City Scenery

Back in the day... “School classrooms had oil-stained floors,” “There was an amusement park on the roof of the department store,” “The cars at driving schools had manual column shifts.” “All seats on airplanes and express trains were smoking sections,” “There were night trains,” “Chinese restaurants handed out free gyoza coupons,” “The president’s Crown had a white cloth cover on the seat,” “Foreign guys doing missionary work wore helmets and rode bicycles.” “Pro wrestling was on TV on Friday nights.” “A Madison bag was discarded on a dirt path in the mountains, and it was filled with porn magazines.” ” “Condolence money was a must at funerals.” “You had to buy thick paper tickets to ride the train.” “Vacuum trucks for sewage removal used to drive through the city streets.” “We had encyclopedias.” … Maybe there were lots of spaceships in the sky…