Reply to "growing up"

I remember the B&W TV when I was a kid, it took forever to warm up, you'd have to start it early so that you wouldn't miss the beginning of Gilligan's Island or The Adams Family.

My kids have grown up without cable or satellite though, we have an antenna and it gets ~15-20 channels and that's enough in my opinion - they don't complain, but if they did, I'm ready to point out that when we visit the in-laws and spend 20 minutes going through the 700 channels we always discover one of two things, A) There's nothing on worth watching or, B) There's a good show, but you've just missed the first 20 minutes.

As for sugar cereals, my parents grew up in a culture where breakfast consisted of things like smoked kippers or oatmeal with a 'healthy' dose of salt, thank goodness that wasn't part of my upbringing, I tried it once when we went back to visit relatives, but for me Cheerios or Shreddies were normal, but if there was ever Lucky Charms, Count Chocula, Frankenberry or BooBerry around, I was in heaven (often got in trouble with my brothers when they went for a bowl and mysteriously there were no marshmallow bits left in the box)