You might be a child in the 70s if:

[Knundrm]

My dad did that!! They ended up banning them for both.

Mind you, I loved seeing the young ladies in tank tops and REALLY didn't care to see them lose that "privilege" (it occupied my mind during the boring classes) . Fortunately, they didn't lose it in the end.

 

[MarsLander]

 

[kuririn]

 

[DEmery]

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Incredible edibles, I had one of those. Like my creepy crawlers, but you could eat these

 

[bjphoenix]

I graduated in 1974. I don't remember ever seeing a girl in jeans in school. Mini skirts yes jeans no.

Around 1970 or so my high school allowed girls to start wearing slacks. If they wore jeans, or maybe for all girls wearing slacks, they had to wear a long shirt or sweater. I think there ended up being a lot of leeway in this. They had pretty strict rules on skirt length, had to be less than a certain amount above the knee, maybe 2". And there was a strict rule about boys sideburns. This was enforced by the coaches with dry razors.

 

[kuririn]

Ernie D.
Pistol Pete.
Dr. J.

 

[Knundrm]

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Had one. Burned out the heck out of myself on it several times! Incredible edibles!

 

[Knundrm]

Had one. Burned out the heck out of myself on it several times! Incredible edibles!

And I had one of these!

 

[teepot]

And I had one of these!View attachment 645275

The exclamation I just made when I saw this. I have forgotten so much of my past that when I see something like this it's like a slap to the face. Then the memories come pouring back.

 

[dr wogz]

I sooo wanted one of these..

freinds had one, never me though..

 

[NTP2]

I sooo wanted one of these..

freinds had one, never me though..

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They didn’t have batteries?

 

[prfesser]

...if you remember the 'coffee crisis' in the late 70s, an early example of shrinkflation. We had a Mr. Coffee in the grad students' research lab (THAT would go over like an osmium balloon today). Users were expected to buy a pound can of coffee in rotation. The price of beans shot up and 'pound' became '13 ounces'. Folgers even brought out nasty 'flaked' coffee that needed less for each pot. (The group's cheapskate--not me--would buy a bag of 13oz flaked until he was called out on it.)

And the one-pound coffee can/bag disappeared into the mist, forever and ever. The end.

[@cwbullet, Chuck, thank you for starting this thread. Seriously. It's delving up stuff from my brain's forgot-it bin. I think it's helping memory in general; certainly it can't hurt. ]

 

[dr wogz]

They didn’t have batteries?

? who is 'they'?

yes it used batteries.. (what toys don't?!)

 

[Huxter]

(Batteries not included)

 

[Art Upton]

I sooo wanted one of these..

freinds had one, never me though..

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Mom got me one, it was a Blast.

 

[jqavins]

Around 1970 or so my high school allowed girls to start wearing slacks. If they wore jeans, or maybe for all girls wearing slacks, they had to wear a long shirt or sweater. I think there ended up being a lot of leeway in this. They had pretty strict rules on skirt length, had to be less than a certain amount above the knee, maybe 2". And there was a strict rule about boys sideburns. This was enforced by the coaches with dry razors.

I was a little late for the high school sumptuary rules. And glad I am of it; I would have to have gone to school in a skirt to protest.

And the one-pound coffee can/bag disappeared into the mist, forever and ever. The end.

Still oft' lamented. As are the tobacco cans of a yet earlier age. What's not lamented is the two Tbsp scoop that came in the top of every can, the way you couldn't bring yourself to throw them away, and the resulting drawers full of them. (OK, "drawers full" is an exaggeration.)

 

[tsmmiller]

My first venture into rocketry. I know they were available before the 70's but seems that they were everywhere during that decade.
Living out in the stix, we didn't have to worry about them landing on anybodies roof.

 

[NTP2]

? who is 'they'?

yes it used batteries.. (what toys don't?!)

Why was it tethered? Why not make it stand alone without the base?

 

[tsmmiller]

Still oft' lamented. As are the tobacco cans of a yet earlier age. What's not lamented is the two Tbsp scoop that came in the top of every can, the way you couldn't bring yourself to throw them away, and the resulting drawers full of them. (OK, "drawers full" is an exaggeration.)

Those tobacco cans were a prominent features of the Sawtooth Mountains where I grew up. Most every bodies claims were posted by the upside down Prince Albert can nailed to a tree with the claim securely tucked up inside.

 

[Art Upton]

Why was it tethered? Why not make it stand alone without the base?

There was no inexpensive RC back then. The Tether was the POWER delivered to the Chopper via a rotating cable.

The base contained the motor and provided Pitch control as well as RPMs on the rotor via the rotating cable.

Being Tethered also MADE IT SAFE, no flying away into Mom's China Cabinet.

 

[tsmmiller]

Why was it tethered? Why not make it stand alone without the base?

I had one of these. Why not stand alone? Wireless was not around yet. If it was it was well beyond the reach of our poor folks income!

 

[jqavins]

They were (still are if you have them) good for a lot of the same things, like nails, that coffee cans are, but with tighter fitting, more durable lids. I have a bunch from my grandfather's workshop.