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Terry, we actually have a few local family owned pharmacies in my area of Florida. The one we use will mail us our perscriptions, and wait for us to mail a check. When my wife Barbara calls, she just says "this is Barbara" without giving a last name, and Maureen knows who she is! AMAZING! ( I asked barbara if they had "caller I D" on the phone, and the answer is "no"! The store is not fancy, and the hours are short,unlike the big chains that have stores open 24hr 7 days, but for anything we can order in advance, the local folks get our business. Maybe we should have a real town like the one in the movie "Back to the Future" where we could actually live a few days as if we were still in the fifties (and me in my teens, the best part!) Think about it, dial phones in booths you could share with a couple of kids, A TV with knobs you can see, and only 3 or 4 stations to pick from, to avoid confusion, Almost all the cars about the same size (BIG), or station wagons (BIGGER) . You could walk all day without seeing anyone with a safety pin in their eyebrow, or a ring in their nose. A slice of pizza for 15 cents, an ice cream bar for a dime. OLD math, no UNITS, one was one and two was two. NO "CALL WAITING!" A doctor who knows you without looking at your chart. A record player with ONE speaker, one wire, the wall plug! Movie theatres with ONE BIG ROOM, with cushy seats and room to walk between the rows, two films , news and cartoons for 25 cents! Phone an office and talk to a real person immediately. Go to a wedding and have real live musicians playing instruments that still work if the lights go out. No credit cards . If you want to charge something, you tell the clerk "charge it please" and at the end of the month, someone (parents) pays the bill. Okay, I would miss my computer, but not much else! Ken B