Wanderingchana.. I remember all that..
I took my 4 yr old sister to school each morning on the city bus, I was 8 or 9 yrs old.. boy did we run for those busses
I remember standing on line at a new pizza shop that started charging a quarter (up a nickel)!
When I brought home a rotary phone my kids wanted to know how to use it!
Over a dollar a minute for a long distance call..