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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“And you can keep the dime.”
From the 1972 song “Operator” by Jim Croce
Never divorced politicians.
Like Reagan?
Still had a “pornstache “ until the mid-2000’s, wife finally had me shave it.
Things from the 70s that no longer exist
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Saturday Night Live when it was funny.
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.
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.
I can still see toothless Bobby Hull grinning.
I shaved mine off.
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
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Remember calling to get the Time?
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You can still do that.
(210) 226-3232
From a cellphone? LOL!
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.
Common Sense.
You mean Bobby Clarke.
Old Britannicas fetch good money on ebay.
Harold Snepsts from the Red Wings was a dirty enforcer. Spent nearly as much time in the penalty box as on the ice.
CC
Sanity.
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