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To: Chris Carlson who wrote (123558)	12/21/2000 10:31:38 AM
From: chomolungma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

I have similar memories of the 70s. One thing that strikes me is that it seemed that people were more friendly and easy going, but I could feel that way because I was a child then. I was a teenager during the 70's and I remember it very differently. I thought those were the meanest times of my life. Just look at the movies of the period and there's an ugly hatred that permeates most of them. My sister was 5 years older than I and the sexual freedom that was supposed to be liberating had just the opposite effect for a young woman. It meant that you put out sexually or you were openly ridiculed. Everyone puts down the 80's as the decade of greed, but I think they were a great improvement on the 70's.

To: Chris Carlson who wrote (123558)	12/21/2000 11:24:05 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Chris, re: One thing that strikes me is that it seemed that people were more friendly and easy going Many of them were probably stoned <g>. Being a little older I have a different memory. I remember buying stuff as soon as you got your paycheck, because you knew the same item would be more expensive in a week or a month. Saving money was foolish, it was a declining commodity. It was difficult to save for a big purchase like a downpayment on a house, a dollar you put away today was worth 88 cents a year later. If you wanted to buy something significant like a TV, do it today, because the TV would be more expensive next month. Almost exactly opposite of recent times. Now you might put off a TV purchase on the expectation that the price would be cheaper and the TV would have more features in the future. John