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22/05/2026 8:53 pm
All the girls had ugly gym uniforms ,
It took three minutes for the TV to warm up ,
Nobody owned a purebred dog,
When a quarter was a decent allowance,
You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny,
Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces,
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time. And you didn't pay for air. And, you got trading stamps to boot,
Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box,
It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents,
They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed...and they did it!
When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady.
No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locker.
Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game,
Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger,
And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savour the slower pace, and share it with the children of today,
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home,
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
22/05/2026 8:59 pm
Amen.
John Bono
North Jersey
22/05/2026 10:11 pm
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home,
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
oh yeah!!
22/05/2026 11:34 pm
Once again.....will someone please get that time machine completed!
23/05/2026 12:16 am
Air is still free in California.
23/05/2026 12:41 am
It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents,
Growing up in the sixties it was a real treat to go to lunch at McDonald's (or any other place for that matter) rather than have sandwiches at home. We never rolled up the windows or locked the station wagon when going shopping or to the supermarket.
This post was modified 20 hours ago by Pete Rovero
23/05/2026 5:44 am
Good Lord, I'm old enough to remember very well, ALL of this....and MISS it badly. And that's exactly what I got as an allowance - a quarter. I delivered papers on my bike and recall that the Saturday movies were a quarter. So allowance and paper money meant I could get a Coke and popcorn too. Cowboy movies were my favorites and you also saw a serial first, that would continue the following Saturday. I had to mow the lawn for my allowance and take care of our dog, Prince. And, yes, he was a Heinz 57 - a little bit of everything and the best friend a kid could want.
23/05/2026 7:19 am
You guys got an allowance?!
23/05/2026 7:40 am
@jack-dodds You got paid for doing chores?!?!
Yep. For me, taking out the trash twice a week, mowing the yard and taking care of the dog were my main chores. And I got a quarter. If, like Jack, they weren't done to satisfaction, I was either NOT paid or beaten to a pulp with a rusty lead pipe!! I took the quarter. 
23/05/2026 7:49 am
@lloyd-mecca I'm surprised the government hasn't devised a way to charge folks for the air we breathe. But every one of those are true. I lived them.😊
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