Ha! i just revisited this thread again...feeling nostalgic (rum-induced).
I was thinking how witnesses didn't seem to incriminate each other so much back then (late 60s/early70s). In the 90's you had to very "quietly" make your exit between meetings, but the friends back then were standing outside during the break, watched you crank your car and leave, and gave you the benefit of the doubt if you left... I don't know - I was just a teen, but that's how I saw it. The belt got tighter and tighter in the 80s.
Also, I remember after getting my first car at 16, I would always be 20 minutes early to the meetings (like they recommended), and therefore I got to park right up by the front door - which was a sign that told everyone else that I was first to the meeting. What an SR i was! But one dark, rainy night, the PO got there late and parked behind me perpendicular to my back bumper. Well, after the meeting, I ran out in the rain, jumped in, backed up and smashed his brand new 1968 Impala door good! I slumped back into the hall, confessed my sins, apologized, and said my insurance will pay for the damage. (but it was HIS fault for not parking in a designated spot - I guess he thought he could park anywhere b/c he was PO) But to my surprise, my insurance wasn't good enough for him...he lectured me about how his car was now devalued by having "repair" work done on it. He did a real good job of making an idealistic young teenager feel puny and small. He eventually became a "giant" in the org. but i feel he held that incident against me always. Many years later, he gave me a bad recommendation to my new KH elders. He must've been materialistic is all I can figure. I got my first lesson in pretentiousness.
