ESSAY – I Wish it Were 1978 Just For One Day

  Before digital tech, notifications came by phone or snail mail There was a time when the day ended. Those times themselves ended with the advent of digital technology and …

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Essay – Memories of Low Tech Popcorn

Back in the Day, Stovetop Popcorn Was the Only Option And not a microwave in sight… In this Parenting Then and Now Essay, we remember a simple pleasure that’s largely …

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Retro Memory #28 – The Test Pattern

Once Upon a Time, TV Ended For The Night… The test pattern was once the image that you didn’t want to see on your television screen. Often indicating the end …

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Retro Memory #25 – The Transistor Radio

This item was everywhere before the age of streaming music  For many years in earlier times, the transistor radio was the only way to go if you wanted to take your music …

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The 10 Childhood Loves My Kids Will Never Know

  Childhood meant something different back in the day “Childhood” not too long ago meant something so different that it does today. It was a certainly a different time, a …

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Whatever Happened to Plastic Furniture Covers?

Plastic Furniture Covers and Memories of Youth   Whatever happened to plastic furniture covers? There are a few things that exist as faded memories of childhood. Plastic furniture covers are …

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