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Crock Pot.

― santa clause four (suzy), Saturday, 28 December 2019 14:31 (six years ago)

Whole Earth Catalog
Fondue set
Reader's Digest
The Book of Lists

― by the light of the burning Citroën, Saturday, 28 December 2019 14:42 (six years ago)

Dad’s Own Bar, complete with, ahem, humorous signage with respect to opening and closing time, such as cardboard clock face with twelve 5s.

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2019 14:46 (six years ago)

2-3 dozen copies of "Apartment Life" magazine

― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:05 (six years ago)

A lazy susan, or possibly several

― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:06 (six years ago)

"Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:08 (six years ago)

A weird, singular wood table that appears to have been carved out of an actual tree, drenched in clear lacquer, that isn't really great for most practical purposes but looks sinister and cool anyway, probably situated in the den

― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:10 (six years ago)

Oh yeah, burning Citroën knows the vibe. Musta visited my parents' house in '75.

― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:13 (six years ago)

People's Almanac / People's Chronology also big in those years

― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:14 (six years ago)

Massive console TV that takes no fewer than four people to move, so fuck it, let's just leave it there for the next seven years.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:14 (six years ago)

Usually a Zenith model, with SPACE COMMAND remote

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:16 (six years ago)

Encyclopedias
Too many National Geographics

― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:16 (six years ago)

lava lamp
beanbag chair

― henry s, Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:17 (six years ago)

the poster from the inside of "dark side of the moon"
a paperback book of Polish jokes that nobody will claim responsibility for
Stacks of old newspapers

― revenge of the jawn (rushomancy), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:22 (six years ago)

Wood-grain speakers

― revenge of the jawn (rushomancy), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:23 (six years ago)

solid wood bookshelves built into nooks

― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:26 (six years ago)

An electric organ, with many multicolored switches/presets.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:28 (six years ago)

pong

― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 December 2019 15:30 (six years ago)

^was wondering when we would get to that

Another bar accoutrement: wave form light thingy that is basically two dimensional analog of a lava lamp

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:03 (six years ago)

stray beans from beanbag stuck in shag carpet
Yahtzee
Sears catalog
poker chip carousel
Erma Bombeck books
crocheted afghan blanket (squares pattern)

― Josefa, Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:03 (six years ago)

reminds me to post
Dogs Playing Poker painting

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:31 (six years ago)

TV Guide (although not in my home)

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:36 (six years ago)

cb radio
"Bless This Mess" kneedlepoint sign

― henry s, Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:38 (six years ago)

Habitrail
aquarium
many items featuring Peanuts characters for no particular reason

― Josefa, Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:44 (six years ago)

Orange sinks
Bathroom wallpaper with old-timey advertisements

― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 28 December 2019 16:58 (six years ago)

partially completed rug hooking
terrariums
sand candles

― by the light of the burning Citroën, Saturday, 28 December 2019 17:00 (six years ago)

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/88/ae/75/88ae75efce5244fc22206fd8ac16439c.jpg

― henry s, Saturday, 28 December 2019 17:28 (six years ago)

Noxzema
The World Book
Penthouse (hidden from view)
Skateboarder magazine
Guinness Book of World Records
Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock
10-speed bikes
Life magazine
tobacco pipe (dad)
wallpaper
store catalogs
Yellow Pages
Peter Frampton Comes Alive
Hardy Boys
Rugby shirts
Chemistry set
Creem
Circus

― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 28 December 2019 17:30 (six years ago)

Sea Monkeys

― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 28 December 2019 17:32 (six years ago)

Anacin
The Game Of Life
Toughskins
Ferns (all relegated to one room, commonly referred to as "the ferm room")

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 December 2019 17:43 (six years ago)

Garanimals

― santa clause four (suzy), Saturday, 28 December 2019 18:05 (six years ago)

(in warm regions) jalousie windows

― Josefa, Saturday, 28 December 2019 18:10 (six years ago)

tang
jello
r2d2 figurine

― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 December 2019 18:12 (six years ago)

Mentioned Air Hockey but should also have mentioned Nok Hockey.

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 28 December 2019 20:46 (six years ago)

electric football

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 28 December 2019 21:43 (six years ago)

We used to have Desiderata framed on the back of the actual toilet door. As a kid I was richly amused by the opening line, “Go placidly amid the noise and haste.”

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 28 December 2019 22:03 (six years ago)

Born in '63 so the 70s were totally my decade, and we had almost none of this stuff.

― Miami weisse (WmC), Saturday, 28 December 2019 22:33 (six years ago)

Marimekko prints and bedding

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 29 December 2019 00:16 (six years ago)

one of the things from the '70s that is still popular!

― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 00:45 (six years ago)

Almost all of these presuppose a middle income household that has at least one filled bookshelf.

― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 29 December 2019 00:57 (six years ago)

And on that bookshelf: Passages by Gail Sheehy.

― henry s, Sunday, 29 December 2019 01:07 (six years ago)

Jonathan Livingston Seagull was popular in the early 70s but even as a kid it seemed banal to me

― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 01:17 (six years ago)

You could always tell who had the hip parents by seeing Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on the bookshelf. (Spoiler Alert: we didn't have it on our bookshelf.)

― henry s, Sunday, 29 December 2019 01:23 (six years ago)

forgot about that book

― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 01:32 (six years ago)

Jonathan Livingston Seagull was popular in the early 70s but even as a kid it seemed banal to me

Right, at first it seemed like an okay kids book told from the point of view of animals but then it had all of this vaguely New Age mumbo-jumbo for the grownups that weirded me out.

― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:08 (six years ago)

it was Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City in the late 70s that made me want to move to San Francisco

― Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:19 (six years ago)

A Shel Silverstein book (this may have just been a New York / Cali thing)

― calstars, Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:19 (six years ago)

Nope, it was a Midwest thing, too. We had Where The Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, and The Missing Piece.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:31 (six years ago)

Erica Jong's Fear of Flying?

― Alba, Sunday, 29 December 2019 02:58 (six years ago)

Erma Bombeck

― by the light of the burning Citroën, Sunday, 29 December 2019 03:41 (six years ago)

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― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 9 July 2024 11:51 (one year ago)

one month passes...

Split-flap/flip (alarm) clocks

― The Zing from Another URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 August 2024 12:32 (one year ago)

(Always forget the name of those things, along with the name of their big brother, the Solari, although I can still hear the sound when they flip and click back into place)

― The Zing from Another URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 August 2024 12:33 (one year ago)

Yes, very much like having a mini version of a train station big board in your bedroom.

― henry s, Friday, 16 August 2024 13:58 (one year ago)

In discussions about devices that last forever people always mention the digital clock radios from the '80s (General Electric especially) that many of us still use, but I wonder how many people still use a split-flap alarm clock... I name I've now just learned.

― Josefa, Friday, 16 August 2024 14:03 (one year ago)

This looks interesting: https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/four-nifty-steampunk-display-technologies

― The Zing from Another URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 August 2024 14:05 (one year ago)

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― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 27 August 2024 00:14 (one year ago)

^that was such a good game

― that's not my post, Tuesday, 27 August 2024 01:41 (one year ago)

Along with Perfection, such an analog forbearer of video game dexterity.

― Theracane Gratifaction (bendy), Tuesday, 27 August 2024 16:43 (one year ago)

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