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re: What was life like in the 1970s as an adult
Posted on 8/26/18 at 12:28 pm to Warheel
Posted on 8/26/18 at 12:28 pm to Warheel
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Same here..most weekends were spent outside, doing something other than sitting on your arse, riding your bike everywhere and anywhere, jumping ditches like Evel Knievel.
in my neighborhood, kids weren't allowed to stay inside during the day. Some parents locked the kids out.
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Posted on 8/26/18 at 12:35 pm to LSUGrad9295
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Yeah I think everyone thought the world was going to end as gas prices headed toward $1. The 50 cents I mentioned was circa 1974-75.
Born in the 80s, gas was under $1 then. Still remember .87 at the shitty racetrac. Those have blown up in LA recently.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 12:41 pm to kywildcatfanone
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I bought cigarettes at the store for my parents when I was like 8 years old. No questions asked.
Yep, my friend's Dad would send us peddling on our bikes to the Timesaver to buy him cigars.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 12:43 pm to Paul Allen
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I’m still waiting for the day where it’s going to be common for cars to hit the 500,000 mile mark.
you have that now if you buy a toyota and keep up with the oil changes and the regular maint
Posted on 8/26/18 at 12:46 pm to athenslife101
Queers were afraid to come out
Segregated towns where whites lived on one side and coloreds the other
Women didn't shave their twats
Segregated towns where whites lived on one side and coloreds the other
Women didn't shave their twats
Posted on 8/26/18 at 12:51 pm to The Torch
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Queers were afraid to come out
They actually were out. It just wasn't a big deal at the time.
Hell, there were a boatload of gay singers and no one really cared.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 12:52 pm to The Torch
I forgot something really hard to believe. Go Tigers! was spelled "Go Tigers."
Men wore suits to LSU games. There were no jerseys or LSU related wear. There was 'Band Night" at Tiger Stadium.
Men wore suits to LSU games. There were no jerseys or LSU related wear. There was 'Band Night" at Tiger Stadium.
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 8/26/18 at 12:59 pm to athenslife101
Lots of sex. So I hear.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 2:48 pm to LuckySo-n-So
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I, too, remember buying cigs for my parents at the tender age of 8.
I remember buying cigs for my dad from a vending machine at the front of the grocery store. Good times.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 2:48 pm to athenslife101
Like 3s Company.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 2:50 pm to athenslife101
I remember watching Dazed & Confused back in the day and thinking "The 70s must have been awesome. You could get away with doing anything".
Posted on 8/26/18 at 3:00 pm to TheHarahanian
It wasn't all the Bee Gees and disco. Some of the best classic songs of all time came from the 70's.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 3:03 pm to LuckySo-n-So
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When a car in the 70s reached 100,000 miles, they were done. They were practically a rolling bucket of bolts.
But it only cost like $6000 brand new for a 1978 Monti Carlo even a little less for a Toyota.
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 8/26/18 at 3:18 pm to Eightballjacket
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remember buying cigs for my dad from a vending machine at the front of the grocery store. Good times.
I remember our local hospital had a cigarette machine in the lobby.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 3:29 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Summers off from school were longer. You could walk safely to the 7-11 to buy baseball cards and a big icee in a team cup. Sure we had only 3-4 tv channels, but in those days the tv didn’t rule our life. We played outside and settled our own disputes. You could make a few bucks cutting grass at age 12 or so because adults cutting on zero turns were not around yet.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 3:44 pm to cajunangelle
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:07 pm to NoShow
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We played outside and settled our own disputes.
This is a valuable aspect of being a kid that has been lost with all the kids playing on organized teams with adults calling the shots. As kids each of our teams would face off and argue about whether a runner was safe or the ball carrier stepped out of bounds, and if no resolution was reached we implemented the "do over".
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:14 pm to dgnx6
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:17 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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More like That 70 Show, than King of the Hill and 3s Company.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 4:20 pm to EA6B
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As kids each of our teams would face off and argue about whether a runner was safe or the ball carrier stepped out of bounds, and if no resolution was reached we implemented the "do over".
Frick instant replay review. Part of the game is human refs/umps and sometimes mistakes are made. That’s life.
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