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1980's kids: this is your thread....
June 11, 2015 at 8:54 pm
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Hey y'all, any of yous guys who grew up during the 80s, stand up! You '70's cats, I hope you don't mind me stealing this idea, but for a decade I remember more.
From 1980-89 I was 4-14ish years of age. I remember denim jackets, hair mousse, Nu Shooz, Christa McAuliffe, Molly Ringwald, Kate & Allie, Frugal Gourmet, Ghostbusters, Tiananmen Square, Gorbachev, Challenger, The Berlin Wall, etc.
What were your most vivid memories, good or bad?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAWr6U_NKBA You Can't Do That on TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7S537b7saE 3-2-1 Contact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEffN4LbKHc A test of the Emergency Broadcast System from 1983 on KTLA TV in Los Angeles (creepy!)
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RE: 1980's kids: this is your thread....
June 11, 2015 at 8:55 pm
Twisted Sister.
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RE: 1980's kids: this is your thread....
June 11, 2015 at 9:05 pm
I was born in 84 so have vague recollections of the 80s.
Love much of the music, though.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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June 11, 2015 at 9:15 pm
Purple Kush.
Though I can't say I remember it. #shorttermmemoryloss
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RE: 1980's kids: this is your thread....
June 11, 2015 at 9:21 pm
That would be me. Born in '81, grew up with Tom and Jerry, Loony Toons, Captain Planet, The Nintendo Entertainment System, Batman Animated series, and such. Eighties and Nineties was my generation. We didn't have high speed internet or laptops. We didn't have pocket cellphones that acted as cameras and had internet. I'm not sure my parent's vehicle even had seatbelts back then. Forget police pulling you over for not wearing one. There was no stress about second-hand smoke. Some of my older neighbors still had rotary phones. There was no flat screen TV or monitor. Certainly no DVR. You had a VCR. You recorded an hour or two on a tape, not a disk, and there were people alive who didn't even know how to work that.
Am I missing anything?
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RE: 1980's kids: this is your thread....
June 11, 2015 at 9:50 pm
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I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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June 11, 2015 at 9:55 pm
There were also the arcades in malls.
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June 11, 2015 at 9:55 pm
VCR? My parents rocked a Beta for most of the '80's.
I was born in '79, so my experiences consisted of things like Transformers, He-man, the Commodore 64, but most of all the NES. Since I was young, my musical experiences were limited to what was pushed on the radio, which was mostly garbage. One of my favorite songs was this...
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June 11, 2015 at 10:04 pm
As far as music goes, I only listened to it in the car. Of course my parents were in control of the station, so I listened to 60s and 70s music. eventually I got a radio of my own, and listened to 80s and 90s music. Then of course there was the classical background music that played while I watched various cartoons. I've heard a wide range of music, inclusing the devil's music known as rock n roll.
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June 11, 2015 at 10:35 pm
My mother listened to lots of rock and roll. I, OTOH, liked smooth jazz, which is what my peers' parents liked. Acoustic Alchemy, Ray Lynch, Checkfield, Yellowjackets, etc. I was an odd one.
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