I just read a thread I started in 2006 and I would like to start it again and see how other people's life has changed in a few decades.
I myself was born in the 40s. The very late 40s.
Television was invented two years before I was born and there were only 2 shows on. We were lucky to have a phone, and the cord was straight, not coiled. The dial was rotary. There was no airconditioning, cell phones, computers, color TV, Microwaves, Birth control pills, SUVs, PayPal, Texting, Viagra, 10 speed bilkes, powerheads, High def, MH, VHO or PC lights, Nikes, foreign cars, lipo suction, 4 wheel drive, (except Willys Jeep, which I had) Reality shows, dance shows Oprah or the biggest loser, water filters, 747 or SST planes, FM radios, GFCIs, reef tanks, SpongeBob, credit cards, Blue Ray, Botox, hair plugs, Sattelite radio, MP3 players, Styrofoam, radial tires, IPods or fake boobs. We had record players, but, debit cards, space shuttles, knee replacements, fans and one speed bicycles, the speed was how fast you pedeled. We also got drafted. (that has nothing to do with wind) or sloppy looking kids in school.
We also had jobs that we got ourselves and cars that we bought ourselves and if we got married we paid for that ourselves.
Of course when we got beat up, we did that ourselves.:shock:
If it snowed 2' or more, they still kept the school open but they let you get there lateSpeaking of snow, when it snowed we would take the hood off an abandoned car and use that for a sled for everyone.
I myself was born in the 40s. The very late 40s.
Television was invented two years before I was born and there were only 2 shows on. We were lucky to have a phone, and the cord was straight, not coiled. The dial was rotary. There was no airconditioning, cell phones, computers, color TV, Microwaves, Birth control pills, SUVs, PayPal, Texting, Viagra, 10 speed bilkes, powerheads, High def, MH, VHO or PC lights, Nikes, foreign cars, lipo suction, 4 wheel drive, (except Willys Jeep, which I had) Reality shows, dance shows Oprah or the biggest loser, water filters, 747 or SST planes, FM radios, GFCIs, reef tanks, SpongeBob, credit cards, Blue Ray, Botox, hair plugs, Sattelite radio, MP3 players, Styrofoam, radial tires, IPods or fake boobs. We had record players, but, debit cards, space shuttles, knee replacements, fans and one speed bicycles, the speed was how fast you pedeled. We also got drafted. (that has nothing to do with wind) or sloppy looking kids in school.
We also had jobs that we got ourselves and cars that we bought ourselves and if we got married we paid for that ourselves.
Of course when we got beat up, we did that ourselves.:shock:
If it snowed 2' or more, they still kept the school open but they let you get there lateSpeaking of snow, when it snowed we would take the hood off an abandoned car and use that for a sled for everyone.
