Where? Much of this stuff you describe was true in the mid-60s where I lived (suburban MN), but not in 75.
>Woodstock was Snoopys friend.
And a famous '69 music festival.
In 75 my parents had credit cards (as did all of their friends). We shopped at a supermarket and shopping malls. We ate tons of pre-packaged food like TV dinners and spaghetti O's - far more than people do today. Fast food was MacDonalds, BK, etc. Milk came in cartons from the supermarket.
Newspaper once a day. TV had been color for many years and we got at least a dozen channels. Radio was FM for music AM for news/sports. 8 track tapes and cassettes were everywhere. Most people had touch-tone phones.
University was not free. I had been programming computers at school (junior high) for several years via dial-up time sharing.
I guess changes come to different parts of the country at very different rates.
I just barely remember something called "Watergate" (but I was 6 in 1974).
House had asbestos shingles. "Regular" leaded gasoline was a convenient cleaning solvent: you just siphoned some from your car (suck with your mouth to get the gas going through the hose).
Chlordane was used to control termites- it worked great!
In 1975 people were really starting to dump their tube electronics. This was a great source of parts. Also Lafayette electronics was awesome. TV service was still common.
You helped your dad with replacing brake shoes on the 1972 "Super Beetle".
"Where? Much of this stuff you describe was true in the mid-60s where I lived (suburban MN), but not in 75."
Aus. In a lot of ways the US was far more advanced than the rest of the world in '75. You can see that in the every day technology. There's another cause, I lived right on the outer fringes of Melbourne [0] and to give you an idea how small, most of the kids I went to school were delivered by one of two local doctors. [1] The thing that strikes me re-reading my post, then yours is how shockingly fast the Australian caught up and passed the US in a lot of ways.
As a kid the US sounded like a large and interesting place. Somewhere you might be aspire to move too. Now? not a chance. Aus has mostly free medical care and education, little gun violence, less advertising, advanced technology [2] and I'm asking myself, "what the hell happened in the US from '75 to now to make it as it is now?"
Btw, this isn't a criticism of the people of the US. What caused the structural tangle of politics, violence and religion that makes the country a place to avoid?
"And a famous '69 music festival."
Duh, where do you think Shultz got the name? The point I'm making is the concert here was better known by a weekly comic strip than the music on the radio. Certainly available on LP though.
>Woodstock was Snoopys friend.
And a famous '69 music festival.
In 75 my parents had credit cards (as did all of their friends). We shopped at a supermarket and shopping malls. We ate tons of pre-packaged food like TV dinners and spaghetti O's - far more than people do today. Fast food was MacDonalds, BK, etc. Milk came in cartons from the supermarket.
Newspaper once a day. TV had been color for many years and we got at least a dozen channels. Radio was FM for music AM for news/sports. 8 track tapes and cassettes were everywhere. Most people had touch-tone phones.
University was not free. I had been programming computers at school (junior high) for several years via dial-up time sharing.
I guess changes come to different parts of the country at very different rates.