An electric organ, with many multicolored switches/presets.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
pong
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
^was wondering when we would get to that Another bar accoutrement: wave form light thingy that is basically two dimensional analog of a lava lamp
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
stray beans from beanbag stuck in shag carpetYahtzeeSears catalogpoker chip carouselErma Bombeck bookscrocheted afghan blanket (squares pattern)
― Josefa, Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
reminds me to post Dogs Playing Poker painting
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
TV Guide (although not in my home)
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
cb radio"Bless This Mess" kneedlepoint sign
― henry s, Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
Habitrailaquariummany items featuring Peanuts characters for no particular reason
― Josefa, Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
Orange sinksBathroom wallpaper with old-timey advertisements
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
partially completed rug hookingterrariumssand candles
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Saturday, 28 December 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/88/ae/75/88ae75efce5244fc22206fd8ac16439c.jpg
― henry s, Saturday, 28 December 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
NoxzemaThe World BookPenthouse (hidden from view)Skateboarder magazine Guinness Book of World RecordsAlvin Toffler’s Future Shock10-speed bikesLife magazine tobacco pipe (dad)wallpaperstore catalogsYellow PagesPeter Frampton Comes AliveHardy BoysRugby shirtsChemistry setCreemCircus
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 28 December 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
Sea Monkeys
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 28 December 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
AnacinThe Game Of LifeToughskinsFerns (all relegated to one room, commonly referred to as "the ferm room")
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 December 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Garanimals
― santa clause four (suzy), Saturday, 28 December 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
(in warm regions) jalousie windows
― Josefa, Saturday, 28 December 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
tangjellor2d2 figurine
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 December 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
Mentioned Air Hockey but should also have mentioned Nok Hockey.
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
electric football
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 December 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
We used to have Desiderata framed on the back of the actual toilet door. As a kid I was richly amused by the opening line, “Go placidly amid the noise and haste.”
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 28 December 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
Born in '63 so the 70s were totally my decade, and we had almost none of this stuff.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Saturday, 28 December 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
Marimekko prints and bedding
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 29 December 2019 00:16 (four years ago) link
one of the things from the '70s that is still popular!
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 00:45 (four years ago) link
Almost all of these presuppose a middle income household that has at least one filled bookshelf.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 29 December 2019 00:57 (four years ago) link
And on that bookshelf: Passages by Gail Sheehy.
― henry s, Sunday, 29 December 2019 01:07 (four years ago) link
Jonathan Livingston Seagull was popular in the early 70s but even as a kid it seemed banal to me
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 01:17 (four years ago) link
You could always tell who had the hip parents by seeing Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on the bookshelf. (Spoiler Alert: we didn't have it on our bookshelf.)
― henry s, Sunday, 29 December 2019 01:23 (four years ago) link
forgot about that book
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:08 (four years ago) link
it was Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City in the late 70s that made me want to move to San Francisco
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
A Shel Silverstein book (this may have just been a New York / Cali thing)
― calstars, Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
Nope, it was a Midwest thing, too. We had Where The Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, and The Missing Piece.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:31 (four years ago) link
Erica Jong's Fear of Flying?
― Alba, Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:58 (four years ago) link
Erma Bombeck
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Sunday, 29 December 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
Judy Blume
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:09 (four years ago) link
read about Ram Dass's death last week. his Be Here Now was the defining book of the 70s for me
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:19 (four years ago) link
Loved that book, though I wouldn’t discover it until the eighties.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:34 (four years ago) link
catholic homes had ‘good news for modern man’
― estela, Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:38 (four years ago) link
ours disappeared in the early 80s and was found rotting in the wet grass up the side of the house, it wasn’t me but i was a suspect
― estela, Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:45 (four years ago) link
a lot of these are reminding of my childhood home that was mostly furnished in the mid 70s that I lived in for the 80s!wood burning stove with huge hearth, shag carpeting, smaller television on a two level “entertainment center” that had a top middle space for tv, and two open areas on the bottom sides for 70s wood speakers with a thatch pattern in the front. audio receiver with that bluish lightingrotating armchair (not reclining) with a shiny velvet texture. living room furniture with gold/green/brown/orange color scheme. vinyl kitchen floor with pattern that looks like square tiles. medium brown wooden cabinets in the kitchen. bronze/gold table lamps with a bulbous shape and large lampshade (I might have one of these stashed somewhere). side tables with double doors for storage
― babu frik fan account (mh), Sunday, 29 December 2019 05:00 (four years ago) link
I’ve lost the original lampshade, but behold:https://i.imgur.com/NBy1DoT_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― babu frik fan account (mh), Sunday, 29 December 2019 05:07 (four years ago) link
audio receiver with that bluish lightingis there any other circumstance in which that blue light appears?
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 05:18 (four years ago) link
hahahahaha YES we had that lamp
― revenge of the jawn (rushomancy), Sunday, 29 December 2019 05:54 (four years ago) link
An ashtray the size of a dinner plate
― Miami weisse (WmC), Sunday, 29 December 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
Journey to Ixtlan
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
A box of Wheaties with Mark Spitz on the front
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link
^good onewhich reminds me:Quisp AND Quake
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
the Grease soundtrack album
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 December 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
Bicentennial detritus
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 16:03 (four years ago) link
Tab in fridge
― Josefa, Sunday, 29 December 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link