Back To The 70's

[pinoy_strigoi]

I totally agree with you guys.  :thumbsupsmiley:

 

Halloween na naman.

 

Today 25 years ago, was one of the happiest moments of my life.    :heart:

 

Teka 1980 iyon ah! My apologies to the thread.

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Actually, some people consider 1980 as the last year of the 1970s because you start counting 1-10. So ok pa rin yang 1980 as part of the 70s.

[jt2003]

I have to agree with Pinoy's view.  Common guys, snap out of it!  Some years back, we were those 15 year olds who looked at young women (in fact, some of us (?) still look at them 'til now :boo: !!!).  Give these guys a break.  Attraction is part of it but it should be done properly.

 

It's good that our children are attracted to the opposite sex.  Imagine it, if they are attracted to co-gender! :thumbsdownsmiley:

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Nakupu. It's precisely because we've been there that we're rather wary. We know what happens, or what can happen, even if they don't think we do.

 

As for your last statement, pareng Masi, remember that incident that happened one night in 1979, inside one long tent, during our bivouac?

[masi]

Nakupu.  It's precisely because we've been there that we're rather wary.  We know what happens, or what can happen, even if they don't think we do.

 

As for your last statement, pareng Masi, remember that incident that happened one night in 1979, inside one long tent, during our bivouac?

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JT, I remember telling my wife and friends that I dread to see the day my daughter will be going on dates, simply because she might be dating a man like her dad!!!! :boo:

 

 

 

May i set the record straight, I was never near that tent that December night in '79!!!! :boo: Seems like a cross of M. Butterfly and the Summer of 42!!!!

[walangiba]

JT, I remember telling my wife and friends that I dread to see the day my daughter will be going on dates, simply because she might be dating a man like her dad!!!! :boo:

May i set the record straight, I was never near that tent that December night in '79!!!! :boo:  Seems like a cross of M. Butterfly and the Summer of 42!!!!

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Dating someone like her dad? I hope this is not what they call PAY BACK TIME ? Tsk, tsk...

[Magaling]

Dating someone like her dad?   I hope this is not what they call PAY BACK TIME ?  Tsk, tsk...

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In other words, karma.

 

Buti na lang I don't have a daughter to worry about. Good boy kasi ako nuong araw eh. :evil: But then again, it doesn't mean having a son is that much easier. I guess you guys would agree that we do have other things to worry about with our boys.

 

Para naman hindi masyado malayo ang usapan: I guess the 70s was a time when a lot of us here experienced a lot of firsts. First date, first taste of beer, first cigarette, first puff of weed even. . . Speaking of which, the stuff that kids nowadays are exposed to, nakakatakot na. (Ayan! Parent mode na naman!)

 

Two things quickly come to mind. Remember Lim Seng? He was the Chinese drug pusher who was sentenced to death by firing squad during the early years of Martial Law. And I remember this commercial on TV where the message was to stay off drugs. It featured this promising college guy who allegedly (the words I can't forget) "graduated from marijuana to LSD and then to heroin." Then they showed his image inside a coffin. :cry:

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[flyingdutchman]

In other words, karma.

 

Buti na lang I don't have a daughter to worry about.  Good boy kasi ako nuong araw eh. :evil:  But then again, it doesn't mean having a son is that much easier.  I guess you guys would agree that we do have other things to worry about with our boys.

 

Para naman hindi masyado malayo ang usapan:  I guess the 70s was a time when a lot of us here experienced a lot of firsts.  First date, first taste of beer, first cigarette, first puff of weed even. . .  Speaking of which, the stuff that kids nowadays are exposed to, nakakatakot na.  (Ayan! Parent mode na naman!)

 

Two things quickly come to mind.  Remember Lim Seng?  He was the Chinese drug pusher who was sentenced to death by firing squad during the early years of Martial Law.  And I remember this commercial on TV where the message was to stay off drugs.  It featured this promising college guy who allegedly (the words I can't forget) "graduated from marijuana to LSD and then to heroin."  Then they showed his image inside a coffin. :cry:

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I guess the only thing to hope for is that our kids gravitate towards the right crowd.

So medyo subtle na ang approach when we expose the child to the right people,

tapos call na nila yun.

 

I also remember that drug ad, in fact if we're talking about the same ad,

that guy was one batch ahead of me in high school. Pretty boy, not exactly what

i'd call an intellectual heavyweight ( not that i'm one myself ) , but he was ok,

made the grade. I forget his name, though, and i suppose it wouldn't be proper to

mention it, although i hear he was able to recover from his darker days and even made

CEO in a rather large firm.

[jt2003]

Two things quickly come to mind.  Remember Lim Seng?  He was the Chinese drug pusher who was sentenced to death by firing squad during the early years of Martial Law.  And I remember this commercial on TV where the message was to stay off drugs.  It featured this promising college guy who allegedly (the words I can't forget) "graduated from marijuana to LSD and then to heroin."  Then they showed his image inside a coffin. :cry:

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I remember the TV news showing Lim Seng as his sentence was being read. He just looked straight ahead and kept swallowing air. I also remember the clips they showed of Lim Seng blindfolded and facing a firing squad at the Luneta.

 

Decades later, in one episode of "The Bob Garon Debates," Fr. Bob, who was (is) involved in the rehabilitation of those suffering from substance abuse, said something of this nature: "Say what you want about Marcos, but after Lim Seng, drugs practically disappeared in the Philippines." (Words to that effect, anyway)

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[storm]

At last, working na ang dsl connection ko.

 

In the 70s, that execution of Lim Seng delivered the message.

[orionpax]

hmmm 70's yung unang 3M pizza parlor ay nasa Echague Quiapo

[sliderule]

Having a son doesn't make it much easier.

 

I'm ambivalent about getting my son a driver's license. Flashback 25 years ago when I first had mine...I actually consider myself luck to be in a road mishap a few months after I got my license because at an early stage I already knew how foolhardy it was to treat Manila's roads as a racing circuit. Since then I've never been involved in any major accident. No way naman I'd want my kid to learn the same way I did.

 

Back to the present day, you read a lot of stories on carjacking and they involve people you wouldn't even suspect to be thieves. So what will I do? Get a bodyguard? Not allow him to drive? Impose a curfew? None of those sound appealing if I want him to have a normal adolscence.

[storm]

My son is 15yrs old and has been eyeing one of the cars. I learned to drive when I was 15, got my license (adjusted age to 18). Pero hindi ako pinayagang mag-drive mag-isa until I became 18, tapos inayos yung license to reflect my true age. Kaya noon kapag may ka-date ako, nasa likod ng car yung driver. Tipong bodyguard ang dating niya.

 

Sarap lang noon ay hindi ako ang nagpapark ng car.

[storm]

Noong 70s sarado lahat ng establishments kapag Nov. 1. Ngayon hindi na.

[masi]

Noong dekada 70, ang "sem break" ay para sa mga "college students". Hindi uso ang sem break sa grade school at high school.

 

Holiday lang ang 1 and 2 November.

[flyingdutchman]

My son is 15yrs old and has been eyeing one of the cars. I learned to drive when I was 15, got my license (adjusted age to 18). Pero hindi ako pinayagang mag-drive mag-isa until I became 18, tapos inayos yung license to reflect my true age.  Kaya noon kapag may ka-date ako, nasa likod ng car yung driver. Tipong bodyguard ang dating niya.

 

Sarap lang noon ay hindi ako ang nagpapark ng car.

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I remember when i was just starting to drive talagang excited ako taking the car out.

Also had to "tweak" my docs to get a license before the legal age, then took advantage

of the LTO amnesty sometime in the 80s to update to the correct age.

 

Noon nakikiusap ka pa sa driver to let you drive, ngayon i find driving so taxing that

i wish i had a driver.

[16track]

Medyo related ang situation natin bro-- realted kahit konti lang.

 

When I first learned how to drive at around 15 years old, my Dad made the best of the opportunity. He made me his driver! The family driver was assigned to my grandmother so he got me instead of hiring another one.

 

My dad met with a lot of people so I drove him to a quite a few places that he had to go. Malapit lang naman mostly -- I did not complain as at least, I got to practice my driving and got to be familiar with many roads and where to turn. I was allowed to drive around

 

Everything naman pala was for a good cause as my dad gave me a car when I went to college. I remember the car quite well.... it was a second hand brown 1976 4 door Mitsubishi Galant-- the one with the Saturn engine. Lumabas na yung Galant Sigma type by then but it was more expensive so I got the older version -- which did not cost much and was a breeze to maintain. That car never gave me single problem. It had all I needed, a reliable engine, airconditioning unit and a stereo with 4 Pioneer co-axial speakers. It was an excellent first car. Stock na stock and the only things I added were the speakers.

 

My favorite 70's cars:

 

1. The 1978 Ford Escort RS 2000

2. The 1976 Lancer L Type

3. The 1976 Galant

4. The Celeste ( 1978-1980 )

5. The American Cars that were still running until the mid 70's. My father had an old red 1968 Camaro that he never let me drive. In grade school, I used to see some of my classmates being picked up in Impalas, Galaxies, Fairlanes, Baracudas, Mustangs and Ramblers.

6. The 1975 Toyota Celica

7. The Macho Machine

8. The Cressida

9. The 1978 Datsun 180-B

10. The Datsun 240Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I remember when i was just starting to drive talagang excited ako taking the car out.

Also had to "tweak" my docs to get a license before the legal age, then took advantage

of the LTO amnesty sometime in the 80s to update to the correct age.

 

Noon nakikiusap ka pa sa driver to let you drive, ngayon i find driving so taxing that

i wish i had a driver.

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Edited November 2, 2005 by 16track