The old Geezers 70's and 80's Megathread

[BIG_DADDY]

The Suzzane Somers thread got me thinking about a conversation I was having with one of my friends about how awesome it was to be alive in the 70s and 80s. You try telling younger generations about it but it’s impossible. For starters testosterone levels were WAY, WAY higher back then. There were very few girly men like we have so many of today. Much higher levels of T and no cell phones had a huge impact on your social/sex life. Everybody was fing everybody and it was awesome. Nobody was up in your business. Everyone knew what they were and what bathroom to use. Fat people were few and far between. Teenage years were amazing. Cruising every Friday night with people bringing out all their bad rides and the girls all sexied up. Kegers every friggen weekend. The music was so much better too. Still remember going to Van Halen’s first tour. It didn’t cost anything to see those bands back then. As a young adult the party for me just continued as I went into health clubs. Once again everybody was doing everybody. The parties after we closed the club, just wow. When I moved to the bay area from Florida it just continued. I remember when the Exotic Erotic ball was a company function and we took 10 limos to the city filled with teenage girls in their sexiest lingerie. Can you imagine that happening today? Sadly that way of life ended with Anita Hill and the invention of the smart phone amongst other things. I will be forever grateful to god for being able to grow up during that time. I feel so bad for the kids coming up today, there’s just no comparison.

So what do you say old geezers, give me a walk down memory lane.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Chief Ten Beers

Talk about some cool ass toys from those days, a decent little pair of walkie-talkies opened up ALL KINDS of new "neighborhood war" and sneaking around capabilities

This thread: Cell phones have ruined kids!

Also this thread: Walkie-talkies were the coolest thing ever!

[Rasputin]

Does this old geezer live near you?

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by jerryaldini

Personally I'll take today's more open and tolerant and less sex enthralled (according to OP) society over the opportunities to have sex with everyone that apparently existed in OPs part of the world, but that's just me.

What? So let me try to understand this. You prefer men to have less testosterone and higher estrogen levels and have less sex. You prefer them being confused about what they are and be more open and tolerant of this confused state? Weird

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

This thread: Cell phones have ruined kids!

Also this thread: Walkie-talkies were the coolest thing ever!

Heh, but you couldn't watch hardcore porn on walkie-talkies

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

This thread: Cell phones have ruined kids!

Also this thread: Walkie-talkies were the coolest thing ever!

See, talking to your buddies on a cell phone isn't the problem. We couldn't post or view tik tok, facebook, youtube and porn on a walkie talkie.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

Best toy ever was the Evil Knievel Stunt Cycle, it worked just as the commercials portrayed and was tough as hell and nearly impossible to break.

I had it and you're 100% correct, he would absolutely land that jump and keep going

[BIG_DADDY]

Originally Posted by Chief Ten Beers

Heh, but you couldn't watch hardcore porn on walkie-talkies

We had Swedish Erotica and Barbara Dare. We were fine

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

We had Swedish Erotica and Barbara Dare. We were fine

Heh quick true story

Mom and I used to live across from a 6th grade buddies house, and his mom and my mom were close friends who left us alone to go out on the town one day

But my moms friend and her longtime guy had a HUGE stache of Swedish Erotica on film, and big old projection player that reeled it off... so we went in their bedroom and somehow managed to get the playing reel right

But we had no spool to catch it on, so we stupidly figured we'd let it pile up on the floor, then handwrap it onto the original spool

Sure enough we're just about to the end of Seka vs Johnny Wadd or whatever, and theres a huge pile of film that will need to be carefully handwrapped back onto the spool... suddenly theres loud voices and keys jangling at the front door

Oh yeah it was the MOMS, and there was nothing we could do, and there was going to be HELL TO PAY... hahahaaa wouldn't trade it for ANYTHING

[mlyonsd]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

Best toy ever was the Evil Knievel Stunt Cycle, it worked just as the commercials portrayed and was tough as hell and nearly impossible to break.

One of the neighborhood kids had it. He eventually staged an event all the kids got together for. He doused Evil with lighter fluid, wound him up, lit a match to him and let it go. Evil went screaming down the street blazing. It didn't hurt it a bit but Evil's white suit after that had burn marks, which were actually quite fitting.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY

The Exotic Erotic Ball was in San Francisco. I lived in the Bay Area.

What company?

[Otisisadog]

70s- awesome toys that would hurt you. Evel Knievel motorcycle that would grind your knuckles.

80s- ride your moped on the street and mini bike off road mostly adult approved as an early teenager.

Aslo 80s- pickup football where the loser had to be Bill Kinney or Todd Blackledge. Much better Chiefs mojo now. Loved the Royals then- hated Billy Martin and Yanks!

I could go on for hours

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by Stewie

We need to bring back Halter Top day to Royals games. That is all.

Not the right city for that - right idea though.

[frozenchief]

This whole thread is a trip down memory lane.

You could ride anywhere on a shitty 10-speed. 10 miles away? No biggie. My mom would call my friend’s mom and tell when I was expected and I’d ride away.
“Be home before dark.” Well, at 9:00 in the morning, dark was a million years away.
Royals were actually pretty good. I remember Brett chasing .400 in 1980. Every day you’d go to school and talk about what Brett did the night before and whether he’d end the season above .400. The bitterness of the loss to the Phillies in 1980.
MTV playing music videos. Legs and Hot for Teacher greatly impacted how I viewed women.
Sneaking into R rated movies at Oak Park Mall.

Never knew how good I had it until it was, in the words of The Rainmakers,* Long Long Gone.

* a woefully under-rated KC band. They came on the scene in the mid 80s about the the time I went to college. KY102 used to play them. I think I have a gun case with a KY102 bumper sticker on it somewhere.

[Ghost of Maslowski]

it was a better time because it was a more dangerous time

[Graystoke]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

Okay, finding porn is easier. But there were plenty of dads that left magazines lying around or older brothers who would provide them.

VHS video porn had just become a thing.

If you found some teenager working a convenience store, they would sell girlie mags to you if you had the nerve and cash.

It also made boys more determined to find a real life partner for the sort of stuff that would now 'go on your permanent record'.

Porn makes kids lazy.

So true. When I was a kid we would go to the newsstand and put Penthouse in between a Mad magazine, and try not to look suspicious.
That was work man. Try talking Spy vs. Spy to your pals when your looking at boobies. It’s near impossible.