You might be a child in the 70s if:
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lr64
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Most of that stuff is pretty familiar. I haven't seen any figures showing that kids asking strangers for help is actually more dangerous than it used to be. Certainly, kids are supposed to be more scared of doing so. And I think any incidents are more likely to be reported and publicized.
As a kid, when I heard the siren for the volunteer fire department, I couldn't help thinking that it might really be a warning of a nuclear attack.
As a kid, when I heard the siren for the volunteer fire department, I couldn't help thinking that it might really be a warning of a nuclear attack.
Reading about the Tripods in Boy’s Life magazine.
Dressing up to go to Sears on a Saturday with mom and dad.
S&H Green Stamps
You know Boris Badanov and Natasha
Soda in glass bottles that you returned empty for a nickel.
Calling collect.
Watching Two Wild and Crazy Guys on Saturday Night Live.
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Calling collect to a pay phone.
Television test patterns after midnight.
Knowing the last time SNL was decent.
yup. 10 PM. DO you know where your kids are?
Best decade ever.
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rharshberger
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And you returned those glass bottles for a refund so they could be washed, sanitized and reused or recycled since they were the right type of glass to be 100% recyclable.
rharshberger
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The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher, iirc the Boys Life excerpts were from the City of Gold and Lead the second book. I enjoyed reading them in both the magazine and the books themselves, need to go back and read them as a adult.
Having one of the first digital watches. You had to push the button to see the time on the red LED display. National Semiconductor was the brand.
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lr64
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When I was going to school, some people said that only another Coke bottle could break another returnable Coke bottle of the sort we got from the vending machine. It was almost true. Juggling the bottles was possible, but not particularly safe. We had an ancient phone, maybe Bakelite, that could withstand a real pounding, even from a Coke bottle.
Cigarette commercials (and the subsequent banning)
Riding in the back of Dad's pickup truck.
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Mama using said Hot Wheels track when you misbehaved.
terryg
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And the noise they made when they flipped.
Double knit polyester leisure suits and other fashion crimes against humanity.
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