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Trip down memory lane. A true Baby Boomer should know the answers. Do you qualify as a Boomer?

1. "Cruising" on a Friday" night, listening to the Top 40 on your AM radio.
Find out what your favorites were during any given month or year from 1957-1984 at this great website: 1050 Chum

2. How much popcorn you made when you got that first microwave.
See what the first microwaves looked like at this trip down memory lane website. Microwaves

3. When there were only 3 TV channels -- and it was so hard to choose what to watch! See what those old TV's looked like here.

4. Where you were when JFK was shot...(or RFK)...(or MLK, Jr.)...Definitely some of the saddest memories for baby boomers. Visit this comprehensive site for more information.

5. When the "Domino Theory" meant something other than planning to have pizza for dinner.... The domino theory was a United States political theory advanced by both liberal and conservative Americans during the Cold War, especially regarding Indochina. The principle, expanded from a metaphor used by Dwight David Eisenhower in 1954 (see below), asserted that if one country were taken over by Communists, neighboring countries would fall like a standing line of dominoes. Great site for info on this theory.

6. Who shot J.R.? Not exactly a boomer site but something all of us were taken by that summer of 1980 as we all tried to figure out ...who shot JR. Visit the official Dallas website here.

7. How scary it was to open that first Apple II...(or Tandy)...(or Commodore)...to add a card to increase the RAM from 16K all the way up to 64K. Have a look at the first PC here and the first Apple here.

8. When your teenage son or daughter first told you about the Internet....there are just no words for this moment. I remember getting my daughter to help me buy a computer and get "online" in the days of bulletin boards. Find out how the first smiley started at this site.

9. When the Beatles sang "I want to hold your hand" to Ed Sullivan. Another milestone very well documented at this site.

10. The unbelievable taste of good ol' Ripple wine. Great article here.

11. How "neat" it was to hear the Beach Boys actually sing surfing music at the beach, on your transistor radio. Too cool daddy-o. See the official Beach Boys site here.

12. When you bought your first car that actually had seatbelts installed. Volvo had the first safety belts in 1849. The first U.S. patent for automobile seat beats was issued to Edward J. Claghorn of New York, New York on February 10, 1885. Read more here.

13. When you said that you'd never trust anyone over 30. How time has changed. Now I am not so sure I trust anyone under 30 :)

14. What a TV test pattern looked like, when the channel went off the air at midnight. No matter where you are in the world, this site will show you all the old test patterns. Site

15. When we gave up trying to win "hearts and minds" and settled for "peace with honor".

16. When the price of gas jumped up to 50 cents per gallon....I can find no proof that this ever existed :) If you can find it please let me know. webmaster@activebabyboomers.com

17. When everybody did the "bump" in their leisure suits at the disco. A great webring of everything disco. Site

18. Making love, not war, on your way to Woodstock in your flowered VW van. The best site for everything Woodstock 1969.

19. Watching the first man walk on the moon with "one small step..." See the official NASA site here.

20. When Carnaby Street came to Main Street, and everyone wore mini-skirts and platform shoes. See the Carnaby Street site.