# And Into the Shredder Goes 1970 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064 "2004-01-26T00:23:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/81 "2004-02-01T21:53:08Z")
Eh, being a “boring child” in the '70s isn’t really that bad, considering that if you had been a fashionable and urbane young person in that time period, your clothing and decor choices would probably qualify as crimes against humanity in any other decade. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/82 "2004-02-01T22:17:55Z")
Man, these are great reading. You should send em to one of us and let us type them up and post them for everyone to peruse! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/83 "2004-02-01T22:22:16Z")
Hamish tells me that historians are constantly looking for “boring” journals, because they’re much more informative about a time period than those of people who were leading exciting but out-of-the-loop lives. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/84 "2004-02-01T23:05:24Z")
> [@GMRyujin](#): > > Man, these are great reading. You should send em to one of us Better yet, send ONE PAGE to anyone who requests it. Redact any information that can’t be released for national security reasons. It would be a great conceptual art piece. Or better yet (for your bank account, at least), auction them off on eBay. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/85 "2004-02-01T23:33:19Z")
If it makes you feel any better, your teen life was infinitely more interesting than mine. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/86 "2004-02-01T23:53:16Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > If it makes you feel any better, your teen life was infinitely more interesting than mine. Good lord, what were you, in a coma? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/87 "2004-02-02T00:19:31Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Good lord, what were you, in a coma? Pretty much. I was a boring teen. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/88 "2004-02-02T00:49:51Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > **October 23, 1976** > “_The showdown with Larry will have to be postponed till I can get him alone!_.” Okay, I gotta know what this is about… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/89 "2004-02-02T02:45:11Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Okay, I gotta know what this is about… Larry belonged to the Campus Crusade for Christ, I was friends with a few of them. He used to try to convert me over the table while grabbing my knees under the table. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/90 "2004-02-02T02:46:57Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Larry belonged to the Campus Crusade for Christ, I was friends with a few of them. He used to try to convert me over the table while grabbing my knees under the table. A “laying on of hands” perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/91 "2004-02-02T16:07:02Z")
All’s left is 1976 and Jan.–April '77. I may read these page-by-page before shredding, as they _might_ be interesting to me. I also have some college journals and—God help us all!—“dream logs,” which _must die_. I may save the “What I Did Over My Summer Vacation” journal from the year I had my surgery, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/92 "2004-02-02T16:22:03Z")
My son was born 11/21/76. What did you do on THAT day? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/93 "2004-02-02T16:44:16Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > My son was born 11/21/76. What did you do on THAT day? I’ll check tonight when I get home. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/94 "2004-02-02T18:39:35Z")
Thanks. I can tell you what _I_ did that day: (push, push, breathe) More drugs! More drugs! (push, push, breathe) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/95 "2004-02-02T18:42:05Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I may save the “What I Did Over My Summer Vacation” journal from the year I had my surgery, though. Somebody has to say it, and with any luck I’ll be first. [Ralph Wiggum] And then the doctor said that both of my eyes were lazy. And that’s why it was the best summer ever. [/Ralph Wiggum] ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/96 "2004-02-02T19:04:14Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Thanks. I can tell you what _I_ did that day: > > (push, push, breathe) More drugs! More drugs! (push, push, breathe) That’s really weird, 'cause that’s what _I_ did that day, too! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/97 "2004-02-03T01:43:46Z")
**Nov. 21, 1976** “_I had such a marvelous time last night that I forgot to mention the impossible–Dad gave up smoking! Only because the doctor gave him a year too live if he didn’t. Well! He also takes drugs for depression. My, I enjoyed last night. I improvised some new business in the show that went over sensationally. I spent today typing a term paper, doing laundry and unsuccessfully trying to reach Betty. I’m watching NBC’s marathon 50th birthday special. I think that even though I had some nasty epxeriences in this show, it did more for me personally than the others._ [some censored bits here] _I have to start thinking of what classes to take next semester!_” ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/98 "2004-02-03T05:30:10Z")
What about the last entry? And if that’s just something like a single line “I’m not keeping this diary anymore” sort of entry, what about the day before? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/99 "2004-02-03T13:05:21Z")
Thank you, **Eve** , for that peek into the past. Mundane as it was (although I’m curious about what was censored) it beats the bejeezus out of “pant, pant, push, push, I _THOUGHT_ I TOLD YOU TO BRING MORE DRUGS!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064/100 "2004-02-03T13:06:35Z")
Oh…and did you just stop your diary entries cold turkey, or did you have a planned date to stop, or did you just get too busy to bother with it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-into-the-shredder-goes-1970/226064.md?page=6)