[linda_22003]

And part of what made bikinis worthwhile was that the obesity rate was far lower than it is now.

[PLOM...NOT!]

It was a rare treat to eat at McDonalds, or out for that matter...99% of my childhood meals were homecooked.
We went trick-or-treating on Halloween from 4pm-10pm, just us kids, and never worried about being assaulted or abducted.
We went to church and Sunday school EVERY Sunday.
We celebrated Christmas at public school and even sang Silent Night and Away in A Manger during this celebration.
We NEVER locked our doors at home and windows were kept open all night during the long, hot summers.
We built makeshift "tents" in the backyard with blankets over the clotheslines and slept out there without parental supervision.
Cartoons were on only on Saturday mornings.
It was a rare sight to see an overweight person. I remember having one overweight classmate in my senior graduating class of 600.
We played all over the neighborhood and then some until the streetlights came on.
We kids looked for "hobos" while walking the railroad tracks.
I was 12 years old before I spoke a cuss word...d*mn.
Born in 1962.