If you couldn’t find it because of a messy house you could always go to the wall, find the plate where the line plugs in and follow the wire back to the phone.
I don’t miss the lines to buy gasoline, a war the Pentagon and WH had known we couldn’t win for almost ten years already by that time plus all the violence around the world related to it, disco, using “My wife – I think I’ll keep her!” as an advertising slogan, the massacre of Olympic athletes, and a lot of other things. A lot of those things I don’t miss (or their “kissin’ cousins”) are still around today.
Pink Floyd. Rush. ZZ Top. Grateful Dead. Rolling Stones. Led Zeppelin. The Who. Dire Straits. Tom Petty. Bob Dylan. Elton John. The Doobie Bros. Jethro Tull. Bob Seger. Fleetwood Mac. Warren Zevon. Joe Walsh. Neil Young.
Anyone who thinks ‘70s music sucked was either (a) not there, or (b) listening to the wrong music! See BearsDown’s post above; I’ll add to that – Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament-Funkadelic, Rufus feat. Chaka Khan, the Bar-Kays, the Isley Brothers, Kool & the Gang, the Brothers Johnson, Isaac Hayes, Billy Preston, the Commodores, Bill Withers, Herbie Hancock…well, I could go on, but you get the point – I hope!
I wish. Any phone that could be disconnected from its wire and moved to another location in the house had the potential to be “lost” when you needed it.
The 1970s left behind some great and memorable music, American cars were more fun to drive and easier to work on, I was in my care-free 20’s and traveled around a lot, as most modes of traveling were cheaper and easier back then. The 1970s will not be forgotten!
littlejohn Premium Member over 2 years ago
Disco came and went.
wiatr over 2 years ago
If you couldn’t find it because of a messy house you could always go to the wall, find the plate where the line plugs in and follow the wire back to the phone.
electricshadow Premium Member over 2 years ago
True, and the only mobile phones were installed in cars.
rshive over 2 years ago
I always liked the pizza outings our Engineering Group had. Gas lines, not so much. So I always bought gas for the car in the “off” hours.
littlejohn Premium Member over 2 years ago
Bell-bottom pants and platform shoes came and mostly went.
byamrcn over 2 years ago
Match Game!
Display over 2 years ago
I don’t miss the lines to buy gasoline, a war the Pentagon and WH had known we couldn’t win for almost ten years already by that time plus all the violence around the world related to it, disco, using “My wife – I think I’ll keep her!” as an advertising slogan, the massacre of Olympic athletes, and a lot of other things. A lot of those things I don’t miss (or their “kissin’ cousins”) are still around today.
FreyjaRN Premium Member over 2 years ago
The phones were durable as heck as well.
dlkrueger33 over 2 years ago
Nothing! Worst decade of my life. LOL. (Luckily good decades were ahead).
Dean over 2 years ago
No robocalls!
gopher gofer over 2 years ago
leisure suits… grin
lord, the fashions were awful…
saturday night live was my favorite part of the 70s…
russef over 2 years ago
And we never had to yell CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW.
manowarrior over 2 years ago
ac/dc,kiss,twisted sister,ted nugent
BearsDown Premium Member over 2 years ago
Pink Floyd. Rush. ZZ Top. Grateful Dead. Rolling Stones. Led Zeppelin. The Who. Dire Straits. Tom Petty. Bob Dylan. Elton John. The Doobie Bros. Jethro Tull. Bob Seger. Fleetwood Mac. Warren Zevon. Joe Walsh. Neil Young.
manowarrior over 2 years ago
alice cooper,ozzy osbourne,judas priest,the scorpions
manowarrior over 2 years ago
andre the giant
KEA over 2 years ago
Good question… nothing is coming to mind
preacherman over 2 years ago
So true, the phones were still connected to the wall.
johnschutt over 2 years ago
The music of the first half.
Linguist over 2 years ago
People didn’t steal your phone back then, either. The national criminal pastime in most South American countries now is cell phone theft.
andersjg Premium Member over 2 years ago
A couple of kids….
oldlady07 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Sister’s kids found an old dial phone. “Look at this funny phone – what is this round thing with the numbers under it!”
JoeMartinFan Premium Member over 2 years ago
As kids in the ’70s, we were too busy playing outside to be thinking about a phone.
JoeMartinFan Premium Member over 2 years ago
Anyone who thinks ‘70s music sucked was either (a) not there, or (b) listening to the wrong music! See BearsDown’s post above; I’ll add to that – Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament-Funkadelic, Rufus feat. Chaka Khan, the Bar-Kays, the Isley Brothers, Kool & the Gang, the Brothers Johnson, Isaac Hayes, Billy Preston, the Commodores, Bill Withers, Herbie Hancock…well, I could go on, but you get the point – I hope!
schaefer jim over 2 years ago
That is no lie!
bobgreenwade over 2 years ago
I was a teen in the 70s, when the telephone came in on a wire and television didn’t.
zodal over 2 years ago
No internet, smartphones or pc. Just Atarie 2600
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
I wish. Any phone that could be disconnected from its wire and moved to another location in the house had the potential to be “lost” when you needed it.
-Saint- over 2 years ago
Corinthian Leather…wait, no – that and the car it came in were the worst!
ncdrifter over 2 years ago
The 1970s left behind some great and memorable music, American cars were more fun to drive and easier to work on, I was in my care-free 20’s and traveled around a lot, as most modes of traveling were cheaper and easier back then. The 1970s will not be forgotten!
cipactli77 over 2 years ago
Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
dja1701 over 2 years ago
… and no telemarketers
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 2 years ago
I was young, free (unwed) and…having fun.
PuppyPapa over 2 years ago
Yup. Screwed right into the wall, they were!
olmon over 2 years ago
Nobody knew who Donald Trump was – -