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Things from the 70s that no longer exist
Medium ^ | Roberto Bongiovanni | Roberto

Posted on 09/10/2024 2:52:54 PM PDT by DallasBiff

The 1970s represent an emblematic decade characterized by significant changes and innovations. However, in everyday life of that era there are elements that have disappeared over time.

Check out a list of some things from the 70s that disappeared and immersed in the retro charm of recent history:

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: 1970s; 70s; est; history; macrobioticdiet; oldies; petrocks; polaroid; seashellheadsets; wboopie
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To: Campion

“And you can keep the dime.”

From the 1972 song “Operator” by Jim Croce


101 posted on 09/10/2024 3:46:55 PM PDT by bigcat32
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Never divorced politicians.


Like Reagan?


102 posted on 09/10/2024 3:46:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff
How many people added one of these to their car AM radios?

 

Old School FM Converter | Team Camaro Tech

103 posted on 09/10/2024 3:48:39 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
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To: bigcat32

Meri Wilson - Telephone Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndwIxHkVIkE


104 posted on 09/10/2024 3:48:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: mewzilla

Still had a “pornstache “ until the mid-2000’s, wife finally had me shave it.


105 posted on 09/10/2024 3:49:16 PM PDT by Spacetrucker ("You Missed,BI*CH" Tom MacDonald )
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To: DallasBiff

Things from the 70s that no longer exist

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Saturday Night Live when it was funny.


106 posted on 09/10/2024 3:49:18 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Steel trash cans (not missed)

They still make them though. I went to my local hardware store a few weeks ago and out front in the display there they were. I did a double take and stopped kind of amazed. I’ve been going to that store for over a decade and I’ve never seen them before.


107 posted on 09/10/2024 3:51:23 PM PDT by TalBlack (Fight Fight Fight America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOJdMog6T0)
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To: Fiji Hill

Re diving boards

We bought a house a few years ago with a 9 foot deep end and and a diving board mount but no diving board. Problem is insurance cost for diving boards.


108 posted on 09/10/2024 3:51:28 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: dfwgator



109 posted on 09/10/2024 3:52:14 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: dfwgator

I can still see toothless Bobby Hull grinning.


110 posted on 09/10/2024 3:52:23 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Spacetrucker
When I realized I look just like Ned Flanders....

Ned Flanders Fan and Audience Data - Ranker Insights

 

I shaved mine off.

111 posted on 09/10/2024 3:53:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
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To: DallasBiff

Cap guns
Hitchhiking
Car bench seats
Quarter windows
AM radios
HealthKits
Appliances you could repair
Home Dr visits
Be home for dinner (freedom from communication)
Car ash trays
Policemen who help you
Floppy disks
Free Roadmaps
Gas station service attendants
Rob Roy’s
Shared broadcasts (eg Ed Sullivan)
Local dime stores
School notebooks


112 posted on 09/10/2024 3:54:04 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: dfwgator

Remember calling to get the Time?

________________________________________________

You can still do that.

(210) 226-3232


113 posted on 09/10/2024 3:55:04 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

From a cellphone? LOL!


114 posted on 09/10/2024 3:55:42 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

In PA most of these things are still to be found in secondhand shops. Reel to reel is actually still in use, not by me, but I know musicians who find them convenient. Drive-in theaters are still around, though not many. If I need a complex calculation I just call home and ask the brainiac, though I have seen calculators and slide rules. When I was a youngster, circa 2000, we had cassette tapes, vhs, a landline, old cameras, tons of printed encyclopedias, some very old...but I have no idea what an Atari Pong is...was...? Whatever, you can find it in Pennsylvania.


115 posted on 09/10/2024 3:56:20 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: SpaceBar

Common Sense.


116 posted on 09/10/2024 3:56:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MomwithHope

You mean Bobby Clarke.


117 posted on 09/10/2024 3:57:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Old Britannicas fetch good money on ebay.


118 posted on 09/10/2024 3:57:22 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: OttawaFreeper

Harold Snepsts from the Red Wings was a dirty enforcer. Spent nearly as much time in the penalty box as on the ice.

CC


119 posted on 09/10/2024 3:57:59 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: DallasBiff

Sanity.


120 posted on 09/10/2024 3:58:31 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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