49 here. BB guns, blackbird for decoy, raised pigeons, fed the cows, caught catfish in irrigation canals, 12' aluminum with 9.5 merc, real wuppins specially when shot my brother at 3' in back hehe, played outside all day, tents out of old canvas from plants, china balls for homemade sling shots, drums made from frog hide stretched over cans, busted gonads from jumping bikes from hill to hill, playhouse in attic of garage, "mowed" the grass with push mower, BW TV, no AC, open windows with doors wide open and locked screen doors, rode in back of truck to go duck hunting when freezing, dad had a tractor with steel rims and steel lugs, no rubber tires, walked to school, rode bike to trade school in summer taking auto mech class at 14, yep kool aid, oh Dr Pepper plant at my back yard - went there after school and drank a "pop" for 2 cents if I stayed there to drink it, at 16 owned a new 66 GTO that I paid for, gas was 17 cents/gallon.
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