Yes exactly right as you get older you have done it all but can still be wrong

I rember my grandparents came to California & picking me ,my brother, my half brother who was a baby &, my stepsister who still hates my guys in 1974 &brought us to Texas & this boy asked me if he could walk me to school &,back you don't see that anymore

I remember when the milk came in bottles and the milkman was up late Fresh bread delivered to the house ,soft drink in wooden crates .It all seemed so simple then and no plastic containers for foods consumed. Each piece of fruit would come wrapped in tissue paper no bruising or sweating lasting longer .Love to go back to these good food trends.20 cents worth mixed lollies lasted a week so many .Edited 23-Nov-24 17:24pm

I remember a pint of beer being 72 cents earning $70 a week. Smoke was very heavy in the air until they started to ban smoking. But of all that a lot of commodities appear to have doubled in price over the last four years, but wages and earnings haven’t.

There’s so many things I would change

i used to play comp eightball [I remember the smoke], and you couldn't see the ceiling in fact we used to go outside for air breaks you change with time bud most people do, I have remained pretty much the same guy at the core if today sucked I couldn't wait till it became yesterday, language has been the hardest thing to adapt to, our English continually is evolving and i have to say not for the better

Ah the good ol days when a packet of winnie blues was 5 bucks you could get a jd and coke for 3 bucks where the only cars on the road were big and mostly Australian built. 3 on the tree 4 on the floor and auto a luxury. The world much simpler safer. Look at it now. Yu got a light?

They was good years. I was born when smoking was ok around us as kids. As a adult I never smoking but remember this year's were fun and happiness no shop open on sunday, half day Saturday it's is family day that I like so much. Now day people's get together and people's are under happy it's cost money. The old days it's cost money but we together and happy with less

I’ve ambivalent about all the stages or decades in my life that I’ve lived through so far, the good, bad and everything else in between.

I don't remember the 70's

How about a a "time rap"?....we can use the time warp music...add some sampling and rap over it....add some Doctor Who...that would be fun.....

You can never change the past but can always right your wrongs in the present moment.

There are good and bad memories. Time-wrap? Time is so very relative...so is our memory. Remember: past, present and future are only illusions...

Can't be done. The past is gone and we can't change it. We wish we could but we can't.

I remember the past quite well. Summers were much hotter and the Winters much colder. Our water pipes used to freeze and my father would have to go outside and light a fire underneath the water meter in order to get water. As I walked to school on frozen grass it would crunch underneath my feet. We had a wood burning fire but when we didn't use it for 2 years in a row my father disassembled it. The Summers were hot and dry and not at all humid like they are now. As for people smoking, I caught the train to high school for 3 years and not one single person ever smoked in all of those years, then I travelled to work by train into the city for 2 years and for the first year no-one smoked in either direction but for the second year 1 person smoked on the way home. After 2 years I worked closer to home and a few people smoked on the train, but not as many as smoked where I worked. The nineties seemed worse for smoking than the previous decades.

When I was young, so many decades ago, I used to LOVE this show called H.R. Pufnstuf. It was a kids show about a puppet dragon in a magical land. I used to run home from primary school to watch it. I got my grand nephew to download an episode on YouTube the other day. WHAT A PIECE OF UNBELIEVABLE CR*P!!!. l Should of left my pleasant memories alone/lol.

we all look into past with rose tinted glasses

Yes our memories can definitely play tricks on us. If we loved something when we were young, we're more likely to remember it in a better light than what is actually was. The same can go in reverse, if there was a time we struggled in our life, our memory can make it seem so much worse. The moral of the story, always try and make the most of you've got in the present day.

I hated the cigarette smoke, it was Aweful!

Don't miss the fog of cigarette smoke everywhere I went. I do miss the rain. Am sick of living in drought conditions. Having ice cold winters where it was foggy in the morning and the grass was crunchy with frost seems like a distant memory. I still live in the same area I grew up in, so it's not area specific...climate change is real.

Is it just a jump to the left???

That was a song. Lets do the time walk again. The best thing about the good old days are just that. The good old days.

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I guess we remember the good bits for some they only remember the bad

There's great doco series called ' Back in time for dinner ' lt shows families in Australia and Britain going back in time and living through a different decade each week . Dressing up for church ,eating tripe with brussel sprouts ..then discovering the joys of the microwave and deep fryer ! Their family units abide to the social norms of the day also. . They begin in the 1950s then throughout. Goes to show the fashion dinner options and lack of things to do at times were not always that fun! But rose coloured glasses are always a pleasure to wear on a dull and life weary day ,I will admit ;)

its better on our mental health to focus on the good times then the bad things, most of us have had bad things happening to us, which needs to be forgotten. Think on the positives not the negatives😀

My first big surprise was when I visited London. We had got over the shock of no cigarette smoke in bars, theatres, etc etc - then I walked into a very attractive old pub only to find the whole place was almost a fog of cigarette smoke. The Brits didn't get around to stopping it for another six years after Australia. My memories go back further than most of you. My Dad and Grandfather built my first house when I was 11 and across the road was green fields where we used to chain our goat each day. That area now doesn't have any trees or green fields, just houses!

Blocking out the bad stuff is, I think, just natural. Think about the time you ere most hurt physically. How long was it until you couldn't describe the pain any more actually than "it was the worst" , whether it was or not. The big problem with forgetting yesterday are the really, really bad things (if you were a victim,I mean) is that they can live down deep in your brain until you get unwired. Remember, be careful what you wish for becuse you might just get it.

Somethings were good but other weren't, we think it was all good back in the 70's but people were different, times were hard for us too just like now, we remember what we think was good, but it wasn't any different to now just different values and prices have gone up sure but so have wages to compensate, so no better off. I used to smoke and think nothing of it, the cost, what harm it was doing to me or people around me so that's a good thing it's change for the better. There are probably a few things we would all do differently if we could go back in time, but would it be what was supposed to happen?

Nice photo...thanks Rewardia

The past seems great because you were young then, and believed that you had opportunities and achievements ahead of you. But we are selective. I bet many of the fellows who went to Vietnam in the 70s do not look back fondly

I believe that life was better in the 70.

I only remember the good times I had, I leave all the bad parts in the past and move on. Live every day as it comes as tomorrow is never promised.

I was only just born lol so I don't remember anything in the 1970's other than being yanked away from my birth mother and put in a foster home until I was adopted 3 months later... I have a lot of great memories from the 80's and early 90's though, best years of my life!

I was born in 1949, I’m 75 now. I was in my 20s through the 70s! Could drink, smoke, drugs were very inexpensive and clean then. Could buy a baggie stuffed full, way over an ounce for $6-10! The early days of Humboldt County homegrown! An ounce of hashish for $50, and almost pure coke for $100. None of this Fentanyl or fake opium. Police were mostly cool back then. Ladies could walk into any bar without worrying about ruffles or date rape drugs, you could walk down almost any street without being accosted, robbed, or knifed! I gave up on all of those drugs and drinking, going to bars, it was a great time to have grown out of! You could go to San Francisco for a GREAT live show, Hendrix, Zep, Grateful Dead, Doors, Who, most fir under $10-15.

Funny that we hardly ever remember wet or cold days when we were younger. But, I do remember riding home from a horse show when I got caught in a storm.

People were friendlier back in the day. Neighbors socialized more, and were more willing to help each other out. Kids played in the street. We played Tag, Hide-and Seek, Kickball, Jump Rope, and more until the streetlights came on. We raked the leaves and jumped in the piles. In the Winter we built snow-forts, snowmen and had snowball fights. Kids had fun.Now days, they are attached to their video games and computers. Let's not forget that there was respect for authority, and God in our schools. But there was also disease, like Polio. T.B., measles. mumps. smallpox. There is good and bad about every generation. Just be happy with what you have.

Smoking is a disgusting habit and I have given up for about 15 years now. They brought the introduction of vaps in as an aide to help people give up smoking and they are worse for the environment as they contain a battery in a plastic tube. They were not meant for long term use and they do just as much damage to your lungs than a cigarette. The only thing that should go into your lungs is air and hopefully unpolluted air if possible.

gave up fags years ago....advised by a doctor...no regrets

smoking is bad for everyone !

Yes we change because we have to been there and done it all and starting anew again ?

Recall the 70’s and cancer smoke everywhere. Go to movies and reek of it. On plane and some clown wants to smoke and just thin curtain between you. Now it’s all the smokers our side for 10 minutes while the rest carried the load and this was every hour

I can't think back in the past..too painful

Way better back in the 70s!

It was better back then

i agree the days gone by seemed easier and better

I have none at the moment .Michael

You can pick something negative and positive things out of all times.

Things were so different back then - it seemed to be safer - I had a ten minute walk from the bus stop to home but even in the dark it was safer. I wouldn't like to travel by bus now especially at night.

yes but i still think the good old days were the best

Yes,I remember walking through large shopping centers,and in stores,people would browse and touch things with cigarettes in hand. Also fast food outlets had smoking sections right next to none smoking( as if the smoke stays at the one table) I have an excellent long term memory.

I remember a time without computers,moble phones and social media...The world was a better place then...

No, and I don't know how much upbringing is part of it, but I remember lots of negative things. Yet as an author, it is important to recall those things for others to read.

I remember the cigarette smoke and always hated it. Same goes for air pollution. When I was in middle school the smog was so bad during PE that my eyes would water, and other kids would ask why I was crying. Other than that, a lot of things were better.

aaaaaaah . . . . . . . the times of when you wonna be a kid again.and saved all ya money instead of spending it.

Yes chopped all the bad bits out but I keep moving forward not looking back what's the point.

I agree with Stu J live for today. There are some very happy memories in the past but there are also ones I want to leave there but unfortunately it still causes me grief

I don't miss it

Don't miss it

Kind of agree with Maria B 89860 below and try to hang onto the good bits, the more you think about those the further away you push away the bad bits.

REALLY. You chop out all the bad bits, not everyon does t

Why look back - that is history that you cant change - live for today as we don't know what tomorrow will bring.

While we think we can go back and recapture things it is an illusion memories are great but what you might remember may not be what someone who was also there remembers. However we all like to reminisce about better times. It is called nostalgia. I do believe however the younger generations are missing out on a lot because of being introduced to too much technology and many become addicted to where even talking face face rather than texting is a real problem today. Children and youth do not get out and actually play or go into nature and the woods anymore. Do any of them even know what Red Rover is or New Orleans, Kick the Can, Annie Over, The various kinds of Tag? Do they know where food actually comes from beyond the local stores? Have they been to a ranch, a farm, an orchard, a dairy? Do they actually read a real book not an ebook or play real board games, like Scrabble, Yatzee, or card games anymore. Ride bikes and jump rope? Play hop scotch and four square? Do they know the words to songs and ever been on a Hay ride or barn dance? I believe Gen X, Boomers and older had a better childhood and time than today's youth but it is the fault of parents and society as well. Parents, Grandparents, teachers set the standard and expectations. If a lot of technology is introduced early ages kids tend to lose interest in reality. Do kids play with Lincoln logs, Legos, Building blocks and tinker toys any more. I have a granddaughter who has pretty much cut her kids off technology and gaming on the computer and or zoning out on movies and cartoons etc other than one hour a day. It has been a battle but now her children age 3-12 play more with one another, Read books and play board and card games and go on walks.

Very true, but it’s always fun to remember riding our bikes out in street until the street lights went on. Better having my head in social media.

I have realized that history repeats itself and we never learn from it

What do I think.. ? I think it was easier to think back in those days…

Partly true but childhood memories should be that way

One man I knew wished he would prefer to live in ancient England (about 1600 hundred because of the way they lived) and didn't like it when I pointed out that life was very uncomfortable then. He wasn't from royalty and would probably be dead at his age because of disease and the hard life style of that time.

I remember the summer starting at the beginning of November and finishing at Easter. Or so it seemed. Now I know there were days when it was wet or cold but I don't remember it just the fun we had in the pool with our family and friends

the one thing we learn from history is we don't learn from history. If we ignore the past we are bound to make the same mistakes again. We tend to forget the bad bits, but ignore history at your peril.Edited 22-Nov-24 07:32am

we do a lot of people don't look back or rember what are histoey is and what happened.

I remember the 60's in London, best time of my life, well I thought that back then. I would love to go back to when the children were small that was really the best time of my life. Now with grandchildren, great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild is also the best time of my life. We should enjoy every bit of our lives, we only get one chance at life, so don't ponder on the past its over and done. Just have a great time in the present.

I do remember my eyes stinging from cigarette smoke. It was most unpleasant.

I had a much better life in the past I could buy the food for us without having to worry about having enough money to pay the bills today its hard to make ends meat

The past was a much better life the present is nothing but struggling and getting harder and harder to find a real job

we can only wonder. what if ???. what would happen have been?, where would I be ?.Would I be dead by now ? Unfortunately, we cannot turn young again Lots of questions but no answers

My only regret is leaving Ca. because I was homesick for Md. I wish I'd plowed through that feeling.

Beauty is in the eyes in the beholder. The past is in the eyes of the beholder - with the PIVOTAL moment based on your socioeconomic status when you think of the PAST! The PAST is NOT something I consciously reminisce about EVER - I carry my past in my heart and in my mind - the pain of the past will haunt me FOREVER! If during my remaining years left on this planet, and time travel (very highly unlike) becomes an option......a different story will unfold within me.... Edited 22-Nov-24 15:05pm

There are definitely things I would change if I could...

We do revise the past; I reconnected with an old friend and after a week visiting with her realized the problems we had in the past communicating.

I loved the '90s, growing up listening to Go-Go music and watching kids break dancing in the 80s!Edited 22-Nov-24 04:11am

I loved the 80's the music, the fashion and just hanging out with friends without a care in the world.

I think we have a tendency to just remember the good stuff. Remembering the sad stuff makes us sad so we avoid it. JMO

I remember when people smoked in hospitals, public transport, restaurants etc. but it never intruded on me and I don't remember being fogged out. However, these days women and men smother themselves in smelly perfume, deodorant, after shave, etc. and it makes me violently ill. Yes smoking is unhealthy but it is not the only thing. fumes from cars are toxic, fumes from manufacturing etc. are toxic. I do think the times were better back then and the 1960's also but I do not have rose coloured glasses on either. We did not have the huge drug problem and violence nor the toxic culture on social media and the press that we have these days but health outcomes are better so that's a plus for the 2020's.Edited 22-Nov-24 01:15am

I prefer to think of a time where all the good stuff from the past combines with all the good stuff from the present, and there's reincarnation so I'll get a chance to live there. As corny as it sounds, I'd love for a time where all the nonsense stops and everyone has a chance to really be happy.

Do you remember what it was like back then?it was almost carefree. emotions are attached to memories.

You reminded me of Thanksgiving Day in 1970. The day before (At this time Ibefore we leave the barracks for breakfast, we ha was at Fort Knox KY for my guardsman training which began Sept 1970 and ended May 1971 so I am a US Veteran having to take basic over again and AIT training when I broke my foot.) Thanksgiving it was 80F sunny and mild. The next day Thanksgiving it was minus 10F high winds and before we could go to chow, we had to shovel a path from the barracks to the mess hall! The weather reports had not seen this weather change coming at all but- the Farmers Almanac was right spot on- 3 feet of snow and drifts as high as the 2nd story of barracks on our base. BTW besides being famed as the gold vaults base and our former CO had been Patton who was killed after WW II ended by being hit by a jeep when he was leaving the officers club and Knox is famous as the home of the 5th Armored Cavalry Division- tanks corp. The other base famous for tanks is Fort Hood TX. BTW in sci fi lingo did you know that a 'warp' was 186 million miles per second- lightspeed. In most sci fi films and shows especially Star Trek, Warp 1 was the slowest speed for the starships?

Let's Do The Time Warp? AGAIN LUVED THAT SONG IN THE MOVIEEdited 22-Nov-24 00:45am

When manners and common courtesy mattered. Neighbours knew each other. You would go outside with friends from next door and spend your day having adventures with your banana seat and high handlebar bikes. There were no play dates or playing indoors all day alone on your computer. You used your imagination and hung out with the neighbourhood kids playing red Rover and kick the can or hide and seek.. Your phone was a game called telephone where you whispered a sentence into the next person's ear and by the time the last person heard it the sentence was completely different and funny. I loved the sixties and seventies a less stressful childhood.

When people had respect for nature and others.

Happy where I am

I am currently the happiest I've ever been. I had a ... let's not go there. I'm 64 and when I look back, it's mostly bad memories. When I look forward, I have joy and peace in knowing where I'm going after I'm done here. God is good:)

yes I PREFER BACK TO 9OS