In my day you addressed older people with Mr.,Mrs. or Miss - whatever last name was. Was a sign of respect back then. I remember as a young girl, my mother going out to the car of the man who mowed our yard in the summer, had his wife and kids with him waiting until he finished his work. She was shocked. They were Hispanic, and refused to come in. So mother made them drinks and sandwiches and took to them. Kindness seemed more appreciated back then.
My second car was in 1955 Chevy, what fun times. I was proud of this car. I got in 1963 or 64, it was clean, ran well, and I could do my own tuneup and oil changes.
I think the 1956 Chevy Bel-Air has been touted as the most perfect car every manufactured, but the '55 was probably very close.
We had a neighbor, Dad's best friend, who had one in the 60's. It had 99,000+ miles on it and he was going to celebrate as he watched it turn over 100,000 miles. (remember, this was when 100,000 miles was a lot.) Every day he would count down. He was a head sanitation worker in NYC and he parked his car for some reason. When he got back, one of his guys had moved it and it turned without him. Soooooo depressed.
I'm showing the page with the Lafayette KT 550 amplifier, because it was an amp I always wanted to hear how it sounded. To me it was a Lafayette version of the Harmon Kardon Citation II, which I consider one of the best power amps every maufactured.
Winky Dink TV show early '50. Winky Dink, You had to follow the story and help him out on occasion. In the kit you got a clear plastic sheet to adhere to the TV, a crayon and eraser. When winky dink needed a bridge, you Would Draw a bridge on the plastic sheet With the crayon Between the two points Where the bridge should be so winky , dink could cross it. Then you had to erase it So that whoever was chasing him could not get across. I can remember Questioning How he got across when I didn't finish the bridge.