Oh my word... I remember each and every single thing mentioned thus far, and have experience using a good number of them! Talk about feeling old! LOL!
- How about cigarette rolling machines?
- Plastic bonnet hairdryers?
- Beauty Salon Dome Hairdryers? We used to sit under them smoking cigarettes and gossiping!
- Smoking in stores and shops, and anywhere else you wanted to?
- Babysitting for .25 cents an hour?
- Spanking?
- Drop-sided baby cribs?
- Cloth diapers and rubber pants with safety pins?
- Plastic diaper pails?
- No seat belts?
- Riding in the back (box) of pickup trucks?
- Clothesline drying (when everyone did it)?
- Wringer washing machines?
- On Sundays everything was closed?
- Being able to send your kids to the store to buy cigarettes without a note?
- The strap at school?
- Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights?
- Disco?
- Spoolies?
Goodness me, and so many more...
Speaking of cloth diapers, I always laundered my own right at home... no diaper service, and I hung them on the clothesline to dry. Diapers were then taken down off the line, folded, stacked, and reused again and again, sometimes for two (or more) babies before a new batch would be purchased, and I always used two diapers at a time when changing a bum. My kids used to waddle like penguins, because their diapers were so bulky.