..all soft drinks came in bottles
and you could get a deposit back.
..cars had no air-conditioning.
..there was "free air"
at all service stations.
..there were S&H green stamps.
..you could go as a child and
buy your mom a pack of cigarettes.
..music was on vinyl records 45 rpm
and albums were 78 rpm.
..there was one light (red)
on top of police cars.
..there was only AM radio.
..everyone took the bus to town.
..you could go and see a live
Jan & Dean concert for $3.00.
..gas was .26 a gal and
ethel was way too high at .30.
..Typing Class was noisy.
..girls had big hair.
..you only had GM, Ford and
Chrysler making cars in the US.
..most of the change in your
pocket was pure silver.
..no one ever heard of Bankruptcy,
Divorce or KY jelly.
..football helmets came without face guards.
..the Network News
was only 15 minutes long.
..motor oil came in metal
containers.
..toothpaste came in metal tubes.
..the balcony at the movie
theater had the best view.
..Cracker Jacks had a decent
and unusual prize in it.
..the only sideburns you saw were
on the pictures of dead presidents.
..every
one you knew had a Smallpox scar.
..you believed everything the Government said.
..the worst you could do
socially was drink a beer.
..every house had a tall outside TV antennae.
..you could call a Doctor and he
would
come to your house (the same day).
..men put on a suit, they
also put on a hat.
..Atomic War was a real everyday thought.
..men carried metal lunch
boxes to work.