I remember when Michael Jackson was a black dude.
I remember when country music songs all had a steel guitar.
I remember getting my butt whipped by people I didn't even know for acting stupid at the grocery store, that person finding my mom or grandmother and then getting another one from her and she thanking the other person.
I remember riding my bike all over the place and if it was getting dark or starting to rain somebody with a pickup putting me and my bike in the truck and bringing me home.
I remember getting home from school, doing my homework and chores then going outside to play and not coming back inside until supper. And if the streetlights were on and I wasn't home, my tail was getting a belt across it.
I remember walking to the drugstore for an ice cream cone that cost a quarter.
I remember going to the show for $1.
I remember learning something in school other than how to pass a standardized test.
I remember discipline in school and at home.
I remember having only 3 channels on TV.
I remember AM radios, FM converters and 8 tracks.
I remember record players.
I remember pong, Atari, Intellivision, Commodore 64.
I remember 5 1/4" floppy disks.
I remember going hunting in the morning before school and having the gun in the back window of the truck and it not being a big deal.
I remember sharpening my pencil with my pocket knife at school and it not being a big deal.