Gawd, justamom... you're putting me in the era when dinosaurs once roamed the earth!
I can remember most of these things from my misspent youth! (Mind you, I'm already approaching the "first anniversary of my 39th birthday!")
Lessee... I still own a couple of 1969 NY Mets World Champions beer mugs that were gas station giveaways, a copy of
We Came In Peace, a Gulf gas station giveaway book commemorating the moon landing. How's about Space Food Sticks and Tang? And when Frosted Flakes were Sugar Frosted Flakes? (And Sugar Smacks, Super Sugar Crisp, Sugar Pops, etc...)
And not to forget:
Cable TV was once considered a luxury - and the channel selector was connected by a cable! Waiting until the cable company finally wired up your neighborhood - it wasn't until my senior year of high school over 20 years ago that my mother relented and got cable TV for the house!
VHS videotape players that once cost over $700 - now you can buy one on sale for $25!
My late grandpa's collection of Broadway show tunes on reel-to-reel tapes. Is it any wonder why my favorite music is movie and theatrical soundtracks?
When MTV lived up to its motto "all music, all the time". Now it's a pale shadow of what it once was.