Fitha_whiskey Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 There's some of us who were lucky enough to be kids in the 70s. It was the goddamn best. If you've ever done a power slide on a Big Wheel, tell us about it... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Are big wheels 70s specific? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fitha_whiskey Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: Are big wheels 70s specific? I don't think so- they came out in the 70s, but I hope to fuck they still exist today!!! Although the kids I see have battery powered rigs. My era had to find a hill, drag that fucker up it and pick your feet up and hope you don't break your ass on too big a jump... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONEZY Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 12 minutes ago, Fitha_whiskey said: There's some of us who were lucky enough to be kids in the 70s. It was the goddamn best. If you've ever done a power slide on a Big Wheel, tell us about it... Think I had a Green Machine too. And of course, all the Evel Knievel stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitha_whiskey Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Just now, JONEZY said: Think I had a Green Machine too. And of course, all the Evel Knievel stuff. Oh fuck yeah. The Green Machine was like a fuckin revelation to a kid who started to get bored with a Big Wheel. Whole new bag of donuts right there... Imagine a fucker like Evel Knieval today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Whiskey Rose Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 (edited) I love this topic My brother had a big wheel. And don't forget about the banana seat bike! Edited August 27, 2017 by Whiskey Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Rose Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 And how about this tv show? (sorry for spamming) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 You could have been watching Ali and Frazier but instead were farting around on weird little bikes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitha_whiskey Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 13 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: You could have been watching Ali and Frazier but instead were farting around on weird little bikes? Well, our lives went on besides one night in 1974!!! We watched Ali on Wide World of Sports fight on Saturdays for free (replays)... That fuckin bike that Whiskey Rose posted is cooler than anything produced since. 👍 TV shows... hmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitha_whiskey Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 "Rampart, this is Squad 51. We have a male approximately 50 years old, unresponsive, vitals are blah blah blah. Please advise" "Squad 51, start a ringer of lactate and transport" Johnny: "is Dixie gonna be there?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Rose Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 ^^ This show was one of my favourites! There was an episode where a guy ate raw dough and it rose in his stomach.. I remember that for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitha_whiskey Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 7 minutes ago, Whiskey Rose said: ^^ This show was one of my favourites! There was an episode where a guy ate raw dough and it rose in his stomach.. I remember that for some reason I always remember the one where the kid fell into a ravine on his bike and they had to lower the basket down and winch him up... I guess we remember shit that coulda happened to us? 1 hour ago, Graeme said: Miser? Has this all been done before or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 14 minutes ago, Fitha_whiskey said: Has this all been done before or something? Never by someone who actually lived during the 70s. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitha_whiskey Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, Graeme said: Never by someone who actually lived during the 70s. Well goddamn that makes me feel old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Fitha_whiskey said: Well, our lives went on besides one night in 1974!!! We watched Ali on Wide World of Sports fight on Saturdays for free (replays)... That fuckin bike that Whiskey Rose posted is cooler than anything produced since. 👍 TV shows... hmmm... You had three Ali v Fraziers: The Fight of the Century (1971), II (1974) and the Thrilla in Manila (1975). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Fitha_whiskey said: Well goddamn that makes me feel old! Just don't talk about how grainy all the media was, and you're good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitha_whiskey Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 Then there were the cartoons... kids trying to activate up on Makeout Mountain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Any decade is better than the 2000's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 27 minutes ago, Georgy Zhukov said: Any decade is better than the 2000's. Even the 10s? The 2000s seems to have little discernible identity. '90s? Gazza's tears, Britpop and rave, garbage England cricket team, Trainspotting. 1980s? Big hair, shoulder pads, Dallas, Sunset Strip rock, West Indies, poll tax riots and unemployment. 1970s? Dinosaur rock bands. Golden age of heavyweights. Lillee and Thommo. 60s? Great music, mods, hippies, free festivals, free love. 50s? Teds, Elvis, rock n' roll, last great age of Hollywood. Even 2010s I could make an argument for skinny jeans, weird male hairstyles, elderly presenters you used to watch being exposed as paedophiles and people filming everything with gadgets. But 2000s? It is a mystery.'05 Ashes is the only thing I can think off. Roger Federer v Rafa epics maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Funny how things were different where I grew up in the 70s. All these things mentioned that formed the cultural backdrop of the OP in the 70s are not things I had in Norway in the 70s. We had different shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Apart from widespread institutional pedophilia, brown clothes and The Bay City Rollers, yeah, the 70s was a blast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitha_whiskey Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 Everybody had these Hot Wheels tracks. The sections of track were also perfect for whipping your friend's ass with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 The 70s in England as a kid was fun. proper summers proper winters Chopper bikes, skateboards, playing outside in the streets and woods, no social media/ mobile phones so you would have to 'knock for' your mates. We ate anything because our parents didn't know about E numbers and what have ya. We also had Punk which was new and exciting. Great time to be a kid. Not so much fun for the adults with strikes, power cuts and the three day week though😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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