Some Memes You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- Chuckle every time I see this.

- Proof everyone was on drugs in the 70's.

- I didn't say it.

- Glad Bermuda shorts never became a thing.

A "Trip" Through McDonaldland

 

A reminder that everyone was on drugs in the 1970's.

The 1970's Were a Very Different Time

A "Trip" Through McDonaldland

 

A reminder that everyone was on drugs in the 1970's.

Telly Savalas - If

 

Yeah the 1970's made no sense whatsoever. Who loves ya baby!

The 1970's Were a Very Different Time

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

One of the reasons teachers unions are so adamant against cameras in the classrooms is because they know if parents actually saw the education their children were getting there would be an explosion of home-schooling in response... When people want to know what the 1970's were like... Always chuckle when I recall that Adolph Hitler's sister-in-law was named Bridget. Bridget Hitler. That just makes me laugh because I keep thinking it's actually the name of an Irish punk band... Aggressive Prophesies would be a good name for a sports betting website... Still say that "murmumation" should't just apply to starlings but also to how "news" organizations all seem to shift to carry the same story lines at the same time... Got my copy of the Phil Steele's College Football 2021 Preview magazine in the mail yesterday so that means I'll be happily immersed in college football minutia and scouting reports for the next few weeks..  

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The original childhood obesity test... Everyone seems to be saying that Joe Biden is bringing back all the things from the Carter Administration like gas lines, war in the Middle East, inflation, etc. I can deal with those and the inevitable bellbottom pants but really not looking forward to the return of naturally hairy vaginas. Seriously not looking forward to that... Can anyone remember when half a million people attended the Sturgis motorcycle rally last year and there was basically no Covid related issues either before or after?  Yeah funny how the media seemed to skip over that event after warning that everyone was going to die... Who knew? Hollywood actually started as a Christian community planned with a Methodist church on every block... Truly random aside - I would be greatly amused if the legal name of Vermont was changed to "Vermonth." Pronounce ver-month. Or failing that "Vermouth" would also do...  

A Trip Through McDonaldland

A reminder that everyone was on drugs in the 1970's.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Growing up in the 1970's we believed many silly things like quicksand being a huge danger (and plot device for almost every TV show) and that evil geniuses would build their lairs under active volcanoes but probably the most insidious belief it turns out was that pubic hair was natural and acceptable... So HBO Max thinks an Amy Schumer docuseries is a reason to subscribe to the streaming service? Really? Good luck with that... "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw... Meat Whistle would be a great name for a band... The new season of Porlandia is going to be on FIRE!!!... 2020 has had so many twists, turns, deaths and unexpected outrageous situations that nobody will care about what George RR Martin's imagination can cook up for the next Game of Thrones book (as if the lousy final season of the HBO series didn't already kill any interest in the new book)... "As I know more about mankind, I expect less of them." - Samuel Johnson... 

Camay Soap 70's Commercial

Funny thing is if Rosie and Eddie were wearing masks they could run that commercial today.

Brisbane Bitter

The 1970's were the Golden Age of beer commercials.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Two easy changes that could reduce healthcare costs by up to 75% in the US

- It does look like Bill Murray

- 21 of the best movies of the 1970's. Confession - I have never seen either The French Connection or Taxi Driver. And why is Texas Chainsaw Massacre on this list?

- Ugly Renaissance Babies

- It's 60% more expensive to use Boeing to get an astronaut to the ISS than using Space X - so why are we still using Boeing?

- Not a fan of gun "buy-back" programs

The 70's Were a Different Time

Via

Can you imagine an ad like this today in the era of #MeToo? I can't imagine anyone wearing those pants today either.

Top 5 - the 1970's

Here's a Top 5 of things that were big in the 70's but now - not so much...

1. Burt Reynolds movies
2. People on TV in danger from quicksand. Did global warming dry up all the quicksand? When's the last time you saw someone on TV who had to be rescued from it? Used to happen all the time in the 70's.
3. The word "ghetto". Nobody uses the word "ghetto" today unless it is in the title of some bad black porn.
4. Mood rings
5. Columbia House Record Club mailings

Just missing the list - bell-bottoms and Saturday morning cartoons.

Best Albums of the 70's?

I have a question mark in the title because I really don't agree with this list of the best albums of the 1970's. And I know the list is 9-years old but it is new to me.

During the 70's I was a kid. But aren't kids the most impressionable? I have to admit that I don't recognize half of the albums on the list. Maybe that's my ignorance but to have a list like this and not have something from Bruce Springsteen when he was at his peak tells me that maybe I'm not the ignorant one. No Bon Scott AC/DC? Highway to Hell is better than 90 percent of the albums on the list.

At number 1 on the list is Low from David Bowie. As I mentioned - I was an impressionable kid in the 70's but this album didn't make an impression on me. The only song I recognize is Sound and Vision - which is an OK song but it is no London Calling.

You can listen to the entire album Low here.