When i was a kid color tv was the big thing & not everybody had one,they still had serials on the radio like Flash Gordon & Gang Busters,there were no cell phones,no microwaves,no push button phones,no video games,no vcr's,no cd's,no remote controled anything,no internet,no fax machines,no cable tv (antenna only) no electric start motorcycles.Stick shift was the most common transmission in cars & they were the 3 speed on the tree style.
There wasnt even transistors back then,everything ran on tubes,i used to have to run to the drug store for my father & pick up replacement tubes so my father could fix our black & white tv set or record player/hifi.
I could buy my father beer or ciggarettes back then, with just a note saying it was ok for me to pick that shit up.