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!

Good Night!
I hope I have a better dream than last night. Last night, I dreamed that I was being flamed on FR for my grammar. It was such a strange dream. I was so upset in this dream. LOL! Too much computer maybe? :)

301 posted on 06/30/2005 9:33:12 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

Hiya Ma!
Hugs!
My new AC even has a remote control!
One MORE thing for me to misplace!
LOL
Ms.B

302 posted on 06/30/2005 9:33:19 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (if it is not right do not do it,if it is not true do not say it.)

To: TASMANIANRED

I think he likes me!
(wink)
You having heat lightnin'?
We had a hellacious storm here yesterday..
Ms.B

303 posted on 06/30/2005 9:34:46 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (if it is not right do not do it,if it is not true do not say it.)

Whoever dumped all these critters off out here gave them the farm life. LOL! We didn't choose to have this many cats. Just can't turn away a sweet, whiskered lil face when it shows up on our doorstep. We're suckers.

I use Frontline spray which works well. It's a lot cheaper to spray them than to use those drops, and each spraying lasts a month. The drops would cost over $500 each month ........ EGADS!! ........ where the spray costs $44 a month.

We do love our "kids" and do what we can to make life good for them. Even if they ARE obnoxious and aggravating at times. LOL!

304 posted on 06/30/2005 9:35:29 PM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)

Yer employers seems to suck, though some of that schedule may have been readily accepted by someone I know, L0L but Mike did very well!

That doesnt sound to bad at all.

305 posted on 06/30/2005 9:35:55 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)

The AC units with remotes are nifty. When I visited Vietnam, most of the hotels had wall units with remotes. After a long day in the heat and humidity, I could just lay on the bed in my skivvies, look at the remote, and ask, "Okay, what the h*ll is the celsius equivalent of friggin' cold?!"

306 posted on 06/30/2005 9:36:02 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)

Lobster & airconditioning...sounds like a desert dwellers
dream! How sweet of Mr.B~!!! Hope it was a good day outside of working!

307 posted on 06/30/2005 9:36:21 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)

308 posted on 06/30/2005 9:37:38 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)

I always thought it was an extravagance..
Something I could do without..
BUT...
Hell, I'm 50 now!
I EARNED it!
:0)
Ms.B

309 posted on 06/30/2005 9:37:42 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (if it is not right do not do it,if it is not true do not say it.)

Awesome Radix!
Thank you for this!!
*HUGS*

310 posted on 06/30/2005 9:37:52 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)

It makes for a fun ride to have favorite places to stop. You two will have a great time together! You are brave. I'm intimidated driving on busy highways.

See you tomorrow. :)

311 posted on 06/30/2005 9:38:25 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)

To: MoJo2001; MS.BEHAVIN; Kathy in Alaska; All

312 posted on 06/30/2005 9:38:54 PM PDT by MozartLover ( Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.)

Hi LUV W! *HUGZ*

Doin' fairly well this evening, I suppose.
The kitties are mad at me for spraying them for fleas but are being their usual obnoxious selves, so I'd say they're just fine. hehe!

How are you this evening?

313 posted on 06/30/2005 9:39:20 PM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)

Good evenint ML!
How are you tonight?
*HUGS*

314 posted on 06/30/2005 9:39:23 PM PDT by MoJo2001 (Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)

Does he have it set up yet?

315 posted on 06/30/2005 9:39:42 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Democrats haven't had a new idea since Karl Marx.)

(((big ole hug))) and hope you dream a sweet dream tonight! I have actually dreamed of people from here before, too, but it was a good dream! I don't see them here anymore. So maybe yours will be, too, tonight!

See ya here next time!

316 posted on 06/30/2005 9:39:55 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)

To: Army Air Corps

LOL!!!
(flipping through the manual)
I need to read some more!
Nice to meet you!
;0)
Ms.B

317 posted on 06/30/2005 9:39:58 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (if it is not right do not do it,if it is not true do not say it.)

To: TASMANIANRED

he had it set up and running when I got home!
;0)
Ms.B

318 posted on 06/30/2005 9:40:55 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (if it is not right do not do it,if it is not true do not say it.)

We need a good storm and a cold front.

It is miserably hot and humid.

Glad Mike looked after you.

After Birthday presents.

319 posted on 06/30/2005 9:41:08 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Democrats haven't had a new idea since Karl Marx.)

Live it up, girlie! You did earn it....and this age is more fun. Just wait, you'll see!

320 posted on 06/30/2005 9:41:15 PM PDT by luvie (GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)

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