 When I was a child, I thought it was strange when my older relatives would sit and visit, talking about how things used to be. Now that I have lots more in my rearview mirror than my windshield, I find myself doing the very same thing. Looking around, I wonder whatever happened to things that were part of everyday life. The bell that would ding when you pulled into a gas station. Pay phones, video stores, children playing outside carefree.