YOU'RE NOT OLD UNLESS YOU CAN REMEMBER .....
> >
> >> Being sent to the drugstore to test vacuum tubes for the TV.
> >> When Kool-Aid was the only drink for kids, other than milk and sodas.
> >> When there were two types of sneakers for boys (Keds & PF Flyers).
> >> When boys couldn't wear anything but leather shoes to school.
> >> When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up.
> >> When all your friends got their hair cut at the kitchen table.
> >> When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.
> >> When nobody owned a purebred dog.
> >> When a dime was a decent allowance, and a quarter a huge bonus.
> >> When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
> >> When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then.
> >> When your mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
> >> When all your teachers wore either neckties or had their hair done,
> >everyday.
> >> When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped,
> >> without asking, for free, every time. And you didn't pay for air.
> >> And you got trading stamps to boot!
> >> When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden
> >inside the box.
> >> When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use him to
> >> carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
> >> When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at
> >> a real restaurant with your parents.
> >> When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed...and
> >did!
> >> When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the
> >> fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
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