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The Magical 1970s

By o-din

4 years ago


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#101 4 years ago
Quoted from Honch:

No doubt. A bit of a visionary too. Installed solar panels on the WH long before that was ever going to be considered a "thing".
I'll never forget when he toured Three Nile Island during the meltdown.
I live about 40 minutes away from TMI when it happened and it scared the Hell out of me as a kid. I actually remember feeling better about it when I saw the POTUS was coming to see the plant. Probably my most vivid memory of the 70s as a child.

Smoked a joint on the roof of the White House with Willie Nelson?

Or is that just a myth?

#102 4 years ago
Quoted from jrpinball:

Wish I could find me some Z-brick.
Brick is always in style.

It was in ‘76.

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#103 4 years ago
Quoted from CrazyLevi:

Smoked a joint on the roof of the White House with Willie Nelson?
Or is that just a myth?

I hope its true.

#104 4 years ago

Did the wildwood flower grow wild on the farm in Plains, Georgia?

#105 4 years ago
Quoted from Honch:

No doubt. A bit of a visionary too. Installed solar panels on the WH long before that was ever going to be considered a "thing".
I'll never forget when he toured Three Mile Island during the meltdown.
I live about 40 minutes away from TMI when it happened and it scared the Hell out of me as a kid. I actually remember feeling better about it when I saw the POTUS was coming to see the plant. Probably my most vivid memory of the 70s as a child. Besides getting pong

I always liked Jimmy Carter and still do. Bless the man. He just got in at a tough time.

Life imitates art. Whoever hasn't watched this movie, probably should. You might even spot a pinball machine if memory serves me right.
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#106 4 years ago
Quoted from CrazyLevi:

Smoked a joint on the roof of the White House with Willie Nelson?
Or is that just a myth?

Are you feeling the magic yet Levi?

New Years Eve 1979 I was at a Cheap Trick concert at the Long Beach Arena, but the whole world was partying. As usual.

#107 4 years ago

The only magic I can remember from that timeframe was when Olivia Newton John released Xanadu...

#108 4 years ago
Quoted from Dent00:

The only magic I can remember from that timeframe was when Olivia Newton John released Xanadu...

Is it possible to not love her after watching that?

#110 4 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

Their fans were basically the kids that were in Jr. high when we were in high school. It gave use a good yuck as we were listening to more serious rockers.
I went off on my own because I had found an underground station that played alternative music that set the tone for the rest of my life. A lot of the kids did not understand what I was listening to. Today they seem to.
I had a Duncan YoYo, a skateboard with urethane wheels, a Schwinn Stingray and then a moped. For a while I worked in a liquor store or wherever else I could make a buck. I was happy as can be and got around. Bus was only 25 cents, so that allowed for endless trips to the beach or wherever else I wanted to go.
For those that have seen Dazed and Confused, it is very spot on.
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Indeed. I remember the first time I had watched it, total time travel. I had to go out and buy a copy on dvd.

The only other media that hit a spot on feel was the first season of Stranger Things. It really hit the 80’s perfect.

#111 4 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

I know we've all seen the movie and played the pinball machine, but pretty damn amazing story considering the technology of the day.
The nation and perhaps the whole world was holding it's breath.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

I remember when that thing came down too. We were in a bar that had a "Space Mission" pinball, and we went outside at a particular time, and looked at a specific point in the sky and we could see the Sky Lab re-entering the atmosphere as it came crashing back to Earth.

#112 4 years ago
Quoted from MrBally:

I still have mine......[quoted image][quoted image]

No way! I had a red one!

#113 4 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

Are you feeling the magic yet Levi?
New Years Eve 1979 I was at a Cheap Trick concert at the Long Beach Arena, but the whole world was partying. As usual.

That Same New Years I was at My Fathers Place Catching the Ramones!

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#114 4 years ago
Quoted from jrpinball:

Wish I could find me some Z-brick.
Brick is always in style.

https://www.z-brick.com/

#115 4 years ago

In the 70s, I remember having rock posters all over the walls.
Two of my faves were these of Led Zeppelin and Debbie Harry.

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#116 4 years ago
Quoted from MrBally:

I still have mine......

Mine is red. Used it for years and years. Now it just sits on a shelf.

#117 4 years ago
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#118 4 years ago
Quoted from embryonjohn:

Odin’s thread title includes the word “magical” and he opens with images of flags, Betsy Ross, bicentennial parades and crazy red, white & blue fashions.
You? You rush to google images & counter with signs including a swastika, obscenities & political upheaval.
Admit it dude. You got triggered!!![quoted image]

He or shes neck looks like an Alien burst about to happen.

#119 4 years ago

I had one of these in 7th grade, '78 I think. So I had to buy this one at a ham radio swap meet back in the 90's. Best 50 cents I ever spent. Thing still works! A real battery hog just like my first one. "Assembled in USA" !

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#120 4 years ago
Quoted from dozer1:

I had one of these in 7th grade, '78 I think. So I had to buy this one at a ham radio swap meet back in the 90's. Best 50 cents I ever spent. Thing still works! A real battery hog just like my first one. "Assembled in USA" ![quoted image][quoted image]

Nice, I still happen to have mine! Copyright 1976 in the manual.

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#121 4 years ago

kids

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#122 4 years ago

Still have my original Bowmar Brain pocket calculator which I found lying in a bunch of tall grass while walking to my high school job around 1974.
It was probably a $150 unit at the time, and that was a lot of scratch back then.
The internal nicads are long gone, but I bet it still would work if I replaced them. It's sitting in a drawer somewhere.

#123 4 years ago

Huh. Didn’t know it was still available because I don't see it in any of the home improvement stores. Not that I was actively looking for it, so maybe HD or Lowe's might have it.

#124 4 years ago

Love this stuff

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#125 4 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

Their fans were basically the kids that were in Jr. high when we were in high school. It gave use a good yuck as we were listening to more serious rockers.
I went off on my own because I had found an underground station that played alternative music that set the tone for the rest of my life. A lot of the kids did not understand what I was listening to. Today they seem to.
I had a Duncan YoYo, a skateboard with urethane wheels, a Schwinn Stingray and then a moped. For a while I worked in a liquor store or wherever else I could make a buck. I was happy as can be and got around. Bus was only 25 cents, so that allowed for endless trips to the beach or wherever else I wanted to go.
For those that have seen Dazed and Confused, it is very spot on.
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You were lucky to have a Schwinn bike. My parents would never pay that much for a bike. We were middle class but I never got name brand sneakers or pants. I remember real Levi's were about 8 bucks when I was 12. I remember buying my first name brand sneakers "Adidas " when I got my first job in 1975 when I was 16. Were your parents well off?

#126 4 years ago
Quoted from jrpinball:

Still have my original Bowmar Brain pocket calculator which I found lying in a bunch of tall grass while walking to my high school job around 1974.
It was probably a $150 unit at the time, and that was a lot of scratch back then.

I had this Bowmar Brain in '75 or '76. This one was something like 50 or 100 bucks-- I don't remember.
I didn't like it because it made annoying clicking sounds when you pressed the buttons, which could be heard throughout a dead silent school room during an exam.
Plus it didn't do square roots.

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#127 4 years ago
Quoted from Jtm3:

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Eames would be proud.

My sister still has her Panasonic ball radio in red and a yellow wrist radio like in the picture.

#128 4 years ago

I got a Ross Snapper for my birthday in '78. (Not my photo, but the same exact bike.)

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#129 4 years ago
Quoted from mooch:

In the 70s, I remember having rock posters all over the walls.
Two of my faves were these of Led Zeppelin and Debbie Harry.[quoted image][quoted image]

By the late 70s my walls were covered. lol. My buddy had the token bean bag chairs and lava lamp too.

For those that think the 70s was like living in the stone age, it wasn't.

Life was good.

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#130 4 years ago

Nice selection of 8 track tapes o-din. The artwork on albums in the 70’s was awesome.

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#131 4 years ago

One of those 8-Tracks would certainly be this one.

#132 4 years ago

BTW those bunk beds still exist at my brother's house. The ship wallpaper is long gone though. The surfboard was sacrificed to the surf gods many moons ago.

The first pic is grandpa Harry. He was a good ole boy.

#133 4 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

BTW those bunk beds still exist at my brother's house. The ship wallpaper is long gone though. The surfboard was sacrificed to the surf gods many moons ago.

The first pic is grandpa Harry. He was a good ole boy.

You must have had a great kidhood.

LTG : )

#134 4 years ago
Quoted from LTG:

You must have had a great kidhood.
LTG : )

You try to forget about the bad shit, you know. It's never all roses. I was a very sick baby. Almost died a couple times. Being in a rain tent for two weeks isn't much fun. Had my ears lanced too. My mom was older when she had me. Then there was the divorce and military school.

What don't kill you, makes you stronger. By the time that pic was taken it was all good.

#135 4 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

You try to forget about the bad shit, you know. It's never all roses. I was a very sick baby. Almost died a couple times. Being in a rain tent for two weeks isn't much fun. Had my ears lanced too. My mom was older when she had me. Then there was the divorce and military school.

What don't kill you, makes you stronger. By the time that pic was taken it was all good.

Funny how similar we were. Except for military school.

LTG : )

#136 4 years ago
Quoted from LTG:

Funny how similar we were. Except for military school.
LTG : )

Then you missed the real fun.
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Filmed at St Catherine's Military School... not far away.

#137 4 years ago

Only Socal peeps will appreciate the Prado Dam in your very first post. I lived in Riverside then and you always saw that going back and forth to OC. When you left OC around Anaheim it was like a long stretch of nothing until Riverside. Now it's one single continuum of development.

And there were orange groves everywhere, as far as the eye could see. All gone now.

Disneyland still had E tickets.

Vegas was way funner.

And Prop 13 for the 70s win.

#138 4 years ago

You guys are in for a treat now. I just pulled out my 1977 yearbook. Scanning doesn't give the best results, kinda grainy, but it is what it is.

The tall boy with the golf club is Hoby Brenner, long time tight end for the Saints. Keith Van Horne of Bears fame was on the team the year before. The pretty brunette is the sister of the Rikk and Frank Agnew of Adolescents fame.

And yes, rock concerts were normal procedure during school.

The note is from my science teacher. Lol. 20 years later he came into my shop for a smog and I failed him. Haha
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#139 4 years ago
Quoted from mooch:

In the 70s, I remember having rock posters all over the walls.
Two of my faves were these of Led Zeppelin and Debbie Harry.

How about the concert posters that were stapled to poles all around town to advertise concerts in the 70’s. The Armadillo had their own art squad for their posters. Most concerts were in the $5 range.

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#140 4 years ago

One of my favorite posters I had on my wall was kinda rare and I was glad I stumbled upon it at Custom John's near Disneyland I think the place was called.

Can you name that guitar hero?

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#141 4 years ago

Who can forget odd rods trading cards

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#142 4 years ago
Quoted from Phat_Jay:

Remember when you’d get a call, and the person that answered said to you “ it’s long distance.....” holy crap, someone either died, or was about to!

I am still agitated by the fact that I cannot dial 7 numbers to reach people that are not long distance.
I think it is a phone company ploy to extract more money from customers.
The story line was that there were not enough 7 digit numbers available in each area code, so additional area codes were required.
Cell phones just made that problem worse.

#143 4 years ago

Born in 65.
Yeah, the 70’s were a blast.
Pinball machines everywhere. EVERYWHERE!
Good music, radio and tv were still worth a damn.
Best 70’s movie to reflect the times, the bad news bears.

#144 4 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

One of my favorite posters I had on my wall was kinda rare and I was glad I stumbled upon it at Custom John's near Disneyland I think the place was called.
Can you name that guitar hero?[quoted image]

Kk?

#145 4 years ago
Quoted from Electrocute:

Who can forget odd rods trading cards[quoted image]

My favorite was Fruit Salad.

#146 4 years ago
Quoted from o-din:

Can you name that guitar hero?[quoted image]

Michael Schenker.

rd

#147 4 years ago

We have a winner!

#148 4 years ago

O-din here's another one from the 70s, it's so long ago I don't know if my brain is rotted or if I just imagined it. Weren't there some legitimate bands who would play the Tomorrowland stage at Disneyland?

#149 4 years ago
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#150 4 years ago
Quoted from xsvtoys:

O-din here's another one from the 70s, it's so long ago I don't know if my brain is rotted or if I just imagined it. Weren't there some legitimate bands who would play the Tomorrowland stage at Disneyland?

Indeed. When I was 12 one of my distant cousins was visiting and he insisted we go see the Association. That was well before it made way for Space Mountain. I was always up for a trip to the land.

They had been promising Space Mountain for years. I even have a Disneyland poster map from the early 70s that shows future sight of spaceport with a picture of it..

When it finally opened in 1977 we were more than prepared when we got there.

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