Remember when...

• When there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyers), and the only time you wore them at school, was for "gym."
  
  
• When nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got there.
  
  
• When nobody owned a purebred dog.
  
  
• When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a huge bonus.
  
  
• When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
  
  
• When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then.
  
  
• When your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.
  
  
• When all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done, everyday.
  
  
• When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every time. And, you didn't pay for air. And, you got trading stamps to boot!
  
  
• When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box.
  
  
• When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
  
  
• When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
  
  
• When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed ... and did!
  
  
• When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.