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.
If it is him, we need to talk. For the most part, Texas is still Bush country... except for BJC's part.
Now that I think about it, maybe Rove just wanted the hippies in Austin to take a shower...
Be safe....I would hate to have you drift off on us!!!
BJC, how is the little one?
stolt
Again, do you have to remind us of your youthness?
Max, you remember the 80’s....Big Hair and Heavy Metal....I miss it so...WOW I WAS BAD!!!
I remember the movies of the 80’s but I grew up in the 70’s. I was engaged/married for most of the 80’s so I was pretty tame.
I cannot picture YOU being tame...EVER!!
Doing well, she just turned 1. I could’ve sworn she was an infant just a few weeks ago.
I thought Justine Bateman was hot. Took her about 20 years later before she did a nude scene. Wasn’t great.
That’s what happens when you leave them in the over too long.
| You Are 80% A Child of the 80s |
 You should be totally stoked! |
Daddy’s little girl is 1...how sweet.
Personally, the 80s were hellish for me.
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