21 pics that will remind you of (or teach you about) life in the '70s.
Often, when live gets stressful, many of us yearn for things to be like the used to be in the old days. But were the good old days as easy as you think?
Remember when Facebook wasn't about being bombarded with your friends' or family's political views?
Maybe you’ve been feeling it lately, too—that aching longing for a simpler, (arguably) better time from your childhood. There is something deeply magical about remembering what things used to be like. And it’s enjoyable to think back to the good old days for a few moments, even if you know you’re viewing everything through rose-colored glasses.
Ah, good old university days. A time of life where everything is a little bit chaotic, a little bit confusing, and a whole lot of fun. From staying up all night studying for exams to navigating the maze of course schedules, there's never a dull moment during your time as a student. And let's not forget about the sometimes hard-to-remember parties, lifelong friendships, and the indelible memories that come with them.
Mercurochrome.... Merthiolate... If you read the words above and have no clue what I am talking about chances are you are much younger than me or at least younger than your early thirties. If you read the words above and cringed then you know exactly what I'm talking about! It came in a little bottle with a cap that served as a dropper or just had a stick on it. It was this reddish orange color that stained everything it touched including your skin for days. And it was what my momma used on every cut, scrape, or injury involving blood throughout my childhood. Just the mention of it brought tears to my eyes. Sometimes I wouldn't even tell my momma if I cut myself or had a bike wreck for fear she'd break out the mercurochrome. What made me remember the good ole days where all cuts and injuries were treated with this reddish orange antiseptic from the devil? My little one was running the other night and fell on the concrete driveway- scraping the crud out of his knee. He came running up to me, big tears streaming down his face and a small stream of blood running down his leg. "Don't touch it momma! No I don't want you to wash it off!" I ran in the house scrambling for something to clean it with. I pushed the peroxide aside and grabbed this Instant Antibiotic spray foam - the creators of Band-Aid produce it and in big letters on the front of the bottle it reads... HURT-FREE. So as I sat there coaxing my little one in to letting me spray this on his leg, promising it wouldn't hurt I had flashbacks of the cleansing antiseptic my momma dabbed on my cuts and scrapes. It was most definitely NOT hurt free. It stung like the dickens and she never promised it wouldn't hurt. In most cases the application of mercurochrome to my injury was more painful than the injury itself. I think peroxide would have been a welcome alternative. But before you start thinking of my momma as some demented woman who took pleasure in dishing out more pain and if you are younger, just know that it was what the doctor recommended. And did you know that whatever properties it possessed, it also apparently aided in minimizing scarring? So if you grew up with mercurochrome then you are probably as thankful as I am for all of the research and progress and for companies like Johnson and Johnson that produce hurt free antiseptics. And I guess what doesn't kill you makes you stronger... In 1998 the US Food and Drug Administration said that mercurochrome was not generally recognized as safe and effective as an over the counter antiseptic. Oh yeah and it contains mercury. Ok FDA- coming out with that observation 20 years earlier would have saved me a lot of pain!
It's a miracle that any of us survived childhood in the 1960s!
Their very name still deeply divides opinion. For some, the Eleven-Plus exams, which determined whether a child would go to a grammar school or the academically inferior secondary modern, set the educational benchmark.
You Can Turn Your Favourite Sweets Into Candy Flavoured Vodka
It was those things that gave you the sense of “ahhhhh.”
John Idzik has to be the only NFL general manager to receive a letter of recommendation from Captain Kangaroo. Idzik was a ballboy of sorts at Jets training camp when his father, John, was offensiv…
RIP Trix yogurt.
Were you really a kid if you didn't do these things?
Es tut immer noch weh.
The idea of strange alternative shorthand writing systems has, for a while, held in me a certain special appeal: the idea of drawing a few short alien symbols to represent entire phrases and…
If you are under 55, you simply won’t understand…
Simpler times.
Koalas und Ahoj Brause!
What was life like in the 'decade that taste forgot'
K-stater. Avid Reader. Wannabe Singer. Comic Book Lover. Football Fanatic. Pearl Wearing. Jesus Loving. Texas Girl.
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Ben je ouder dan 25? Dan brengen deze vergeten dingen je meteen weer terug naar je jeugd. Wij verzamelen 15 dingen die we niet vaak meer zien.
So many memories.
Simpler times.
1 9 7 0 (UK) 32 x 5 minute episodes Parsley is a small very friendly lion who lives in an old deserted herb garden. This is how he came to be called 'Parsley' for both his mane and tail are made of the best parsley leaves. Joining him on his adventures were Dill the Dog
Today is the birthday of Marlo Thomas (b. 1937). It may be ironic, but it’s likely that Ann Marie’s Quixotic attempts to be a successful Broadway actress in New York would have been amo…
LET'S REMEMBER.
Did you know that Silly Putty was originally marketed to adults? Read on for more interesting tidbits about this fun and magical stuff!
Pot Noodle and cheestrings for dinner again?
BuzzFeed’s love of Grumpy Cat is well documented, but find out why Morris was an even bigger sensation.
Interesting thing about now deceased Theda Nelson Clark one time matriarch of the infamous AIM pie patrol that consisted in part of Madonna Gilbert Thunderhawk and Lorelei DeCora Means is the famil…
Basically ancient history.
For those of us who appreciate humour, inuendoes and a game, Match Game was one of the favourites of the 1970s. Originally produced in the late 1960s, The Match Game was two team leaders who with t…
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Recordarás hasta el olor de los sillones.
Thirty years ago, eighty-one year old Clara Peller uttered the immortal words “where’s the beef?”
Before having my third (and FINAL!) child and finding that I no longer have time to brush my hair let alone do anything else, I used to ru...
With all our talk of Kardashian craziness or royal baby madness, sometimes it's nice to just sit down with a legendary performer sans the hype, the chaos, and the umbrella of the tabloids. Yet last night at the Academy of the Television Arts and Sciences, you would have thought that Kate and William were about to show off their new son based on the crowds surrounding the Emmy HQs. But, alas, there was no royal baby to be seen: The only royalty in the house was the legendary Carol Burnett, who brought out a packed-to-capacity audience to witness "An Evening With Carol Burnett," moderated by Kristin Chenoweth (who gave Inside the Actors Studio's James Lipton a run for his money if I do say so myself). I caught up with Carol on the red carpet prior to the evening's festivities to talk about career advice, the new Annie movie, and whether she'd do another variety show. But first... 10 Things You Didn't Know About Carol Burnett 1) Jim Carrey wrote Carol a fan letter when he was 10 years old. Kristin Chenoweth wrote her one as well, but she didn't send it! 2) Carol admitted to not watching much network
Take a stroll down memory lane with this blast from the past!
