By being hard heads and not converting over: John Deep, Minneapolis Moline, Case, and The Big 3 almost went out of business, because Europe had an upcoming law that stated: "if it is not built on the metric system, then it cannot be sold in Europe", after the law took effect, American products could not be sold in Europe. Around the mid-seventies suddenly all American machines and other products, were on the metric system. President Carter tried to get them to change but no one would listen to him, everyone was acting like it was un-American to make the change.
@mikkibaker69072 сағат бұрын
How about the Eastern Shuttle on the East Coast and the LAX-SFO shuttle on PSA?
@jerrytaliercio90872 сағат бұрын
Our good old days for sure! WTF happened?
@celestemichon10384 сағат бұрын
Let me tell you one skill, the baby boomers do have and that’s counting change and knowing how to tell the time, I’m sorry, but the newer generation does not know how to give somebody change unless the machine tells them what to do. It’s really sad. They can’t add in subtract.
@user-ly1bi3qi3p4 сағат бұрын
The biggest thing, was it was pretty safe... ..not today..
@ralphferreirajr.93824 сағат бұрын
My uncle sent me this video and I knew that before watching it I would love it.and indeed I did...also I realized that I am old already.hahahaha
@kamicrum44085 сағат бұрын
Anyone remember the10 pm punluc servic announcement "Do you know where your chikdren are?"😊
@matrox6 сағат бұрын
Beeman's Teaberry gum...I want some now but nobody sells it anymore.🥹😭
@matrox6 сағат бұрын
Beamens Teaberry was and still is my favorite gum. Anyone remember Dentyne gum?😁
@matrox6 сағат бұрын
I wore a Fedora hat as a kid in the early and mid 60s to church and dress up family affairs, I hated them until my older brother got one that looked like Dick Tracey's/gangster styled. Then I wanted one like his, can't remember if I ever got one though.
@dirtbag5656 сағат бұрын
This video should just be called depression video
@matrox6 сағат бұрын
I still carry keys, change, bills a wallet and a pocket knife. Handkerchiefs were disgusting.
@e.a.p31746 сағат бұрын
I was born in 59 and I remember my mom always dressed up to go grocery shopping. Even as children we wore suits to go to church.
@michelecaron7 сағат бұрын
Buntoni frozen pizza discs..>come home from school and throw one in toaster, can’t find anymore 😢
@robertrockwell75818 сағат бұрын
I started working at K-mart in June 1978 at 2.75 an Hour. and left in 1982 at 4.20 an hour in the shoe dept. which was not owned by K-mart it was owned by a company called Melville Discount out of New Jersey. I worked in Southgate Michigan. made a lot of good friends there. hate wearing a tie though every day.
@robertrockwell75818 сағат бұрын
still own a Realistic C.B. radio and a Radio Shack C.B. radio.
@pernelldh8 сағат бұрын
The Speedway Murders | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIe9oa17rcZ2r6c
@jackiebarker40828 сағат бұрын
I wish they would have keep foil trays i think they cooked better in the oven
@user-vy7fz9si3v9 сағат бұрын
Born 1952,at 18 i had an m,16, in my hands no regrets
@AlbertPendergraff-rp7jp9 сағат бұрын
I ve got 10 pocket watches from my family
@Powerduo889 сағат бұрын
Sorry, but black ppl had such a hard time during this era. This video was disingenuous esp showing the pic of the smiling black fam in the car, but that doesn't mean all was equal or good. Black ppl, regardless of socioeconomic standing, were treated so poorly. So, many of you had great childhoods and that is great, but ots because you were white. Blacks don't want to go back in time to relive the lynchings, blatant racism in every sector of society, red lining, segregation, and police brutality. I know some folks hate when the REAL 60s are brought up, but it's the truth.
@petermotta162310 сағат бұрын
I still have my Lionel trains from 1963 given to me on Christmas Day. By the way, they still work.
@jademusic121110 сағат бұрын
Why generalize?😂 Not every girl did these things. I didn't like Charlie's Angel's or care about Farrah's hair, for example (I preferred Starsky & Hutch and didn't fuss with my hair). I never learned how to use a sewing machine, and never had hot pants. Granted, I only turned 15 at the end of the decade, so maybe I was a little too young for some things. I did wear blue eye shadow, though, but not until the early 80's.
@jimmesc11 сағат бұрын
🐎 How could you forget SECRETARIAT 🐴
@TyBlack-dc1fi11 сағат бұрын
Yeah, I miss these days. So sad compared to now.
@user-ed8sy2mo2g11 сағат бұрын
Im one of the last of the baby boomer generation. My grandfather fought in WWII. My father servied as a hard hat diver during the Korean War. I had more freedom growing up than this generation hand s down. My advice to this generation to wake up now and get real.
@marciayoung873512 сағат бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't bring up the Vegas
@marciayoung873512 сағат бұрын
Omg thank you for mentioning the pet rock, i personally did not buy one or get one put a lot of my friends did, that dude made a killing selling his backyard 😂
@starababa198512 сағат бұрын
When a new cereal came out, a little sample box would come in the mail. You sliced into the side, folded back the cut flaps and added milk. Free breakfast!
@katpic947012 сағат бұрын
Simpiler birthdays with pin 4mthe tail on the donkey , hot potato and musical chairs.. all with neighborhood kids .. 😊
@AlbertPendergraff-rp7jp12 сағат бұрын
I collected model cars from the 1970 and records and 8 track tapes and I have a real car from the 70's that I got when I was 16 years old
@ronpeacock993913 сағат бұрын
2 things I don't miss.. Harvest Gold and Avacado Green kitchens.. and Wood Paneling in teh rest of the house.
@rodneydowney256114 сағат бұрын
The television revolution took place in the fifties. Radio was a phenomenon of the thirties and forties.
@jademusic121114 сағат бұрын
It's not that anyone's really forgotten these things. It's that some people lived without them, so they didn't know. I never grew up with shag carpet, went to Disney, and I was too young to drive.. plus, we didn't have a lot of money so HBO would have been an unnecessary luxury..so you don't miss or remember what you never had.
@LaurinaHawks14 сағат бұрын
I miss record stores so badly.
@simonbone14 сағат бұрын
1:16 There was no appeal to automatic seat belts. It was a way of complying with US federal law requiring passive safety devices in cars (the VW ad seen in the video refers to this - it took effect gradually). Ideally this was supposed to be air bags, but cheaper automatic seat belts counted too - you will notice that cars do not have both. Once air bags became standard, these belts disappeared.
@RT22-pb2pp14 сағат бұрын
Best thing from 70s was hair styles and braless chicks. The best 2 things ever from 70s
@aschule568414 сағат бұрын
Depending where you lived it was called something different but Halloween was always 2 nights of fun in the 60's and 70's. October 30'th where I grew up was "cabbage night", and kids did some very naughty stuff. Raiding peoples gardens for the left over rotting veggies to throw at cars. People waxed people's house and car windows and hid in the dark and threw eggs at passing cars. People had to be very careful if they were out driving that night. If you were going through a heavily populated kid infested area, chances were better than good that you were going to get egged from hiding kids waiting for you to come by.
@user-jn2wx7db1c14 сағат бұрын
1970s people were into nature and empathy for native Americans. Nobody seems to care about pollution and poor on reservations anymore. The problems have not gone away.
@user-jn2wx7db1c14 сағат бұрын
Motocross was big. Dirt bikes. Love beads. CB radios in cars.
@greggwolffis721115 сағат бұрын
We started our day by standing next to our desks with our right hand over our hearts and saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Immediately followed by everyone closing their eyes and bowing their heads while the teacher lead us in prayer. 🇺🇲 🙏
@BruceMusto15 сағат бұрын
Brother, you just went through my entire childhood.
@luvutons41116 сағат бұрын
Well...school being from 1966 to 1978 for me...brains and the use of them, books, writing paper including pencils, pens. Ooops...forgot about a human called a teacher...geez..
@jeffcarter40317 сағат бұрын
My wife graduated from the highschool that was on the water tower. Savannah Missouri Savages.
@consuelolopez821117 сағат бұрын
Great memories! Technology may be wonderful and efficient, but the nice things we had back in the day are irreplaceable! I went to a school in the "poor district" but what they didn't have in material wealth, they made up with reading programs! We had a class reading circle, a class library, a school library, the county "Bookmobile" would come to the campus every two weeks during lunch time, and we were given a "Weekly Reader" periodical with the Scholastic Book Club offers to purchase books. Books back then were inexpensive and could be obtained on a kid's allowance! I credit the emphasis on reading, language skills, and excellent teachers who taught us "phonics" and spelling with my success in education in my later years. As low tech as we were, we did get a good education!
@vaderkenobifan17 сағат бұрын
I remember when it cost a dime to make a phone call at a pay phone 👵😳
@NCC-170120 сағат бұрын
Saturday Morning Cartoons were The BEST!!!!! And how about the long-time urban legend that "Mikey" (LIFE cereal commercial) supposedly died from mixing Coke-a-Cola and Pop Rocks!!!! 💥 The first movie I remember watching in childhood was Star Wars at the DRIVE-IN!!!
@carlosdelcampojr.344320 сағат бұрын
Although I was born in 1976, I remember a lot of this in the 80's. Your channel is one of my favorites and I appreciate your work here. You make remembering the past a pleasant experience. THANK YOU!!