The 1970's

[Johnfromokc]

Hehehehe...we really did shit like this, lol. :tooth

Any of you fellow middle agers got some favorite 70's memories to share?

 

[pjbleek]

Riding my bike until the sun went down and just enjoyed the day. Sports too, whiffle-ball all day long,street hockey and the like

 

[cam elle toe]

hitch hiking to the beach and getting burnt to a crisp.
Trying to find "free" payphones to ring "boyfriends"
No helmets, knee pads or elbow pads riding my skateboard...(or bike for that matter)

 

[AUFred]

we survived things that should have killed us.

 

[Tim]

Being out of the house from sunrise to sunset in the summer. No cell phones, no computers and no way for mom and dad to get a hold of us. Just a check in when we were hungry.

 

[Tangerine]

Hehehehe...we really did shit like this, lol. :tooth

Any of you fellow middle agers got some favorite 70's memories to share?

God-Damned RIGHT!

 

[Leananshee]

Where are the freakin' Evil Knievel stars on that Big Wheel?

 

[AUFred]

Being out of the house from sunrise to sunset in the summer. No cell phones, no computers and no way for mom and dad to get a hold of us. Just a check in when we were hungry.

When I was little that was pretty much true. When we moved to the farm the greatest part of the time my Mom knew where I was because I was working.

 

[Johnfromokc]

On weekends my buddies and I would walk for miles rounding up guys to play football. This was after practicing football all week in middle school and playing the weekly game. You can hardly get kids out of the house for a walk theses days. In elementary school, most of us rode our bicycles to school daily. In spring time, we'd get to school an hour early to play baseball before class. Almost continual activity.

Air conditioning and computers are the ball and chain that seem to be keeping us indoors now days.

 

[AUFred]

Kids now days if they leave the house they are zoned in an I-pod, I-pad or cellphone.

 

[pjbleek]

Stores being closed on a Sunday..Sunday dinners...

 

[Tuffdisc]

I remember those days, now its the health and safety brigade from the parents who were children in the 70s

 

[alice in chains]

dammit wish i grew up then...

ever since i saw dazed and confused ive been fascinated with that time period.

 

[HK]

There are years that began with 7? :ninja

 

[Tuffdisc]

There are years that began with 7? :ninja

It began with 19 etc..

 

[pjbleek]

"....back in my day....."

 

[zen]

"....back in my day....."

I walked 5 miles to school uphill, both ways, barefoot.

In the snow.

 

[Aeval]

I walked 5 miles to school uphill, both ways, barefoot.

In the snow.

Hahaha...you too?

But honestly...I heard that so much when I was a kid....in the 70's.

 

[zen]

I grew up in the 70's. Walking to 7-11 with a note to buy ciggs for my buddy's mom. My 11 year old daughter doesn't understand why we wont let her walk around the block by herself. And we live in a pretty safe area.

Different time calls for overt hypocrisy....

 

[Tuffdisc]

I walked 5 miles to school uphill, both ways, barefoot.

In the snow.

You have snow in California?:unsure: