In every 70s US home ever

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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)

Judy Blume

never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:09 (six years ago)

read about Ram Dass's death last week. his Be Here Now was the defining book of the 70s for me

Dan S, Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:19 (six years ago)

Loved that book, though I wouldn’t discover it until the eighties.

never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:34 (six years ago)

catholic homes had ‘good news for modern man’

estela, Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:38 (six years ago)

ours disappeared in the early 80s and was found rotting in the wet grass up the side of the house, it wasn’t me but i was a suspect

estela, Sunday, 29 December 2019 04:45 (six years ago)

a lot of these are reminding of my childhood home that was mostly furnished in the mid 70s that I lived in for the 80s!

wood burning stove with huge hearth, shag carpeting, smaller television on a two level “entertainment center” that had a top middle space for tv, and two open areas on the bottom sides for 70s wood speakers with a thatch pattern in the front. audio receiver with that bluish lighting

rotating armchair (not reclining) with a shiny velvet texture. living room furniture with gold/green/brown/orange color scheme. vinyl kitchen floor with pattern that looks like square tiles. medium brown wooden cabinets in the kitchen. bronze/gold table lamps with a bulbous shape and large lampshade (I might have one of these stashed somewhere). side tables with double doors for storage

babu frik fan account (mh), Sunday, 29 December 2019 05:00 (six years ago)

I’ve lost the original lampshade, but behold:

https://i.imgur.com/NBy1DoT_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

babu frik fan account (mh), Sunday, 29 December 2019 05:07 (six years ago)

audio receiver with that bluish lighting
is there any other circumstance in which that blue light appears?

catholic homes had ‘good news for modern man’

Outside the original scope of this thread, but I keep thinking of this retreat called Marriage Encounter which my parents went on, which apparently still exists.

The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 05:18 (six years ago)

hahahahaha YES we had that lamp

revenge of the jawn (rushomancy), Sunday, 29 December 2019 05:54 (six years ago)

An ashtray the size of a dinner plate

Miami weisse (WmC), Sunday, 29 December 2019 14:15 (six years ago)

Journey to Ixtlan

never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 15:23 (six years ago)

A box of Wheaties with Mark Spitz on the front

never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 15:29 (six years ago)

^good one

which reminds me:
Quisp AND Quake

The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 December 2019 15:35 (six years ago)

the Grease soundtrack album

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 December 2019 15:59 (six years ago)

Bicentennial detritus

never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 29 December 2019 16:03 (six years ago)

Tab in fridge

Josefa, Sunday, 29 December 2019 16:10 (six years ago)

<i>Jaws</i> paperback

Brad C., Sunday, 29 December 2019 16:14 (six years ago)


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