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Not over 50, but close....47
Playing with my hula hoop, lemon twist and skateboard for hours
Outside play wasn't only encouraged, it was mandatory
Shag carpet
After school special movies
Pre-MTV, Pre-Walkman, reel-to-reel home movies, when cars just had radios, vinyl records, bootleg copies you cherished, Peel sessions on BBC radio
Saturday nights at the skating rink
When kids behaved and respected elders because 1) everyone told mom what you did wrong before you even got home 2) mom always told dad and you knew what that meant 3) spanking and anything rougher than a time-out were not considered archaic and a form of child abuse 4) kids were not given so many choices when they had no idea how to make them yet
Block parties
Having to write 500 times "I will not talk in class" over the weekend because I wanted to socialize instead of listening to the teacher
Emergency Broadcast System tests on TV on a regular basis
Every dad got soap-on-a-rope and/or Old Spice every Christmas
Hearing Eddie Murphy's comedy album "Raw" for the first time
When Studio 54 was still going strong
Girls/Women laid out in the sun until they got burnt to a crisp, using nothing but baby oil on the skin
Sock Hops after school in Jr. High
Listening to your grandparents talk about the good 'ole days when couples courted on front porches, kids were respectful and everything was made better (and everything was made better)
Awesome thread!
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