You know you are old if... (2)

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(some of these push the truth quite a bit, but what the hey... -mm)

You're not old unless you an remember when..

• All soft drinks came in bottles and you could get a deposit back.

• Cars had no air-conditioning.

• There was "free air" at all service stations.

• There were S&H green stamps.

• You could go as a child and buy your mom a pack of cigarettes.

• Music was on vinyl records 45 rpm and albums were 78 rpm.

• There was one light (red) on top of police cars.

• There was only AM radio.

• Everyone took the bus to town.

• You could go and see a live Jan & Dean concert for $3.00.

• Gas was .26 a gal and ethel was way too high at .30.

• Typing Class was noisy.

• Girls had big hair.

• You only had GM, Ford and Chrysler making cars in the US.

• Most of the change in your pocket was pure silver.

• No one ever heard of Bankruptcy, Divorce or KY jelly.

• Football helmets came without face guards.

• The Network News was only 15 minutes long.

• Motor oil came in metal containers.

• Toothpaste came in metal tubes.

• The balcony at the movie theatre had the best view.

• Cracker Jacks had a decent and unusual prize in it.

• The only sideburns you saw were on the pictures of dead presidents.

• Every one you knew had a Smallpox scar.

• You believed everything the Government said.

• The worst you could do socially was drink a beer.

• Every house had a tall outside TV antennae.

• You could call a Doctor and he would come to your house (the same day).

• Men put on a suit, they also put on a hat.

• Atomic War was a real everyday thought.

• Men carried metal lunch boxes to work.