I Miss the 70s

I Wanted A Car Like Starsky And Hutch Drove....

By: destry

Written on November 14th, 2011

I really miss being 9, 10, 11 mostly. What I remember is very little conflict in my life, lots of good music permeating the day from my records, and the transistor radio attached to me like an extra limb. I remember watching and playacting Charlie's Angels, my Farrah doll, having my Barbies go "camping" in the backyard. Going for an ice cream cone with sprinkles, on my banana seated gold bike, building tree forts, sledding, skating, going to the fair, magical Christmases, winning ribbons at track meets, enjoying Planet of The Apes and original Star Trek marathons....just in general being a kid.
Ahhhh... goes by too fast. I hope my boys are enjoying their childhood too... I want so much, more than anything for them to have fond memories. *sigh*

By: destry

Age: 46-50

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14 responses

liguidgold

Agree with all you said! :)

I have good childhood memories - loved playing dressing up games, playing out in the garden, climbing trees (and garages, *don't ask!!!), riding my bike and scouring around the neighbourhood with my friends.

Charlies Angels - I had posters on my walls! Ha ha. And Starsky and Hutch! So cool then! Fond memories.

Nov 16, 2011
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- destry
  :) I had posters covering my walls also....all the teen idols of the day! lol
  
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MaryP5

People always tell me that I have great kids and want to know my secrets. I always say the same thing. I got lucky. They came to me good, and so far, I've managed to not eff 'em up.

Just between us, I have no clue why I got these kids. They are beyond amazing. My parenting skills are far short of who they are.

Nov 15, 2011
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- destry
  I know exactly what you mean....
  
  Nov 15, 2011
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- MaryP5
  Maybe now that I fixed the help I got from autocorrect everyone else will know what I meant too. :)
  
  Nov 15, 2011
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Scoobs57

I loved Starsky's car. Hutch not so much. :-) Yeah, my biggest wish is that my kids look back and smile someday. I hope I didn't eff them up too badly. :-/

Nov 15, 2011
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- destry
  One of my worst fears is to fail at being a good mom :-/
  
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ou812310

It was a great time, to bad the world is such a rat race now!

Nov 14, 2011
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MaryP5

My bike was purple with a basket. The 70's were fun.

I'm with you. Hope my kids are having fun.

Nov 14, 2011
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- destry
  I had a gold basket :)
  
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ARestlessSoul

I missed the 70's entirely.

They seemed like good times.

Flared jeans forever, yo!!!

:-D

Nov 14, 2011
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- destry
  I love flared jeans NOW! lol
  
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- ARestlessSoul
  Me, too. And big, clunky shoes. Loose, flowing hair. My style is kind of 70's, I guess, haha.
  :-)
  
  Nov 14, 2011
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- destry
  Yay! Mine too :)
  
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