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Posted on 8/26/18 at 10:33 pm to athenslife101
Was born in early 70s. People overall back then seemed angry and dirty.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 10:34 pm to Havoc
Doesn’t make any sense baw
Posted on 8/26/18 at 10:36 pm to 777Tiger
Not at all.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 10:45 pm to Sao
All in the Family
MASH
Mary Tyler Moore
The Jefferson's
The Jetsons
The Godfather
Looney Toons (reruns)
Hell, it was all pretty good.
Clothes were atrocious
Best live concert era
And of course Monday Night Football at its height! Cosell & the boys.
The MeTv network plays all that stuff.
MASH
Mary Tyler Moore
The Jefferson's
The Jetsons
The Godfather
Looney Toons (reruns)
Hell, it was all pretty good.
Clothes were atrocious
Best live concert era
And of course Monday Night Football at its height! Cosell & the boys.
The MeTv network plays all that stuff.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 10:48 pm to Stevo
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Awkward phone calls with girls hoping parents wouldn’t walk in kitchen.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 10:59 pm to northshorebamaman
My dad hated both of them. He also hated all of the white athletes with long hair. Especially that pantyhose wearing Joe Namath. The 1963 Super Bowl might not be UTEP vs Kentucky, but it was a clash of cultures. My dad was about ready to quit watching the NFL when Joe Willy beat Johnny Unitas' little brother Earl Morrall. It was flat tops and high tops losing to long hair and white shoes, after all. He wouldn't have been any madder, if Namath had been black.
That was when I started pulling for the teams he hated. Before they merged, I pulled for the AFC teams in Super Bowls. I really loved the Chiefs. Had a red and white number 89 jersey I wear when we played, and pretended I was Otis Taylor.
That was when I started pulling for the teams he hated. Before they merged, I pulled for the AFC teams in Super Bowls. I really loved the Chiefs. Had a red and white number 89 jersey I wear when we played, and pretended I was Otis Taylor.
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 11:02 pm
Posted on 8/26/18 at 11:21 pm to chinese58
Namath was my neighbor when I lived in FL. Super cool dude.
ETA: Johnny U was pretty awesome though, almost pulled that comeback off, Shula waited too late.
ETA: Johnny U was pretty awesome though, almost pulled that comeback off, Shula waited too late.
This post was edited on 8/26/18 at 11:29 pm
Posted on 8/26/18 at 11:49 pm to athenslife101
I turned 18 in 1977.
For me, the biggest change from then to now is that people take everything, including themselves, much too seriously now.
Life then was much simpler, less complicated, with less pressure. There was no obsession with everything having to be managed through to perfection.
It was just more laid back. More than once I was stopped while really drunk, and told "get your arse home, right now..!" Now you'd be locked up in a heartbeat. Glad I never drink and drive anymore. It's a miracle I'm still alive.
There weren't 500 different constituencies and interest groups, and people overthinking everything and looking for reasons to get pissed off.
It was still possible to have a carefree life.
I wish young people now could get just a little taste of it.
Sometimes I'll hear a song or see a photo, and for just a moment I'll feel the same way I felt 40+ years ago, maybe on a perfect spring day in the French Quarter, or a night out at The Bengal or The Longbranch (before it was Murphy's), or South Seas parties, or watching Mac and the Tigers win another game.
Goddamn, it sure was nice.
Thanks for the thread.
For me, the biggest change from then to now is that people take everything, including themselves, much too seriously now.
Life then was much simpler, less complicated, with less pressure. There was no obsession with everything having to be managed through to perfection.
It was just more laid back. More than once I was stopped while really drunk, and told "get your arse home, right now..!" Now you'd be locked up in a heartbeat. Glad I never drink and drive anymore. It's a miracle I'm still alive.
There weren't 500 different constituencies and interest groups, and people overthinking everything and looking for reasons to get pissed off.
It was still possible to have a carefree life.
I wish young people now could get just a little taste of it.
Sometimes I'll hear a song or see a photo, and for just a moment I'll feel the same way I felt 40+ years ago, maybe on a perfect spring day in the French Quarter, or a night out at The Bengal or The Longbranch (before it was Murphy's), or South Seas parties, or watching Mac and the Tigers win another game.
Goddamn, it sure was nice.
Thanks for the thread.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 11:51 pm to NolakcbrTiger
Seeing LSU football on TV seemed like a lifetime event. One or two NCAA games a week, all on ABC. Hearing Keith Jackson say the players names was monumental.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 11:53 pm to stealthy1
Spot on, you and I have been at some of the same places at the same time during LSU years. Guaranteed. 
Posted on 8/26/18 at 11:57 pm to athenslife101
Born in 1970. I remember my dad giving me a couple bucks to walk from his shop over to the bar where he was a regular, and buy him a 6 pack of Olympia beer. I was probably 7 or 8 at the time.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 12:13 am to 777Tiger
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Spot on, you and I have been at some of the same places at the same time during LSU years. Guaranteed.
Jam-Jam, concerts, Chimes St., nickel beer, TGIF's in the fall, student section the rain of drinks in plastic cups, drive anywhere you want on campus, heading down to Pat O's with the brothers on a random weekday for no reason, nothing to worry about except going to enough classes to make grades, and having fun.
Best time of my whole life.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 12:17 am to athenslife101
Acid
Swingers
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Utopia brother/sister
Swingers
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Utopia brother/sister
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:02 am to stealthy1
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Jam-Jam, concerts, Chimes St., nickel beer, TGIF's in the fall, student section the rain of drinks in plastic cups, drive anywhere you want on campus, heading down to Pat O's with the brothers on a random weekday for no reason, nothing to worry about except going to enough classes to make grades, and having fun.
You left out going to the bars across the river (Port Allen?) when the BR one's closed at 2 am.
This post was edited on 8/27/18 at 1:03 am
Posted on 8/27/18 at 1:16 am to TheHarahanian
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Bad music
Uhhhhhhhhhhh, no. The 70s may have been the best decade for music.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 2:32 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Seeing LSU football on TV seemed like a lifetime event. One or two NCAA games a week, all on ABC. Hearing Keith Jackson say the players names was monumental.
During the summer you only got one baseball game a week on Saturday afternoon -- with Tony Kubek and Joe Garagiola. For a couple of years, we got Monday Night Baseball with Howard Cosell. THAT was all the baseball you got. Almost every New Orleans kid I knew was a Reds fan because they appeared most often on the Saturday game of the week. That and Johnny Bench was the host of The Baseball Bunch on Saturday mornings.
Basketball was even more scarce. They didn't even show playoff games live -- you had to stay up and watch a tape delayed version.
As my parents weren't much into professional sports (other than the Saints), I did most of my sports watching on a 12" B&W television. Almost every kid I know had one in their room. Mine was very similar to this one --
To the youngsters, those are knobs to the right. You had to get up and change the channel manually. Even our parents' "big" 19" color TV didn't have remote until the late 70's-early 80's.
This post was edited on 8/27/18 at 2:49 am
Posted on 8/27/18 at 2:36 am to northshorebamaman
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quote:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wasn't mouthy, but old white men hated him too.
My dad said he didn't work hard enough on defense.
And he said that lots of times, he didn't even run down court. And that he didn't really try except during the playoffs.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 6:01 am to MMauler
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Most every New Orleans kid I knew was a Reds fan because they appeared most often on the Saturday game of the week
That's the exact reason I am a Reds fan today. Grew up watching them as a kid in the late 70's and have stayed the course.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 6:05 am to stealthy1
quote:
For me, the biggest change from then to now is that people take everything, including themselves, much too seriously now.
Life then was much simpler, less complicated, with less pressure. There was no obsession with everything having to be managed through to perfection.
It was just more laid back. More than once I was stopped while really drunk, and told "get your arse home, right now..!" Now you'd be locked up in a heartbeat. Glad I never drink and drive anymore. It's a miracle I'm still alive.
There weren't 500 different constituencies and interest groups, and people overthinking everything and looking for reasons to get pissed off.
It was still possible to have a carefree life.
I wish young people now could get just a little taste of it.
Perfect
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