That feeling of optimism where the soviets were defeated. And if you simply worked hard and applied yourself everything would work out in the end.
The girls in their sun dresses in the SoCal sun. No fattys, just natural non tattooed woman.
Feminism didn’t destroy dating yet. The girls were young, willing and loved being around men.
Boomers haven’t succeeded yet in making workplaces toxic work environments. It was fun and cool to have a job. Coworkers were fun to be around.
Certain things were really cheap. Milsurp guns, cars, gas, college, job training. You could get a can of ammo and some beer and waste an afternoon.
As a teenager you could get away with nearly anything. As long as there was no blood or cops. No cell phones to rat you out. And the kids that did snitch were thrown out of the group.
Politics didn’t define life. The commie kid with the Che tshirt was thought to be trying too hard to be cool.
All of that burned on Sept 11.
Now we have the bullshit the boomers produced.