1970s all over again? - Page 2

unclemick · 07-20-2008, 06:56 PM

Linda Ronstadt singing country and Buddy Holly covers.

Whip Inflation Now buttons.

Gold, guns and freeze dryed food. Stupid me speculating in warrants.

Denver to New Orleans to Huntsville, Al - got rid of my skis and XKE - got a pickup and and some baseball caps. Old Sam(retired AF) introduced me to Johnny Russell's Rednecks, White socks and Blue Ribbon Beer.

Cotton balls, cropdusters, tornado's.

heh heh heh - cultural shock for this Pac NW boy.

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bbbamI · 07-20-2008, 07:18 PM

Ahhh, the 70's ...best music ever. Now those songs I loved so much are the "Oldies"...like me.

Bestwifeever · 07-20-2008, 07:40 PM

If the 70s are back, does this mean we can smoke our choice of substance again? Then today's music will sound good too!

Notmuchlonger · 07-20-2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bbbamI

Ahhh, the 70's ...best music ever. Now those songs I loved so much are the "Oldies"...like me.

Yeah I know what you mean..

RockOn · 07-20-2008, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Bestwifeever

If the 70s are back, does this mean we can smoke our choice of substance again?

Why not, did you stop? It costs about 30 times more now, but that probably matches the BLS CPI-U.

Shucks, it coulda been a 30 bagger! Is it allowed in an IRA?

bbbamI · 07-20-2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by RockOn

Why not, did you stop? It costs about 30 times more now

Hmmm, so how do you know this?

RockOn · 07-20-2008, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bbbamI

Hmmm, so how do you know this?

Looked it up on the CME

.

Actually, how do you think I am nearing ER? There's two ways to skin a cat.

P.S. just kidding before the SWAT squad shows up. I have a kid in college, it's pretty common knowledge there. Right up there with the price of Busch beer. Boulder you know.

bbbamI · 07-20-2008, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by RockOn

Looked it up on the CME

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Actually, how do you think I am nearing ER? There's two ways to skin a cat.

Well, well, well, hmmmmm..........

bosco · 07-20-2008, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by RockOn

Why not, did you stop? It costs about 30 times more now, but that probably matches the BLS CPI-U.

however, if appropriate "hedonic adjustments" are made, it may be a better deal now. Back in the 70s, you could actually smoke an entire joint and walk away semi-coherent!

RockOn · 07-20-2008, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bosco

however, if appropriate "hedonic adjustments" are made, it may be a better deal now. Back in the 70s, you could actually smoke an entire joint and walk away semi-coherent!

Well, well, well....hmmmmmm..........

cute fuzzy bunny · 07-21-2008, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by bbbamI

Hmmm, so how do you know this?

I think the answer is fairly evident.

HFWR · 07-21-2008, 10:14 AM

Whatever are you folks talking about?

DSOTM was in the Billboard Top 200 for 751 weeks! Still sounds good, even without the organic enhancement...

bbbamI · 07-21-2008, 10:25 AM

Hedonic Adjustments would be a great name for a rock band.....

Bestwifeever · 07-21-2008, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by HFWR

Whatever are you folks talking about?

DSOTM was in the Billboard Top 200 for 751 weeks! Still sounds good, even without the organic enhancement...

Agree--timeless album.

Ronstar · 07-21-2008, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by HFWR

Whatever are you folks talking about?

DSOTM was in the Billboard Top 200 for 751 weeks! Still sounds good, even without the organic enhancement...

I agree! But who would have thought in the 70's that we'd be listening to it on something like an ipod more than 30 years later

Notmuchlonger · 07-21-2008, 10:32 AM

Or another oil crisis 30 yrs later

Or dealing with Iran thumping its chest 30 yrs later

Khan · 07-21-2008, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by bbbamI

Hedonic Adjustments would be a great name for a rock band.....

I was thinking of a song title (sung to the tune of "Winchester Cathedral").

Hedonic adjustments
You're bringing me down...

HFWR · 07-21-2008, 10:37 AM

Gee thanks...

First, lazy gets Gilbert O'Sullivan stuck in my head. Now, this...

audreyh1 · 07-21-2008, 11:01 AM

There are "time warp" college towns in coastal California that have been stuck in the 70s since the 70s! I remember being amazed at Santa Cruz in the early 90s. But Arcata in 2008 was exactly the same - tie dye shirts, sandals, long scraggly hair, people running around with petitions on the town square green, VW vans everywhere. I mean college kids who weren't even born in the 70s are living in the 70s!

The only clues that it's really 2000s - iPods and cell phones prevalent.

Audrey

Bestwifeever · 07-21-2008, 01:27 PM

Wait, I was talking about choosing among Marlboro, Winston, Salem, and those up and coming Virginia Slims. What are you talking about, RockOn?

07-20-2008, 07:18 PM	#22
bbbamI Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dallas Vicinity Posts: 1,481	Ahhh, the 70's ...best music ever. Now those songs I loved so much are the "Oldies"...like me. __________________ Tell me somethin' good....

07-21-2008, 10:14 AM	#32
HFWR Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: May 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 5,260	Whatever are you folks talking about? DSOTM was in the Billboard Top 200 for 751 weeks! Still sounds good, even without the organic enhancement... __________________ Have Funds, Will Retire I will now proceed to entangle the entire area...

07-21-2008, 10:25 AM	#33
bbbamI Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dallas Vicinity Posts: 1,481	Hedonic Adjustments would be a great name for a rock band..... __________________ Tell me somethin' good....

07-21-2008, 10:32 AM	#36
Notmuchlonger Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,670	Or another oil crisis 30 yrs later Or dealing with Iran thumping its chest 30 yrs later __________________ When humor goes, there goes civilization

07-21-2008, 10:37 AM	#38
HFWR Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: May 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 5,260	Gee thanks... First, lazy gets Gilbert O'Sullivan stuck in my head. Now, this... __________________ Have Funds, Will Retire I will now proceed to entangle the entire area...

07-20-2008, 06:56 PM	#21
unclemick Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,350	Linda Ronstadt singing country and Buddy Holly covers. Whip Inflation Now buttons. Gold, guns and freeze dryed food. Stupid me speculating in warrants. Denver to New Orleans to Huntsville, Al - got rid of my skis and XKE - got a pickup and and some baseball caps. Old Sam(retired AF) introduced me to Johnny Russell's Rednecks, White socks and Blue Ribbon Beer. Cotton balls, cropdusters, tornado's. heh heh heh - cultural shock for this Pac NW boy. .

07-20-2008, 07:40 PM	#23
Bestwifeever Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 621	If the 70s are back, does this mean we can smoke our choice of substance again? Then today's music will sound good too!

07-21-2008, 11:01 AM	#39
audreyh1 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,106	There are "time warp" college towns in coastal California that have been stuck in the 70s since the 70s! I remember being amazed at Santa Cruz in the early 90s. But Arcata in 2008 was exactly the same - tie dye shirts, sandals, long scraggly hair, people running around with petitions on the town square green, VW vans everywhere. I mean college kids who weren't even born in the 70s are living in the 70s! The only clues that it's really 2000s - iPods and cell phones prevalent. Audrey

07-21-2008, 01:27 PM	#40
Bestwifeever Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 621	Wait, I was talking about choosing among Marlboro, Winston, Salem, and those up and coming Virginia Slims. What are you talking about, RockOn?