So, recently I had some extensive dental work done and it required sitting in the chair for over an hour.  There were some blank moments waiting on things to numb or dry or whatever and to pass the time the assistant asked me some questions.  For instance, how long have I been married and where did I meet my husband.  The one question she asked I answered pretty much right away and then when I got home and thought it over, I came up with a dozen more answers.

So, here's the question and I'd be interested to hear what you might have replied.  She asked, "What's something you miss from when you were growing up?"  My answer was full-service gas stations.  Of course, I had to explain it to her, and she thought it was something worth bringing back. Now after some time I came up with some other things.

     How about double features at the theater for about $.25 and you got some cartoons in between.  That goes along with drive-in movies.  Although we didn't have a car, the drive-in was less than a mile away and we climbed the hill behind the cars and my dad would "lip read” the movie for us.  He was very convincing and it was years later when the movie came on TV that I found out the real story.

How about variety shows on TV.  We are so spoiled with so many channels now-a-days, but you still won't find anything like The Carol Burnet Show or The Sonny and Cher Show.  My dad was a huge fan of Dean Martin and Perry Como so we never missed their shows.  Even Lawrence Welk fits the bill.

Every spring you could count on the Easter Parade, garage bands and in our neighborhood, we had pet parades.  It was only 4 blocks long, but you'd be surprised at what animals were marching down Keeler.  Not being able to have a dog in our apartment, I marched with my bowl of turtles.

And here's one more, remember those big ice chests with soda bottles in them?  You'd stick your hand in the freezing water and swish around until you found your orange Crush, Hires root beer or plain old coke.   The best part was the bottle opener was right there on the front of the chest so you could drink right away.

So there you have it.   Anything you've been missing?

Til next month------------------nice chatting with you Jan