My tank from the seventees

[Paul B]

Boomer is way older than me, almost six weeks.
Dial up, ha, television was invented two years before I was born. We were lucky to have a phone, and the cord was straight, not coiled. The dial was rotary. There was no airconditioning, cell phones, computers, color TV, Microwaves, SUVs, Viagra, 10 speed bilkes, powerheads, MH lights, Nikes, foreign cars, 4 wheel drive, Reality shows, GFCIs, hair plugs, MP3 players, radial tires, IPods or fake boobs. We had record players, fans and one speed bicycles, the speed was how fast you pedeled. We also got drafted. (that has nothing to do with wind)
Paul :lol:

 

[Mauisreef]

The 70's RULE!
I was growing up in Honolulu in the early 70's.
Ah....those were the days.
Thanks for sharing that pic with us.

 

[Aquatic Guru]

The 70's RULE!
I was growing up in Honolulu in the early 70's.
Ah....those were the days.
Thanks for sharing that pic with us.

How could the 70's rule when we don't have those nice things that Paul mentioned back in the days? There was no CD's, Fantasy sports, DVD's....did they even have credit cards back then?? Even though CC sucks! No skateboards, not even atari or caleco? Can anyone name anything else that didn't exist back in the so-called " 70's " At least the 70's didn't have George Bush!

 

[jnarowe]

Aids.........

 

[Paul B]

Nope, no credit cards, cash only

 

[CarlaW]

Rap music. The music was so much better then. JMHO

 

[Paul B]

How could the 70's rule when we don't have those nice things that Paul mentioned back in the days?

The seventees diden't rule, the sixtees ruled. and the cars were the coolest in the fiftees. Nothing beat a 57 Chevy and they were about $990.00 brand new. The early sixtees was when good music started, it started with DooWops in the fiftees and progressed until about the eightees when it became just noise. We also grew up much faster then too, partly because of the draft but I think it was just a different mindset. I always bought my own cars, my first when I was 16, I didn't have a lisence yet but I bought it anyway. There was no such thing as "hey Dad, I need a car" I would have heard "hey Son, get a job". I didn't go to college nor did most of my friends. We worked from when we were in Jr. High. We didn't need computers because we knew how to have fun outside. We fished, crabed, played ball build out bicycles and then our cars. We also hung out in large crowds (here in NY anyway) and I still have many of those same friends. We also got into a few fights but that was also OK because we didn't usually shoot each other and it made us tougher. It wasen't always rosy though, drugs were more prevelent than now as was sniffing glue. If you don't know what that was you would put testers glue in a paper bag and stick your nose in there. I lost three friends to that. Their lungs got holes in them and they suffocated. Then they put something in the glue to make it so you couldn't sniff it.
Then some people went to Carbona cleaning fluid which was worse.
Then there was the draft. I got drafted in 1968. We lost almost 70,000 of us in the jungles of Viet Nam.
For fish tanks we had black iron framed small tanks sealed with asphalt varnish which is tar. You needed to keep water in it or it would dry out and leak. They leaked no matter what you did and you always saw tanks with glue all ober the rusty sides. Imagine if it was salt water.
There were no powerheads, the pumps sat on the top edge of the tank and you got a big shock when you accidently touched them.
Have a great day and break out those IPods.
Paul

 

[jnarowe]

Yeah my Dad used to always tease me that I missed the 60's. A toddler couldn't get any action back then!

 

[Paul B]

I grew up a few blocks from the Worlds Fair in New York, it ran from about 1964 to 65, I was about 16 or 17 and that was the place to go. Everyone was there because the place was huge, I mean miles. We would always have to jump the fence and run because the admission was like $3.00 which was almost a weeks salary in a grocery store. Thats where we would pick up the girls. And they were all over the place.
It was a great place to hang out, and most of the stuff was free once you were in.
Paul

 

[Flatlander]

Boomer is way older than me, almost six weeks.
Dial up, ha, television was invented two years before I was born. We were lucky to have a phone, and the cord was straight, not coiled. The dial was rotary. There was no airconditioning, cell phones, computers, color TV, Microwaves, SUVs, Viagra, 10 speed bilkes, powerheads, MH lights, Nikes, foreign cars, 4 wheel drive, Reality shows, GFCIs, hair plugs, MP3 players, radial tires, IPods or fake boobs. We had record players, fans and one speed bicycles, the speed was how fast you pedeled. We also got drafted. (that has nothing to do with wind)
Paul :lol:

Hey. I remember all those. I did have a Renault Caravalle though, so some foreign cars. :lol:

No CD,s but my big ole merc, with the slated back window, had an 8-track with Reverb. Whoo-hoo. And Grand Funk blasting away. :lol:

 

[Brenden]

How could the 70's rule when we don't have those nice things that Paul mentioned back in the days?

They did not need nice things. They had drugs.

 

[Mauisreef]

How could the 70's rule when we don't have those nice things that Paul mentioned back in the days? There was no CD's, Fantasy sports, DVD's....did they even have credit cards back then?? Even though CC sucks! No skateboards, not even atari or caleco? Can anyone name anything else that didn't exist back in the so-called " 70's " At least the 70's didn't have George Bush!

I beg to differ on the no skate board line.
We had em.
Maybe you didnt have em where you lived but we had em.
I preffered to surf.
The first Ataris came out in the late 70's.

 

[CarlaW]

They did not need nice things. They had drugs.

If we could have seen the future, we would have done more.

 

[Paul B]

We diden't need all the garbage we have today. We knew how to do things and not just sit in front of a computer. We knew how to build a bike or fix one. We knew how to fix a car, rent a boat and go fishing then fillet the fish. We ice skated in the winter, and swam in the summer. When it snowed we used to find a junk car, take the hood off and use it for a 6 person sled.
And whatever we did, we used our own money that we made. Daddy was busy (or in my Father's case, dead)
We had jobs, that we got ourselves.
Have a great day.
paul

 

[Sherman]

We knew how to do things and not just sit in front of a computer.

You WHAT?!

We knew how to build a bike or fix one.

I once fixed up a real nice bike for this racing game I used to play.

We knew how to fix a car

Like in Gran Tourismo on PSP? Or Need for Speed?

rent a boat and go fishing then fillet the fish

I never cared for the fishing games. Sorta lame. And the graphics were always campy.

We ice skated in the winter, and swam in the summer

That's too dangerous. You could get hurt, or kidnapped, or there could be some toxin in the water. Video games are much safer.

When it snowed we used to find a junk car, take the hood off and use it for a 6 person sled.

Why would it snow? You didn't turn the heater on? It only snows outside... Oh... yeah. Forget that. I get plenty of socialization through text messaging on my cell phone.

And whatever we did, we used our own money that we made.

Like.. selling WoW posessions on eBay?

Daddy was busy (or in my Father's case, dead)

Nowadays, they're all just dead beats who have run off. So that's kind of the same.

We had jobs, that we got ourselves.

Yeah right! Now you're crampin' my style!

 

[balogh03]

HAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHA>>>>>>.kljdhf........i have no idea what that was for, but that is funny right there!

 

[spongebob lover]

LMBO!!! :lol: Jason that was hilarious dood, but you forgot the legos star wars for the xbox 360 :lol: !!!

Paul, you got a very nice tank dood, now i'll just be quiet and keep following this thread .

 

[Paul B]

I don't even remember what this thread was about. I think I will get out a pencil and start sending snail mail to everyone :lol:

I don't know what you guys would do without electricity. Those computers get pretty boreing when their blank.

Anyway, I collected a nice load of codium seaweed out on Montauk this week. I couldn't give most of it away so I gave most of it to a friend who owns a LFS. My reef is now full of the stuff. I also used to collect it in the sixtees and seventees, you know when Lincoln was President.

You guys would love to have been drafted. It was so much fun. :badgrin:
Paul

 

[Krish]

Wanna hear something depressing Paul? The way you described you lived in the 70's, people still live like that here in the capital of the Bahamas. On my way to work if I take a short cut through a particular area, you'll see kids standing up naked on the side of the road bathing at the one water source provided for the whole area has to share. You'll even see 4 and 5 year olds instead of getting ready for school, pushing a piece of wood with skate board wheels under it with empty bottles to pump water so they can take it home to boil to drink, wipe off...Whatever. You can even see straight through these houses through the cracks in the wood or where the house is leaning against a tree supporting it. These same areas have no electricity, telephone and of course, running water. But you can say, well, the technology is there for them to have all these things because it is all around them which is true, but then you think of some of the other family islands here that don't have any of these things island wide and never had! One just got power and telephone not to long ago and these are islands with thousands of people living on them! I guess all you'd have to do is visit one of these homes or visit one of these islands and see how ahead/advanced the 70's were for you guys. Some places here wished they were living in the 70's. Really depressing...:doubt:

 

[Paul B]

Krish, actually I know all about it. I have been through the Bahamas and probably twenty Caribbean Islands and seven or eight South Pacific Islands. In about three weeks we are going to some Mediteranian Islands around Sicily. Being divers, my wife and I get around. I have also seen many areas in Viet Nam, and Cambodia where they probably still don't have electricity or running water. Mexico also has some very depressed areas.
Living in the US is very deceiving. Most Americans (North Americans) have no Idea what it is like for much of the worlds population.
I have seen men in St Lucia fishing for breakfast with their young children sitting there waiting for breakfast. I saw people in Cozumel selling lookdowns, moray eels, tangs and damsels for 50 cents a pound.
Paul