I’m about ten years older than the author of the PDF, I think, so I remember all that and more -—
When war wasn’t just a card game; Hitler was another name for the devil.
The TV was a huge console with a tiny screen, if you were lucky enough to live in a town that had TV and you owned a set.
Saturday afternoon at the movies was for kids. It cost nine cents, there was a serial, and your feet stuck to the floor from all the sugary drinks spilled there and never cleaned up.
Saturdays also were not for cartoons, but for cathedral radios tuned to Big John and Sparky, Space Patrol, and the Buster Brown show.
You didn’t leave the keys in your car because you didn’t have to. You could take the keys out of the ignition without it locking. Anyone could start the engine without the key.
We never went out to fancy restaurants, period. Luckily, my favorite supper was beans and cornbread. We had that a lot!
I’d beg Mom to take me to the Buster Brown Shoe Store. They had an X-ray machine. You’d put your feet in the slot, wiggle your toes and watch it on a CRT at the top. No, I didn’t develop foot cancer...yet. :{)
We had a movie theater for a time.....always found gum stuck to the seats! LOLOL...nasty!