Posted on 07/06/2007 7:58:22 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
Ah...back in the day.....
For me, it's flashing back to the 80's (my favorite decade)....
| What were the 80s? . . . Bueller? . . . Anyone? Well, you are truly a child of the 80s if any of the following statements are true for you: |
You know what leg warmers are; You know who Mr. T is; You remember when Atari was a state of the art video game system; You used to be able to breakdance (or wished you could); The phrases "bright light" and "phone home" actually mean something to you; You had a BMX bike.
The 80s was a decade where young folk wore fluorescent, neon clothing and business folk wore double-breasted suits with shoulder pads and believed "Greed Is Good" . . . and when Prince sang about partying "like it's 1999" it seemed so far away!
Dallas and Dynasty ruled the airwaves, Transformers were more than meets the eye, leggings under a short skirt was considered a stylish look, Michael Jackson was still black and 'by the power of Greyskull you HAD the power!'
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher promoted a 'return to Victorian values' in Britain, which was matched by a new conservatism in the USA under Ronald Reagan, who was voted in as president and served the maximum eight-year term in office.
Meanwhile at home and in the playground, people were struggling to master Rubik's Cube - the biggest craze of the early part of the decade, a block of movable coloured squares named after its Hungarian inventor, Erno Rubik.
Video games were the hottest new innovation as video arcade game machines began to replace pinball machines in amusement arcades across the Western world with Pac Man and Space Invaders leading the pack.
Sophisticated equipment for leisure and pleasure became increasingly affordable as incredible advances in technology continued, and the Eighties soon also became the decade of gadgets - From digital watches to cappuccino machines to cellular phones to computers (Even though a Commodore 64 was the pinnacle of computing excellence).
In 1984, Yuppies appeared on the scene. An acronym for Young Urban professionals, it became synonymous with upward mobility, greed, and selfishness. But then the 80s was the decade of Self; self-improvement, self motivation, self-help manuals.
It was also, IMO, the last decade to have decent music.
Vernon: Questions?
Bender: Yeah, I've got a question. Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?
Vernon: I'll give you the answer to that question, Mr. Bender, next Saturday. Don't mess with the bull young man, you'll get the horns.
Bender: That man is a brownie-hound.
80s were awful...’cept ‘84
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What takes you back?
And what (music/fads) were you into at 17 years old?
Amen...
80s music... listening to the World Famous KROQ...... I probably have more eighties music in my iPod than the 90s and 00s combined.
The ugliest decade for clothes and jewelry.
Neon, plastic, plastic, shoulder pads...yuch.
Thanks for post TOFST!
Slow day!! in before 10!!
The psychic went out of business. I wonder if she saw that coming.
Top 10?
I just have grin.
When I found out the fellow took time of work to get a sex change operation I realized something was amiss.
My advanced geometry class is full of squares.
Wally wanted a career with a big hamburger chain but he got into a pickle when he couldn’t cut the mustard.
Tsop yllis!
Good morning, EVERYBODY!
Old musicians never die, they are just disconcerted.
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