I always wanted this but never had it. Small town surrounded by rural areas, the closest any of my school buddies lived to me was 10 or 12 miles away, so outside of school we typically never saw each other. We lived in a neighborhood where there were other kids around my age for about 2 years starting when I was 10 but I wasn’t super tight with any of them and when we moved across town didn’t really ever see any of them again.
Now I wish my stepdad was still alive so I could show him that trick!
People that age in the early ‘70s grew up in the Depression, lived through if were actively involved in WWII, etc. I’m sure it aged them. I read once what the percentage of draftees/enlistees for the US forces in WWII was who were 4F due to malnutrition but it was a staggering number. But yes, that was also a time when a common promotional in cigarette ads were their alleged health benefits and every movie featured matinee idols suavely lighting up onscreen. The ritzy ones with gilded lighters and the cowboys striking matches on their jeans or boot sole.
Yeah, great depression and then rationing during ww2 left a mark on this country physically for a whole generation.
Not me, but my 2 siberian husky roommates absolutely destroyed their credit in the 90s with Columbia House.
I loved the strongly worded letters they would send, I would throw them in the trash before my parents were able to get to the mailbox.
Yep. Typing CLOAD, waiting 5-10 minutes with crossed fingers that it didn't shit the bed. I still have a couple of Trash-80's on the pile to be refurbished. And let's not forget the Ford Model-T of laptops:Anyone remember using a cassette tape to load a program, we had these in middle school, used to play chess. Thank god floppys came out shortly after.
I was sent to the corner store on the regular for milk and smokes, as a reward with the 5 cents left over, I could buy 20 mojos
Swedish fish, hot dollars or root beer barrels was my go to in the penny candy section.
Find one with the dimmer switch on the floor and really fuck her up.I tried teaching my daughter how to drive manual, most afraid I have ever been.
