~Then and Now~

Thursday, July 01, 2010

Then And Now We used to actually pop popcorn on the stove. Add our own salt, melt a little butter, and drizzle. A phone was a rather bulky thing that hung on a wall with a really long curly cord. I have images of my Mom at the stove, phone on one ear, with that long cord stretched all the way across the kitchen. I used to swing it like a jump rope.  My memories of a computer consists mostly of  learning "boot" and "DOS".  Wanted to watch The A-Team? You had to be IN your den, ready to watch  AT 8:00 Friday night. There was no pausing or rewinding live television. Christmas lists were a result of hours spent thumbing through the Sears catalog. Now, between infomercials of Pillow Pets, or toysrus.com, who needs a catalog? We had to roll down the car window. Not "push a button it down" but manually crank the roller! ( I do remember once having a big sedan with electric windows. It felt fancy.) In the summer, we slept with our windows open.  Kids had their birthday parties at home. We played games like balloon toss or tug of war and ate cake.  That was it. And it was so much fun.  We fought over who got to sit on the "hump". (aka: the armrest in the front seat in the Buick) Seat belts?? Nah. ~What a difference some years make~