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50 Things Only People Who Lived in the 1980s Will Remember
BestLife ^ | 5/14/19 | Bob Larkin

Posted on 09/06/2025 7:23:02 AM PDT by DallasBiff

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To: GingisK
Some things fade away, memory in particular.

A lot of people tried to forget Lotus Notes.
61 posted on 09/06/2025 11:20:36 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: DallasBiff

The 80s were better.

No one ever had an 80s music demolition.

Disco on the other hand……

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night


62 posted on 09/06/2025 11:21:25 AM PDT by sloanrb
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To: Dr. Sivana
A lot of people tried to forget Lotus Notes.

I never used it. I've always worked "inside" computers or applying them to instrumentation. I have used Excel, but it would never appear on a resume.

63 posted on 09/06/2025 11:38:08 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: caver

👍

You were pretty right on yourself.


64 posted on 09/06/2025 11:49:07 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: abb

In my vehicles, it’s all 80’s, all the time. Each one has my music on a USB drive. Aftermarket radios today all accept USB as a source.


65 posted on 09/06/2025 11:54:31 AM PDT by Windcatcher
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To: LilFarmer

Back to the Future
Daisy Wheel printers
Rubik’s cube
Big shoulder pads
Flourescent clothes
Walkmans


66 posted on 09/06/2025 11:54:33 AM PDT by LilFarmer (Isaiah 54:17)
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To: DallasBiff

College, then the Army. Best years of my life.


67 posted on 09/06/2025 12:30:14 PM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: All

Similar:

A message from the 1980s: “You know the 80s miss you, right?”
https://www.bitchute.com/video/4OVvvF1gdsb9
(cute 1 minute video)


68 posted on 09/06/2025 12:48:09 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: KingLudd

I still wear a fanny pack today. Unfortunately it’s attached permanently to my abdomen.


69 posted on 09/06/2025 12:52:26 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: DallasBiff

They got 19 wrong. Mr. T was in Rocky III.


70 posted on 09/06/2025 12:55:57 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: left that other site

My dad used to say: “The girl chased me around the church and caught me by the organ.”


71 posted on 09/06/2025 1:00:10 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Don't worry,pray.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

DisplayWrite III was pretty bad. I remember hacking Word so that we could use extra fonts with a special loader program I wrote.

With an IBM PC I was the odd one out among my friends, who all had Commodore 64’s. Speaking of which, Commodore was just bought by a bunch of fans and is re-releasing the C=64. They’re apparently planning a series of new products.


72 posted on 09/06/2025 1:00:40 PM PDT by Windcatcher
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To: Windcatcher

Glad you mentioned that. It gives me an interesting gift idea for someone who was a big C64 fan:

https://www.commodore.net/product-page/commodore-64-ultimate-basic-beige-batch1


73 posted on 09/06/2025 1:12:26 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: DallasBiff

Never had anything to do with most of that. Broken back at the start of the 80’s sort of slowed things down.

Did get my first PC, with a 40Mb hard drive the size of a small shoebox added in. Along with the dreaded DOS 3.0 that terrifies the apple crowd

Fanny backs for CCW are making a comeback. Never found a comfortable way to carry a Glock 30 otherwise, just too thick and heavy.


74 posted on 09/06/2025 1:42:33 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: DallasBiff

The best part of the ‘80s was travel. It was still fun back then. The airport was a happy place. There were metal detectors, but no long TSA lines. Flying was a pleasant experience. We weren’t crammed onto the plane.


75 posted on 09/06/2025 1:45:38 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

And you got real food. Eastern Airlines had a good menu.


76 posted on 09/06/2025 1:46:15 PM PDT by Windcatcher
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To: shelterguy
Disco sucked.

You're damn' right it did. I took all my sisters disco albums to Comiskey Park for Disco Demolition.

They blowed up real good.

The trouble I got into for doing it was worth it too.

77 posted on 09/06/2025 1:52:55 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Windcatcher

Remembering all those old airlines... Travel was still fun back then. By the ‘80s, more people could afford to fly, but flying still retained a hint of glamour and excitement. At least, that’s how I remember it.


78 posted on 09/06/2025 2:04:33 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: DallasBiff
The 80's had Reagan, punk rock, and MTV, not as great as the 70's in music.

Oh so true!

Remember "It's morning in America." It was wonderful. That morning lasted for 10 years!

And the music. Yep. It was the 70s. James Taylor, Carly Simon, Carol King, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John and so many other talented performers and groups -- some even left over from the 60s!

79 posted on 09/06/2025 2:14:20 PM PDT by icclearly
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To: newfreep

pfs:Write ?

Worked pretty well for routine use.


80 posted on 09/06/2025 2:32:28 PM PDT by 1066AD
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