Back in MY day

So, Justin and I were talking about favorite books and we got to talking about Amelia Bedelia, which used to be my favorite book. (the original) Then I proceeded to tell him about film strips. I used to LOVE filmstrips. My sister and I used to watch film strips when my Mom went to aerobics class at the school. Justin has no idea what a film strip is. Then, I began to think about all the stuff he doesn't know about. Like....rabbit ears...with tin foil on it to make the t.v. picture come in better. Records or record players. (and our record player used to have a very freyed cord so every single time I plugged it in I got an electric shock....and there were no outlet covers) Commercial TV (we have tivo.) Floor TVs. Beta videos. Watching home videos on a movie projector with tape that went from one roll to another. If we wanted to tape something on t.v. we taped it on a cassette player and listened to it. Rotary phones and party lines. Sitting in the front seat of the car--or back window! Eating raw hot dogs. Licking cookie dough with raw egg in it off a spoon. Rear wheel drive. 8-tracks. 110 cameras--actually, they barely know a 35mm. Riding a bike with your hair blowing in the wind. Being outside all day without a parent in sight. Bomb shelters. Transistor radios. There is just sooooo much more...not even thinking about fashion and politics and so forth. I guess there has just been so much progress in the last 35 years. So, now I sound like my parents who walked to school uphill both ways in the snow. But, it's just mind boggling.