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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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To: ButThreeLeftsDo; Army Air Corps; uncleshag; Kathy in Alaska; All
WHOA breaking news off BBC wire report that IDF has foiled plot by Palenseins terrorist to bomb IDF checkpoint near Jewish settlement at this hour
Speaking of that Hareetz wire reporting that Israel govt study claim Palensteins are not doing anything disarm terrorist in their group
Gee wonder why DUH ARIEL
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:09:48 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: SevenofNine
You are one of the few people in our generation who actually knows who Walter Winchell was! Let me guess, you did not attend public school... :-)
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:11:09 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: SevenofNine
Not disarming....duh is right.
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:11:13 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Army Air Corps; tomkow6; All
Whoa too funny there is report off NY Post NBC is thisss close of merging MSNBC with CNBC cancel CNBC and merge business and MSNBC just call it NBC News channel just drop MSN part of it LOL!
TOO FUNNY what I hear BilL Gates getting tired of MSNBC losing the ratings yeah you be tired too if you co partner ratings SUCKS all I know about Hardball is what I see on SNL
I am serious LOL!
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:11:58 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: ntnychik
Thanks, ntnychik, for stopping in and sharing your remembrances.
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:14:30 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Army Air Corps; All
Actually I do watch Biography back in da day when A&E show it since I don't get Biography channel I have hear of him LOL!
Actually thanks to Biography and Turner Classic movies I think I know alot about Old School Hollywood
Unlike my Generation Generation X I don't care about reality shows at all I watch A&E or History Channel
Believe or not I did attend public school what really scare my teacher I kinda knew Angela Lansbury and Jane Wyman from Falcon Crest I used go to
YO IT That Ronnie first wife
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:14:35 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: Army Air Corps; All
OH YEAH I knew Hedda Hopper too LOLOL!
Actually do you know who her son was William Hopper aka Paul Drake of Godzilla fav lawyer Perry Mason LOL!
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:15:53 PM PDT
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SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: SevenofNine
I am a History Channel, AMC, and TCM junkie. Also, Spike shows ST:TNG and DS9 along with CSI.
I watched a Mat Helm movie today while reading for comps.
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:16:31 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: SevenofNine
You kinda knew Jane Wyman? Was she a neighbour? A friend of the family?
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:18:14 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska; All
WHOA Breaking news off Kydto news wire look like Japanese Navy ship has stop freighter carry "Smack" from North Korea they could raise that in North KOrea WHOA I didn't know that
And Xinurea news wire reporitng that China Prez and Vlad of Russia is currently meeting at this hour discuss Chinese and Russia ties Yeah like maybe getting China score nuke EH VLAD
Give back that Super Bowl ring
OH MAN if that Raider super bowl ring somebody would get that a*** kick by Black HOLE
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:18:32 PM PDT
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SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: Army Air Corps; All
Actually one of my childhood neighbor son used to be lighting dude on set of Falcon crest there is one degree of separation to Jane Wyman LOL!
He now retired from movie business yeah I have hear of Jane Wyman even before that from watch old movie on local stations here in SO CAL
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:20:21 PM PDT
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SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: SevenofNine
"Unlike my Generation Generation X I don't care about reality shows at all I watch A&E or History Channel"
I hate "reality" TV because it is not anywhere near reality. If they wanted to make Survivor real, they wouldn't have anyone booted off the bloody island. They would dump them on the island and let them work together to build shelter, acquire food, etc.
REAL reality TV would be cameras following an average person at work and at home.
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:21:03 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: SevenofNine; Kathy in Alaska; All
Nighty Nite Ma, Seven and everybody!
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:23:12 PM PDT
by
EsmeraldaA
(Our prayers for all US troops.)
To: All
Oy! It is almost 0130 here and it is definitely time for me to go to sleep. Cheers and G-d's blessings to one and all!
Cheerio,
AAC
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:23:52 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: SevenofNine
Careful, Seven....
Keep it up and you'll replace al baby, in the classic sense.....
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:24:58 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly)
To: EsmeraldaA
Good night, Es.....man you are up LATE! Sleep well. *HUGS*
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:26:41 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo; tomkow6; All
I wish i own Raiders let me tell you one thing they would't go for that run defense and offenisve that tired play is OLD
Well well Sky news reporting that German Chanellor HERR Gerard Shroder is going be vote in confidence vote and there is bloody in that German politics water which his poll numbers are way down
TOO FUNNY can you imagine if Shorderer need be call for early election OH MAN if he get defeat he could ask Vlad for a job at Kremlin since they are buddy
Here update on story off NY Daily news report maybe NYPD is not reallyyy recruit to Muslum community get Muslum join NYPD now they reporting that Muslum community is saying no way some of recruiters are WOMEN get women join NYPD you know how backward Islam is
Some of these women dont' want be NYPD cops
Okay Muslums don't cry to me if Uncle Dick Wolf reset you on Law and Order OKAY
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:30:29 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: EsmeraldaA; tomkow6; All
Gooddd night Esmeralda well another report off BBC wire reporting that movement going down to recall Spain politican who vote on wacky Same sex marriage law according to report
Did guys hear there anothe report off UK Times is that Saddam is suing UK SUn over his birthday suit but UK sun claim try that Saddam we sue for bringing kinda loser lawsuit
TOO FUNNY ROFL
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:32:51 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: Army Air Corps; All
I not sure but I hearing Voyager got sold recently to Spike TV so don't be suprise that you see Voyager for non Trekkies on board check out Season 4 of Voyager when come on you know who is Seven of Nine really
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:36:13 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: SevenofNine
Seven.....#400!!
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posted on
06/30/2005 11:39:04 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
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