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FReeper Canteen ~ Flashback Friday 1985 ~ 01 July 2005
Posted on 06/30/2005 7:03:48 PM PDT by MoJo2001
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~ Flashback Friday ~ Year: 1985 |
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Welcome to Flashback Friday! Each Friday we will take a journey back in time. We will highlight a year and then you'll have the opportunity to give your thoughts, opinions, and stories. This week we're jumping back to 1985. |
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1985 Questions! We Want To Know
1. Were you in school? 2. Were you in the military? 3. What kind of music were you listening to? 4. What do you recall as the best memory from 1985? |
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Events that occurred in 1985
- Live Aid attempts to raise funds for famine relief.- January 20 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan is sworn in for a second term in office.
-February 1 - AM stereo broadcasting starts in Australia. -March 11 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and de facto leader of the Soviet Union. -March 20 - Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod dog sled race.
June 6 - The body of Josef Mengele is located and exhumed in Brazil. June 14 - TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah. July 10 - The Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents September 1 - A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic. October 7 - The passenger ship Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestinians.
December 27 - American naturalist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda. December 25 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union
December 26 - Supreme Soviet meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union
December 31 - Soviet Union officially ceases to exist |
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Entertainment/Sports Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers won 38-16 over the Miami Dolphins April 1 - Villanova University's "perfect upset" of Georgetown University and Patrick Ewing for the NCAA Basketball Championship. World Series: The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3, becoming the first team to come back from a 3 to 1 deficit to win a series in baseball February 8 - After 5-1/2 years, the television series The Dukes of Hazzard goes off the air. June - Alexey Pajitnov develops Tetris at the Moscow Academy of Science for the Electronica 60 computer. November - Microsoft releases the first version of Windows. The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in the U.S. |
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Hit Music From 1985 Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World Dire Straits - Money For Nothing Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls* USA For Africa - We Are The World Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover New Edition - Cool It Now Honeydrippers - Sea Of Love Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok Sade - Smooth Operator Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine Madonna - Dress You Up Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA The Time - Jungle Love* |
* denotes music that isn't suitable for children or Ma! |
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TOPICS: Free Republic
KEYWORDS: genx
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To: armymarinemom
Good evening, amm. You were a VERY busy Mom. And check out the results. Thanks to Graham and Brad and Stu for their service to America. And thanks to their Mom and Dad and the rest of the family.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:52:14 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: MoJo2001
Gaaaaahhhh! 500 1980's songs. It's gonna be a long evening! LOL! No offense, gen-X'ers! My son is one, too! :o)
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:52:19 PM PDT
by
luvie
(GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)
To: laurenmarlowe
It could be any number of birds. The wren love the cactus. they tunnel in them for the moisture & the coolness. They can destroy a saghuaro. Grackles are very noisy fairly large black birds. I think they're kinda like clowns...funny birds.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:53:19 PM PDT
by
AZamericonnie
(I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
To: Alkhin
OMG - YES!!! I still have a bunch of them!!!
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:53:22 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: mylife
To: MoJo2001
Released July 3, 1985
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:53:48 PM PDT
by
Flux Capacitor
(Trust me. I know what I'm doing.)
To: MoJo2001; tomkow6; All
ALRIGHT THE FIRM Radioactive Rack ittt I remember that song they only did one album i remember that song guys I don't know how many video version of that song Relax has come out there was one that ban by BBC that too raunchy
HA HA too funny there is report off world Tribune aparently I think Chia Pet Kim Jong 11 has same problem he has two wild sons one of them hit other one with steel small of their grandpa Kim Jong Sun the founder of NOrth Korea TOO FUNNY hit the other son over the head
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:53:51 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: bannie; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; HiJinx; Radix; Spotsy; Diva Betsy Ross; ..
Music from 1989/1990
Genre: 1989/1990
Artist: New Kids On The Block
Hangin' Tough
Step By Step
Sidenote: More 80s tunes! Enjoy!
Who was your favorite NKOTB member?
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:54:04 PM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: StarCMC
Gigglelips Mo. sure looks comfortable ;)
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:54:10 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: GodBlessUSA
Hi there!
Been a while since we were on at the same time!
How's life treating you? Well, I hope.
I'm hangin' in there. Dealing with some upset kitties this evening..........I hit 'em a lick with flea spray this afternoon and they're still a wee bit upset with me. They'll just have to get over it. LOL!
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:54:19 PM PDT
by
radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
To: potlatch
THANKS FOR THE COMPLEMENT
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:54:20 PM PDT
by
Smartass
(Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
To: MoJo2001
It left 11 year old MoJo at home all by herself. Poor Mom and Dad.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:54:52 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: LUV W
I have a pair of pants boots from 1972.
I still wear them.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:55:02 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Democrats haven't had a new idea since Karl Marx.)
To: Flux Capacitor
FAB Film!!! Still love it to this day...will always remember fox's perfect timing!
"Doc...you made a time=machine...out of a DE LOREAN?!"
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:55:31 PM PDT
by
Alkhin
("Oh! Oh!" cried my idiot crew. "It's a ghoul - we are lost!" ~ Jack Aubrey)
To: MoJo2001
1. Were you in school? No.
2. Were you in the military?
No
3. What kind of music were you listening to?
Country
4. What do you recall as the best memory from 1985?
That is the year I met and married my husband.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:55:37 PM PDT
by
TheMom
(My husband rocks!)
To: GodBlessUSA
Hmmm--sounds like they might be sorta like hubby's brother. I would have to Freepmail about him, too! LOL! But I just love my hubby's Mom, as you already know!
Oh, we are going up there to see her in OK on the 18th. I am actually getting hubby to go somewhere. Woo-hoo! Course, I had to threaten his life!
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:56:02 PM PDT
by
luvie
(GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Compared to those three, I was well on my way to sainthood. Sheesh!! LOL!! They were constantly in trouble. I watched, learned, and did better. LOL!
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:56:23 PM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: tomkow6
What a special date. And now the "rotten kid" has grown up into a handsome young college guy.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:56:24 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Flux Capacitor
In fact a category on my blog is called Flux Capacitor..
and I even tried to start a blog specifically aimed at remembering the 80s, but I kinda gave up hope on it...could never get a grip on how to organize all the stuff to talk about
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:57:00 PM PDT
by
Alkhin
("Oh! Oh!" cried my idiot crew. "It's a ghoul - we are lost!" ~ Jack Aubrey)
To: TheMom; Eaker
You married Eaker in 1985.
*HUGS*
WOoHOo!!
And it's been wedded bliss since!!!
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:57:23 PM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
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