You might be a child in the 70s if:

[cwbullet]

You remember 8 track tapes.

 

[darrenf]

If you remember Lawn Jarts.

 

[cwbullet]

You remember party lines and rotary phones.

 

[Hobie1dog]

music with great melodies

 

[prfesser]

...you know how to drive a manual transmission, and how to push-start it when necessary. (I know, there are youngsters who know how to drive manual, but in America today, that's the exception.)

 

[prfesser]

...you went to McD's, ordered two burgers, small fries, and small Coke. Gave them a buck and you got back 15 cents.

Almost forgot: the small Coke was 8 oz not 16 or 20 oz.

 

[prfesser]

...your little brother was the remote for the 19" Philco B/W TV. CBS and NBC, with ABC available on a good night.

 

[tsmith1315]

Your family size 2-liter cokes came in glass bottles.

 

[Azamiryou]

Your first video game system used a knob to select games instead of cartridges, discs, or an onscreen menu/library.

 

[Lee]

...you know how to drive a manual transmission, and how to push-start it when necessary. (I know, there are youngsters who know how to drive manual, but in America today, that's the exception.)

My 63 chevy had “3 on the tree”

 

[kuririn]

- you remember long lines at the gas stations and gassing up only on odd/even number days.
-you remember gas pumps showing liters instead of gallons.
-your first computer had two 5 1/4" floppy drives and no hard drive.
-you wore bell bottoms and a dashiki.
Or a leisure suit.

 

[Last Ox]

You remember that disco sucks

 

[cwbullet]

You remember life without an ATM.

 

[Steven]

I plead the 5th.

 

[les]

You used a pencil on a cassette tape
Drank water fro the garden hose
Played board games



On the nerdy side...
You used a slide rule
Entered programs with keypunch cards

 

[manixFan]

You ordered novelty items off the back of a comic book.

You had a paper route and rode a Schwinn Sting-Ray bike.

You thought your town hit the big time when it got a McDonalds.

Everyone watched the same shows at the same time.


Tony

 

[kuririn]

Entered programs with keypunch cards

- You remember FORTRAN, DOS, MOSAIC.
-You punched holes in tickertape to send a message via teletype.

 

[jsdemar]

You used the tiny squares from punch cards as confetti at a wedding.

 

[kuririn]

- you remember the national draft lottery.
- you remember Apollo 12 to 17.

 

[jsdemar]

You could test a TV tube and buy a replacement at the drug store.

 

[Mugs914]

You jumped your Schwinn Stingray off of a plywood ramp built out in the street over three or four of your buddies with knowledge and (maybe grudging) approval from your parents.

You stayed at home on a beautiful Saturday afternoon because you couldn't miss Evel Knievel's latest efforts on Wide World of Sports.

You still remember that poor guy eatin' it off the ski jump in the opening credits...

 

[kuririn]

You still remember that poor guy eatin' it off the ski jump in the opening credits...

The agony of defeat!

 

[Mugs914]

You remember not hating the Dallas Cowboys...

 

[kuririn]

You remember your first brand new car.
Carbureted, vinyl seats, bias ply tires, points ignition, roll up windows, grease nipples on the suspension.
And you loved it!

 

[rcktnut]

Go get a beer at the bar at age 18.

 

[Mugs914]

You and a bunch of guys in the cul-de-sac, parking lot, park or school yard flying Cox powered control line planes all day and no-one complaining or running us off.

 

[MarsLander]

Dorothy Hamill
Klik-Klaks
Pop-Rocks
Wacky Packs
Sissy Bars
Shrinky Dinks and Incredible Edibles
Sucrets in a tin
Pet Rocks
Mood Rings
Watergate
Vietnam Body Counts
Space Hopper

 

[Mugs914]

"This is Haw Wahd Co Sell..."

 

[Ron Soto]

Pull tops on both soda and beer cans

 

[Mugs914]

Miles of orange Hot Wheels track snaking throughout your house on a Saturday morning...

...and having one less purple connector than you needed!