The First Lady used them. She thought she was very modern

O_O

They were all the rage. There's lots of things that people used to do that seem ridic these days. Even just between me being a kid (mid 80s) and now. I think it's interesting! I used to loved hearing

About this load stuff from my great gramma before she passed.

Kind of stuff*

When I was a kid in the 70s, we envied kids whose parents had estate cars/station wagons and could ride in the windowed boot/trunk area. Scary by modern standards... >.<

When I was little, my sisters and I used to sit on the door of the car when the window was rolled down. Mom would only let us do it when she was going about 5 mph on backroads.... but still. Lol

Like this...

My little brother used to stand between our parents car seats so he could see out of the windscreen/shield. He'd be told off and told to sit down...and then get back up later when he was bored again.

i used to love doing that

and i have pictures of myself as a toddler with my arm draped over his shoulder, around his neck standing beside my grampa while he was driving his truck

i turned out okay...mostly

I once rode in my best friend's brother's work van. No room left in front so I sat on the spare tyre in the back. I'm not sure my parents would've approved!