OMG! You hit so many nails on the head with this one!! I could have highlighted the whole thing. I'm at the very tail end of boomers. My mom smoked my entire childhood. I came home almost every day with bloodied skinned knees from bike riding, climbing trees, skateboarding, with no helmet.

Oh, and I had a Maverick in college. I hated that car but it got me from A to B. Good stuff! Thanks for this romp down memory lane Bebe!