Peggy
in memoriam 2016
Holy cow, you're from my era, lol.46. Our best technology toys were the lightbrite, etch-a-sketch, and Atari Pong. This is back when slinky's were made of metal, a "78" was a record, all phones were dial-pulse, payphones were everywhere, most people had only three channels on their TV, and you could find a cigarette machine outside your local dentist office.
I had a lite brite and etch-a-sketch, a metal slinky, 78's and a turntable, payphones cost a nickle (we cried inflation when they went up to a dime!) TV sucked unless the Honeymooners or I Love Lucy was on, cig machines were everywhere, and we played with Barbie's and GI Joe's til we were 11 and 12 yrs old. No kiddie beauty pageants, and 12 yr olds wearing makeup, high heels, mini skirts, and carrying cellphones (no such thing), in my day.