On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:33:46 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 11/21/2018 9:36 AM, wrote:
>> In the '40s kids could play in the streets unsupervised... a whole
>> summer's entertainment cost a 25¢ Spalding and a broomstick... no one
>> idled away their lives in front of a screen.
>
>That's because most homes didn't *have* a screen in the 1940's. I'm
>talking about television.

At 7 years old I went to a real theater on a Saturday and spent from
10 AM - 5 PM watching two full length movies, 25 cartoons, several
shorts, and newsreels all for 11¢... Hollywood movies were much
better, not all the gore and filth like today. Now a movie ticket
costs like $20 for one stinkin' film, today's movies are crap, and the
multiplexes are like sitting in a factory hallway. After a day
watching movies I joined my mom so we could enjoy a Chinese dinner,
from soup to dessert on a real linen table cloth, and excellent
service, 35¢ per, $1 included a generous tip. The last time I went to
a movie it was to see Sophie's Choice, and I really didn't care for
it. I've not been to a movie theater since... had to be some 40 years
ago.

>I played outside in the neighborhood unsupervised in the 1960's. When
>the street lights came on we went home. That's when the mothers in the
>neighborhood called us to come inside.
>
>We played tag. Sometimes we were allowed out after dark to play
>flashlight tag. We played games like hide and seek or swing the
>statue. We rode bicycles and roller skates.
>
>On rainy days we sometimes splashed around in the puddles, wearing
>galoshes. We built miniature dams and floated paper boats on the water
>running along the curb. Or, if it was too darn wet, we stayed inside
>and played board games or with Lincoln Logs or Tinkertoys. Or read books.
>
>Jill