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.

[Rainbarrel]

There was AIDS and DUIs stacked up like 8 track tapes. Then again eating shit wasn't cool/fire

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

Street touch football with kids from the entire block. Street Whiffle ball games that lasted until the final light of the sun. Block parties were awesome too. Fireworks that could blow your entire arm off.

Yep, we used to constantly get neighborhood football games going in some grassy lot... haven't seen anything like it occur around here in 30+ years, they're all apparently too busy playing WoW or whatever

[TLO]

Smells like ointment and pee in here.

[AdolfOliverBush]

Originally Posted by Enid Borden

Amazing in my lifetime I went from renting VHS movies at the movie store to watching movies on my phone. I remember in the 80s they predicted a huge technology explosion after the year 2000 and they weren't kidding.

In the 70s, people seemed sure that we'd all have flying cars by now. We couldn't have been more wrong.

To be fair, we might have changed our minds if there had been self-checkout lanes at grocery stores back then. I see people struggle with them now and wonder how the hell we advanced past the hunter-gatherer stage.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by TLO

Smells like ointment and pee in here.

Turn that damn tv off and go play outside!

[crayzkirk]

Going to the junkyard and snagging parts for your minibike or go-cart. Spending a dime for an AC spark plug kite and getting it caught in the power lines. Gym class where the coach put all the jocks on one side and the nerds on the other for bombardment. Riding bikes with no helmet, high school parking lot full of 60s Camaros, Mustangs, etc. Arcades, foosball, bowling alleys and four channels on TV. Chiefs were bad however tickets and beer were cheap and we just went for the fun of it.

School had no AC, you didn't get out because there was a little snow or it was too hot.

Going to McDonalds or other fast food was a treat, not an everyday thing like today. And you could get a cheeseburger, fries and chocolate shake for $1.

[philfree]

The '70s and '80s were pretty cool for me. I was an introvert and groups of people usually act like idiots so I didn't do that kind of party scene. I was way to cool for that. I had a couple of friends who I hung with and we'd usually just drive the county roads and get high. Maybe find someone to get us a 6 pack of Mickey's Big Mouths. A couple of doobies and a couple of Mickey's and we were good. I grew up in the Bible Belt so yeah there were no limos with teenage girls in lingerie. I am curious as to where Big Daddy worked for that to be happening.

[Punwit]

Kansas, Boston, REO Speedwagon and Nugent, stinkfinger, cruising, sneaking beer, hot boxing,and SNL was hilarious.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by philfree

The '70s and '80s were pretty cool for me. I was an introvert and groups of people usually act like idiots so I didn't do that kind of party scene. I was way to cool for that. I had a couple of friends who I hung with and we'd usually just drive the county roads and get high. Maybe find someone to get us a 6 pack of Mickey's Big Mouths. A couple of doobies and a couple of Mickey's and we were good. I grew up in the Bible Belt so yeah there were no limos with teenage girls in lingerie. I am curious as to where Big Daddy worked for that to be happening.

My buddies and I lit upon a brand called Pearl beer. Super cheap, and had these puzzles to figure out in each cap. When you couldn't figure out the puzzles, it was time to stop drinking, lol.

[backinblack]

Originally Posted by Perineum Ripper

We had the very tall, and narrow metal slides that would be 800 degrees after 5 seconds in the sun. With nothing but rocks under them to land on when you finally fell off

those things were great, because you could get a running start and run right back up the slide and either zoom back down, or jump off the top. The feeling of being indestructible, those were the days.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by Spott

The accessibility to jugs has definitely become a lot easier. You used to have to sneak a penthouse mag out of your old man’s closet, now it’s everywhere instantly, although that may not me a good thing.

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.

[Punwit]

I remember when going to the movies was the only way to see a flick that wasn't broadcast over the air on local television. VHS tapes and the ability to rent a VHS player were awesome.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by Son of Logical

I was am an 80's/90's kid. Honestly, I feel like the 80's/90's were about the same as folks have described the 70's/80's.

Did your college campus allow kegs when you were a freshman?

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by tooge

looking back, our "uniforms" were badass. A printed T shirt from some local sponsor, jeans, and sneakers.

Right! That was it, with a cheap trucker hat had your team name ironed on the front...

[Punwit]

The ability to find information instantly is the bomb now...that's what I'm most appreciative of with all the changes.