'I remember sitting in my first college class in the fall of 1987 and smoking since our desks had built-in ashtrays...'
Older Adults Are Sharing The"Totally Normal" Practices From The Past That Have Younger Folks Completely Gobsmacked
"We couldn't wear pants in elementary or junior high until the year before high school. Since we had gym class every day, I wore a pair of shorts under my skirt every day. When the school district finally allowed girls to wear pants, I jumped up and down joyfully. Nothing was worse than going to school in 40-degree weather in a skirt — I was freezing all day!"
"When I was in high school, from 1977 to 1979, you could be hired as a schoolbus driver as soon as you turned 16 and had a driver's license. Who thought that was a good idea? And buses used to go to everyone's house and park right there in front of it. It blows my mind every time I think about it!" "I'm 55-years-old. As a kid, I remember hanging out the station wagon's back window while the adults drove 60mph and over down the interstate. When I was 10 years old, I'd walk one mile to our country store to buy my pop-pop cigarettes for him.
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