Ugh, Powdered Milk, and Puffed Wheat cereal... just the thought of it makes me vomit a little, as that was my breakfast staple growing up, Liver n Onion's as it was cheap to this day I still cannot stand the stuff as I was forced to eat it, or starve..
I remember getting the belt when I did wrong, Do that now and you're in jail...
Hercules, Rocket Roger Man, Astro boy, G I Joe and the Smurfs were on the tube.
I remember spending time on my Grandparents farm.. Whole milk right from the cow... still warm, with "stuff" floating in it... Culling chickens, riding hogs, helping cows give birth..
.25 went a long way then..I too remember mom writing a note so I could pick her up some smokes.
I remember my dad being proud that he earned 30k a year in the very early 80's (guess that was a decent wage then?)
this is how I grew up.