- Ice cream cones were 10 cents
- television channels "signed off" for the evening (and there were only 3 of them)
- Nixon resigned
- Gas was 50 cents a gallon
- kids (meaning I) could play outside all day without fear of strangers
- terrible pollution/trash was on the sides of the roads (we've come a long way)
- I was afraid of vampires coming into my room at night
- there were bears all over Yellowstone
- Love Boat was the most popular television show
- my hair was light blond and my skin was dark brown (I lived in AZ)
- divorce was seldom heard of
- microwaves didn't exist
- 8-track tapes were the "new technology"
- seat belts weren't legislated and car seats didn't exist
- I could sleep through the night (wait, that was just a year ago!)
(this post was done at 4:34 a.m. while Eden slept in my arms - she's had a tummy ache all night! I'm going to go try to put her in her bed and see if I can get some zzzzzzs)
1 response(s):
Trust me Heidi, you don't remember when microwaves didn't exist. You may remember when they were uncommon.
The first 'RadarRange' was produced in 1947, a little bit before you were born, dear.
--Golden Contact
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