Originally Posted by zennia
Remember party lines?
Yes!!!
And the day our first television was delivered. The first show I ever watched on tv was a shoot-em-up Western. Grew to love the Lone Ranger, the Cisco Kid, and SuperMan.
Speaking of soda fountains, my brother and I would walk a mile and a half for a nickel cherry coke, just to have something to do, then walk back home. A 3-Musketeers bar was only a nickel too, and it was big enough to share with a friend.
Gasoline was 39 cents a gallon, and every once in awhile there would be a gas war when my Dad could get gasoline for 19 cents a gallon.