Nov. 11-17, 1970: A Week In The Life Of A 16-Year-Old (Missing: One Sister)

[@jraoul711]

Not one, but three sailors. Wow your sister was a rebel. Another great video Fred. Your taste in music is excellent.

[@onefatstratcat]

She was just doing her part to keep the moral up for our fine service men :)

[@MaxStax1]

Always happy when I see a notification that FredFlix posted a new video.

[@wnychevy09]

max stax me too

[@FredFlix]

Nice of you to say, max stax.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, wnychevy09.

[@cymoncyrado2879]

agreed... I always welcome flashbacks that don't involve melting wallpaper and "all the pretty colors".

[@23pamolson]

Hahahaha it's a dog bone,, it's not an insect, oh lawd, you triggered me

[@shortylong2010]

Many thanks for sharing, and the memories FredFlix: The World We Knew! Incidentally during this exact week which I think it was 17 NOV 1970 I met the Jackson Five at LAX in the wee early hours of the morning, and they had their Civies on without any body guards. They were catching a flight to Gary and I was headed elsewhere. They had a B-ball & we tossed it around. Moreover, go figure, today 08 MAR 2018 (43 years ago) their is a US Military ship with approx., 6500 personal docked over in the Nam!

[@FredFlix]

Great story, shortylong2010.

[@deborahphillips500]

Thanks again for sharing your memories with us. 1970 was quite a year us folks in Huntington WV. One of the Marshall U football players, David Griffith, and his wife Nancy, lived next door to my grandparents. I was visiting & that evening (Nov. 14) my grandma & I were watching a movie when they interrupted it with news of the plane crash. She was devastated, especially since Nancy (who was pregnant) had been among the folks who flew out with the team. Fortunately, she’d opted to visit her family in the area and didn’t take the flight back. It took about 3-4 days for us to learn that she was okay.

[@FredFlix]

Wow, Deborah!

[@ClayLoomis1958]

I think it was a rather reserved reaction by your Dad. I don't know that my Dad would have gone to the authorities in the same situation. He may have just ended their enlistments in life. Hope she's doing ok these days.

[@FredFlix]

She's doing well and is a grandmother, Clay.

[@tomservo56954]

I'm so glad

[@scottpetrone6284]

Wow my life wasn't all that exciting that early on. Not until 1991 when I headed to Saudi Arabia. It was good your sis came home and wasn't a member of the SLA. It was probably a crummy time none the less. Thanks for letting us in your life, great job Fred! Bravo Zulu....

[@FredFlix]

Thanks for watching these videos, Scott.

[@jhogan1960]

Thank you so much for these videos. I was 10 in 1970. I enjoy watching and remembering. Was it better then, who knows. I know I miss those times. Again, thanks.

[@donnal2585]

I have been watching your stuff all day. I actually felt as if I was in my room as a child feeling safe and secure, listening to Beatle records on my little green turntable. I was 9 when my sister called me and told me they broke up. I was devastated! Your videos are a delight. Funny as hell on several. Love, love, love your channel. So much hard work you must put into this. Thank you.

[@scottbrady7499]

as a tyke, I had just moved from new york to tacoma near sea tac airport. I remember monday night football, and the browns beating my childhood hero broadway joe. finally saw him play for real at shea, against o.j. and the bills back in nyc as an older lad. loved peggy lipton in those mod squads. amazing that twenty years later, in twin peaks.. she still looks like the girl in mod squad.

[@JennieWrenStar]

And 4000 miles away across the water it was my 10th birthday the next day Wed 18th. Almost exactly a year before my mother had come home from the hospital with my baby sister. As soon as she came in, she handed me the baby and said here is a real life dolly for you. I genuinely believed her too. I cared for my baby sister for years.

[@bas1010]

These Day in the Life pieces are pure gold. Hope you will make more. You are one year younger than me, and these really bring back the memories.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, bas1010. I've got a new Day in the Life coming soon. Then another Week in the Life.

[@AtticusFinch907]

Fred Flix, your videos rock. I was 10 in 1970. You have a great way of journaling your life. You also draw very well.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Marks. I should have taken some art lessons but never pursued it.

[@crushhardtack1997]

I've been watching your videos for a while now, and I'd say you've had a very interesting life, at least your childhood. I'm the youngest of 4 children, and I can relate to most of the stuff you show. I was born in 1959.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Crush. I don't know how interesting it was. I'm sure you can pick some days and weeks from your childhood that were about the same. It's in the telling, I guess.

[@23pamolson]

that, right there, that's your magic, whoever said you should write a book might be right, but I kinda like what you do right now

[@ronbloomberg]

Wow...I turned eight on Nov. 11, and life couldn't have been much better than it was back then. Yes...in my mind I'm living in the late sixties. But life was so much better then....

[@FredFlix]

Agreed. I want to go back, even though I'd have to write a letter by hand, get an envelope and stamp, stick it in the mail box, put the red flag up and wait a week for a response. It would still be worth it.

[@cordiscoscorner]

On November 16th 1970 i turned 14. WOW. Little did i know but those were amazing times.

[@april9th1821]

I was 5 and I remember it so well. Thanks for the memories.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Vincent...I mean, Dr. Phibes.

[@irishtino1595]

Nice video (again) . Thanks for the memories, was in grade school but remember the music.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Irish Tino.

[@randallsage6740]

Love the first music. Thank you for posting !!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Randall.

[@RusstheTroubadour]

Pretending..did some of that too Fred. Thanks for the content as always.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Russ.

[@Classicrocker6119]

I turned nine on December 5 of 1970. Thanks for sharing your story Fred. It looks like your family went through a lot that week.

[@FredFlix]

Truth to tell: It was a month! But I changed it to a week for the video.

[@jenniferpecha4393]

These videos just take me back every time.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Jennifer. Day One of school is coming up soon.

[@mikeaball2142]

I was 15 & a half in Nov.'70,so we share a lot of experiences.I'm from N.C.,not to far away.

[@jackr.3945]

Oh Fred I laughed so hard about your sister!!! The house next door with the sailors!!! That is the funniest thing EVER! LOL Thinking she certainly got even with your Dad on that one! Your dad must have been seeing RED to have those SAILORS fired, I can only imagine. Fabulous video and production! thanks much for it!

[@FredFlix]

I appreciate your comment, Jack.

[@FoxFanable]

Man, the stuff you share...you are real, Fred...thanks for sharing the good and bad...

[@FredFlix]

I appreciate that, Lloyd. I had a friend named Lloyd who told me, at age 5, what homework was. That's coming up in my next Day in the Life video.

[@Novaman67]

You just never fail to amaze me Fred.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@FredFlix]

Nice to hear, Terry.

[@don62snodgrass]

I love your videos! Good ole days.....Keep up the great work!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Don.

[@don62snodgrass]

FredFlix You’re most welcome. Your videos bring back so many good memories......

[@markromero5331]

Thanks for sharing Fred ! Very entertaining my friend ! 😃

[@FredFlix]

I appreciate that, Mark.

[@hordhouse2580]

I love these series💞💞loved seeing the school newspaper such sweet memories this brings back ( junior high 1979-82). This silly crap we put in those newspapers

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Hord House.

[@watershed44]

FredFlix I always look forward to new videos from you! I drop everything and watch. I'm so glad your sister was OK in the end. Those sailors deserved to be 4F, I can't imagine the worry your parents had for all those days. I'm sure she is a grandmother by now. LOL

[@FredFlix]

She is a grandmother and great person, watershed44. But here's a secret: She wasn't gone just a week. It was a month! However, I didn't want the title of the video saying, "A Month in the Life," so I used artistic license.

[@watershed44]

FredFlix OMG! Wow that's horrible. I can't imagine that those sailors never contacted your folks. Today that kind of thing would get them put in jail! Your parents must have been suffering so much misery during that time wondering! I'm glad she grew up and everything worked out fine in the end.

[@madvicar]

Thank you for sharing your story, it was quite a week for you! Possibly for me too - I would have been eight months old, and my wife, well, she was only just getting used to the world having been born a few days before! I wish you health and happiness from the UK, and May The Goddess keep and protect you. And keep making these cool videos!!

[@FredFlix]

Nice of you to say, madvicar.

[@GaryAa56]

Fred, I can listen to your childhoods anytime, you have a flare for telling a good story.

[@FredFlix]

I appreciate that, Gary.

[@mattw8332]

I wasn't around in 1970. We had Ironside broadcast in the UK with a load of repeats shown in the late 1990s.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Your week started on my brother's 8th birthday. I had just started kindergarten that year. Glad your sister came home.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Cap.

[@blondiefraser8969]

Hugs

[@23pamolson]

Fred, you are a gem, and plus one for your Dad, and plus infinity for the search engine, shades of Scooby

[@FredFlix]

Ha! Thanks, Pamela.

[@Cowboy1959]

One of the greatest punch lines ever: "Dad had them all kicked out of the Navy". What a harrowing week, Fred! I hope things worked out for you and your family in the long run.

[@FredFlix]

Truth to tell, Cowboy, she was gone a month, not a week. But I didn't want the video to be called "A Month in the Life," so I used artistic license. As for things working out, yes and no. Though I show mostly good moments in my videos, we were a dysfunctional family.

[@Cowboy1959]

What family wasn't dysfunctional in the post-war era, especially the '60s and '70s? Those were two really dysfunctional decades, and the "Leave It To Beaver" model just didn't exist in reality. Looking back now, I'm sure you have been able to put everything into perspective, as did your fellow family members over time. The fact that you can report on it in such a funny and entertaining way almost 50 years later is a testament to that.

[@FredFlix]

I think you're right, Cowboy.

[@CharMinsky]

Fred. Fred. Ohhhh. Thank God for your gifts. Blessings and truth. a fan. C.

[@FredFlix]

You made me smile, Char.

[@cymoncyrado2879]

2:55 OMG I had that identical van I bought 1979... same color and everything

[@thomasrsunday8945]

Jimi Hendrix passed away 9/18/70

[@seansmith8920]

I was born in 73 so obviously I don't remember any of this but it's fun to see what I missed

[@Lizmarie1965]

Great bid Fred! So what happened with your sis after that???

[@brendaproffitt1011]

Pretty cool I'm sorry my friend awesome job fred

[@FredFlix]

Thanks again, Brenda. Hope you are feeling better.

[@brendaproffitt1011]

FredFlix not all my friend thank you so much for everything that you do..I can't wait to see what you come up with next ..I've in and out of the hospital again

[@FredFlix]

I'll be thinking of you, Brenda.

[@brendaproffitt1011]

FredFlix thank you so much ..

[@MissMellyVee]

Loved your drawing, and loved your video. Was it just you and your sis, no other siblings?

[@FredFlix]

My brother turned 10 that year, Miss Melly. He was gay, my sister only cared about sex, drugs and rock and roll and I had an eating disorder and panic attacks for decades. Not the Brady Bunch.

[@MissMellyVee]

Indeed not the Brady Bunch, but who would want to be them, they were almost incestuous LOL... I am sorry to hear you suffered with an eating disorder and the panic attacks, how are those conditions now? better? How are your relationships with your sis and bro now you seemingly mention them in past tense? I do apologise if I am being too nosy, but I find your work so incredibly interesting, you have this beautiful nostalgic story telling ability you are also very creative, and I love the sentiment in all your videos.

[@draculimpaler4507]

And now if a 15 year old girl is half an hour late the FBI gets involved. Man we grew up in much simpler (and better imo) times Fred....still that's a pretty scary thing to have happened. Hope she settled down and has had a happy life...thank you for another great video as always sir.

[@FredFlix]

She's a grandmother, Dracul. But if that had happened today our family would be on Inside Edition.

[@draculimpaler4507]

That's nice to hear...she getting a kick out of you sharing that story or are you off the Christmas card list this year? lol

[@davidhurley1726]

Back in the day 1970 I was 15 years old

[@viewfromtheroad2656]

20 days later, 7 December 1970 I stepped off the bus at MCRD San Diego and stood on yellow footprints. .

[@steverottschaefer1828]

dude u r awesome ..just right amount personal and impersonal... 63 kid love seeing if 66/68 were right in my mind lol

[@johnsears8881]

In the Navy, my ships homeport was Norfolk, Virginia. On several occasions me and some shipmates rented an apartment. They were absolutely no place for a girl that young. Hope your sis learned something and made better choices later on.

[@FredFlix]

She did, though it took a while.

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

I turned 14 that week! 9th grade. Life was good.

[@FredFlix]

Yep!

[@morlockmeat]

Well, Fred, "normal" is relative. Didn't know, and still dont, know any family that's "normal".

[@FredFlix]

I don't, either.

[@thomaslevy2119]

So true! As a kid, I thought my "Normal" family was "middle class." Later, I learned that we were considered to be economically "poor."

[@jeffreyslott3883]

My brother was 22 in 1970; he had been able to escape the draft, (though I don't remember how). I was only 14 but I knew I wouldn't have to worry about an eventual call-up because I was a type-1 diabetic. (I got my notice a few years later... I just tossed it in the waste basket.) I did run away from home a few times during my adolescent years. I was a bit mentally off the blankets... for various reasons. The first time, the cops got to me pretty quickly. The second time, (in 1973) I made it to New York (I'm originally from Philadelphia). I had hoped to make it like Bob Dylan (after reading the Scaduto biography). However, things had changed mightily from when the D had landed there in the early '60s. I only lasted a week... (I did see THE Charlie Mingus playing in a dilapidated bar!) With money rapidly dwindling I had to come back home... though I did get to perform, along with many others, in Washington Square!

[@FredFlix]

That sounds like quite a time, Jeffrey. I envy you for that. I always played it safe.

[@feralcatbrothers]

Wooo-weee, what a rough week. But what did eventually happen with your sister? I'm sure your folks didn't just let her get away with this without some action.

[@FredFlix]

It was hard enough just keeping in school without punishing her as well. Anyway, she dropped out and had a kid at 16. But she turned out fine.

[@poetink]

And then, 3 days later I was born! 11/20/1970 :D

[@b-genspinster7895]

The Apollo 13 picture features Ken Mattingly instead of Jack Swigert.

[@jeffthrow6892]

Wow......by the way, LOVE that excellent Badfinger song......

[@FredFlix]

Yeah, i wanted to use Day After Day, but it didn't come put until the following year. Sad to think that the two founding members and best friends hung themselves on separate occasions.

[@jeffthrow6892]

Yeah, the history of that group is pretty tragic.....lots of great music, though.....

[@patriciast.pierre4150]

You my frriend are brilliant!!!

[@FredFlix]

You made me blush, Patricia!

[@elifoust7664]

I have three sisters ..been there....

[@sonsofthunder915]

I used to go out with a girl that was a real rabble-rouser. She sure was a good sport. LOL.

[@gregcactineedlebwfisheli5853]

i actually have been to GOOSE CREEK!! my UNCLE was NAVY circa 1959-1976!!

[@FredFlix]

It's changed. Too much traffic now.

[@dwilloughby13]

I had a big sister in the 70’s who was always running away from home... my mom didn’t like her hippie friends , my mom and sis were always fighting

[@AgentPepsi1]

Fred... you can't leave me hanging now. What happened to your sister? I hope all is well with her today!! :D

[@FredFlix]

All is well with her today, AgentPepsi1. She's a grandmother.

[@AgentPepsi1]

I am glad. I ran away from home too for a little bit when I was not quite 15. It was too scary. It was during my really rebellious phase. Fortunately, I also found my way as well afterwards. :D

[@FredFlix]

Most of us do.

[@elifoust7664]

Great days...19..70 AD

[@bardolinomichele8745]

It was the early '80's and I had just completed my master's degree, thinking what I was going to do next. My Dad and I went to auctions and yard sales because we would go the flea market on Sundays. We would load up his 1975 Chrysler station wagon and set out. Man, if I could only do it one more time. Anyways, we'd get home about 3:00, I would make vodka martinis, (my Dad always used to call them "schnappses"), my Mom sometimes drank a half a screwdriver, and I would count our take for that day. It wasn't much. Mom would cook supper, pan fried sausages, fried potatoes and corn, or something like that. My Mom died in 1982, and it was devastating. It turned our world upside down. My Dad and I turned to alcohol, and we both ended up to be alcoholics. It was tragic because, in his final days, my Dad could only drink room temperature vodka. He died of liver failure and esophagal cancer, in 1992 , just a few days after the anniversary of my Mom's death. I have been sober for 14 years now. But, that's not all! After I got sober, I was addicted to prescription drugs. Oh, I knew all the tricks. Different doctors, different pharmacies, different "ailments." I have been clean for six years. As they say, "There but for the grace of God, go I." Incidentally, I used to be San Michele.

[@FredFlix]

I know you from your past comments as San Michele. Well, Bardolino, that's quite a story. I hope all is well with you today.

[@bardolinomichele8745]

FredFlix Thanks, Fred. I didn't mean to bring everybody down, but I know there is one or two of your subscribers who undergoing the same problems. But there is hope. I wish them well.

[@Spike-pp5hx]

sorry that happend

[@6omega2]

Well I'm glad things worked out about your sister. THREE sailors, eh? Wow.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

0:37 Yes people were still talking about NASA's successful failure. (And the fact that T.K. Mattingly never got the German Measles whose exposure caused him to be scrubbed from the flight, replaced by CM expert astronaut Jack Swigert days before the flight. BTW, where's the updated crew photo Fred? LOL)

[@FredFlix]

I didn't even remember their names.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

FredFlix Did you see the movie in 1995? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHXUnHWZmKqWmJI Meet Jim Lovell and Fred "Freddo" Haise, along with T.K. and lead flight controller Gene Kranz as they talk about the mission 40 years later and remember Jack's important contributions to their successful return.

[@thomaslevy2119]

In 1973 I had the same worry about being drafted for the Vietnam war, too. Not long after, they pulled the plug on the war, the draft ended, and I legally burned my draft card. Apollo 13 was thought of as the most successful failure of the space program (there would be worse to come). My uncle drove the same make and model van. Coincidentally, my sister also ran away from home after she graduated from high school. She shacked up with some guy and his friend and went to California. She thought he loved her. However, she came back alone a few days later when she overheard them plotting to steal her money and dump her at the airport. I thought my sister had more brains than that! It seems not. She was just not a very good judge of character. A few years later my sister married some clod who she knew was an alcoholic before she married him. Surprise! He abused her, couldn't keep a job, arrested multiple times for DUI, etc. She eventually divorced him. Some people just never learn.

[@FredFlix]

I enjoyed your comment, Thomas.

[@timdub70]

I remember when they reinstated the Selective Service in the late 70s. There was talk about reinstating the draft and us going to war with Iran and Russia. I turned 18 in 1980 and I registered. 3 or 4 wars later, still no draft, just an all-volunteer military.

[@steel90912]

Very cool.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, James.

[@bernie2231]

I love your stuff. I just wish you were eight years younger, or I was eight years older.

[@FredFlix]

I wish my health was as it was 8 years ago.

[@bernie2231]

God bless, I wish you well!

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I was only 13 back then.

[@brianparsons1070]

How do they keep getting better

[@FredFlix]

The new ones probably seem better, but thanks, Brian.

[@DreDaDon16]

Those sailors were tryna run a train on Fred's sister smh

[@derekwilliams1660]

Aww come on man, you could've waited to end the video so I could hear "No Matter What" in it's entirety.

[@FredFlix]

Sorry, ran out of story.

[@patriciast.pierre4150]

Wow!!! W.O·O. Im so tripping out zzzz

[@LoveMyCountryAussie]

The mod squad ,,great old shows ,,Sydney Australia

[@FredFlix]

Hey, "Mick"!

[@bobrob8588]

I was experiencing puppy love back than 💕

[@FredFlix]

Beastiality? Ewww! :-)

[@bobrob8588]

FredFlix. Lol, i think 😁

[@elifoust7664]

Mt Pleasant,S.C. 14 YO.

[@newsladytv3461]

Hardcore story. Is there a part 2? 16 y/o shacking up with not one, not two but THREE Sailors right under her proverbial Parents "Nose!" Sheesh! Talk about awkward! Then Pops derails their Navy Careers? Wow. Can't script this stuff. Thanks for sharing and tolerating my completely benign comments.

[@FredFlix]

Your comment is fine. And, it was worse than I depicted: It was FIVE sailors, and it was not a just a week. It was a month! She got pregnant shortly afterward and had to drop out of school. However, eventually she matured and today she is a fine woman.

[@thebes118]

Was 9 myself. No sisters so life was calm lol!

[@lindaaumiller174]

you had an ok life You aren't bad at drawing.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Linda.

[@sean_connors]

“Our pretend normal lives”. Yeah. That was a real thing in 60’s and 70’s, wasn’t it?

[@FredFlix]

I think it's true for many, if not most, families to this very day.

[@sean_connors]

FredFlix - Agreed. Probably has been as long as homo-sapiens have been on the planet.

[@disturbedpatient425]

I really enjoy watching all of you're videos, it takes me back to when their wasn't so much hate in this world as there is today, keep up the good work, one good thing about you're channel is that you don't show violence, not like every other one on here 👍🏻

[@FredFlix]

I try to keep things as we remember them, Otis.

[@23pamolson]

You must have been born in 54, sorry if I mentioned this before and forgot, I'm getting old and I often get a case of deja vu

[@FredFlix]

1954 it was, Pamela.

[@23pamolson]

me too, in November, so I'll wager a bet that you are older than me...

[@FredFlix]

Let me get out my calculator...

[@lustrevision]

Dark matter but kind of funny at the same time! great job as usual, keep the series going. A day in the life is awesome!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, John.

[@scottbrady7499]

as a tyke, I had just moved from new york to tacoma near sea tac airport. I remember monday night football, and the browns beating my childhood hero broadway joe. finally saw him play for real at shea, against o.j. and the bills back in nyc as an older lad. loved peggy lipton in those mod squads. amazing that twenty years later, in twin peaks.. she still looks like the girl in mod squad.