And Your's??
Posted on 06/24/2005 9:04:37 AM PDT by missyme
The Economy Boom The western economy boomed. Youth culture stopped hogging the scene as the teenage market lost impetus. The dominant market was getting older and was also financially secure. Demographics changed the face of society. People were living longer and seemed to act younger at the same time. Old industries died, while new technologies developed and boomed.
Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan in the USA celebrated presidential success with a style that used fashionable conspicuous clothes and social events to display the affluence of American society to a world audience.
The world was in flux; ever changing. The USSR relaxed rules and opened up to private enterprise. The Berlin wall came down and other eastern bloc countries craved western clothes and liberation.
In Britain Thatcherism promoted privatization and the idea that greed was good was given credence. Temples to modern living, shopping malls sprang up throughout Britain. Western society consumed and consumed. Yuppies Yuppie was an acronym for 'Young Upwardly Mobile Professional Person'. The word was coined by the advertising industry to capture the essence of a particular type of work hard, play hard, ambitious minded city career person of either sex. The hectic lifestyle of a yuppie meant that after long hours of work, rare free time was spent in a self indulgent way frittering away the cash earned on anything, from expensive make up and perfume, to a bottle of fine champagne. Conspicuous wastage was part of the attitude.
For day Yuppies sported wide shouldered jackets and for weekends they wore a Barbour to effect a country aesthetic or a ballgown to assume the appearance of a more advantaged lifestyle.
Well, I had a 3406 cat dumpin' 530HP to the wheels. I was running double and triple loads, bypassing scales, etc., and had to "LOOK" lite. :-)
But when I smashed down on the foot feed, twin 6" round tubes of black smoke would pour out of the exhaust. I'd race Porsches up the mountains and beat 'em! Empty flatbet haulers loved to make bets on who'd get to the top of any given mountain first. Outrunning corvettes in the Mojave was a good way to pass the time also. Made a ton of side money, loaded or empty. Paid a lot of tickets. Bought a lot of permits. :-)
LOL..That's right a gram! it has been awhile ago that I heard this lingo!
You could hear all that drawlin' and slangin', and you'd end up passing a rig from Persnickety, New Jersey!
Don't forget the one-shot-tooter that screwed onto that little brown bottle. :-)
Today, in 1980, I was celebrating my 1 year anniversary with my now ex-wife.....(Musta done something right, she stayed for 21 more...)
Like my uncle always said: "Son....make sure you got a clear shot before you squeeze your trigger and keep your sights steady. Never be in a hurry to shoot. Relax and take your time."
I can't believe how well that philosophy always worked.
Dated a girl that summer that was the drop dead ringer twin sister look alike (and voice) of Stevie Nicks. Talk about a pain to date that girl in public.....couldn't keep the people away. Linda really seemed to enjoy the attention at times, though sometimes, she'd beg me to 'take her home'.
Happy Anniversary! Good on ya!
1980 I had no desire to get married was having way too much fun! YIKES! :)
Actually the slang was part of what made things understandable. CB speakers sucked, and so did external speakers. So drawling your words made voice talk easier. :-)
10 dash 4, while being on the 10-10 side of a 10-20 westerly bound! 42's! Ciao! Smoker out. :-)
HAHA..yeah well sometimes long fingernails helped! :)
Pulse...looking for a pulse...not picky then...
Don't forget "Weird Al's" version of that song; "Another One Rides the Bus"....
I was fixing bomb racks on AT-38Bs at Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
I like Apples.
Do you like Apples?
And Your's??
71 Cutlass Supreme with a Rocket 350 V8.
Post a '71 Monte Carlo... 0 to 70 on 2 gallons...
71 Monte Carlo that was a cool car?
Drove over 2.7 million myself, driving for a delivery company for 20 years...
Well - you ran in a "faster" lane than I!
I gave the road up in 1982 after 4 years. All of it was amazing...saw more of this nation than I knew existed (which was pretty good for a 22-26 year old little country girl.)
Are ya still drivin'?
Would say "I'll bite" ...but that is slang I'm unfamiliar with...
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