For those "youngsters" out there from us over 40

We didnt have color TV until the late 70's or cable until the late 90's and I remember my Mom dragging us out to look at the first Amana Radar Range that came out.We all stood there watching the salesman heat a cup of coffe in less than a minute as we gawked with awe and amazement. Gas was about a quarter and we would cut peoples grass for $1 a yard with a big old heavy Bunton pushmower(that my Dad still has because the crap they made back then would last) I remember when the first Gemini capsule was launched we stood out behind my cousins house in Alabama and could watch it fly across the sky with your naked eye. But probably the best thing about coming of age in the 70's(besides the fact that the ladies grew up in that Free Love generation)was that when gas got up to 70 cents a gallon people freaked out and started dumping all them old musclecars for almost nothing. You could buy some of the most awesome equipment ever produced for hundreds of dollars. And when the police caught you out under age and driving drunk they would follow you home to make sure you didnt kill anybody. Any kid could walk into a fireworks stand and buy explosives so powerful that they would dismember you if you screwed up and last but not least you could walk into a store and buy a machine gun...Wasnt America great!