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christ-on-a-stick · 05-01-2003, 03:15 PM

In Shake's recent 2000th-post thread, he lamented having passed right by his birth-year post (1969) without realizing it... which prompted me to remember I was coming up on mine, the Grand (?!) Year of 1973!!!!!!!

In The Year of our Lard 1973, I was being born in a hospital near the ocean in beautiful Newport Beach, California. My parents wore bell-bottoms and were groovin' to disco.... being at the tail end of their hippie years, I barely escaped being named "Rainbow".

In other news...

* Direct American involvement in Vietnam ends with the January declaration of a ceasefire. Bombing of Cambodia continues in an effort to retrieve POWs.

* Roe vs. Wade decision handed down by Supreme Court (1973)

* Native Americans stage protest at Wounded Knee, South
Dakota (1973)

* The tennis match was billed as the "battle of the sexes''; Billie Jean King, an outspoken proponent of female equality, triumphs over former Wimbledon champ Bobby Riggs in 3 straight sets.

* The towering World Trade Center becomes New York City's latest calling card. The structure briefly reigns as the tallest in the world. (

)

* Considered by some to be the greatest artist of the century, Pablo Picasso dies at age 91.

* Erica Jong publishes the startling Fear of Flying. Also new this year is Gravity's Rainbow, one of Thomas Pynchon's best-known works, and The Castle of Crossed Destinies, by maestro of magic realism Italo Calvino.

* Heavyweight boxer George Foreman gains the world championship by knocking out Joe Frazier.

*****

So, where were YOU in 1973 and what are your clearest memories of that time?

Jobar · 05-01-2003, 03:32 PM

Heh. I was graduating high school that year, and deciding to go to Georgia Tech.

No one had ever heard of AIDS.

Eight-track tapes were popular.

And, yes, I often wore bell bottom trousers to school.

The good ol' days!

Godless Dave · 05-01-2003, 03:49 PM

I lived three different places in 1973: Platteville, Wisconsin, where I'd lived since I was born in 1970; Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, where one of Dad's grad-school friends got him a teaching job for the summer; and Rochester, New York, where he finally found a full-time position. My only memory from that year is standing in the driveway of the new house in Rochester.

trillian · 05-01-2003, 03:52 PM

Don't remember it- I was 2 and still bald. I'm 32 now so...
Wait a minute.. that means

Your the big 3-0!! Congrats and welcome to the club!

My live-in boyfriend will be joining in September.

Trillian

edit: never mind...I just realized that you said birth YEAR not day!! But HAPPY 30th BIRTH YEAR anyway

christ-on-a-stick · 05-01-2003, 03:58 PM

Heh

Thanks trillian... I actually just did cross the great divide into 30-something-ness at the end of March. So far so good!!! Tell your boyfriend it doesn't hurt a bit...

Philosoft · 05-01-2003, 04:11 PM

Obviously, everything you mentioned about your birth year also applies to me, Lauri.

Except I was born in St. Joseph's Hospital in Santa Ana, CA.

trillian · 05-01-2003, 04:35 PM

Rainbow-christ-on-a-stick!!!

Now I can see you as a big lolly pop instead of the previous vision of a corndog.

Just thought I'd let you know

Chicken Girl · 05-01-2003, 05:03 PM

I was -10 years old.

Mageth · 05-01-2003, 05:13 PM

Like Jobar, I graduated high school in '73. Draft registration 1A, lottery number in the 60s, so damn glad the Vietnam War was winding down.

As far as the year I was born, Albert Einstein and James Dean both died that year (1955). I think I'm a reincarnation of both of them.

I got Einstein's looks and Dean's Brains.

christ-on-a-stick · 05-01-2003, 05:18 PM

trillian,

Quote:

Now I can see you as a big lolly pop instead of the previous vision of a corndog.

As long as it's not one of these...

05-01-2003, 03:15 PM	#1
christ-on-a-stick Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Durango, Colorado Posts: 7,116	My Birth-Year Post!!!! In Shake's recent 2000th-post thread, he lamented having passed right by his birth-year post (1969) without realizing it... which prompted me to remember I was coming up on mine, the Grand (?!) Year of 1973!!!!!!! In The Year of our Lard 1973, I was being born in a hospital near the ocean in beautiful Newport Beach, California. My parents wore bell-bottoms and were groovin' to disco.... being at the tail end of their hippie years, I barely escaped being named "Rainbow". In other news... * Direct American involvement in Vietnam ends with the January declaration of a ceasefire. Bombing of Cambodia continues in an effort to retrieve POWs. * Roe vs. Wade decision handed down by Supreme Court (1973) * Native Americans stage protest at Wounded Knee, South Dakota (1973) * The tennis match was billed as the "battle of the sexes''; Billie Jean King, an outspoken proponent of female equality, triumphs over former Wimbledon champ Bobby Riggs in 3 straight sets. * The towering World Trade Center becomes New York City's latest calling card. The structure briefly reigns as the tallest in the world. ( ) * Considered by some to be the greatest artist of the century, Pablo Picasso dies at age 91. * Erica Jong publishes the startling Fear of Flying. Also new this year is Gravity's Rainbow, one of Thomas Pynchon's best-known works, and The Castle of Crossed Destinies, by maestro of magic realism Italo Calvino. * Heavyweight boxer George Foreman gains the world championship by knocking out Joe Frazier. *** So, where were YOU in 1973 and what are your clearest memories of that time?**

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05-01-2003, 03:32 PM	#2
Jobar Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: secularcafe.org Posts: 9,525	Heh. I was graduating high school that year, and deciding to go to Georgia Tech. No one had ever heard of AIDS. Eight-track tapes were popular. And, yes, I often wore bell bottom trousers to school. The good ol' days!

05-01-2003, 03:49 PM	#3
Godless Dave Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: With 10,000 lakes who needs a coast? Posts: 10,762	I lived three different places in 1973: Platteville, Wisconsin, where I'd lived since I was born in 1970; Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, where one of Dad's grad-school friends got him a teaching job for the summer; and Rochester, New York, where he finally found a full-time position. My only memory from that year is standing in the driveway of the new house in Rochester.

05-01-2003, 03:52 PM	#4
trillian Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: OC Posts: 1,620	Don't remember it- I was 2 and still bald. I'm 32 now so... Wait a minute.. that means Your the big 3-0!! Congrats and welcome to the club! My live-in boyfriend will be joining in September. Trillian edit: never mind...I just realized that you said birth YEAR not day!! But HAPPY 30th BIRTH YEAR anyway

05-01-2003, 03:58 PM	#5
christ-on-a-stick Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Durango, Colorado Posts: 7,116	Heh Thanks trillian... I actually just did cross the great divide into 30-something-ness at the end of March. So far so good!!! Tell your boyfriend it doesn't hurt a bit...

05-01-2003, 04:11 PM	#6
Philosoft Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Southeast of disorder Posts: 6,829	Obviously, everything you mentioned about your birth year also applies to me, Lauri. Except I was born in St. Joseph's Hospital in Santa Ana, CA.

05-01-2003, 04:35 PM	#7
trillian Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: OC Posts: 1,620	Rainbow-christ-on-a-stick!!! Now I can see you as a big lolly pop instead of the previous vision of a corndog. Just thought I'd let you know

05-01-2003, 05:03 PM	#8
Chicken Girl Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: nowhere Posts: 6,549	I was -10 years old.

05-01-2003, 05:13 PM	#9
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	Like Jobar, I graduated high school in '73. Draft registration 1A, lottery number in the 60s, so damn glad the Vietnam War was winding down. As far as the year I was born, Albert Einstein and James Dean both died that year (1955). I think I'm a reincarnation of both of them. I got Einstein's looks and Dean's Brains.

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