Babyboomer RV'ers Have Experienced it All!
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Also born in '53. Grew up in a totally different world compared to today. Some of the things that I remember:
Painted a neighbor's fence in '64 and bought a Panasonic transistor radio like in the photo - pretty neato back then. The Beatles were big on the radio. That was the year they came to Vancouver, BC and played in Empire Stadium. Started university in '71 before calculators were available and had a sliderule same as in the photo. They sent astronauts to outer space with these. Bought my first calculator in '73 as in photo after working one summer - paid $200 for it!! Ate batteries like crazy.
Cars had carburetors, didn't require seatbelts and gas was around 50 cents/gal in mid-70s. Cameras had flash bulbs that had a one-time use. TVs of course were B&W. We had a big antenna on the roof and got maybe 4 stations - on a good day. Typhoon Freda blew over most rooftop antennas in '62 and we struggled with rabbit's ears after that. Wanted to talk to someone - pick up the land-line phone and dial the number. That is, if a neighbor wasn't on the party line. Make document copies? Needed a Gestetner. Never worried about the doors being locked when not home. To buy at a store needed cash or a checkbook. Stores weren't open on Sundays. My 1st car in '72 was a '68 Fiat. Many Fiats later (and others), I now have a '66 (original Abarth model) & '58 Fiat (Abarth replica) in the garage being built/restored.
The best music ever was definitely in the 60s and 70s, hands down. Canned Heat, Santana, The Doors, Iron Butterfly, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Lynard Skynard, Eric Clapton to name a few. I have these on LP and listen to them on a tube amp and turntable just like I did back in the day. Best cars were definitely made then too, whether imports or domestic. They all looked different and many had outstanding styling compared to today's bland look-alike stuff.
Personally, I think we baby boomers are privileged to have lived in the era we have and where we have.
Painted a neighbor's fence in '64 and bought a Panasonic transistor radio like in the photo - pretty neato back then. The Beatles were big on the radio. That was the year they came to Vancouver, BC and played in Empire Stadium. Started university in '71 before calculators were available and had a sliderule same as in the photo. They sent astronauts to outer space with these. Bought my first calculator in '73 as in photo after working one summer - paid $200 for it!! Ate batteries like crazy.
Cars had carburetors, didn't require seatbelts and gas was around 50 cents/gal in mid-70s. Cameras had flash bulbs that had a one-time use. TVs of course were B&W. We had a big antenna on the roof and got maybe 4 stations - on a good day. Typhoon Freda blew over most rooftop antennas in '62 and we struggled with rabbit's ears after that. Wanted to talk to someone - pick up the land-line phone and dial the number. That is, if a neighbor wasn't on the party line. Make document copies? Needed a Gestetner. Never worried about the doors being locked when not home. To buy at a store needed cash or a checkbook. Stores weren't open on Sundays. My 1st car in '72 was a '68 Fiat. Many Fiats later (and others), I now have a '66 (original Abarth model) & '58 Fiat (Abarth replica) in the garage being built/restored.
The best music ever was definitely in the 60s and 70s, hands down. Canned Heat, Santana, The Doors, Iron Butterfly, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Lynard Skynard, Eric Clapton to name a few. I have these on LP and listen to them on a tube amp and turntable just like I did back in the day. Best cars were definitely made then too, whether imports or domestic. They all looked different and many had outstanding styling compared to today's bland look-alike stuff.
Personally, I think we baby boomers are privileged to have lived in the era we have and where we have.
