Haha, my mother tells me all the time about how she used to just walk from the airport entrance to the plane. You could hop right on the plane and, if you didn't have a ticket, you could pay for the trip right there on the plane as long as there was an open seat. The only real security was that some of the pilots carried their handguns with them that they had from back when they flew during the war.

She also loves to tell me about how, when she was a kid, her father would give her a quarter, which was enough to ride the trolley to the center of town, watch a film at the theater, buy a soda and a few pieces of candy, then ride back home..all on one quarter..talk about dated.