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Skeeter, fantastic subject to brainstorm together, about! Yep, graduated high school in the mid-seventies and lived the seventies to-the-max. I cherish that time, great life in burbs of San Antone, wonderful parents and huge, extended family, and I thrived socially. YEahhhh, pushed the envelope and so I now say that God is sooo wonderful that He has even forgiven me "for the 70s!"
I know the world had huge problems but I was in my carefree, early twenties then and my memories are almost all fantastic. Oh, the nightlife, the CB radio craze in the later-70s and the breaker parties, both planned and impromptu. Was a member of two channels. Remember when almost every house had a large antenna with base station, but the real trip was that brand new showroom cars at dealerships had CB radios factory-installed! Too cool.
I dig this line, it resonates, yes! "(I prefer to say it more as 'the world's evils just hadn't incorporated yet via high speed connectivity')" Totally agree. Evil was all inexistence but it was not on steriods quite yet, not owning the age like it does now and it was not growing at the exponential rate it is and has in the past oh, dare I say eight or so years.
Heck yeah, I have tons of specific memories, details included of me and my group in high school. It was a bit sweeter time then. More folks our age had thoughtfulness and manners when with our parents and then when we were out hanging they were well, our crude, typical teen types.
Now? they throw the worst of the language around often as if trying to make sure all grannies and two year olds hear it, "generally speaking."
I suspect you are dreaming of this too and not just relishing in the memories precisely because you ARE awake, aware and see what's wrong currently, you see where this nation and world are headed, and you are consciously as well as subconsciously clinging to the "good 'ole days." Yes we had problems, hell yes, but let me be blunt.......
The seventies were truly still *American. I jokingly say "Oh, I love that song cuz it's from the pre-commie days" but am totally serious about the message there. Just sounding like a conspiracy-nut by saying it that way.
Our music from the seventies feels SO GOOD because things made sense then no matter how many problems we had. I cherish the memories of the times before subversion *owned the day as it now does. Yes, it existed but it did not own the oval. Sorry but have to be this blunt. You sound like one soul that can handle it and not mind the bluntness.
I know the world had huge problems but I was in my carefree, early twenties then and my memories are almost all fantastic. Oh, the nightlife, the CB radio craze in the later-70s and the breaker parties, both planned and impromptu. Was a member of two channels. Remember when almost every house had a large antenna with base station, but the real trip was that brand new showroom cars at dealerships had CB radios factory-installed! Too cool.
I dig this line, it resonates, yes! "(I prefer to say it more as 'the world's evils just hadn't incorporated yet via high speed connectivity')" Totally agree. Evil was all inexistence but it was not on steriods quite yet, not owning the age like it does now and it was not growing at the exponential rate it is and has in the past oh, dare I say eight or so years.
Heck yeah, I have tons of specific memories, details included of me and my group in high school. It was a bit sweeter time then. More folks our age had thoughtfulness and manners when with our parents and then when we were out hanging they were well, our crude, typical teen types.
Now? they throw the worst of the language around often as if trying to make sure all grannies and two year olds hear it, "generally speaking."
I suspect you are dreaming of this too and not just relishing in the memories precisely because you ARE awake, aware and see what's wrong currently, you see where this nation and world are headed, and you are consciously as well as subconsciously clinging to the "good 'ole days." Yes we had problems, hell yes, but let me be blunt.......
The seventies were truly still *American. I jokingly say "Oh, I love that song cuz it's from the pre-commie days" but am totally serious about the message there. Just sounding like a conspiracy-nut by saying it that way.
Our music from the seventies feels SO GOOD because things made sense then no matter how many problems we had. I cherish the memories of the times before subversion *owned the day as it now does. Yes, it existed but it did not own the oval. Sorry but have to be this blunt. You sound like one soul that can handle it and not mind the bluntness.