70s-child
Monday, March 02, 2015

A tale of two board games:

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Back around '73, our family was visiting a friend of my grandmother's. I was the only kid there and really had nothing to do. ...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Misc. remembrance:

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Even though I was always deathly afraid of speaking in public, I always enjoyed "show and tell", although my presentations were...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Happy Valentine's Day

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I love you all (:
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

A bottle of white, a bottle of red, perhaps a bottle of rose instead. We'll get a table near the street in our old familiar place, You and I, face to face:

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A bottle of red, a bottle of white, it all depends upon your appetite. I'll meet you anytime you want in our Italian restaurant.
Friday, February 06, 2015

Random fact:

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Apparently, during the 1973 oil crisis there were a few who knew how to make the best out a bad situation.
Monday, February 02, 2015

When art imitates life:

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Although, usually our plans were tree house designs, but basically the concept was the same.

So does anybody remember...

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.... Phil A. O'Fish from '76??? Well, neither do I. Btw, in my opinion, an animal selling out its' own kind for a couple of b...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Mead 'Data Center' notebooks:

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I remember these circa '78, but apparently they came out as early as '75. I had a couple: one had hot-air ballo...

I kind of remember this, but not really:

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I've been trying to come up with some wordage for this post, but for some reason I'm drawing a blank on this one...
Monday, January 26, 2015

Random find:

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In my opinion, having the Burger King's face plastered all over the pictures somehow takes away the "groovy", but that'...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

"Like My Dog" by Billy Currington:

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He never tells me that he's sick of this house He never says, "Why don't you get off that couch?" He don't cost ...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Who knew...

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... that smoking could look so 'back-to-nature'. I just noticed that the cigarette doesn't seem to be lit, as there's no ...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Misc. Remembrance:

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For some reason, in our neighborhood in the mid-'70s there was a surge in bundt cake popularity. Seems every week all the mothers wer...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Never happened:

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We went to Burger King a few times in '74, and not once was our order ever taken by The Supremes.

Stuff I didn't have:

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I had the castle, the schoolhouse, the barn, and the airplane, but my folks never got me this one - I guess because it was more of a doll...

Did you know...

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... that in '74, you could have bought a limited edition Volkswagen Beetle fresh from the factory for $2499???
Thursday, January 08, 2015

Erasermate pens:

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Introduced in 1978, I had a couple. Even though the ink was erasable, it didn't erase completely, so you could still see what you p...
Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Random:

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Back in '72, seems like everybody was into yoga. Except me. In our house it wasn't allowed.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Pure awesome:

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Yes there's nothing like spending the last day of the year sick. Yeah.
Thursday, December 25, 2014

A 1974 Christmas gift. Or was is '75....

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I'm not sure of the exact date, but then again this wasn't really a fave of mine. Why my folks kept getting me toys requiring ...
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There are places I'll remember all my life, though some have changed; some forever (not for better), some are gone, and some remain. All these places have their moments with lovers and friends I still can recall. Some are dead and some are living, in my life I've loved them all.
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