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 other drink for kids, other than milk and Sodas.
• When there were only 2 types of sneakers for boys, & girls wouldn't wear them.
• When boys couldn't wear anything but leather shoes to school.
• When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up.
• When nearly everyone's parents smoked.
• 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 pure-bred 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, every day.
• When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking....... for free, every time.
• 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 schools threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed--and actually did it.