[Hugh R]

I'm 52, and yeah, I remember when Tonka trucks were made out of big heavy metal with sharp edges, probably had lead-based paint to boot. I carried a pocketknife to school, so did the other boys. Got my first 22 at age 11, could you imagine giving a kid a real rifle now at 11? You'd be locked up for child endangerment. JFK and RFK getting shot (I didn't know I was a republican back then). But then again, my Dad built a bomb shelter in the backyard, a converted railroad tanker buried twenty feet deep with air filtration, toilet, food and water. We were told to duck and cover for nuclear bomb drills, like that would have saved your ass. Back then if I wanted to change the channel on the B&W TV I had to get up, walk across the room turn the channel changer and stand there and see if I want to watch the next channel. I remember in 1963 or 64 my Mom bought a new small, like 13" B&W TV for $100 back then. You can get 200 channel stereo color ones for less than that 40+ years later.