A Blast from the Past

[image error] This past summer, I went to a college orientation for my youngest daughter. She has two older sisters, both out of college and a younger brother, now entering his senior year of high school. At this orientation, I was informed that this group of kids have never known a world without computers or cell phones, or massive amounts of tv channels, not to mention anything wireless.
They have never seen a time when dogs could run loose or kids could ride on their mothers' laps in a car or it was safe to walk through the woods alone or lay out in the sun for hours and hours.
These thoughts came to mind when my husband came across some papers from long ago and in them was a picture of Don Berns of WKBW fame from the early 70's. The good old days... hip huggers, bell bottoms, clogs, afros, lava lamps, shag rugs, pet rocks, blue eye shadow and when thongs were something you wore on your feet.
Don Berns was a radio personality on WKBW, the most popular station in our area along with the likes of Sandy Beach with his infectious laugh and Danny Neaverth (Danny moves you fanny in the morning). WKBW was the Top 40 Music Station with a 50,000 watt transmitter right here in Hamburg. You could always count on them for the best music, lots of laughs and of course a nice even tan - they had a 20 minute beep to tell you when to flip over while laying in the sun.
It's nice to reminisce, but to be honest, it's nice to get past the past, too. OMG - Elephant pants! What was I thinking?