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To: Corin Stormhands
You know you're "from"* the 80's if:

--You owned a *real* Rubik's cube.
--One word: Izod.
--You remember when MTV didn't exist. Alternatively you remember when the M stood for Music, not Mundane.
--"Alternative" music actually was...and not popular Top 40 tunes.
--You were a "wanna be". Madonna, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, etc.
--"Where's the beef?"
--You know how to use a rotary phone.
--Max Headroom was cool.
--You know how (or wanted to be able) to Moonwalk!
--Atari, IntelliVision, TelStar and Coleco were the ultimate gaming systems to own.
--Leg warmers and headbands á la Pat Benatar once looked really cool to you.
--You remember when Jordache jeans with a flat-handle comb in the back pocket was cool.
--Jelly bracelets & shoes!
--Your hair defied gravity.
--You are still baffled by the "day glo" clothing trend.

*The original list said "child of" the 80's. I personally was a "late teen/young adult" during that time.

2,920 posted on 10/16/2006 6:40:07 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Day 151 (counting up))
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To: ExGeeEye
I had Rubik's Cube and Rubik's Revenge.

I'm not answering anything else.

2,922 posted on 10/16/2006 7:11:55 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.com)
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To: ExGeeEye

Jelly shoes *sound* so comfortable. I remember otherwise.

Though really, although I know the list, really I was about five when all that stuff was in. So I guess I'm still *kind of* young... ;-)

Day glo ruled...


2,923 posted on 10/16/2006 7:13:30 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: ExGeeEye

I must have been a totally out of it child of the 80s because the jelly shoes and the "where's the beef" commercials.


2,925 posted on 10/16/2006 7:44:46 PM PDT by JenB
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To: ExGeeEye

This really ticks me off.

~Every~ single damn one of those is something I remember.

I still have a rubik's cube on my desk.

Except all of the sides are the same color.


2,928 posted on 10/16/2006 8:05:48 PM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1600 knives and counting!)
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