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03-07-2010 , 10:05 PM

#151

spike420211

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Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 9,509

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Originally Posted by diebitter

Srs question. Which ones of these have you ever knocked one out for.

Jan, Marcia, Cindy, Carol Brady, or Alice?

I long fantasized about Florence Henderson showing up @ my house w a bottle of Wesson oil...

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03-07-2010 , 10:14 PM

#152

inside??

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,739

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03-07-2010 , 10:35 PM

#153

C1rcasClown

stranger

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 10

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Originally Posted by Dominic

[*]No MP3s, no CDs, no DVDs, no VHS, no Blockbuster.

What's a Blockbuster?

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03-07-2010 , 10:39 PM

#154

adizzle13

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 6,872

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Originally Posted by C1rcasClown

What's a Blockbuster?

fireworks imo

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03-09-2010 , 08:40 PM

#155

Barfunkel

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Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,403

How did that porn movies in movie theatres thing work? People were pretending they didn't see anyone masturbating? Watching porn (even old porn with actual plots, acting and stuff) in a room full of strangers sounds like the most uncomfortable situation I could imagine myself in.

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03-09-2010 , 08:45 PM

#156

A8 Fold Path

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 177

That is why VHS was so huge so fast: the average guy never went into an adult theater. Getting porn in the privacy of your living room was a big plus.

You either had Playboy/Hustler/etc. or titty bars... adult theaters were definitely for the more "dedicated" viewers of pornography.

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03-09-2010 , 11:27 PM

#157

spike420211

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Originally Posted by Barfunkel

all the porno movie houses i went to [including Mitchell Bros. in SF and Berkeley]
were REALLY DARK inside. What was really weird is that they had popcorn stands in front.

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03-09-2010 , 11:30 PM

#158

A8 Fold Path

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 177

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Originally Posted by spike420211

all the porno movie houses i went to [including Mitchell Bros. in SF and Berkeley]
were REALLY DARK inside. What was really weird is that they had popcorn stands in front.

spike, you ever make it to the Pussycat on Shattuck or the one on Broadway? Pretty nasty IMHO.

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03-09-2010 , 11:30 PM

#159

adizzle13

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Originally Posted by spike420211

all the porno movie houses i went to [including Mitchell Bros. in SF and Berkeley]
were REALLY DARK inside. What was really weird is that they had popcorn stands in front.

using liquid popcorn butter for lube makes your experience erotic and delicious imo

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03-10-2010 , 03:27 AM

#160

analoguesounds

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Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3,162

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Originally Posted by adizzle13

using liquid popcorn butter for lube makes your experience erotic and delicious imo

^popcorn boxes with holes in the base used here obviously

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03-10-2010 , 08:57 AM

#161

snafoo

old hand

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,463

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Originally Posted by gilmore38

One other thing about then, in the school holidays you would be kicked out of the house at about 9 am and go off and play with your friends until about 6pm and no one worried about where you were!

THIS! From ca. 5-6 years up.

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03-10-2010 , 09:05 AM

#162

snafoo

old hand

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,463

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Originally Posted by sokiraJ

how cool was star wars when it first came out?

I was living in Germany st that time. And I remember there was a discussion among parents if Star Wars was bad for kids.

Seriously!

I saw ESB first before the original because of that.

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03-10-2010 , 09:19 AM

#163

Hap Hapablap

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5,741

What's it like to know that you were 7 at the time that Hendrix died? Do you remember what you were doing when you heard the news?

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03-10-2010 , 09:53 AM

#164

biggerboat

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Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 48,484

Don't remember Hendrix dying, but I do remember where I was when I heard JFK got shot.

Cars were a lot different then. They had to be tuned up it seemed like all the time. Most didn't have power steering (or at least most that kids would drive). They generally weren't good for more than 100,000 miles if that. Dashboards cracked after a couple of years. 8 tracks were hilarious. They never worked right and you always needed a piece of cardboard to jam the tape in just right. We didn't have very good sound systems and I knew a bunch of guys that would put huge home cabinet speakers in their back seats. On the flip side, muscle cars were frickin' awesome.

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03-10-2010 , 10:14 AM

#165

MortalWombat

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Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,125

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Originally Posted by diebitter

Yeah, everyone talks about how great star wars was in the 70s, but there were some great TV shows watched by both kids and adults. Six million dollar man, Planet of the Apes, Kung Fu...all well loved by kids everywhere imo.

The Six Million Dollar Man jumped the shark with the Bigfoot story line imo.

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03-10-2010 , 11:13 AM

#166

ZackAttack

grinder

Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 548

Do you remember when Michael Jackson was young and black and had an afro?

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05-20-2010 , 10:47 PM

#167

Dominic

Tripod

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,270

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Originally Posted by ZackAttack

Do you remember when Michael Jackson was young and black and had an afro?

Why yes, I did.

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05-20-2010 , 10:50 PM

#168

JtotheF

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Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,188

did you have "typing" class in high school with actual typewriters?

Last edited by JtotheF; 05-20-2010 at 10:50 PM. Reason: i did...

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05-20-2010 , 10:58 PM

#169

spike420211

banned

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 9,509

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Originally Posted by DonkHappens

How much did condoms cost?
0.25

Was a dime bag really a dime?

yes. a pinched Oz~10.00$US.

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05-20-2010 , 11:01 PM

#170

spike420211

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Originally Posted by JtotheF

did you have "typing" class in high school with actual typewriters?

yes, in my junior year in HS.
Knowing where the "home keys" are has saved my ass when I hadta type sumthin fast...copynpaste has me up to 20+wpm now.

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Do you remember when Michael Jackson was young and black and had an afro?

He had a pet rat named Ben too.
Evry1 knew there was sumthin' wrong w/ him even back then.

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05-20-2010 , 11:04 PM

#171

spike420211

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Originally Posted by A8 Fold Path

spike, you ever make it to the Pussycat on Shattuck or the one on Broadway? Pretty nasty IMHO.

Both. Confirmed sleezy.
But probably 1 of the reasons I have such a balla immune system, 2 this very day...

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05-20-2010 , 11:10 PM

#172

spike420211

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Originally Posted by moded

how hard was it to get cigarettes as a minor?
they would bjtch if u got caught using the vending machine 4 cigs... otherwise, meh. They only carded 4 alkyhol back then [and in a few places, didn't card @ all.]

and did people really smoke in elevators?

yes. and restaurants too.

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05-20-2010 , 11:15 PM

#173

Degens_LOL

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 364

Did you meet Jesus or were you too young when he died ?

How was it to wipe your butt with tree leaves ?

Did you keep a dinosaur as a pet, if so, wich kind ?

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05-20-2010 , 11:19 PM

#174

spike420211

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Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 9,509

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Originally Posted by dieantwoord

Was interracial and anal or gangbang porn considered like some kinda sick fetish back then?
interracial-not considered sick
anal/gangbang-they'da locked yo sick ass up

How much was available and how expensive was a porn compared to a regular movie?

same price as a regular movie, IIRC.
Having grown up in the bay area in Cali, there was a variety of stuff.
Some porno movies had plots, even.
I will never forget Wang the Merciless, in "Flesh Gordon", commanding over 100 couples to f***. And they did, all at once, on this huge palace hollywood like set. Looked like one of those Japanese mass-participation thingz.

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05-20-2010 , 11:32 PM

#175

spike420211

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Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 9,509

power windows were not intro'd into cars until the early 70's,
and really didn't become common until the late 90's.
so u had to use 1 of these 2 get the window up or down:

car doors locked manually, with little buttons, too.

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