Ahh nuns in grade school...they'd hit your knucles with a ruler if you didn't know your multiplication tables.

I remember Douglas Edwards... and I remember that most television anchormen smoked on the air, the most blatant being John Cameron Swayze whose show was sponsored by Camel Cigarettes. I believe it was called the Camel Cavalcade of News or something like that. He'd light up right there on the set.

I don't remember peole selling vegetables as described, but I do remember a guy would come through our neighborhood about once every six months with some kind of contraption that sharpened knives.

As for the open air markets....they are back! There's a huge one on Fridays in Copley Square in Boston, and I thnk they may have chickens and other livestock.

Finally, I believe Paul Harvey is STILL ALIVE and on the air.