re: The 1970’s were glorious

Left out:
When a Whopper was something that took two hands to hold
Church's chicken drum stick was as big as a turkey leg
Taco Bell enchirito was the best
Pinball machines were a great way to spend time with rock and roll from the jukebox.
Movies American Graffiti, The Paper Chase.

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I was too old/tall for them, with the seat set back all the way, I couldn’t pedal the first one I tried to ride.

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Born in 59, so I was too big for the Big Wheel too. Had already been thru a couple of Buzz Bikes and got a Columbia Road bike around 1974. I already had my driver's license by then too, because we got them at 15 back then. Learned to drive in my mom's big 4 door 69 Buick Wildcat with it's 430 cubic inch V8.

The music was great. I still listen to a lot of 70's stuff, but the quality of the radios and 8 track players sucked. At one point in the early 70's I had a Craig 8 track/AM/FM car radio and 6X9 car speakers hooked to a battery charger in my bedroom. The charger would kick in and out. It actually made a clicking sound when it did that. I bought it from a friend who had been using it in a shed in his parents back yard.

Before we were old enough to drive, we used to camp out in the woods near our neighborhood and ride bikes all over town during the night. It was customary to ride them past the police station on the courthouse square after 2 am as a dare. I don't think they ever really saw us because they never came after us.

I intentionally used my birth year and the year of my mom's Buick the way I did because, back then, you didn't have to put 19 in front of the year. You just used 57 or 69 or 83, and everyone understood.

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definitely oppose the Patriot Act.

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It gives the president too much power. It is what has divided us. It's the cause of people thinking they have to be radical right wingers or socialists. There's no room for the middle when one guy has Presidential Proclamation power. Obama begot Trump and Trump begot whoever was in charge when Biden was president. Then that begot Trump again.

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I was 30 when 9/11 happened. Like the previous poster, I'm barely a boomer, born in 1961.

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You were a little older than 30 when 9/11 happened. I was 32 and am 8 years younger than you.

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The 1970’s were glorious

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Fact

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I was 30 when 9/11 happened. Like the previous poster, I'm barely a boomer, born in 1961

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You were 40

I started the 70s on a bike with a banana seat,

I finished it up in 1979 with a '55 Chevy 2 door post with rolled and pleated interior and a 400 short block and the old reliableTurbo-Hydramatic 350 transmission.

It was a wonderful time to be alive.

I drank plenty garden hose water. We’d play football until dark. I would take off my left shoe, turn it sideways and use it for a tee to kickoff

I was 4 years old in 1970 and 14 in 1980. Best decade of my life! Oh the memories and how the world has changed!

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When the streetlights came on and you trudged your grubby arse inside you got a home cooked meal. Even if it was something you didn't like you still ate it. And you better not cry or Dad would give you something to cry about.

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exactly how I was raised - except for the streetlights -

Yes the music was great. I moved away from Baton Rouge in the early 80s, but I did have a ticket to the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in '77... that never happened. Think about that all the time.