I was born in 1958. The biggest change that I have noticed is the fact that people no longer take responsibility for their own actions. A close second is that people just don%26#039;t care any more about other people. It%26#039;s a shame, really. Life was so much more innocent and fun. This world has gone to s--t.|||Have you ever played text adventures. Before graphic games.|||What We ddn%26#039;t have: fax machines, microwaves, cellphones, cordless phones, VCRs, Gameboys, personal computers, iPods, Walkmans
What We didn%26#039;t have: Paris Hilton, celebrities being praised for having children out of wedlock, people shacking up without marriage, no-fault divorce.
What we did have: dinner together every night, staying together %26quot;for the sake of the children%26quot; was actually a GOOD thing to do, role models who didn%26#039;t do drugs.|||When I was 10 (1974):
-We only had 3 TV channels
-We had no remote controls
-the phone had a circular dial with finger holes
-we got a vaccination with multiple punctures from a needle (check out any person %26gt; 41; their left arm will have a circular scar just below the shoulder)
-We had no microwave
-We had vinyl records or 8-track cassettes
-The appliances were colored an awful green or yellow
-Women didn%26#039;t groom below (I can%26#039;t tell you how many of my friends%26#039; mothers would have a thatch of hair protruding from their bathing suits)
-At night, you had a choice between Lawrence Welk, Hee Haw or Tony Orlando %26amp; Dawn
-Kids haircuts looked exactly like the kids of today (check out Bad News Bears...see)
-You could have milk delivered to your door
-We all got baseball cards with our chewing gum (if we had saved them all, we would be rich)
-We all got up at 5AM on the weekends to watch Bugs Bunny; then we would fight for the prize at the bottom of the cereal box
-We were lucky enough to watch Howard Cosell
-Mom was a secretary; she would type a letter and let her boss read it. If there were any changes to be made, she would have to type the whole thing again
-No fax machines or computers
-We collected coins; dimes, quarters, halves and silver dollars were made of 90% silver before 1965. In the mid-70%26#039;s, the Hunt brothers tried to corner the silver market and the dates of our coins no longer mattered - the silver alone made the coins more valuable - we cashed in!
-Kids got spanked at school and behaved MUCH better because of it
-Everyone looked forward to the Wizard of Oz which showed once per year
-The stuff inside of Stretch Armstrong looked like strawberry jelly
-Families played Monopoly, Sorry or Pacheesi together
--I could go on all day :%26gt;)|||yes comps aren%26#039;t bagie boxes and we learn basic algebra in 4th grade...|||ABSOLUTELY!!! and i%26#039;m not all that old.
ppl are less polite, can%26#039;t spell (oops, guilty) and the technology is at a crazy level. people are less honest about some things, and too open about others, crime seems to be climbing, and fast food is everywhere!!
