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post 1698241273 02-23-2024, 01:21 AM
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How do you picture yourself if you were living in 1970's?

We made a lot of threads on 1980's, 1990's, 2000's and 2010's...let do one with the 1970's...

I don't think my life would be much different as to what it is today...just less selection of entertainment..and probably less access...but it would still be alcohol, cigarettes, junk food and partying for me....little bit of traveling (back then it was a big deal)...going to beach, going to gym..internet would be replaced by newspaper, magazines and books..so not much has changed??? except for the internet (smartphone and pc falls in same category) and video games...
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I was living in the 1970's.
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Originally Posted By jimbob007⏩
I was living in the 1970's.
Ohh, cool. How old are you now?
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Originally Posted By robreynolds1234⏩
Ohh, cool. How old are you now?
47, so was only three when we moved into 1980. Can remember some of it though.
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Originally Posted By jimbob007⏩
47, so was only three when we moved into 1980. Can remember some of it though.
Jimmy Greeves just off the top of my head was he a good player?
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I'd be going to a lot of my fav band's live concerts.
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Prob being a degenerate doing lots of you know, and drinking...would settle down though and have like 2 kids now.

Would've attended lots of concerts, and traveled.
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Originally Posted By jimbob007⏩
47, so was only three when we moved into 1980. Can remember some of it though.
Ohh ok.
Originally Posted By Fang2⏩
I'd be going to a lot of my fav band's live concerts.
Yeah that would be cool. Lots of cool rock bands back then.
Originally Posted By Dontoewsmebro⏩
Prob being a degenerate doing lots of you know, and drinking...would settle down though and have like 2 kids now.

Would've attended lots of concerts, and traveled.
Back then even inter-city traveling was a big deal.
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I was born in 1970 but don't ask how old I am. Let's just say I remember the drugs, the free love and I got to spit on GI's comin back from the Vietnam war
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Originally Posted By RICHSTRONG⏩
I was born in 1970 but don't ask how old I am. Let's just say I remember the drugs, the free love and I got to spit on GI's comin back from the Vietnam war
Rich actually frequent Plains GA, but shhh that's a secret.
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Originally Posted By Gios⏩
Watching tv all day, literally 3 black and white channels only because it’s Australia
Owning a television or watching television was a big deal back then. Not every household had one...and when you were watching the limited content and limited channels on it, you would really enjoy it..people had designated hours for watching television...
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I was born in 1969 so lived through the 70's but as a young child. They were great for me. We played outside pretty much all the time, swam at the pool all summer.
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California in the 70's looked pretty rad



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Originally Posted By jimbob007⏩
I was living in the 1970's.
I have some vivid memories...well, i was only 3 in 1979.
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It was like today but with less stuff.

Like op said no internet but you didnt miss it because it hadnt been invented.

It was not however all peace and love and roses. It was just like today, but with less stuff.

If you wanted to look for work, you bought a newspaper and looked in the want ads. Then you physically went down there filled out the application and did an interview.

If you didnt get the job, you went someplace else and did it again.

No, you could not buy a house with one guys income from a shoe store. People had financial struggles just like today. If you could buy a house, why did apartments exist? Most apartments were built back then or even earlier because there was a need for them.

Then there is the hairy bush thing. Women might have trimmed it a bit but it was always hairy.
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Originally Posted By BalognaNbeans⏩
California in the 70's looked pretty rad



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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
I was born in 1969 so lived through the 70's but as a young child. They were great for me. We played outside pretty much all the time, swam at the pool all summer.
Mornin' Legz422....

Yep....but my time was the 50's-60's during the Pleistocene Epoch.

When you popped out in '69 was the year I got out of the military.
How I got so old so quick is still hard for me to reconcile

Back to it.
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Just an old guy trying to keep up his rhythm chops.
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Originally Posted By Wayne
Mornin' Legz422....

Yep....but my time was the 50's-60's during the Pleistocene Epoch.

When you popped out in '69 was the year I got out of the military.
How I got so old so quick is still hard for me to reconcile

Back to it.
Wow, crazy to think of you as an adult when I was born. Time sure does fly. lol
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Originally Posted By crupiea⏩
It was like today but with less stuff.

Like op said no internet but you didnt miss it because it hadnt been invented.

It was not however all peace and love and roses. It was just like today, but with less stuff.

If you wanted to look for work, you bought a newspaper and looked in the want ads. Then you physically went down there filled out the application and did an interview.

If you didnt get the job, you went someplace else and did it again.

No, you could not buy a house with one guys income from a shoe store. People had financial struggles just like today. If you could buy a house, why did apartments exist? Most apartments were built back then or even earlier because there was a need for them.

Then there is the hairy bush thing. Women might have trimmed it a bit but it was always hairy.
Yeah I can get an idea people would be outdoors most of the time, because back then forms of entertainment were limited and we had to do most of the things manually which usually required going out. Maybe that's the big difference living back then and now. Internet has made the planet come a long away ahead.
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Originally Posted By crupiea⏩
It was like today but with less stuff.

Like op said no internet but you didnt miss it because it hadnt been invented.

It was not however all peace and love and roses. It was just like today, but with less stuff.

If you wanted to look for work, you bought a newspaper and looked in the want ads. Then you physically went down there filled out the application and did an interview.

If you didnt get the job, you went someplace else and did it again.

No, you could not buy a house with one guys income from a shoe store. People had financial struggles just like today. If you could buy a house, why did apartments exist? Most apartments were built back then or even earlier because there was a need for them.

Then there is the hairy bush thing. Women might have trimmed it a bit but it was always hairy.
The 70s actually remind me quite a lot of the present. The country was very divided, not just over Vietnam, but also over the direction of society in general. Inflation was high (and makes current inflation look like child's play) and unlike today, the economy was stagnated. Married women had to start working to make ends meet, but that just helped keep real wages suppressed and extended the problem. "All in the Family" is a funny TV show that tends to exaggerate the characters, but it really does capture a lot of the mood at the time, and in real time, not like a documentary looking back.


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Originally Posted By robreynolds1234⏩
We will also grow old very quickly from now on. As an adult you feel as if the time is flying away very fast. I am 35, but I feel I will be 70 soon.
....buckle up Rob.

Your future decades will pass like the blink of an eye.
I recall my 30's pretty well as I was in live bands from 1970 - 1980 so those years were very busy for me.

My 20's?....I have bit more of a struggle recalling those post military years.
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Originally Posted By Wayne
Mornin' Legz422....

Yep....but my time was the 50's-60's during the Pleistocene Epoch.

When you popped out in '69 was the year I got out of the military.
How I got so old so quick is still hard for me to reconcile

Back to it.
What was The Pleistocene Epoch?
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Originally Posted By Wayne
....buckle up Rob.

Your future decades will pass like the blink of an eye.
I recall my 30's pretty well as I was in live bands from'1970 - 1980 so those years were very busy for me.

My 20's?....I have bit more of a struggle recalling those post military years.
Ohh cool.
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Originally Posted By robreynolds1234⏩
What was The Pleistocene Epoch?
It's one of the many geologic time periods. (I was a geology/music major)

"Divisions. The Cenozoic is divided into three periods: the Paleogene, Neogene, and Quaternary;and seven epochs: the Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene."

Back to it.
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https://soundcloud.com/chulaivet1966
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Just an old guy trying to keep up his rhythm chops.
"One persons perception of good music can be another persons definition of noise"
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Originally Posted By Wayne
It's one of the many geologic time periods. (I was a geology/music major)

"Divisions. The Cenozoic is divided into three periods: the Paleogene, Neogene, and Quaternary;and seven epochs: the Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene."

Back to it.
Ok.

How old are you now though?
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