Sea Monkeys, Mood Rings, Men on the Moon, Black Lights and Hippies...

[David In Indy]

Uh I did and I think Janice might have too but it was so atrocious it deserves to be mentioned again....  just like that sculpted high low pile that was popular back then too. 

We had shag carpeting in just about every room of our house in the seventies. In the sixties I remember we had hardwood floors in many of the rooms with awful brown and orange yarn area rugs in the living room and the basement. When I think of the 60's, those ugly yarn rugs is one of the first things I think about. Actually I was glad to get the shag carpets. I hated those yarn rugs even when they were considered "fashionable".


Remember the "Bicentenial Minute"? Which network did that? Anyone remember? I think it was CBS.

Oh, and "It's 11:00. Do you know where your children are?" I think that might have been from the 1980's.

[David In Indy]

I had a mood ring, and it was my most prized treasure!!  Let's see if I can remember the 'moods' offhand:

Blue=cool, very relaxed
Green=nervous+tense
Yellow=?/don't remember
Orange/Red=angry
Purple=sexy

^That was my rusty memory, anyway.   From HowStuffWorks.com:

    * Dark blue: Happy, romantic or passionate
    * Blue: Calm or relaxed
    * Blue-green: Somewhat relaxed
    * Green: Normal or average
    * Amber: A little nervous or anxious
    * Gray: Very nervous or anxious
    * Black: Stressed, tense or feeling harried

Thanks Laura!!

So Dark Blue meant Happy, Romantic and Passionate?

My ring was always blue.  I guess this helps to explain my gay, lustful and horny impulses back then!

[Toycoon]

Wacky packages

Shee-it! I still have my original Wacky Packages from childhood. They are my favorite subversive product of the 1970's.
I love my 70's MAD magazines, too. I have a ton of those, too.

[Toycoon]

I also remember a big ball with a handle on it. I'd sit on it and bounce around the basement! I forget what those things were called. Mine was blue I think.

Hoppity hop and hoppity horse. Later on they made Hoppity Micky Mouse and Hoppity Donald Duck.

[Toycoon]

I also had a Big Jim doll and he had his own camper!

As far as toys go, Big Jim was a total fox and his 'buddy' Big Josh was even cuter!

[David In Indy]

As far as toys go, Big Jim was a total fox and his 'buddy' Big Josh was even cuter!

Oh my God, I don't think I've ever heard of Big Josh. It's a good thing I didn't hear of him. I would have nagged my parents senseless for him! Have mercy, just look at those abs!!

[Clyde-B]

Oh my God, I don't think I've ever heard of Big Josh. It's a good thing I didn't hear of him. I would have nagged my parents senseless for him! Have mercy, just look at those abs!!

Hmmmm.   Big Jim and Big Josh alone in that camper...  Hmmmm

[injest]

Hmmmm.   Big Jim and Big Josh alone in that camper...  Hmmmm

then GI Joe stops by with some beer.....

[dot-matrix]

and you get a menage a trois 

[Toycoon]

and you get a menage a trois 

I wanna come over an' play at Dot Matrix's house!