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12/28/2005 12:47:18 PM · #26 |
How about...
You remember watching the Challenge Shuttle explosion.
Hearing that John Lennon was shot
"Full House" and when Mary Kate and Ashley were seriously cute. |
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12/28/2005 10:18:56 PM · #27 |
| I remember Ronald Reagan getting shot. |
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12/28/2005 10:30:51 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by jpochard:
How about...
You remember watching the Challenge Shuttle explosion.
Hearing that John Lennon was shot
"Full House" and when Mary Kate and Ashley were seriously cute. |
John Lennon was shot like in my 7th grade year. My typing teacher (he was a very hippy/environemntalist type of guy from Portland) came to class raving...."Oh my God....John Lennon's been shot!!!! He's dead!!!" Mind you....all of us were going...."who's John Lennon?" he was absolutely beside himself that we didn't know who JL was.
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12/29/2005 12:50:08 AM · #29 |
I grew up in Southern California, I was a surfer and a skater. When I was in High School, I bet I could count on my fingers the number of days I wore long pants. I worked in a surf shop, so no need for long pants there. Usually when my parents made me go to church on Sunday, if I hadn't gotten up at 4am to get to the beach for a little dawn patrol surf session.
I even used to get up super early, go surf for a few hours as the sun came up, then just get in my car and go to school, and the salt would dry in my hair and my teachers would ask me things like "What's that in your hair?"
As for music, one act sums it up for me, Billy Idol.
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12/29/2005 12:52:52 AM · #30 |
I'm in Australia but we get a lot of TV from the USA. The big ones for me in that period were The Facts Of Life and Family Ties. Also that one with Tony Danza and Growing Pains.
As for music, Dire Straights with Money For Nothing, INXS with just about everything they did and Wham with Wake Me Up.
The motto I remember on all the T-shirts was "Choose Life" :) |
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12/29/2005 12:57:50 AM · #31 |
funny thing is that a lot of the relics from the 80s and early 90s are now popular again. That and late 70's stuff. Vans, Converse, Breakdancing, all the 80s movies, you name it.
Certain elements of style are always repeating.
so... how 'bout photography :p |
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12/29/2005 01:01:57 AM · #32 |
wow... 80's.. i completely forgot about the 80's (cough cough)
For me it was
Duran Duran (i wanted to marry Roger Taylor)
Thompson twins
Nik Kershaw
Der Kommisser (sp)
Wham
leg warmers, yo yo's with fanta,leed lemonade or coke on them, rollerskates ( the white boot ones), flouroscent socks, studded belt and striped shirt (i had them in yellow, pink and green) bubble jeans (you know the ones that you had to lay down to do up) teased hair and perms
Tv show: BJ and the Bear (i thought Greg Evigan was the hottest thing on 2 legs), Chips, Dukes Of Hazzard (roscoe pecko train, or something like that) Different strokes, Family Ties,
Movies: The Sure thing, Better off dead, Christine, the Wraith, Lost Boys, Teen Wolf
Oh boy i could go on.. and i am sure i will think of more when i finish typing this :)
ohhh edited to say movies Breakdance, electric boogaloo and beat street and the discovery of rapper Ice T, grand master melle mel and the furious 5, NWA, B-52's Rock Lobster (or was that the 70's)
Message edited by author 2005-12-29 01:03:43. |
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12/29/2005 01:22:09 AM · #33 |
Wow, I forgot about Nick Kershaw and Duran Duran. Reminds me of OMD and the movies Pretty In Pink, The Breakfast Club and St Elmo's Fire.
Cool stuff :)
Originally posted by lentil:
wow... 80's.. i completely forgot about the 80's (cough cough)
For me it was
Duran Duran (i wanted to marry Roger Taylor)
Thompson twins
Nik Kershaw
Der Kommisser (sp)
Wham
leg warmers, yo yo's with fanta,leed lemonade or coke on them, rollerskates ( the white boot ones), flouroscent socks, studded belt and striped shirt (i had them in yellow, pink and green) bubble jeans (you know the ones that you had to lay down to do up) teased hair and perms
Tv show: BJ and the Bear (i thought Greg Evigan was the hottest thing on 2 legs), Chips, Dukes Of Hazzard (roscoe pecko train, or something like that) Different strokes, Family Ties,
Movies: The Sure thing, Better off dead, Christine, the Wraith, Lost Boys, Teen Wolf
Oh boy i could go on.. and i am sure i will think of more when i finish typing this :)
ohhh edited to say movies Breakdance, electric boogaloo and beat street and the discovery of rapper Ice T, grand master melle mel and the furious 5, NWA, B-52's Rock Lobster (or was that the 70's) |
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12/29/2005 01:26:04 AM · #34 |
you know you grew up in the 80's when you have a pic like this in your portfolio
You know everyone else on dpc is also an 80's kid when you get a 5.5 on a pic like that when it desreved to be in the 4's ;)
Message edited by author 2005-12-29 01:31:15. |
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12/29/2005 01:36:55 AM · #35 |
I still remember sitting on a train on the way to high school and a group of girls sitting there singing the theme song from Flashdance. :D
Originally posted by mesmeraj:
you know you grew up in the 80's when you have a pic like this in your portfolio
You know everyone else on dpc is also an 80's kid when you get a 5.5 on a pic like that when it desreved to be in the 4's ;) |
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12/29/2005 01:42:12 AM · #36 |
I remember wearing pants called "Bogarts" with my converse high tops. My cousin played MJ's Thriller every single night. Islands in the Stream was really popular with the older crowd. Molly Ringwald was still popular. :)
Wasn't "Fame" popular then too?
Message edited by author 2005-12-29 01:43:12. |
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12/29/2005 02:36:46 AM · #37 |
How about Degrassi Junior High? But that was Canadian. Rin Tin Tin K9 Cop but I think that was Canadian too. Did they ever play Dogtanian in the US? I know they did in England. Those may be obscure references but they definitely scream "80s!" to me. You also know you grew upin the 80s if you can pretty much recite every line of Dirty Dancing..... *cough* *cough*...I carried a watermelon.....*cough*
June
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12/29/2005 02:51:40 AM · #38 |
| Speaking of obscure 80's....Anybody remember the Violent Femmes? |
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12/29/2005 03:06:46 AM · #39 |
Hahaha... if you owned a pair of THESE...
*looks around* Who ME? |
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12/29/2005 03:43:03 AM · #40 |
Its hammer time :D
Originally posted by hbunch7187:
Hahaha... if you owned a pair of THESE...
*looks around* Who ME? |
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12/29/2005 05:23:43 AM · #41 |
Hey! And don't forget that Elton John married a woman!!!
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12/29/2005 06:58:39 AM · #42 |
Originally posted by enigmania:
Speaking of obscure 80's....Anybody remember the Violent Femmes? |
yep...blister in the sun :) |
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12/29/2005 08:03:02 AM · #43 |
Originally posted by enigmania:
Speaking of obscure 80's....Anybody remember the Violent Femmes? |
Yep...and the Circle Jerks, and the Dead Milkmen, too.
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12/29/2005 08:45:31 AM · #44 |
British Knights Sneakers (were also knowing as Burger King or Bummy Kid).... lol who had a pair
GI JOE, MC Hammer Cartoon, Baseball cards with the hardstick of gum, lol I remember having almost every garbage pale kids card made.
And my Big Wheel
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12/29/2005 08:56:45 AM · #45 |
Don't forget shoulder pads that made all woman look like Joe Namath! ROFL
And what about setting your clocks so you wouldn't forget when the Thriller video was going to be on MTV and everybody gathered around to watch it!! ha ha ha ha
Oh, and by the way, I was a bride in the 80's and THE BRIDE WORE A MULLET.
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12/29/2005 09:32:56 AM · #46 |
Funny stuff. Digitalpins, YOU STOLE MY THUNDER ;) I was going to name the British Knights BK. Socks and shoes - matching BK.
But I wasn't cool enough for that. I always owned the lamest shoes and everyone made fun of me for that. I wore some polo shirts too and that didn't help either ;) No rocks thrown though, I was pretty tall and stocky for my age.
Yay.
One kid took pity on me and showed me a place to buy name brand shoes and gave me a HUGE chicago bulls t-shirt as well as a couple of surf shirts and... a hypercolor t-shirt that didn't change color anymore. I still remember his name. Patrick Gnamm. The only bilingual kid in school at the time (french-english that is, plenty of quadrilingual Indian kids running around that we just didn't know enough about). Good kid. He was one of these famous kids - won a lottery ticket one day for a thousand bucks and got the day off school. He got the lottery ticket by pretending it was for his mom. Lost his virginity at the ripe age of 12 too. Lost track of him after that for some reason that I didn't quite grasp at the time.
I thought Garbage pail kids were the coolest too, I had like three. My sister stole them from me if she ever saw me with them and my mother would throw them out too.
We also did hockey card throwing contests to see who could throw the farthest and take everyone elses cards.
Rapping contests of "Principal's Office" and "Let your backbone slide" (which I had personally never even heard on the radio until years later)
oooh ooh and SQUAREBALL! The greatest schoolyard game ever. Played that on a beach (the backwards American way with hands) just a couple of months ago.
Good times. |
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12/29/2005 10:17:26 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by eschelar:
oooh ooh and SQUAREBALL! The greatest schoolyard game ever. Played that on a beach (the backwards American way with hands) just a couple of months ago.
Good times. |
lol never heard of that one mine was SUICIDE! The greatest schoolyard game ever. the way it was played was on the handball courts or a empty wall you throw and bounce the ball of the wall....... if someone drops it while trying to catch it anyone playing can through and beam/hit him or her with the ball, they have to run and touch the wall before getting beamed/hit by the ball.
Message edited by author 2005-12-29 10:18:00.
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12/29/2005 10:31:41 AM · #48 |
Originally posted by hbunch7187:
Hahaha... if you owned a pair of THESE...
*looks around* Who ME? |
Hammer Time!!ROFL Those are hilarious. |
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12/29/2005 10:57:21 AM · #49 |
Originally posted by Jutilda:
Originally posted by hbunch7187:
Hahaha... if you owned a pair of THESE...
*looks around* Who ME? |
Hammer Time!!ROFL Those are hilarious. |
OMG! I had a pair of these with the same print, except dark brown. I also used to wear them with a brown long-sleeved shirt with a short collar that, if you've ever seen a typical shirt at a Chinese restaurant worn by your server, stood up half-way up your neck. Then I used to wear it with this multi-colored round beaded hat. Yeah, I was really fashionable back then...but you know, I'm sure I blended right in being the only Asian in the whole state of Idaho. Ha ha.
Hmmm, thank goodness there are no pics circulating out there!!! |
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10/18/2007 12:45:16 AM · #50 |
| those plastic things to tie your shirt in a knot to the side!!! OOOO! does anyone know where i would go abouts finding one and..what the hell they are called?? it'd be perfect for halloween and hey, i may bring the style back! hhahahahaha |
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