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Ranger Mom
08-18-2005, 06:39 PM
I remembered the majority of these!!

You wore a rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves, and the rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the other.

You made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven and washed them down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.

You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.

You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.

You learned to skate with actual skates (not rollerblades) that had metal wheels.

You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)

You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.

You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.

You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the "Dorothy Hamil" because your Mom was sick of braiding your hair. People sometimes thought you were a boy.

Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.

You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.

You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.

You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits.

You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.

You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.

You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle).

You also had a pair of salt-water sandals.

You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Olson!

You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink.

Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket.

You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.

You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic.

You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.

Every now and then "It's a Hard Knock Life" from the movie, "Annie" will pop into your brain and you can't stop singing it the whole day.

YOU had Star Wars action figures, too!

It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard of Oz" would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!

You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry.


Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or Rick Springfield?"

You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record album.

You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom. Pot holders - I believe they were called "loom loopers".

You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!

You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.

You couldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when you ordered books from the Weekly Reader book club. Double score if it was a teddy bear dressed in clothing.

You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blum books.

You thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was about aerobics.

You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.

You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.

You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side, and a Sit-n-Spin.

You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.

You spent all your allowance on smurfs and stickers for your sticker album!
:D

44INAROW
08-18-2005, 06:55 PM
I remember way too many of them :D

LH Panther Mom
08-18-2005, 07:06 PM
Originally posted by 44INAROW
I remember way too many of them :D

Same for me! :eek:

lepfan
08-18-2005, 07:08 PM
Ouch...me too! Hey gauchos are back in style!

LH Panther Mom
08-18-2005, 07:13 PM
Originally posted by lepfan
Ouch...me too! Hey gauchos are back in style!

Ewwwww! I hate it when stuff I wore "way back when" comes back in style. 3 or 4 years ago, I walked into the office. There was a female employee who had on the exact same shirt, except different colors, that I had in 9th grade. :(

GreenMonster
08-18-2005, 09:09 PM
Ladies, ladies, ladies. The title of this thread is "Girls of the Seventies'" not girls in their seventies. :D

PhiI C
08-18-2005, 09:44 PM
Unfortunately I was a MAN of the 70s!!! :D

At least I was a young Man! :)

LH Panther Mom
08-18-2005, 09:49 PM
Originally posted by GreenMonster
Ladies, ladies, ladies. The title of this thread is "Girls of the Seventies'" not girls in their seventies. :D

:foul: :foul: Somebody needs to go back to their corner. :p :D

TAMUGRAD
08-18-2005, 10:00 PM
Yep, have to say I'm rememberin'.

You forgot cut off shorts, all that embroidery on those chambray shirts (or iron on patches), and bicentennial stuff on everything,
advacado green and harvest gold appliances, mushrooms on all kinds of art work. Can anyone think of any more?

44INAROW
08-18-2005, 10:06 PM
Originally posted by TAMUGRAD
Yep, have to say I'm rememberin'.

You forgot cut off shorts, all that embroidery on those chambray shirts (or iron on patches), and bicentennial stuff on everything,
advacado green and harvest gold appliances, mushrooms on all kinds of art work. Can anyone think of any more?

I do remember the embroidery Holly Hobby shirts........:)

lepfan
08-18-2005, 10:25 PM
Originally posted by 44INAROW
I do remember the embroidery Holly Hobby shirts........:)

I remember doing embroidery of Holly Hobby on a shirt!

Ranger Mom
08-18-2005, 10:35 PM
Hehe.....I remember the rainbow shirt.

I thought I looked SO GOOD in it!!:D

exbccards76'smom
08-19-2005, 05:27 AM
I had the winged haircut. How about the urban cowboy rage? I participated in that, too! Or sneaking into the "R" rated version of Saturday Night Fever?

underware
08-19-2005, 09:05 AM
Cute! I remember my Big Wheel. I loved that thing. I swung that thing around so fast on the gravel that I would fly off and scrape myself from head to toe. It was great!

44INAROW
08-19-2005, 09:07 AM
Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Hehe.....I remember the rainbow shirt.

I thought I looked SO GOOD in it!!:D

my mother still has my faded bell bottoms with the frayed hem and the butt was so worn, well, you get the idea...... oh and the big WIDE white belt I wore with them.l I tied the "work shirt" and make a mid-drift out of it - oh the memories :D

CenTexSports
08-19-2005, 09:51 AM
My favorite was HOT PANTS. The Texas Rangers used to have hot pants night. Any girl, young lady, or woman wearing hot pants got in free. I took my girlfriend to several of these games. What a wonderful experience for a teenager that loved baseball almost as much as his girlfriend. On second thought who loved his girlfriend almost as much as he loved baseball.

pancho villa
08-19-2005, 09:54 AM
I grew up then, and my wife is one of those girls. Boy do I feel old!!!!!