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LOL! It was even WORSE when I was a kid: the most high-tech toy for boys when I was a kid was an electric football game. You plugged it in and turned it on. The players on the team were magnets and the board vibrated to move them around. When a defensive guy vibrated into the quarterback or a receiver you had a what was known as a "tackle!"
The quality of your portable radio was measured by the number of transistors it had. Two transistors, you were a loser. SIX transistors and you were RICH! We used slide rules in high school to get through physics and chemistry. Round slide rules were cool. If you had a color television set, the screen was nearly round and everyone in the neighborhood lived at your house.
When your TV broke, a guy would actually come to your home and replace a tube.
Howdy Doody was my favorite show.
They actually had people who delivered milk, cheese and bread at your doorstep.
Our phones were all "party lines." If you picked up the phone receiver to make a call, and could hear some neighbor talking, you had to wait until they were through before you could make a call.
In High School, if you didn't have a 1955-1958 Chevy, you were a loser. If you drove your Dad's car and admitted it, you were a loser. If you didn't have your own car, you were worse than a loser. You were a nobody.
We all thought that what US Presidents did was play golf and have heart attacks. That's what Eisenhower did, so we thought they all did that.
No one ate cranberries for YEARS because they contained "Strontium 90" whatever THAT is.
Farkel