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(continued from page 5) 3. Talked to each other rather than stare at the boob tube or computer screen. 4. Read books and wrote letters. 5. Played outdoors after school rather than camp indoors with computer games and visiting chat rooms. 6. Sports and games were unsupervised by adults. We made our own rules and settled our own disputes. 7. We mowed grass rather than smoked it. 8. Popped pop and not pills. 9. Said grace and ate supper as a whole family. 10. Parents taught and enforced manners. 11. No meant no, not maybe. Curfews enforced. 12. Fished, hunted, boated, swam at every opportunity. 13. Spent more time chasing fly balls than girls.
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14. Did any and all odd jobs for the neighbors to earn spending money. 15. Used our imagination while listening to Gang Busters, Lone Ranger, I Love A Mystery, and The Shadow on the radio. 16. Music provided by Big Bands, Andrew Sisters and Ink Spots, not today’s discordant gibberish. 17. Passed clothes down to younger siblings or swapped with neighbors. 18. Picnicked with family and friends on weekends. Hard to envision what the next 20 years will produce, but it will be exciting.
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