The Thing I Miss Most About the 70's Is:

Mr. Ected

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Thu Jun-11-09 02:15 PM
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The Thing I Miss Most About the 70's Is:

How damn young I was.

How about you?

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flvegan

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Thu Jun-11-09 02:16 PM
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1. Living in a house that overlooked the ocean.

Ah, to be a kid again.

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madinmaryland

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Thu Jun-11-09 02:17 PM
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2. Same here!

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Sanity Claws

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Thu Jun-11-09 02:19 PM
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3. My youth

I said that to myself before I saw your answer.

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PassingFair

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:35 PM
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17. My concave stomach.

And my carefree attitude.

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Patiod

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Fri Jun-12-09 11:05 AM
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61. Concave stomach + laying in the sun w/o worrying about cancer

Irish girls were not designed to lay in the sun, but I didn't know that back then. Which was nice.

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jobycom

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Thu Jun-11-09 02:20 PM
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4. That's winter weather. I don't miss it.

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billyoc

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Thu Jun-11-09 02:21 PM
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5. Paraquat. Man, I LOVED that shit!

:rofl:

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Mr. Ected

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Thu Jun-11-09 02:28 PM
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7. I Hadn't Thought About Paraquat Since....Since...

Oh hell. I forgot what I was thinking.

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Art_from_Ark

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Thu Jun-11-09 10:17 PM
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49. Paraquat?

You mean that stuff they sprayed on dope plants from helicopters? :crazy:

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Pool Hall Ace

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Fri Jun-12-09 06:47 AM
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56. That reminds me of a poem I saw on the girls' bathroom wall

I like pot
I smoke it a lot
So please don't spray it
With paraquat! :)

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PassingFair

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Fri Jun-12-09 11:27 AM
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68. Oh, thank GOD!

I thought you were going to rhyme
it with "squat".....

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LeftyMom

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Thu Jun-11-09 02:28 PM
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6. Not existing.

I was born in 1981.

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DarkTirade

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:04 PM
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10. Same here.

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Tektonik

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:48 PM
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20. I was born in '85

I've seen pics of my parents in the seventies.

The hair was scary, even scarier than my mom's mullet in the 80's :scared:

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DarkTirade

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Thu Jun-11-09 08:51 PM
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46. You're a young'un then.

Unfortunately I remember the uglyness of the early 80s as well as the late 80s/pregrunge 90s.

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Lucian

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:53 PM
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45. Me three.

I was born in 1982.

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Aristus

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Thu Jun-11-09 02:53 PM
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8. How new and exciting and different Star Wars was at the time.

The first time I saw Star Wars, when the Death Star blew up, the whole audience stood up and cheered.

I saw each one of the new trilogy films in the theater, and when it was over and the lights came up, people just looked bewildered and confused. Or even bored.

Also, I miss Koogle. B-) :9

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Jane in Texas

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:04 PM
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9. My figure.

Edited on Thu Jun-11-09 03:04 PM by Jane in Texas

And I'm sure there's some other things - not the least of which is my memory.

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Dyedinthewoolliberal

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Thu Jun-11-09 04:08 PM
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22. Welcome to DU!

:party: :)

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Jane in Texas

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Thu Jun-11-09 04:19 PM
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25. Thanks very much. :)

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Manifestor_of_Light

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Thu Jun-11-09 11:46 PM
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50. Welcome to DU!

Another Native Texan (and still living in Texas) here!!

:hi:

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bigwillq

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Thu Jun-11-09 05:52 PM
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28. Hello.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

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Bertha Venation

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Fri Jun-12-09 11:43 AM
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69. Welcome to DU, Jane

:hi:

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Deep13

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:09 PM
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11. We lived in blissful ignorance of the 80s. nt

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GreenPartyVoter

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:09 PM
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12. That's what I miss about the late 80s early 90s.

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MineralMan

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:15 PM
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13. Leisure Suits?

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Iggo

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:32 PM
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14. Yep, my youth. I miss that the most.

Edited on Thu Jun-11-09 03:33 PM by Iggo

Oh and all those hot braless 70's chicks in halter tops and Dittos.

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MorningGlow

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:33 PM
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15. The ongoing hope that the Beatles would get back together

And the fashions.

:hide:
KIDDING about the fashions!

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Bunny

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:33 PM
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16. Yep.

Youth is wasted on the wrong people, isn't it?

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Vidar

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:44 PM
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18. Health & idealism, but not my naivete.

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Dyedinthewoolliberal

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Thu Jun-11-09 03:48 PM
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19. Yes!

Being in my 20's! :)

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nutsnberries

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Thu Jun-11-09 04:01 PM
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21. awesome music comin' out of my radio!

oh yeah. and being a teenager.

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Jane in Texas

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Fri Jun-12-09 10:46 AM
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60. Yeah! Great music still playing from the sixties, and new music from the seventies!

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Moondog

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Thu Jun-11-09 04:11 PM
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23. For most of the 70s, the worst thing that you could catch could be cured.

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rug

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Thu Jun-11-09 04:16 PM
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24. The fall of Saigon.

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cherish44

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Thu Jun-11-09 04:29 PM
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26. Saturday morning kids' shows :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGQoceK17zg

Come on who remembers Kaptain Kool and the Kongs?

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LiberalEsto

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Thu Jun-11-09 05:41 PM
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27. Looking hot

Now, I'm not

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JTG of the PRB

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Thu Jun-11-09 05:57 PM
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29. Not existing.

Existence is a bitch!

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pokerfan

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:18 PM
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30. The Pop Shoppe

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Common Sense Party

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Fri Jun-12-09 11:15 AM
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65. Oh, I vaguely remember those!

I also loved Squirt, in the glass bottles.

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OmahaBlueDog

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:25 PM
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31. The music

...at least before Punk and Disco came along. Everything from the Spinners to Led Zep -- it was all good.

OK...sone of it was awful, like Terry Jacks ... but still

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mitchum

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:29 PM
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32. Hash, Thai stick, Ludes, sex with teenagers

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peacefreak

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:42 PM
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33. Growin' pot plants in the back yard.

Seeing Bonnie Raitt at the local bar. Cool Indian print long dresses. I don't think youth is wasted on the young. I had a damn good time.

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latebloomer

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:47 PM
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35. I saw Bonnie at the local bar, too!

In Cambridge, Mass. Where did you live?

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peacefreak

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:27 PM
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41. Mansfield, Ct

This was a little place called the Shaboo Inn. Lots of Blues, lots of names before they were Names.

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latebloomer

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:40 PM
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42. Sounds familiar!

Some of the local musicians in Cambridge used to talk about playing there.

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Strong Atheist

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:47 PM
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34. Hirsute...

:blush:

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MrSlayer

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:57 PM
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36. I miss Marathon bars.

Of course I was in my single digit years in the 70's so there wasn't much else for me to miss except candy.

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foxfeet

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:59 PM
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37. Smoking dope, sniffing poppers and having sex with strangers.

Hey, I'm just an old-fashioned guy. . .

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EvolveOrConvolve

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:01 PM
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38. Pubic hair

I was only a kid in the 70's, but I've seen the Playboys from the era.

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Auggie

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:03 PM
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39. College. What a blast.

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BuelahWitch

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:12 PM
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40. My Noni

Also known as a "Grandma" to normal people.

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mwdem

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:43 PM
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43. Most definitely my youth.

Where does time go?

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femmocrat

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:45 PM
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44. Being skinny and wearing hot pants.

Darn, I was cute!

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carlyhippy

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Thu Jun-11-09 09:57 PM
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47. being 90 lbs, probably 10 lbs lighter without the Farrah hair

Carly

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Patiod

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Fri Jun-12-09 11:10 AM
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63. I had Farrah hair!

In my sorority composite, I have perfect, brunette Farrah hair - glad it was captured for posterity, because it usually flopped back into being bone-straight within an hour or two of leaving the curling iron.

Of course I had the bone-straight hair girls today crave back in the day when frizzy was IN, and when everyone got perms to give their hair some BODY.

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Patiod

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Fri Jun-12-09 11:15 AM
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64. Misplaced post....

Edited on Fri Jun-12-09 11:15 AM by Patiod

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Art_from_Ark

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Thu Jun-11-09 10:15 PM
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48. My grandparents

Edited on Thu Jun-11-09 10:15 PM by Art_from_Ark

But that's about it. Here I had been all excited about welcoming in a new decade on December 31, 1969, but as it turned out, the '70s started sucking almost as soon as they got out the gate.

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Manifestor_of_Light

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Thu Jun-11-09 11:49 PM
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51. My youth.

College, hiphugger pants, hippy dippy hair, sex, drugs, rock'n'roll ......:toast:

See picture here circa 1973: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20612500@N02/sets/72157603164330461/

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deucemagnet

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Thu Jun-11-09 11:55 PM
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52. My Planet of the Apes action figures and playset.

Man, those would be worth a pretty penny on ebay!

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Fri Jun-12-09 12:06 AM
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53. The feeling of freedom I had

after I went away to college. I didn't appreciate it as much as I should have.

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Kat45

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Fri Jun-12-09 12:27 AM
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54. Me too--being in my twenties, in college.

Edited on Fri Jun-12-09 12:28 AM by Kat45

Having a blast, partying all the time, getting stoned. Good times.

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Zavulon

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Fri Jun-12-09 04:50 AM
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55. Foghat on the radio.

Christ, I LOVE that band.

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Tuesday Afternoon

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Fri Jun-12-09 08:37 AM
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57. Where I was.

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RebelOne

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Fri Jun-12-09 08:38 AM
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58. How young I was and bell bottoms. Loved that style.

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Jetboy

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Fri Jun-12-09 09:10 AM
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59. I was a kid then and I miss the complete lack of concern for

safety. Maybe your car had seat belts, maybe it didn't. If a stranger gave you a piece of candy, you ate it. Helmets were something for race car drivers and football players, not kids on bikes.

And how about these lyrics from Sammy Hagar:

We're just a cruisin' and boozin'
tryin' to have a good time
ain't gonna do nothing wrong!

It was definitely a different mentality back then.

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Gormy Cuss

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Fri Jun-12-09 11:09 AM
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62. I know what you mean. That 80th birthday just made me feel so old.

:hide:

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Patiod

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Fri Jun-12-09 11:16 AM
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66. Sex for days

Spending whole days in bed during college, getting up only to go out to eat. Skipping class because sex was way more fun than Finance 401, and bed was warmer than slogging through slushy streets to get to class.

Sadly, even though I love my SO, the only thing that will keep me in bed all day now is the flu or a good book.

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Joey Liberal

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Fri Jun-12-09 11:18 AM
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67. The broads

I was a teenager in the 70's. What a great time that was!

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Bertha Venation

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Fri Jun-12-09 11:45 AM
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70. 93 KJH! Los Angeles...

That was the jingle. Wish I could post a tune.

Tina Delgado is alive! Alive!

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Mad_Dem_X

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Fri Jun-12-09 01:35 PM
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71. My innocent youth.

I'd love to spend just one day back there, when all I had to worry about was which Barbie I was going to play with.

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