I’m old enough to remember…

…stepping into a phone booth to get out of a sudden downpour.

…feeling that it was a smart idea to not buy Bitcoin when it was at 74 cents.

…being on the cutting edge of technology by using a 300-baud modem to run paper-tape software on a Teletype.

…when only the very wealthy had car phones.

…having a passbook savings account.

…when it was big news that First Class postage was going up to six cents.

…the smell of mimeograph ink.

…when “Made in Japan” meant shoddy construction.

…duck and cover drills.

…televisions that took several minutes to warm up.

…chemistry sets for kids that came with a chunk of asbestos and a vial of mercury that you could pour out and roll around in your hand.

…new cars having an 8-track tape player as an option.

…occasionally finding 19th century coins in pocket change.

…watching Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV.

…cigarettes being 29 cents a pack at the same time that gasoline was 29 cents a gallon.

…when everyone was looking forward to 2020.

^{Badge thanks to @arcange}

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