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When cartoons were funny.
When comedians like Jack Benny and Bob Hope could make you laugh without using the “F” bomb.
When gasoline was 19 cents a gallon, (I seem to recall it being around 25 cents when I started driving, about the cost of a pack of cigs).
When we watched Gunsmoke, Ozzie & Harriet, Donna Reed, My Three Sons, Andy Griffith and the Beeve.
When we would find a ball and whatever we could use as a bat.
When we wore PJs to bed.
When we all ate together for each meal.
How did we survive?
When we drank water from the tap not a bottle
When nobody knew about the dangers of lead poisoning so even cribs were painted with brightly colored lead based paint.
When medicine and Bottles with tablets did not have child proof lids.
When you didn’t stop for school bus.
When you wore no seat belts or air bags in cars.
When you were told smoking is good for your digestion.
When kids shared coke from one bottle.
When we drank whole milk and butter on everything.
When parents couldn’t reach us ( no mobiles )
When most of the day we would be out playing with friends and parents knew we would be safe with hardly any weirdos wandering the streets.
When we rode our bikes with no helmets and doing whatever stunts we could ( bikes were so much heavier and hard waring ) and always had punctures to repair or get dad to help with.
When we didn’t get on the team because we were not good enough and that was that.
