True, it was a trip down memory lane, but life was not simpler.

Far from it. The Vietnam war, Cuban missile crisis aftermath, the Berlin wall, racial inequality/riots, crime, space race, the economy, shoddy automobiles, unsafe at most any speed, gas guzzling, and polluting, and so much more made life as complicated or more so than it is today.

Perhaps the difference is we didn't have near instantaneous communication. We had to wait for Walter to tell us how it was.

Jim.