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re: What was life like in the 1970s as an adult
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:46 pm to MMauler
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:46 pm to MMauler
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Seeing LSU football on TV seemed like a lifetime event
My father cme to the US for grad school in the late 70's. He had a 21" color TV and a new fangled VCR in tow. Back then even Bama or ND would only be on TV 2-3 times a year even if they were top ranked or undefeated. LSU would only be on TV if they played a team like Bama or LSU. Everyone would watch all the bowl games because even game like the Liberty Bowl would have ranked teams.
My father would carry that TV over to his girlfriend sorority house where it would be the official TV on weekends. He had cable in his apartment but it was only 13 channels. He did get Showtime and HBO later. Girls still cooked. Getting a pizza was rare so was a bucket of KFC. It was like Sunday dinner.
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Posted on 8/27/18 at 4:05 pm to Paul B Ammer
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My father cme to the US for grad school in the late 70's. He had a 21" color TV and a new fangled VCR in tow.
By 1980 we had one of these 25" bad boys with a built-in "space phone" --
Here's the remote --
We could answer the phone with the TV remote. We loved it, but the people on the other end of the phone HATED IT because they said it sounded like we were at the end of a LONG tunnel. We didn't give a sh!t - it was SUPER convenient.
My complete b!tch of a grandma would call and immediately say, "GET ME OFF OF THIS GOD DAMN THING!" I'd say, "Okay" and hang up on her.
This post was edited on 8/27/18 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 8/27/18 at 4:24 pm to Paul B Ammer
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He did get Showtime and HBO later.
In the early 70s most cable systems had one pay movie channel, you could build a bootleg filter to descramble it with about 5 dollars in parts from Radio Shack, so many people were doing it the stores couldn't keep the parts stocked.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:18 pm to Paul B Ammer
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Bama or ND would only be on TV 2-3 times a year even if they were top ranked or undefeated. LSU would only be on TV if they played a team like Bama or LSU. Everyone would watch all the bowl games because even game like the Liberty Bowl would have ranked teams.
You are correct, even the Tangerine, Bluebonnet Bowl, and Gator Bowl were highly ranked match ups. It was a treat to watch bowl games back then, now it's like a regular Saturday in OCT, everyone plays and most of the games are crappy.
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