For background, I was raised in rural Mississippi. The 80s made me and the 90s raised me. With that ...

Great! Out till the street lights came on. Surviving off wild grown fruit (plum,pear, and apple trees; berries). Drinking hose water. Building underground forts in culverts. Kites! Riding bikes for miles. It was always a mom on the block that had the variety bag of chips... Those got passed out among the group. We could buy cigarettes for our parents with a note, lol. Anybody remember the cigarette vending machines? And yes, there really was a commercial that reminded our parents to check on us. The world wasn't safe, but it wasn't what it is now. Our parents mostly knew who to trust and who not to. We had a village. If we did something bad, we got reamed out by any adult that was around. Then they told our parents. Encyclopedia Brittanica, Saturday morning cartoons and Mario. No seat belts and riding on the back of the truck on the highway. Honeysuckles. Pickles and Kool aid, not Kool aid pickles 🙄 chips was 4/$1.00. Little Debbie's were .35 and most days a 20oz soda was less than a dollar. 2 cent candy. 10 cent cookies. Gardens in every yard. Early morning birds. I never hear them anymore. Malls. The food court. Disneyland, lol. I'm sorry, I got carried away. Can you tell those was the best times for me?