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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

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To: jeffersondem

Yeah, where are all the Sam Ervin’s now?


221 posted on 09/10/2024 6:11:19 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (I don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either)
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To: DallasBiff

In Walmart the other day I noticed they had an instant picture version of the Polaroid. They also conventional film cameras too.


222 posted on 09/10/2024 6:11:59 PM PDT by redfreedom (May God save us from what the Democrats do in the name of good.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Cell phone coverage in our area can be spotty. We have a couple of base units and mobile units in the vehicles.

It also makes it handy when you are traveling in several vehicles to be able to coordinate stops and such.

223 posted on 09/10/2024 6:12:50 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: samiam5

Sadly, no. Newfangled cell. I did have a Polaroid Swinger in college, though.


224 posted on 09/10/2024 6:33:56 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the convicted felon with the pierced ear. )
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To: Dr. Sivana
Steel trash cans (not missed)

They still exist in Heathcliff's city.


225 posted on 09/10/2024 7:13:17 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Allegra

Pretty funny!


226 posted on 09/10/2024 7:17:20 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: DallasBiff

I only vaguely remember things from the 70s since I was born in that decade but the muscle cars from that era were so sleek and sexy in comparison to what we’ve seen since....the Plymouth Superbird, the AMC Javelin, the Mach I Mustang, the Corvette Stingray, the Plymouth Barracuda, etc.


227 posted on 09/10/2024 7:27:24 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Georgia Girl 2

My kids had those in the 90’s. I probably still have the slinkies in a box, and the hula hoops are just tucked in somewhere, I’m sure of it. ;)


228 posted on 09/10/2024 7:54:56 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: doorgunner69
“Yeah, where are all the Sam Ervin’s now?”

Dead.

Senator Ervin was an old-time Democrat - loved the Constitution - but he was not a liberal.

229 posted on 09/10/2024 7:55:27 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: DallasBiff

That was the last decade of copper pennies (ended ~ halfway through 82).

They’re finally getting to the level in circulation where finding them is akin to getting wheats in the 70’s or indians in the 40’s/50’s...

I can still get nice wheats and an occasional indian metal detecting. The copper coated zinc trash they make now is detroyed after a few years in most ground though and recovering them (in job lots unfortunately) they’re holed and fragmentary.


230 posted on 09/10/2024 7:56:30 PM PDT by Axenolith (Here... Hold my beer and check this out...)
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To: Dr. Sivana

You are the first person I’ve heard of who knows what Rice Krinkles are/ were besides me! Thanks for bringing them up!


231 posted on 09/10/2024 7:57:34 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: DallasBiff

Cars that you could work on
Winkies (’Burgh area fast food chain)
Forbes Field
Winning Pirates teams
Pickup baseball and football games
Prank phone calls (killed by caller ID)
“Be home when the street lights come on”
Good music (though it technically still exists)
Miles long bike hikes with no helmet or knee pads (or cell phones)- just a few quarters in case you had to find a phone booth
My mom’s apple pie (she took the secret to her grave)
Penny candy and nickel pickles
Mission Orange Soda
Free movie night at the playground
Charles Chips (technically still available at Cracker Barrel, don’t know if they are still the same)


232 posted on 09/10/2024 8:01:37 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: Angelino97
They still exist in Heathcliff's city.

Yes, and Jeeps are still used in Beetle Bailey, I believe. Comic Strips are the most conservative of media.
233 posted on 09/10/2024 8:06:09 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: DallasBiff

Fun


234 posted on 09/10/2024 8:07:24 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: DallasBiff

Telephones that were hard wired into the wall.


235 posted on 09/10/2024 8:09:34 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
Charles Chips (technically still available at Cracker Barrel, don’t know if they are still the same)

No. They aren't. My parents had a Charles Chips route. The key with Charles Chips was the myriad of types before it was a thing. Most stores had regular and maybe BBQ. Charles had those and Garlic, Sour Cream/Onion, Hickory and No Salt. Of course there was also five gallon tubs, pretzels, cookies, caramel corn, peanut brittle. Yum.

The company sourced the potatoes from Idaho, and a bad crop meant small, green potatoes and higher prices. That got a lot of people to cancel. The company was based in Pennsylvania, and considered Bachman chips/pretzels as the competition.

I was the naughty kid who snuck into the step van and took one chip from dozens of cans. That was pre-Tylenol scare. Very high trust society.
236 posted on 09/10/2024 8:11:38 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: FamiliarFace
Thanks for bringing them up!

Best cereal ever! Pebbles was originally based on the rice formula, but they overpowered it with fruit flavor and chocolate, instead of a delicate honey flavor. My six year old palate could tell the superiority. Eventually, Post changed the texture of the cereal as well, and it now has no resemblance in anyway to its progenitor. I was faithful to departed Quake as well, as I liked the character, and despised Quisp.
237 posted on 09/10/2024 8:15:19 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: PJ-Comix

The Desiderata is a classic and will never go out of style.


238 posted on 09/10/2024 8:36:58 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Yardstick; dfwgator

Ok. I went through this entire thread.
My mom had a drive in burger place, called the “Burger Basket” no less in TN.

To much for a teen like me.

My favorite was one Dean Martin. Celebrity Roasts I would watch with my father. I will share. Gator you are my age.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-BH22aQIt4


239 posted on 09/10/2024 9:01:38 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: God luvs America

“Led Zeppelin.....sadly”

Good Stephen King books.


240 posted on 09/10/2024 9:28:02 PM PDT by rxh4n1 ( )
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