FReeper Canteen ~ Flashback Friday 1985 ~ 01 July 2005

~ Flashback Friday ~
Year: 1985

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.

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?

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

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.

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!

To: qam1; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; HiJinx; Radix; Spotsy; Diva Betsy Ross; ...

Music from 80s

Genre: 80s
Artist: Various

Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square

Sidenote: More 80s tunes! Enjoy!
For Star! We all know she was the hippest chick in her school!

281 posted on 06/30/2005 9:21:47 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)

We are doing great. Thanks! The kids are into the first week of summer vacation. I'm really enjoying my time with them!

282 posted on 06/30/2005 9:22:13 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

(((hugs))) Good evening, MS.B! Sorry you had such a long day, but I would think those lobsters would amply take the edge off! I am soooooo jealous! Maine lobster--yum!

You FINALLY got an air conditioner! Jeez, woman, you living in the dark ages. We would DIE with out one! Literally

283 posted on 06/30/2005 9:23:10 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)

To: Army Air Corps

My reaction was, "Cool!"

Hear, hear. They cause trouble wherever they go. I enjoyedg seeing it sunk. Welcome to the Canteen, Army Air Corps, and thanks for your service in the Civil Air Patrol. Is this you?

284 posted on 06/30/2005 9:23:13 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

These days, I'll settle for a woman wearing a sun dress as opposed to the jeans that are made to look dirty and baggy sweatshirt.

I remember those jelly bracelets! I may have a few in a box somewhere (some friends gave them to me "back in the day").

285 posted on 06/30/2005 9:23:21 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)

To: Army Air Corps

----Funny that you post the link to the parts store in Houston; she mentioned that she gets the car serviced in Houston (that's only a 10 hour trip from this part of the state).----

That was my guess, actually. I noticed you were in Texas. :)

-Dan

286 posted on 06/30/2005 9:23:24 PM PDT by Flux Capacitor (Trust me. I know what I'm doing.)

Oh, I thought when you said, OK it was a city nearby. I didn't realize. That's a trip but like you said, good music and or talk radio. Your funny, I know that feeling getting out of the car after a long ride. LOL!

287 posted on 06/30/2005 9:23:46 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

To: Kathy in Alaska

You got it! TX-293 is my squadron.

288 posted on 06/30/2005 9:24:41 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)

Wow....your vacation starts late...my kids have been on vacation for a month and a half now.

Enjoy them!

289 posted on 06/30/2005 9:25:15 PM PDT by trussell (Prayers for the children!)

(((hugs))) Good evening, radu! How are you this fine evening and how are your 46 babies?

290 posted on 06/30/2005 9:25:36 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)

Hurrah for mr b and your new air conditioner. Good evening, ms b.

291 posted on 06/30/2005 9:25:38 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

----Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City----

Oh yeah. I love this one.

-Dan

292 posted on 06/30/2005 9:27:54 PM PDT by Flux Capacitor (Trust me. I know what I'm doing.)

YeeHaa Schatizi.

You must really rate, lobsters and an air conditioner.

Thunder and lightening with no rain here.

293 posted on 06/30/2005 9:28:00 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Democrats haven't had a new idea since Karl Marx.)

Woo Hoo!
(fanning self)
Dat be one HOT song!
Ms.B

294 posted on 06/30/2005 9:28:37 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (if it is not right do not do it,if it is not true do not say it.)

We are kinda used to the drive. We've found short cuts and we have favorite places to stop and eat on the way. The last two times, I drove the whole 8-hour drive--hubby tends to go to sleep at the wheel if I don't constantly chatter, so it's just easier to be driving! LOL! And he can just sleep away.

295 posted on 06/30/2005 9:29:30 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)

To: MoJo2001; All

1. Were you in school?
Just graduated Catholic High School.

2. Were you in the military?
No.

3. What kind of music were you listening to?
The Scorpions, a lot of hard rock and heavy metal.

4. What do you recall as the best memory from 1985?
Senior parties, one that must go unmentionable yet probably the most memorable if truth be told, senior retreat, senior prom and the parties afterward, 17 girls including myself spending a week down the shore in New Jersey, attending Live Aid.

I'm going to bed...so don't even ask. :)

296 posted on 06/30/2005 9:29:42 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (H.R. 698 - go drop anchor somewhere else)

I think it's too late to get out. They go back the first week of September. I would understand, if they actually taught. The last month my daughter saw more Disney movies in school than she watched here in the entire year. LOL!

297 posted on 06/30/2005 9:29:57 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

He was a burned-out x-hippy on that show. He was perfect in the roll.

298 posted on 06/30/2005 9:30:33 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)

I worked over 12 hours today..
But Mike had lobsters cookin' for me when I got home..
and some nice Shiraz, and I got an air condtioner!
Woo hoo!
Ms.B

299 posted on 06/30/2005 9:30:39 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (if it is not right do not do it,if it is not true do not say it.)

We won't rat each other out.

I barely remember the 1980's.

Worked full time, went to school full time.

Barely slept, rarely ate, got real skinny.

300 posted on 06/30/2005 9:31:08 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Democrats haven't had a new idea since Karl Marx.)

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