You got the playing until the street lights came on part all wrong, my good
µ. He means that kids went to bed after playing until dark. Our generation had the thugs that roamed the streets after dark
But like you, I did a lot of that as well - I walked to school because I lived barely a block away, I rode my bike a lot and far though I don't much anymore, and I lived for Sat morning cartoons growing up
We didn't have anything more than an antenna for our television until basic cable when I was halfway through high school (my parents still don't have DVR). However, by that time, I had already discovered the
deepest, darkest bowels of the internet wondrous, nubile internet
I love milk so much I wish it was still delivered fresh. I regularly drink more than a gallon of milk per week (it's the primary reason for my luscious curves
).
And as for the gas station attendants, I thought they were still required in Oregon and New Jersey.