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
<i>Jaws</i> paperback
― Brad C., Sunday, 29 December 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
Jaws even
― Brad C., Sunday, 29 December 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link
The Spirograph mention in the UK thread made me think of this one:
If the household has any connection to children whatsoever there is a Lite-Brite set somewhere
― Josefa, Sunday, 29 December 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
two nations separated by mostly but not always completely different household bric-a-brac
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
Lite Brite was another item not allowed in my particular house but yeah
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
Shrinky Dinks
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 December 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
Nothing he's got he really needs
― just another country (snoball), Sunday, 29 December 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
TV Magic Cards
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
Props to Marshall Brodein!
― henry s, Sunday, 29 December 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
Ha, good thing I left his name out of my post, probably would have spelled it wrong
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
Underoos that have shrunkSimon SaysConnect FourThat electronic football game with the red LEDs
― calstars, Sunday, 29 December 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
unprotected sex
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
Bicentennial detritusmy parents’ marriage innit
― babu frik fan account (mh), Sunday, 29 December 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
Simon Says
That electronic football game with the red LEDs
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 December 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
TV Guide
― Yeets don't fail me now (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 29 December 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
speaking of TV, All In the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
Lite Brite was another item not allowed in my particular house but yeah― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs)
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs)
Do you come from Amish? What was the objection to Lite-Brite?
― Josefa, Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
No, just Outerborough German-Irish Catholic. Think perhaps somebody was concerned about us swallowing the pieces.
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
https://www.twincities.com/2010/01/03/w-va-doctor-expert-at-removing-ingested-items/
Before iPods and Playstations, Lite-Brite toys, which include hundreds of small, multi-colored plastic pegs, caused problems.“Now that we have fancier play toys, we have been seeing less of these,” Nasir said as she pointed toward the Lite-Brite.
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:18 (four years ago) link
we didn’t have a lite brite either. my mom was very resistant when we requested toys with lots of small parts that were going to get lost or scattered!
― babu frik fan account (mh), Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
Speaking of choking hazards, Battlestar Galactica:http://www.toysyouhad.com/Bstar.htm
The series was a hit, albeit a costly one. Mattel snatched up the rights to a toy line - hoping to match Kenner's Star Wars success. Amazingly, long after the series ended, the toys continued to fly off of the shelves of toy stores everywhere. There were several types of toys released, the most popular and notorious were the missile-launching toys of 1978. Using a similar spring-loaded mechanism of their Shogun Warrior line, Battlestar Galactica's ships fired tiny red missiles that, as it turns out, tend to get launched into the throats of children. On December 31, 1978 a four year old boy in Atlanta aimed a Colonial Viper toy into his mouth and launched one of the projectile missiles, inadvertently choking himself to death. On January 11, Mattel issued a recall order for the Viper and three other vehicles. It also issued a missile mail-in for those who had had already purchased a missile-firing version of the toys. In exchange for the little red missiles, Mattel provided a Hot Wheels toys, "for the loss in play value." Mattel redesigned the vehicle line to have non-firing missiles.The boy's death triggered a national outcry to remove projectiles from all toys. On March 23, the boy's parents sued Mattel. The judge presiding over the case singled out Star Wars space toys as the culprit (which upset Lucas very much.) The controversy had an impact on Kenner's Star Wars' toy line, as it delayed the shipment of its Boba Fett dolls. The action figure -- whose character would star in The Empire Strikes Back sequel -- was part of a mailaway offer on the backs of other Star Wars figurines. Although Boba Fett's original design and promotion included a rocket-firing backpack, this mechanism was removed from its design. No rocket-firing Boba Fett's ever rolled off the line, and only a handful of the unpainted prototypes exist.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:28 (four years ago) link
xp I always wondered if Lite-Brite was a fire risk, but we didn't have one either and I've never actually seen one
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
“Magnets hold the bowel together, with the layering between them, causing the gut to rupture.”
whoa
― Josefa, Sunday, 29 December 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
nevermind the toys, in the 70s come to think of it many of the clothes on our backs were a toxic, flammable, and choking hazard all rolled into one
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 30 December 2019 00:30 (four years ago) link
also bell bottoms
― Dan S, Monday, 30 December 2019 00:32 (four years ago) link
my niece spent the summer in Brazil, she tells me that bell bottoms have made a comeback there
― Dan S, Monday, 30 December 2019 00:36 (four years ago) link
Health-tex, which still exists but w/o the hyphen
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 December 2019 00:38 (four years ago) link
xxxxpost Simon was created by Ralph Baer, the creator of the Magnavox Odyssey, considered the father of video games and who Nolan Bushnell & Atari ripped off Long from
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 December 2019 01:22 (four years ago) link
Always conflated that game with the Alan Arkin movie of the same name and figured he flew to earth in a UFO the same shape as the game console.
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 December 2019 01:31 (four years ago) link
High-waisted jeans are already back; the return of bell bottoms feels inevitable.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 30 December 2019 02:53 (four years ago) link
We already had the great Jnco scare of the 1990s
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 30 December 2019 03:42 (four years ago) link
I'm in Chicago and over the last year have seen bell bottom jeans proliferate, though only on women. (I'm a dude but am in fact wearing bell bottoms at this moment, though admittedly I dress more vintage than your average person. Love how they look with heeled ankle boots!)
― blatherskite, Monday, 30 December 2019 23:18 (four years ago) link
do you mean you’re wearing bootcut or full bell bottoms? the latter are definitely more than a little flared
― babu frik fan account (mh), Monday, 30 December 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link
"hot naked swimming in gym class" wait what?
― akm, Monday, 30 December 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link