it's 1976 - what would you be doing right now

ok so there is no internet, no google

no nothing pretty much as far as i am concerned

we actually used pens with ink in them

we spun records

we danced

we breahed outside and had real fun

in person with real people (in the flesh)

our friends

so again I ask?

it's 1976 - what would you be doing right now?

Watching these shows

[Edited 9/9/14 20:11pm]

Seeing as I was 6 in 1976, I'd be sleeping. It's after midnight on a school night.

Wasn't alive so I guess I'd be floating around somewhere waiting for my turn to hatch on Earth

I was 11 yrs old then, so I would be going on a lot of school trips, play double dutch, hopscotch, skelly, red light, green light, spin the bottle, run catch and kiss, ride my bike and going to my neighborhood park, right across the street from my old residence. I don't see too many kids this active anymore because I believe that technology has made them lazy and obese.

i'd have been 7.

the uk had heatwave weather & severe drought that year, hottest since records began. we'd never even heard of sun cream & getting sunburn was part & parcel of summer.

i remember that my mum was upset that her lawn had turned brown.

i would have just gone back to school after the summer holidays, where i would have spent every possible hour playing outside with the other kids from our estate.. in between mealtimes we'd be riding bikes, skating, skateboards.. pissing the neighbours off as we kicked balls against their walls & hopping over their fences to get them, spent time at the beach, played down the harbour at the lock gates

as the end of the day would draw near, the kids would get tired & create aggro & start fights.. then the parents would start calling us in.

always a bath before bed

lovely memories of the days where mum did everything for us,

around that age i seem to remember charlie's angels, lassie, tizwas, swap shop, lone ranger, zorro, black beauty & man from atlantis on the telly..

music wise, the osmonds, abba & showaddywaddy featured heavily

holidays usually consisted of a week in a static caravan, butlins or some other cheezy holiday park down 'the west country'

Going to disco clubs and fuckin.

Going to rock clubs and fuckin.

Going to rock concerts and fuckin.

Going to soul concerts and make love.

I'm only 23. And my mom was born in 1972. So this is all just a guess of course

[Edited 9/10/14 1:14am]

I was 5 then, but if I was an adult I would be boozing or screwing, because what else was there even to do

ZombieKitten said:

I was 5 then, but if I was an adult I would be boozing or screwing, because what else was there even to do

OK, reading what excited said, I could be boozing whilst getting a tan! and I could be writing songs and taking photos with a Pentax K1000 and saving all my money to make my own darkroom.

I'd have been 17 in 1976.

I'd be at basketball practice.

Then I'd rive around in my 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix.

I'd be listening to KISS, Aerosmith, and disco.

I'd be doing this:




...instead of being in front of a computer.

ZombieKitten said:

I'd probably be in social studies or English class.

I'd be in my junior year of high school right now.

I was going to as many concerts as my mom would allow and pay for,

WAR

the Bar Kays

Kool and the Gang

Johnny Taylor

Earth Wind and Fire

Just to name a few. It was a helluva time to be a teen.

SuperSoulFighter said:

PurpleJedi said:

I'd be doing this:




...instead of being in front of a computer.

Are those the blue prints to the Death Star?

I was just starting or about to start 2nd grade! Ft Rucker Alabama!

[Edited 9/11/14 4:10am]

Have you all ever read a comment from an Orger and then thought, "Oh, THAT explains it!"....

SeventeenDayze said:

Have you all ever read a comment from an Orger and then thought, "Oh, THAT explains it!"....

walking around with my Fonzie T-shirt on thinking I'm so cool,lol

Buying tons of Microsoft stock.

Being born I guess, then learning how to gurgle and hopefully by Christmas sit up as I was born on April 30th that year.

Changing my diaper.

SeventeenDayze said:

Have you all ever read a comment from an Orger and then thought, "Oh, THAT explains it!"....

me! haha I messed that up. I do not think can blame that on dylexia.