitty screen?)
...when nearly everyone's parents smoked and cigarettes were $3 a carton.
...when all your friends got their hair cut at the kitchen table.
...when nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there. (Usually
with hot homemade cookies and milk.)
...when nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
...when a dime was a decent allowance, and a quarter a huge bonus. (And penny
candy?)
...when you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
...when girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then.
...when all your teachers wore either neckties or had their hair done, every
day.
...when you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without
asking, for free, every time. (And gas was 19 cents a gallon?)
...when any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use him to carry
groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
...when it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a
REAL restaurant with your parents.
