I was scrolling on my phone the other day and came across a BuzzFeed article. The title was: “I asked 29 people what they considered ‘fancy’ as a kid, and you NEED to see their answers.”
Well, I tried to remember what I thought was “fancy” as a kid in the 1960s and 1970s, and here’s what I came up with.
– Cars with air conditioning. I remember once driving from Middle Tennessee to Miami, Florida, alone with no radio and no AC. I’m trying to decide how much someone would have to pay me now to do that again. I’m thinking $10,000.
– Color TVs. I remember when we visited friends of my parents who rented a color TV to watch the first Super Bowl in 1967.
– Salad (and/or breakfast) bars. The idea of all-you-can-eat of any food seemed extremely extravagant in my childhood. Shoney’s breakfast bar, for example, seemed fit for a king. I even thought it was extravagant to upgrade from a cheeseburger to a Big Mac at McDonald’s.