Remember

You're not old UNLESS you can remember:...

* Being sent to the drugstore to test vacuum tubes for the TV.

* When Kool-Aid was the only other drink for kids, other than milk and sodas.

* When there were two types of sneakers for boys.

* When boys couldn't wear anything but leather shoes to school.

* When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up.

* When nearly everyone's parents smoked.

* When all your friends got their hair cut at the kitchen table.

* When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.

* When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.

* When a dime was a decent allowance, and a 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 your teachers wore either neckties or had their hair done, every day.

* When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every time.

* 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.