Product of the 60s
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
I am a product of the 60s, yet I did not hang a poster in my room. I never owned a pair of felt penny loafers and I never left my clothes on the floor. Oh wait, the clothes on the floor is not a 60s faulted trait!
I did watch shows like the Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Lost in Space, the Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Bewitched, Beverly Hillbillies, Leave it to Beaver, I Dream of Jeanie, the Addams Family, the Munsters, My Three Sons, Gilligan's Island, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Lassie, I Love Lucy, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Carol Burnett, Mr. Ed, and the Jetson's. I can remember, too, when Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color was first in color on our first color TV.
I wore dresses, there were no pants for girls. Then there was double knit fabric and matching pantsuits. Fashion has gone downhill since then. LOL
One thing I remember vividly is the clear protective seat covers for cars. Sears had them and so we did, too. Do you remember the first style?
I would sit in the back seat and push all of those little pieces inside out. Did you? Talk about hot and sticky. If the car was in the sun, these things could create a very dangerous burn!
I missed a lot of the interesting 60s happenings. I did have some records that my dad bought me at the Sears store and my mom would get mad every time he did; said he was spoiling me! I still have my small vinyl collection and listen to it today. I never cared that my dad bought me the records he wanted to listen to, like the Blackwood Brothers Quartet. It was music.
Well, the 60s were wild, but the 70s were crazy (from what I hear). I pretty much missed all of that, too. You know, Aspergers was really a good protection plan. Thank you, God.
Fresh Find: Like this micro umbrella!