You know you’re getting old when . . .
- You can identify a 1969 Mach I and Dodge R/T by the sound.
- You remember people who liked Sanka and thought it taste good.
- Girls who wore skirts above the knees were sluts.
- Somebody used to clean your windshield and check the oil when you got gas.
- You could put air in your tires for free.
- Breakfast was either shredded wheat or corn flakes.
- Everybody supported the President.
- Socialism was a bad thing.
- Congress was respected.
- You had to go to two stores to get gas and bread.
- The worst thing to have was cooties.
- Stores were closed on Sundays.
- Nobody watched the NFL and players got $50 per game (only if they played).
- You remember your mother shoveling coal into the furnace before bed.
- Your parents didn’t have to pay anything for you to play football.
- The electric bill was over three dollars and your dad freaked out.
- You would giggle when anyone said the word “sex”.
- Your mom was afraid of the washing machine rollers.
- You wore a coat and tie on an airliner.
- Stores had an honor system that would allow you to put things on credit.
- You always shined your shoes after wearing them.
- Stuff made in Japan was junk.
- Kissing a girl was a big deal.
- Actors acted and weren’t political experts.
- Mainline churches followed the Bible.
- You remember guys you went to school with who died in Vietnam.
More recent things . . .
- A double date meant two couples, not seeing two girls the same night.
- Friends with benefits meant they had health insurance.
- Girls only slid down poles in dark, back alley bars, not at the Super Bowl.
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