Remember when you were a kid and listened to your parents or grandparents about the old days?

What things do you remember that have drastically changed since you were a kid?

I prefer the simple ABC method of game playing -- so let us start with the letter 'A' and remember when

A
Amos and Andy was a favorite radio show

B
Betty Boop was the most popular cartoon gal

C
Chubby Checker taught us to TWIST

D
Dime Store - where you could buy things for less than a dollar

E
Edsel was a car model that Ford hoped was popular, now they are collector's dreams.

F

Flat top haircuts
(50's fad)

G
Gary Morris Show - where Carol Burnett got her start

H
Hee Haw variety show with Buck Owens & Roy Clark had a way to keep my parents mesmerized while I went to the other TV to search for Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

next: 'I'

I
Ice Cream was usually made at home in the old hand cranked bucket then fresh berries were added

next: J

J
Jacks - those little metal 'stars' that seemed to find their way under feet

Ouch! Boy does that ever bring back memories.

K
Kaliediscope tube was so fascinating - simple things in life turned into a world of magic

LOL. Those jacks always punctured my feet and knees when I didn't put them away as my mother told me.

L
Listening to the transistor radio. Does that count? Does it have to be a noun? Here's an L noun:

L
"Leave it to Beaver" the television show

M
M&M's were plain and simple and good .... well, they are still good

N
Nut Cracking - Dad would buy a few pounds of assorted nuts and we would all set around the big table, cracking and shelling nuts. Most of them went into a large bowl to be set out for guests during the holidays. Us kids ate most of the hazel nuts, though, so very few of them ended up in the bowl.

O
Orange styrofoam Antenna Toppers - Every business or radio station had to give-away. My friends would borrow them from the cars atr the local shopping mall to use for playing trampoline dodgeball. Did I make it sound like I influenced their actions? Hope not.

It seems like you are always influencing someone, Beetle.

P
Playing at the old water hole at family reunions

Q
Quilts (basic square patch variant) that were handmade by Grandmother were cherished at night during the winter.

R
Relaxing on the front porch after supper

S
Sleeping in the backyard under a make-shift tent

T
Tin cans and string made excellent "Walkie Talkies"

U
Untying someones shoelaces, then tying them together & getting them to chase after you - Can't do that with Velcro.

V
Veronica and Betty comic books of the Archie series

W
Wham-O was a toy manufacturer that marketed the plastic Hula Hoop, the flying disc: Frisbee, Slip-n-Slide, the SuperBall, AirBlaster, & Silly String - to name just a few

X
'X' marked the spot on all the treasure hunting maps we created as kids -- searching in the swamps for that X was not an easy task