If you thought or can remember any of the following you are probably past it
Gay meant happy
Apples & Blackberries were fruits
You didn’t have to pay to use a Freeway
We could get beer in 750ml bottles
We didn’t need to make our garden walls to look like the Berlin wall
“Low GI” meant a small American soldier
Omega 3 & 6 were planets in the Klingon Empire
Transfat was a “homeland”.
Nurses in Government hospitals cared
Children who went to school were called pupils
People who taught children were called teachers
Educated people ran the Education Dept
Electricity was freely available
An examination pass was +50%
AA meant Automobile Association
BEE was an insect that made honey
A store was a place where you stored things and you shopped at a shop
AIDS helped you hear better
Surf was something you did at the seaside
If you were on line you stood a good chance of being run over by a train
We could go to sleep counting sheep instead of counting gunshots
Only emergency vehicles had flashing blue lights
You rented a house or land but hired a car or other equipment
The check outs at Checkers had change
Chocolate bars were of a nice size, not an exciting new size i.e. small
Only youths, i.e. under 23, were members of a Youth League.
Mecca was a bingo hall
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