Life without tattoos and funky colored hair.
Most males, of all races, had or wanted a job.
Paddelings in school.
Students drove the bus in high school.
No A/C in school or at home.
Every boy in school carried a pocket knife.
Kids played outside ALL day.
Building and setting out rabbit hollers.
The ring tab on a drink can came all the way off.
Having to manually change the channel on the T.V.
You opened a bank account and the bank gave you a toaster.
The textile mills were running full tilt, and the majority of the town worked in the mills.
Mill workers were referred to as “lint heads”
Everyone could drive a straight drive.
Males were males and females were females.
Almost no traffic on the road, until the mills let out.
Everyone planted a garden.
Your average 12 year old could clean a mess of Crappie, could clean a squirrel, and run a tractor.
Life without travel ball.
Significantly less white trash and no Mexicans.
I could go on and on!
