You might be a child in the 70s if:

[Fishhead]

I didn’t pay much attention to that (The Bicentinial) other than when the Freedom Train came through town I made sure to spend as much time as I could examining and photographing SP 4449.
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It stopped here, and all I remember is Bob Lanier's shoe. And that we got to eat at Buster T Brown's after the tour. All in all, the dinner was a much bigger deal than the Bicentennial Train.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Minolta SRT-101, as someone mentioned upthread.

Got one. Big bag of lenses. Would work great if I could still find batteries...

 

[RickEly]

Catalytic converters, Nik Nik silk shirts, Bell bottom jeans...

 

[dr wogz]

and yu remember this:

 

[dr wogz]

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/october-crisis

 

[kuririn]

The fall of Saigon.
1975.

 

[cwbullet]

The fall of Saigon.
1975.
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Sad moment in time.

 

[prfesser]

and yu remember this:

The display couldn't handle 10.0 so they posted 1.0.

 

[prfesser]

Rolling the TV stand (HYUGGGE 23" FULL COLOR TV!!!!) into the classroom. We knew we were in for a treat. First time I recall was Gordon Cooper in Mercury, but that was the 60s. Still, we saw some of the moon landings of the 70s.

 

[MarsLander]

Watching this on a film projector in gradeschool…

 

[tsmith1315]

If…

You're part of the skateboard craze. Mine had ACS500 trucks and Sims Pure Juice wheels.


You're watching Battle of the Network Stars, summarized here by Saturday Night Live (It was not SNL then):

 

[K'Tesh]

Watching this on a film projector in gradeschool…

And at a later time...

 

[K'Tesh]

My first memory of a president... Ford falling out of Airforce One.

 

[John Kemker]

My first memory of a president... Ford falling out of Airforce One.

I remember Chevy Chase doing a pratfall impersonation of Ford doing that and when he got to the mic, saying "I hope you'll pardon me."

 

[bobby_hamill]

My uncle use to operate a TV repair shop and at the time most of the TVs were loaded with vacuum tubes.
And Radio Shack sold all sorts of vacuum tubes with a life time warranty. You could take the vacuum tubes
to a Radio Shack store and test them on there in house tube tester. If any Radio Shack tube tested bad they
would replace it on the spot no questions asked .

I would get $20 bucks from my uncle once a month to take a container of tubes and hit the Radio Shack store.
I was making some gas money and learning electronics at the same time. I thought I was in heaven

Also Curtis Mathes had a lifetime warranty on the picture tube for there color TV sets. My uncle told me the
company would cut off the color gun section ( filaments ) heat the glass up and install a new gun section, wallah you
had a new picture tube.

 

[OverTheTop]

Western movies on TV (B&W, of course), with a lot featuring John Wayne.

 

[bobby_hamill]

UFO from the BBC and Space 1999
I thought the submarine called SkyDiver was the coolest ever

The music was killer in UFO !!

 

[bobby_hamill]

@ Cape Byron you are gonna love this video and yes I want one to !!! A 3D printed

 

[Cape Byron]

@ Cape Byron you are gonna love this video and yes I want one to !!! A 3D printed

Mate, that’s fantastic!

Must do some SHADO logos on the Cricut.

 

[Rob Campbell]

Spending a small fortune playing Space Invaders at the arcade.

 

[kuririn]

Quasar by Panasonic.
Our first microwave oven,
Analog turn knobs for controls.
When they first came out I remember there was a big hoopla abut their safety.
Something about the microwave radiation leaking around the door seals.

 

[Lee]

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Quasar by Panasonic.
Our first microwave oven,
Analog turn knobs for controls.
When they first came out I remember there was a big hoopla abut their safety.
Something about the microwave radiation leaking around the door seals.

Your parents never locked the doors at night, except if you were out past curfew - just to teach you a lesson

 

[bschultz32]

My buddies and I chipped in together to buy a copy of David Reuben's Everything you always wanted to know about sex. Came with a bright yellow cover. It wasn't exactly what we expected, but we all agreed it was worth the investment. More informative than the sex education classes we were given in school.

 

[tsmmiller]

Your parents never locked the doors at night, except if you were out past curfew - just to teach you a lesson

The back door was in my bedroom. I had the only key, and yes, I used that door quite a bit.

 

[tsmith1315]

Quasar by Panasonic.
Our first microwave oven,
Analog turn knobs for controls

My parents have one of those that’s still in use.

 

[Capt. Eric]

Doggonit, STOP triggering old memories!!!

• Bub's Daddy bubblegum was one of the first of the slightly-softer ones. Bazooka was like a rock.
• Whacky Packages stickers, five per pack, plus a stick of terrible liver-eating stomach-bloating stays-in-your-system-for-seven-years pink gum.
• Smoking tobacco-containing products------ under the bridge/in the boy's room/back of the school or the 7-11/parking lot of Ritchey's Dairy/select your place. (Certainly happened in the 50s and later).

Speaking of smoking... At about 7 years old, my father giving me $5 or $10 to go around the corner (by myself) and buy him a carton of cigarettes.

 

[TALON]

Bord games: Stratomatic Baseball

 

[Rob Campbell]

Electric football sets!

 

[kuririn]

Penthouse magazine.

 

[Knundrm]

TV show, Hee Haw, BR549, if it has not been mentioned.