In no particular order:

• When roses smelled
• When playing outside was what kids wanted to do
• When laying in the sun was mindless – not worrisome
• When cool bikes were “10 speeds”  and gear shifts were on the frame
• Telephone party lines, waiting to use the phone at home, no caller ID or voice mail, rotary phones
• DOS prompts with green characters
• Having to stand in line for concert tickets
• PacMan and pinball games
• Dial up networking with cables
• When margarine was supposed to be good for you and fat of choice in Cooking Light recipes
• The “bread machine” was a Kitchen Aid mixer
• Big box black and white television
• Boom boxes and typewriters
• Walking to school, coming home for lunch, recess, blackboards and cleaning chalk filled erasers as well as pen and paper
• Concrete playgrounds with tether ball, jungle gyms, dodge ball games
• Muscular Dystrophy Carnivals
• Walking door to door during political campaigns and stuffing envelopes