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I know the manager of my bank branch by name.
I have a silver certificate.
I used to have to go deposit my weekly pay in cash at the bank, as a teen.
I bought a graphic hoodie off the Internet by mailing a paper cheque to a PO Box.
Bonus round:
My music collection included CDs, but also cassette tapes and vinyl.
I also know the brach manager of my bank by name. It's cause I work there tho..
Are your vinyls ones you purchased brand new, before other forms of media were available?
If no, same question for the tapes
I was too young to purchase cassettes (though they were a vibrant part of my childhood I spent every penny of allowance on penny candy and saving up for game carriages) but I am definitely old enough to never be emotionally ready to part with those mini cloth binders full of CDs.
My first paycheck paid for a Sony Walkman that played disks.
Vinyl, some were purchased new, but for me as gifts.
Tapes, all^+ were purchased new, most for me as gifts but some with my own money.
^+ except for the ones I recorded myself, of which three are several
This reminded me of when I first bought something off eBay. I mailed out a check and crossed my fingers.
You’re 47 and grew up upper middle class, likely in an affluent suburb on one of the coasts.
Less old, less well-off, much much less coastal.
35, lower middle class, landlocked?
Split the difference, more-or-less, definitely.
Modernity came to the Plains late.