Kids back then could walk down the street without talking on a cell phone. They could go outside to play. Really. There was this game they played with a bat and a ball. They even kept score. And if a kid play this game there was a chance he could be on the losing team just as easily as he could be on the winning team. The highest score would win. No points for just showing up. They also had to go to the library to get a book. And it had paper pages and you had to read it. It didn't talk and did not need batteries. But alas, no more. Maybe someone could create a museum so kids of today could see what life was like before smart phones.
Being a kid in the 70s :^)
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Originally Posted By: John_K
I was born in 64. I love telling kids about the phone you had to rotate a disk on to make a call. Oh yeah, and about party lines!
John
They should be wondering why it is sometimes called 'dialing the phone'
NEWSFLASH; you need your money from the bank BEFORE the weekend!
I was born in 64. I love telling kids about the phone you had to rotate a disk on to make a call. Oh yeah, and about party lines!
John
They should be wondering why it is sometimes called 'dialing the phone'
NEWSFLASH; you need your money from the bank BEFORE the weekend!
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Originally Posted By: JC1
My kids have no idea about black and white TV, TV's without the remote controls, and Dial knobs to change the channel.
I am a '64 model myself. Our TV had no channel changing knob, it broke before long before I can remember. We had to use pliers to reach in and twist the channel changing shaft. I do remember watching the first moon landing on that old TV in 1969 and watching Gunsmoke on it with my Grandfather.
I also loved growing up in the 70s, in the summer I could take off on my bike with a few friends, stay gone all day and my mother did not have to worry about me at all. We could walk to school and back home without any trouble and we said Yes, Mam and No, Sir to our teachers, parents and elders. We did not have an 8 track but my brother had a record player that sounded good to us, and I had an old lime green AM radio that I used to listen to Top 40 and Radio Mystery Theater.
I remember very well back then I could ride my bike to the corner store to buy a balsa wood and paper kite for maybe 20 cents, then head over to an empty field and fly it all day or until I lost it. I loved anything that could fly, especially kites and the old Guillow's balsa wood airplanes. My favorites were the ones with the rubber band powered propellers. When I did not have the 15 cents for a Guillow's plane I could always take one of my Granddad's hankerchiefs, some string and an old nut, bolt or spark plug and make a parachute out of it.
Those definitely were the days. Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner on Saturday mornings, swimming all day at Lakeside Park with my brother, playing football on Sundays at the school playground with my brother and the rest of the neighborhood kids, using the hood off of some old 1950s car as a ramp to jump our bikes over wooden Coke crates laid end to end, playing Army or Cowboys and Indians in the empty field next to my house or just tying a string to a dead rat's tail and scaring the girls with it.
I had a ball as a kid growing up in the 60s and 70s. I did not have a care in the world except where I might find the 15 or 20 cents for a new kite or airplane. I really remember bugging my brother to take me with him when he went to play football or Wiffle ball with the guys. We didn't need the internet or video games to have fun. I would not trade that time for anything.
My kids have no idea about black and white TV, TV's without the remote controls, and Dial knobs to change the channel.
I am a '64 model myself. Our TV had no channel changing knob, it broke before long before I can remember. We had to use pliers to reach in and twist the channel changing shaft. I do remember watching the first moon landing on that old TV in 1969 and watching Gunsmoke on it with my Grandfather.
I also loved growing up in the 70s, in the summer I could take off on my bike with a few friends, stay gone all day and my mother did not have to worry about me at all. We could walk to school and back home without any trouble and we said Yes, Mam and No, Sir to our teachers, parents and elders. We did not have an 8 track but my brother had a record player that sounded good to us, and I had an old lime green AM radio that I used to listen to Top 40 and Radio Mystery Theater.
I remember very well back then I could ride my bike to the corner store to buy a balsa wood and paper kite for maybe 20 cents, then head over to an empty field and fly it all day or until I lost it. I loved anything that could fly, especially kites and the old Guillow's balsa wood airplanes. My favorites were the ones with the rubber band powered propellers. When I did not have the 15 cents for a Guillow's plane I could always take one of my Granddad's hankerchiefs, some string and an old nut, bolt or spark plug and make a parachute out of it.
Those definitely were the days. Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner on Saturday mornings, swimming all day at Lakeside Park with my brother, playing football on Sundays at the school playground with my brother and the rest of the neighborhood kids, using the hood off of some old 1950s car as a ramp to jump our bikes over wooden Coke crates laid end to end, playing Army or Cowboys and Indians in the empty field next to my house or just tying a string to a dead rat's tail and scaring the girls with it.
I had a ball as a kid growing up in the 60s and 70s. I did not have a care in the world except where I might find the 15 or 20 cents for a new kite or airplane. I really remember bugging my brother to take me with him when he went to play football or Wiffle ball with the guys. We didn't need the internet or video games to have fun. I would not trade that time for anything.
You got to dress up?
I remember mom taking me to Sears for school clothes. Toughskins. So named because of the 60 grit sandpaper lining the knees. They would destroy any skin that wasn't extremely tough. Rust colored, avocado colored....any color but blue. Couple that with an ugly polyester print shirt. I wore Converse All Stars. My parents would not buy me Zips by Stride Rite.
Baseball uniforms. Our uniforms were extremely heavy,double double knit, unbreatheable polyester. Might as well have been wool. My kid's uniforms are still polyester, but it is lightweight, breatheable, and moisture wicking.
One of the kids at work (when I say kid I mean someone who was born in the '80s) asked me what the '70s were like.
"The music was mostly better, but sometimes worse. The cars were choked to death with smog regulations, and there wasn't much to do inside when you are a little kid."
I remember mom taking me to Sears for school clothes. Toughskins. So named because of the 60 grit sandpaper lining the knees. They would destroy any skin that wasn't extremely tough. Rust colored, avocado colored....any color but blue. Couple that with an ugly polyester print shirt. I wore Converse All Stars. My parents would not buy me Zips by Stride Rite.
Baseball uniforms. Our uniforms were extremely heavy,double double knit, unbreatheable polyester. Might as well have been wool. My kid's uniforms are still polyester, but it is lightweight, breatheable, and moisture wicking.
One of the kids at work (when I say kid I mean someone who was born in the '80s) asked me what the '70s were like.
"The music was mostly better, but sometimes worse. The cars were choked to death with smog regulations, and there wasn't much to do inside when you are a little kid."
You guys make me feel young for being born in 82!! I think its different today..embrace the change!! LOL
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Originally Posted By: MCompact
I was born in 1957, so my college days spanned 1975-1979. There weren't very many noteworthy cars around, but I still had a lot of fun. Particularly with one certifiably insane redhead.
But I digress...
I disagree. Late '70's were great for used cars with huge V-8 motors which were dirt cheap because of the oil embargo. You could actually lay down across the back seat in those old Buicks, Caddies and Lincolns. As Errol Flynn said, "O my wicked, wicked ways."
I was born in 1957, so my college days spanned 1975-1979. There weren't very many noteworthy cars around, but I still had a lot of fun. Particularly with one certifiably insane redhead.
But I digress...
I disagree. Late '70's were great for used cars with huge V-8 motors which were dirt cheap because of the oil embargo. You could actually lay down across the back seat in those old Buicks, Caddies and Lincolns. As Errol Flynn said, "O my wicked, wicked ways."
Originally Posted By: GreeCguy
I disagree. Late '70's were great for used cars with huge V-8 motors which were dirt cheap because of the oil embargo. You could actually lay down across the back seat in those old Buicks, Caddies and Lincolns. As Errol Flynn said, "O my wicked, wicked ways."
Even though they were anemic smog adapted cars, they all rode really smooth, long wheel base and heavier suspension. I miss my 76 buick regal 350ci.
I disagree. Late '70's were great for used cars with huge V-8 motors which were dirt cheap because of the oil embargo. You could actually lay down across the back seat in those old Buicks, Caddies and Lincolns. As Errol Flynn said, "O my wicked, wicked ways."
Even though they were anemic smog adapted cars, they all rode really smooth, long wheel base and heavier suspension. I miss my 76 buick regal 350ci.
Got a ride in a neighbor's '69 Z-28 in 1971 when I was 9.
Been a 'car guy' ever since!
Been a 'car guy' ever since!
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
They should be wondering why it is sometimes called 'dialing the phone'
NEWSFLASH; you need your money from the bank BEFORE the weekend!
And the stores were closed on Sundays!
They should be wondering why it is sometimes called 'dialing the phone'
NEWSFLASH; you need your money from the bank BEFORE the weekend!
And the stores were closed on Sundays!
Originally Posted By: GreeCguy
I disagree. Late '70's were great for used cars with huge V-8 motors which were dirt cheap because of the oil embargo. You could actually lay down across the back seat in those old Buicks, Caddies and Lincolns. As Errol Flynn said, "O my wicked, wicked ways."
I should clarify- I was referring to new cars; there was a lot of sweet used metal to be had.
I disagree. Late '70's were great for used cars with huge V-8 motors which were dirt cheap because of the oil embargo. You could actually lay down across the back seat in those old Buicks, Caddies and Lincolns. As Errol Flynn said, "O my wicked, wicked ways."
I should clarify- I was referring to new cars; there was a lot of sweet used metal to be had.
Originally Posted By: Jimmy9190
I am a '64 model myself. Our TV had no channel changing knob, it broke before long before I can remember. We had to use pliers to reach in and twist the channel changing shaft.
Oh wow! I thought we were the only ones with pliers! My Dad rigged them up somehow so they hung on the shaft!
John
I am a '64 model myself. Our TV had no channel changing knob, it broke before long before I can remember. We had to use pliers to reach in and twist the channel changing shaft.
Oh wow! I thought we were the only ones with pliers! My Dad rigged them up somehow so they hung on the shaft!
John
Originally Posted By: John_K
Originally Posted By: Jimmy9190
I am a '64 model myself. Our TV had no channel changing knob, it broke before long before I can remember. We had to use pliers to reach in and twist the channel changing shaft.
Oh wow! I thought we were the only ones with pliers! My Dad rigged them up somehow so they hung on the shaft!
John
Remember slapping the side of tube type tv,s to clean up the vertical hold?
Originally Posted By: Jimmy9190
I am a '64 model myself. Our TV had no channel changing knob, it broke before long before I can remember. We had to use pliers to reach in and twist the channel changing shaft.
Oh wow! I thought we were the only ones with pliers! My Dad rigged them up somehow so they hung on the shaft!
John
Remember slapping the side of tube type tv,s to clean up the vertical hold?
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The Carol Burnett show
Love American Style (I think that was the name)
Room 222
The Odd Couple
... Great, harmless, family time
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outside all day in the summer but home in time for dinner and then out again. No problems with pervs (at least not around us)
Pliers on the tv... Now? Where would you even place them?
Had no idea what it meant when Batman would come on the tv and it said "In Color"... First color tv was in the early/mid 70's
...burning leaves in the fall
... Watching Apollo landings
Good times... I believe things were appreciated more back then.
Heck... Now I feel old. Time to watch Kardashians
Love American Style (I think that was the name)
Room 222
The Odd Couple
... Great, harmless, family time
Already mentioned:
outside all day in the summer but home in time for dinner and then out again. No problems with pervs (at least not around us)
Pliers on the tv... Now? Where would you even place them?
Had no idea what it meant when Batman would come on the tv and it said "In Color"... First color tv was in the early/mid 70's
...burning leaves in the fall
... Watching Apollo landings
Good times... I believe things were appreciated more back then.
Heck... Now I feel old. Time to watch Kardashians
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1965 here...
Had a 74 Ford LTD in High School...
Larger than a 14 foot U-Haul truck...
Back seat was larger than a twin bed...
The Bangles, Heart, The Cars, ZZ Top, Whitesnake...
MASH, Adam 12, Emergency, Star Trek, Walter Cronkite, Johnny Carson...
Had a 74 Ford LTD in High School...
Larger than a 14 foot U-Haul truck...
Back seat was larger than a twin bed...
The Bangles, Heart, The Cars, ZZ Top, Whitesnake...
MASH, Adam 12, Emergency, Star Trek, Walter Cronkite, Johnny Carson...
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Originally Posted By: splinter
Got a ride in a neighbor's '69 Z-28 in 1971 when I was 9.
Been a 'car guy' ever since!
My dad had cool cars. He got one of the first '67 Camaros on the lot when he returned from his 1st tour of Vietnam. Gran Torino Sport when he returned from his 2nd. Then the gas crisis in 1973 and it was a Vega, a B210, and a Rabbit after that.
Then I got a ride home with a guy from church with a sinister black on black 1st generation Monte Carlo 454. I had forgotten how cool cars like that were.
Got a ride in a neighbor's '69 Z-28 in 1971 when I was 9.
Been a 'car guy' ever since!
My dad had cool cars. He got one of the first '67 Camaros on the lot when he returned from his 1st tour of Vietnam. Gran Torino Sport when he returned from his 2nd. Then the gas crisis in 1973 and it was a Vega, a B210, and a Rabbit after that.
Then I got a ride home with a guy from church with a sinister black on black 1st generation Monte Carlo 454. I had forgotten how cool cars like that were.
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Originally Posted By: Jimmy9190
Originally Posted By: JC1
My kids have no idea about black and white TV, TV's without the remote controls, and Dial knobs to change the channel.
I am a '64 model myself. Our TV had no channel changing knob, it broke before long before I can remember. We had to use pliers to reach in and twist the channel changing shaft. I do remember watching the first moon landing on that old TV in 1969 and watching Gunsmoke on it with my Grandfather.
I also loved growing up in the 70s, in the summer I could take off on my bike with a few friends, stay gone all day and my mother did not have to worry about me at all. We could walk to school and back home without any trouble and we said Yes, Mam and No, Sir to our teachers, parents and elders. We did not have an 8 track but my brother had a record player that sounded good to us, and I had an old lime green AM radio that I used to listen to Top 40 and Radio Mystery Theater.
I remember very well back then I could ride my bike to the corner store to buy a balsa wood and paper kite for maybe 20 cents, then head over to an empty field and fly it all day or until I lost it. I loved anything that could fly, especially kites and the old Guillow's balsa wood airplanes. My favorites were the ones with the rubber band powered propellers. When I did not have the 15 cents for a Guillow's plane I could always take one of my Granddad's hankerchiefs, some string and an old nut, bolt or spark plug and make a parachute out of it.
Those definitely were the days. Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner on Saturday mornings, swimming all day at Lakeside Park with my brother, playing football on Sundays at the school playground with my brother and the rest of the neighborhood kids, using the hood off of some old 1950s car as a ramp to jump our bikes over wooden Coke crates laid end to end, playing Army or Cowboys and Indians in the empty field next to my house or just tying a string to a dead rat's tail and scaring the girls with it.
I had a ball as a kid growing up in the 60s and 70s. I did not have a care in the world except where I might find the 15 or 20 cents for a new kite or airplane. I really remember bugging my brother to take me with him when he went to play football or Wiffle ball with the guys. We didn't need the internet or video games to have fun. I would not trade that time for anything.
I loved Kites!! I had a Gala Bat:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/162762974009002931/
Originally Posted By: JC1
My kids have no idea about black and white TV, TV's without the remote controls, and Dial knobs to change the channel.
I am a '64 model myself. Our TV had no channel changing knob, it broke before long before I can remember. We had to use pliers to reach in and twist the channel changing shaft. I do remember watching the first moon landing on that old TV in 1969 and watching Gunsmoke on it with my Grandfather.
I also loved growing up in the 70s, in the summer I could take off on my bike with a few friends, stay gone all day and my mother did not have to worry about me at all. We could walk to school and back home without any trouble and we said Yes, Mam and No, Sir to our teachers, parents and elders. We did not have an 8 track but my brother had a record player that sounded good to us, and I had an old lime green AM radio that I used to listen to Top 40 and Radio Mystery Theater.
I remember very well back then I could ride my bike to the corner store to buy a balsa wood and paper kite for maybe 20 cents, then head over to an empty field and fly it all day or until I lost it. I loved anything that could fly, especially kites and the old Guillow's balsa wood airplanes. My favorites were the ones with the rubber band powered propellers. When I did not have the 15 cents for a Guillow's plane I could always take one of my Granddad's hankerchiefs, some string and an old nut, bolt or spark plug and make a parachute out of it.
Those definitely were the days. Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner on Saturday mornings, swimming all day at Lakeside Park with my brother, playing football on Sundays at the school playground with my brother and the rest of the neighborhood kids, using the hood off of some old 1950s car as a ramp to jump our bikes over wooden Coke crates laid end to end, playing Army or Cowboys and Indians in the empty field next to my house or just tying a string to a dead rat's tail and scaring the girls with it.
I had a ball as a kid growing up in the 60s and 70s. I did not have a care in the world except where I might find the 15 or 20 cents for a new kite or airplane. I really remember bugging my brother to take me with him when he went to play football or Wiffle ball with the guys. We didn't need the internet or video games to have fun. I would not trade that time for anything.
I loved Kites!! I had a Gala Bat:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/162762974009002931/
1975 here.
Who else here can relate to the Mark Wills song "19 Somethin'"? I sure can, especially the 1980-somethin' parts.
We live just a few blocks from the house that I grew up in. Many times, my 11-year-old daughter and I go for walks, and I tell her about how things were when I was growing up. She seems to enjoy it, and even says that "the 80s sound cool". Once a year, during the winter, we watch the Back to the Future trilogy together. Usually about January, she starts bugging me to watch it.
Who else here can relate to the Mark Wills song "19 Somethin'"? I sure can, especially the 1980-somethin' parts.
We live just a few blocks from the house that I grew up in. Many times, my 11-year-old daughter and I go for walks, and I tell her about how things were when I was growing up. She seems to enjoy it, and even says that "the 80s sound cool". Once a year, during the winter, we watch the Back to the Future trilogy together. Usually about January, she starts bugging me to watch it.
Originally Posted By: AandPDan
Born in '65.
Me too. I'm pushin' 50.
Born in '65.
Me too. I'm pushin' 50.
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