First color TV: my brother & I were thrilled when our viewing options were doubled by UHF. We heard from several reliable sources that somewhere on that huge range of UHF channels naked women could be found, but apparently our antenna wasn’t set properly.
Remember fine-tuning knobs?
AM radio. Ash trays. Cigarette ads in TV. Paper grocer sacks. Returning Coke bottles for the deposit.
National Anthem played when the stations signed off after the late news. Saturday’s were the best. Cartoons in the morning and TV all the way to 11:30, with wrestling & roller derby ending the day.
First car: 1975 Camaro. After “Smokey And The Bandit” a Trans-Am was all the boys dream car. Learned on a 1970 C10 with 3 on the tree.
Remember when teens worked to buy their first car? Remember when owners worked on their cars?
No seat belt laws. When my older sisters took the whole neighborhood swimming in the summer, we jammed four in the back seat, one or two more of the lighter kids sitting in laps, and one or two sitting in the floor board.
Buying gas: an attendant pumped, washed your windshield & checked your oil. Far from today’s convenience store/gas stations, there might be a coke machine outside and maybe candy bars behind the counter.
Where I grew up, there was no fast food and really few restaurants. The eateries there were independent. I was 17 when I first tasted pizza.
We visited Mexican border towns regularly with no concerns about safety.
Ask someone for directions.
Boomer: Hold on while a get the map out of my glove compartment.
GenX: Hold on, I’m checking MapQuest
Millennial: Siri...
Great times! I miss them. Except liver night.