Oh the games you can play - free your imagination....! :D:eyebrows:
Marco.
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Oh the games you can play - free your imagination....! :D:eyebrows:
Marco.
As a teenager, I worked and had my own money, and my own car. My parents had closed the car port in to make a room, and I adopted it as my bedroom, so I had my own outside door. On more than one occasion a young lady would sneak into my room at night, and be gone before morning when the folks woke up!
Because I worked, my folks left me alone! I was treated as an adult, and I paid my mom rent. Even the police were very lenient back then, I can’t count the times I was more than tipsy, and the police would tell me to go straight home! In fact, I was married and living on my own before I got my first ticket.
Every weekend there was a party somewhere, if someone’s parents were out of town, and if not we had places deep in the woods where we had bon fires, and it was nothing for 100 people to be there! And the cops didn’t dare bust the party, as their own children were there, usually the worst of the lot. Liquor was for sale to 18 year olds, and I bought beer from the time I was 16, no one ever bothered to card you back then. And most of our parents had no clue of the drugs that were an every day part of life for us teenagers. A time of free love! Every weekend, each girl was on some other guy’s arm, a rotation of sorts. No one seemed to care.
When the 80’s came around, about the time I got married, there was a huge push to end this lifestyle. They raised the drinking age to 21, parents were being arrested for throwing keg parties for graduations, and cops started writing tickets for the slightest offense. These back wood party spots were chained off with no trespassing signs. Although nearly everyone I grew up with turned out to be hard working, tax paying citizens with good jobs and educations, the government pushed the narrative that anyone who behaved as we did was a no good, lazy, criminal with no future. I am so glad I grew up before they ruined everything, and feel fortunate to have been there, when life was good!
Anyone see the movie, “Dazed and Confused”? It was a bit like that. Visually, that’s pretty much how it looked. I even drove an El Camino!
Russell
Don't think I saw that. Still got Cheech and Chong albums though. The were somewhat reminiscent! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by alphaGT
Cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by alphaGT
Can't remember the last time I heard any Cheech and Chong.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Stuff like "The Evelyn Woodhead Speed-reading Course", and "Man, that's the most amount of acid I've ever seen anyone take in my life!" still live in my memory tho :)
Been away for a few days so only just catching up on some posts
On the foot bit I'm a size 3.5-4 so not very big
I have pedi's every few weeks to keep them nice looking and always have the nails painted.. I've got a pedi & mani tomorrow
The 70's I can remember well but I wasn't old enough to really enjoy it's 'freedom'...
My crazy time was the 80's what bits I can remember of it.. :lol:
Most people remember the movies, but I recall all the old albums of audio comedy, the album Big Bamboo came with a huge rolling paper in it! How many times we listened to, “Dave’s not here”, and, “Earache my eye!”, “Ve are killing ze girl tonight, olt man”, back then it never seemed to get old, every time a new person entered the room we’d start the record over. Until one day, the government told us it wasn’t funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Russell
I remember watching the Cheech and Chong movies around the same time I was smoking their stuff I guess... :eyebrows:
I’m sure it wasn’t too bad in the 80’s, but the partying crowd just had to be more careful, and couldn’t gather in the numbers we did in the 70’s. My daughter was part of the party crowd in the 00’s, but they really had to keep a low profile, and only gathered indoors. She was a chip off the old block. And is doing very well for herself these days, I might add.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninanina
My niece and nephew were much later, they are only now 22 and 24. Their entire lives were orchestrated. After school activities, soccer practice, private schools, etc. I bet they’ve never even seen a joint! They think of me as their crazy old uncle, in fact I’m rather surprised that they are as fond of me as they are, good kids really. They already make more money than I ever did.
And good for you on taking good care of your feet! You’d be surprised at just how many people take notice! I try to keep mine covered up in mixed company.
Russell
I know what you mean Russell about the 00's party crowd having to keep it low profile...
Definitely kids these days seem to have a very orchestrated life which doesn't sound like a lot of fun to me which is a shame
I'm sure you are a lovely "crazy uncle" though
Thanks on the feet bit... I've no idea if anyone notices but, strangely, I've never known a guy that's 'into' feet... bums, legs, boobs etc but never feet
How are you feeling now Russell? hopefully you are on the mend
I reckon Russell will be fine, he just needs plenty of "mental posts therapy". And here you are!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ninanina
You may have been too young for much of the seventies fun, but probably just about the right age for what was dubbed "The Second Summer Of Love", which must have been about 1987. I didn't come into it until the early nineties by which time I was a thirtysomething. Made me the oldest swinger in town, but no one minded. I imagine you being a bit of a ravehead at some point, don't spoil it by saying you weren't :)
I'm sure I can provide some "mental posts therapy"... :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Certainly in 87 I was having a lot of fun... I was earning a decent salary and was sharing good times with a guy, including a fair bit of 'substance' I guess...
Funny you should mention about being the "oldest swinger in town" as I was much the same. My work colleagues were all younger than me but I was the one having the most fun when we were 'out on the town' as it were... :eyebrows:
Best early years for me, when I had most fun as a youngster, were from 79-83. So many great memories during that era, for all manner of reasons!:D:eyebrows:
Before that, I was really too young to have gotten up to anything that exciting. Would've loved to have been, say, 16 in 1963.... As knowing what I know now, I'd have loved to have been in the thick of things from then, right through until the late 70s. A veritable golden era, IMO:)
Marco.
I’m healing fine Nina, today I went walking without my cane. Just small steps, pushing myself just a little. My next visit with my surgeon isn’t until August 8, so I guess that means I’m in the slow lane right now?
And I’ve thought the exact same thing Marco, I always felt I was a decade too late! If I’d been born in ‘52 rather than ‘62, I’d have been happier with the world at large. Happier with the music, happier with the times, the fashions, and, um, party favors. But all things happen for a reason. Once out of school, I instantly became friends with people much older than me, people I met at work. Many times they were surprised that I knew the words to songs that were, “before my time”.
And I’ve just learned that I’m not only a good uncle, but I’m going to be a Great Uncle! Yes, my niece is pregnant, 8 weeks apparently. She and her husband are such good looking people I’m sure the baby will be gorgeous!
Russell
That would have been ideal however I was only 10 so missed out big time :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
But then you might have been drafted in to fight in Vietnam.Quote:
Originally Posted by alphaGT
There are obvious times/places that were not good to be born in (most places in Europe in the run up to WWII if you were Jewish, for example, or China during the Cultural Revolution), but for the most part, family circumstances and individual personality traits count for far more than the coincidences around the year in which you were born.
You make a very good point! While I see things a bit differently now days, in my youth I was very anti-authority, and I’d have wound up in military prison before I ever got to Vietnam. I guess things did work out for the best. While I think back and see things I should have done differently, if I had to do it over, I’d probably make all the same mistakes. And I wouldn’t want to do anything that may have caused my daughter to not be born, or be who she is today. She is the one thing I got right! And the single greatest accomplishment of my life.
Russell
Closer to two decades, for me, in terms of being the right age to enjoy [the things I'd have loved] during the era in question;)Quote:
Originally Posted by alphaGT
I also think the mid to late 50s would've been a cool time to have been a teenager or young adult, especially in the States [loved the style of the cars then and the whole 'rock 'n' roll' era, diners, jukeboxes and drive-in movies, Dean Martin and Sinatra, Elvis, etc], and in the UK when all sorts of cool new things were being produced, including some amazing speakers and valve-based hi-fi equipment!
Marco.
Yeah I can see you in the role of Ritchie Cunningham (or maybe Pottsy) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol.... Interesting that you mention Happy Days! The message is in the title;)
https://youtu.be/slvGKU7HF6M
Think the original Grease movie, too. Love the whole vibe of that era! Sadly, the world has changed so much since then, and NOT in a good way.....
Marco.
"American Graffiti" looks to be similar too, although I've never seen that film.
Yeah, neither have I, but I've just noticed that the full movie is on YT, so think I'll watch it later:)
Mels Drive-in was featured, which has been around since the late 40s.. Check out the joint: https://melsdrive-in.com/
Just HOW COOL is that!!:wow: :respect:
Marco.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/921/Vj3rQt.png
I *WANT* that truck!!
:drool::drool:
Marco.
that one in film recently reopened as mels kitchen... van ness aveQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Awesome, mate. Just too cool for school.
Marco.
The image may be cool, but the reality different. It'll be bloody awful to drive! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Wouldn't matter, mate. I'd just pose around in it at 30mph. It'd be purely about the looks!:cool:
Marco.
And petrol stations in this country are probably too far apart to keep up.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
My mate who has a Mitsubishi tipper truck for his building work tells me he is on the lookout for that kind of truck. All his work is quite local and only does about 50 or so miles a week. So doesn't care about mpg. I'll post on here how he gets on.
Yup, that would be interesting. Do it on the car thread:)
Marco.
Great filmQuote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rEjX54IFjg
got it in my amazon film locker. the soundtrack is good too.
+1 on American Graffiti - one of my favourite films.
If you like car films, Two Lane Blacktop is a cult classic, though set in 1971 it "stars" a '55 Chevy, James Taylor and Dennis Wilson.
Don't forget the GTO!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
https://pics.imcdb.org/4691/TwoLane24.jpg
'Performance & image, that's what it's all about'
mmmm... GTO.
Well if he does, remind him that it'll be left hand drive, slow, incredibly noisy inside and depending on age, it'll have limited spares availablility and what he can get will be pricey. The drum brakes will be terrible to the point of being dangerous. There'll be no power steering and likely a terribly tired and vague column gearchange. Quite probably a beam axle at the front leading to appalling steering/handling. A hefty cast iron block engine at the front and a light back end meaning that it will try to spin around if he boots it and will probably fly off through the nearest hedge at the slightest excuse. Not that he'll be able to open the throttle much without the back wheels losing traction and spinning anyway. The ten MPG won't be too useful either and even 'classic' insurance could be steep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Other than that, it's all good news though :D.
In danger of turning this into the "cars" thread but I've always loved American cars and pickups - don't care how crap they are - my dad's mate had all sorts back in the 70s and persuaded my dad to change his Escort for a 1966 Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible - can you imagine how excited I was when he picked me up from school in one of these, top down?
http://topclassiccarsforsale.com/upl...original-1.jpg
(Not his, but exactly the same.)
Same here! Who gives a shit? Just LOOK at them (and that GTO)...Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
:drool::drool::stalks::stalks:
Practicalities simply don't matter, as no-one in their right mind would buy one as the car they do the shopping in, or take to work everyday! Now for polishing up like a new pin and cruising around town on a sunny summer Sunday. OH YES, BABY!! :exactly:
Cool as fuck.
Marco.
If you're going to have a classic yank motor, it might at least be something interesting and worth driving.
Maybe a 1965 Chevy Chevelle Malibu SS 396
http://i66.tinypic.com/29ohhxd.jpg
Or a 1968 Plymouth GTX 426 Hemi
http://i64.tinypic.com/2hnrtdv.jpg
Both of which will return a 13 second quarter mile and hit sixty in around 5.5 seconds, with a top speed of aound 150mph!
Yes but just don't try turning a corner :eek:
Prefer the Chevy... Good point though, and if I were in the market for something like that, I'd do my research and buy something that was both worth driving *AND* looked good!:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
But I wouldn't get bored of owning any of the above classics, simply because they hark from an era when cars were hand-built, individually styled and oozed SOUL, unlike the soul-LESS, boring, homogenised monstrosities mostly produced today, thanks to computers!!
Marco.
1953 Buick Roadmaster Skylark convertible does it for me
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f6e6a096cf.jpg
Very classy, mate, and to all intents and purposes a beautiful car, but I prefer something a bit more 'brutal' looking [squarer in shape], such as has already been shown:eyebrows:
Marco.
Well they weren't really 'hand-built' in any traditional sense of the word, quality control was dismal (although the really bad ones are all long gone) and no thought was given to safety until after 'Unsafe At Any Speed' came out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed. But they are still cool as fuck. I'd have a 1971 Pontiac Firebird meself, just like James Rockford.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Or a 46 Ford Super Deluxe
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...04fbbcc9db.jpg
What I meant was that they weren't designed and built by computers/robots, as is almost always the case now. Other than that, we're in agreement!:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
1963 Corvette Stingray, for me though, is THE one:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/921/YuY18d.jpg
Not just cool, but ICE cool!
Marco.
Yeah I like that... One to cruise around in with your mates, looking to pick up some totty:eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Marco.
Nice, but I'd want it in black, rather than the ubiquitous '70s brown'...:eyebrows:
Marco.
Now that is cool! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Ha - I knew you'd like the brown!:eyebrows:
If it has to be '70s brown", I think I'd rather have this:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/Jv1gnr.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/fvQNiq.jpg
Marco.