retina said:

34

There's something to be said about teddy's in the 70s - they usually had legs that hung down instead of like they were sitting. I still have three of mine! Did you keep yours?

AzureStarr said:

we aint right sometimes

AzureStarr said:

AzureStarr said:

34? Really? Wow, you look like you'd be 23 or something.

I think I kept my teddybear, it must be in a box somewhere. And yeah - now that you mention it, it did prefer to stand up. Teddybears these days are too damn lazy.

Mach said:

I wish my friends had the guts to do something like that today! We'd probably all get arrested though... lol

TMPletz said:

You didn't have a thing for Star Wars, did you?

AzureStarr said:

i know the local cops... AND i can outrun them

retina said:

Thank you...

Find and KEEP the teddy! Hell, pull it out and sleep with it again!

Mach said:

Not only do I miss the 70's, but now I wanna move back to the country!

AzureStarr said:

The bad thing was that I sold everything I had in a garage sale in 1984.

When the toys from the original trilogy made a comeback in the 90s, I bought EVERYTHING to make up for that day of regret.

AzureStarr said:

Hey, I can get company in bed without bringing out my dusty old toys!

TMPletz said:

Ugh... don't you wish you could go back and take back those garage sales? I sold all of my matchbox cars in the 80's, too, and I wish I had them today.



When my kids outgrow things I take and box up what they may one day want, before they have a chance to give it away and regret it later.

retina said:

I choked on my water just now to prevent from shooting it all over the place! Ya nut!

AzureStarr said:

"Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories." -- Walter Benjamin

RhondaJoyDiva said:

awe.....

my future wife was also born in the 70's

her immortal beloved,
james aaron

2the9s said:

So true.

*sigh*

Do you just think this stuff up or did you have to google that?

AzureStarr said:

Check his profile.

AzureStarr said:

I googled up Benjamin before for that "Picture of your Books" thread, because I know he wrote this famous essay called "Unpacking My Library." But I found that quote instead (I don't know where it's from) and it just seemed more appropriate.

It's funny, this thread is kind of like that other thread. lol I used to collect comic books in the 70s the same way and maybe for some of the same reasons I collect books now.

So, short answer? YES I GOOGLED IT!!

2the9s said:

And here I was trying to make it seem like you had the book in your bookshelf.

I'll never stand up for you again.

Stevie and Marvin in their primes.

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2the9s said:

Good, otherwise I may have developed a short-term crush on you had you pulled that from memory.

I used to collect comic books, too! My dad and I would go to flea markets and buy tons of them for pennies! Well, those were mine. His he liked "new" looking and he keeps them in those plastic covers. I had stacks and stacks of them!

Archie
Richie Rich
Dot

Those were my favorite... probably not up your alley, but I'm a girl!

God, that's funny. I remember laying backwards in the seat in the back of the car, reading my comics, before we had to "click it or ticket", and I'd get the most agonizing headaches from reading upside down with my head hanging off the edge of the seat!

brownsugar said:

AzureStarr said:

Damn my alcoholic memory!



Yeah, I used to go through periods of putting them in those plastic covers, but could never be arsed [damn, I gotta stay away from those British Orgers ] to most of the time. I used to like reading them, and handling them, and organizing and reorganizing them too much. lol




Yeah, thy're pretty girly. What about those Romance ones?

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AzureStarr said:

I can just picture a small little you organizing them over and over!

Romance ones? Ack! I'm not into romance first of all, but I really liked the comics with the goofy art and not the art/drawings that looked like real people. No Batman, no westerns - mindless, pointless, and pretty much plotless is where it was at for me!

AzureStarr said:

I remember those matchbox cars! My older brothers had them, and we used to play with them alot as youngins.

DexMSR said:

Dude! One of 2 of my fave monsters from the 70's who was unapologetically scarey(the other being H.N.R. Puff'n'Stuff).

medina said:

You were scared of Godzilla?? Why?