I remember all the above plus gas and meat rationing, 78 rpm records, using red and blue mills' (fractions of a penny) hand cranking a car to start it, push mowing a lawn, roll up window shades before Venetian blinds became the rage, when wall to wall carpet was very expensive and only for rich folks, coffee prepared in a percolator atop a burner on the stove, when "English" three speed bikes became available...
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