Originally posted by Dixieland Dancer


Sad to say but I think that is what the kids of this 00's generation will be saying in 20 or 30 years from now too!

they'll never know the joy of snaking a drink of ice cold milk from a bottle (i'm lactose intolerant now)

gas was 25 cents a gallon, bazooka bubble gum 1 cent,
4 track tape players, gum in baseball cards, the weekly reader in
school! the smell of fresh hand outs in school (mimeographs)

gini-

ivory soap? how barbaric! my parents used LAVA!
roller skate keys!!!!!! and sharing your skates, you got one and
your friend got the other!!!!

dixie-

2 cents a bottle???? we were rich beyond compare.

lut-
as a male i learned to wash clothes when i was 13....and how to know how much soap to use!

sammi-
wax paper- these days people would protest the cruelty toward bees for making them make our wax paper

about three years ago i was yelled at, in front of patients, for calling a nurse, 'ma'am'. when i explained it was habit from going to a private school that made things worse

love my shiba-
one day i fell and cracked my head on the gym floor during dodgeball, i walked around with a head ache for three days because i was afraid to tell my parents....

mugsy-
to this day they call me alligator feet because my feet would dry and crack from no wearing shoes....


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