The Good Old Days

So, I got an email this week that was a flashback from my elementary school days, and I just had to share it. Does anyone else remember these? Oh, yes, those were the days.

I just celebrated my birthday, and while I am not old, I feel more and more like I can say, "When I was a kid ..." Such as:
When I was a kid, we had these things called textbooks.
When I was a kid, we had a phone that was connected to the wall.
When I was a kid, we pegged our jeans.
When I was a kid, we had a record player.
When I was a kid, you had to develop film before you could see the picture.
When I was a kid, stamps cost 27 cents.
When I was a kid, we had computer time once a week and played games like Math Man and Oregon Trail.
When I was a kid, we watched Little House on the Prairie, The Muppet Show, and Tom and Jerry after school.
When I was a kid, we started school at 8:30 and finished at 2:30.
When I was a kid, we learned how to write a report in the fifth grade.
When I was a kid, there was no internet.
When I was a kid, if you wanted to read a book, you had to actually have a book.
When I was a kid, gas was less than a dollar a gallon.
When I was a kid, I had a Rainbow Brite doll.
When I was a kid, there were only 3 Star Wars movies.
When I was a kid, we ate homemade bread.
When I was a kid, Michael Jordan still played basketball.
When I was a kid, the Olympics were held every four years.
When I was a kid, maps still showed the USSR.
When I was a kid, we used paper and pencil to do our assignments.
When I was a kid, we still used chalkboards--they didn't even have white boards then.
When I was a kid, I walked five miles to school uphill both ways in the snow, barefoot.

Okay, fine, you got me. I had on a pair of socks.