Living room ,thats where we all congregated. Were no family rooms and no tv in your bedroom, it was a family affair when you watched tv. everyone together!
You shared the bedrooms with another sibling/ had fun talking to each other before you fell asleep. One tv , maybe two channels -always something worth viewing , and weren't concerned if the children were watching along with you. Only one flavor of potato chips- not lots of snacks to pick from. Did most everything together as a family, going to relatives to visit , staying home, or just hanging out on front porch. Gosh, even going to church together on Sunday when everything was shut down. Sometimes we did do our own thing, playing outside alot. Seems we knew where everyone was even without having a cell phone No video games, action games. Our time playing ment out in the front yard. Doctors were family friends, didn't need insurance back then. Nothing to swipe or punch, cashiers had to count back the change. For just a nickel , machines had little bottles of coke. Spending a fun day might just ment playing kick the can in the front yard. Waiting for the mailman was always a big deal, no email ! Enjoying music was done on a big turn table called a victrola record player. or small records called a forty -fives. Saving up bottle caps or milk carton labels for the big Sat. matinee was a Biggie!
Our lives were so different but wouldn't change a thing,
Love the new technology but sure miss those Good Old Days!
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