FReeper Canteen ~ Flashback Friday 1985 ~ 01 July 2005

[MoJo2001]

 

 

~ 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!

 

 

[Smartass]

Gracious God,

Bless and comfort the mothers and fathers,
sons and daughters, wives and husbands
of our military personnel who are separated
from their loved ones.

Grant them the courage to face the
challenges of daily living while those
they love are away.

As unfamiliar tasks are placed before
them due to the absence of their loved
ones, grant them direction and wisdom.

Encourage their hearts and surround
them with peace.
In Your name we pray.   Amen.

by Pablo R. Diaz, Vice Presiden
of Outreach Ministries

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you for this evenings thread!! *Hugs*

[qam1]

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[WestVirginiaRebel]

1985! I was a young Rebel back then...Back to the Future came out that year, as did Brazil, Rocky IV, and Rambo: First Blood Part Two.

On TV I remember watching CBS's new version of The Twilight Zone, which wasn't that bad. But Miami Vice was the coolest show on TV.

[Ax]

January-March 1985: TDY to Harare, Zimbabwe. At that time, the very best place in Africa. September-October 1985: TDY to Mbabane, Swaziland. Not a bad trip. October 1985: started Spanish Language School.

I don't do music.

[luvie]

Hi, again! Can you stay for a while this time? Did you get all the food into the fridge? LOL!

[SevenofNine]

What I remember about 1985 is fall I became Sophrmore and Ronnie lay smackdown on Libya after that that cruise ship got hijack by terrorists one thing Qudafky learn

Don't F*** with Warner bros actor you get your a*** kick DUH everybody in LA knew that DUH

My fav memory is show called Night Flight that used on USA network back in 1985 used play old music video and they were so anti Reagan that they play Reagan movie make Ronnie look stupid it backfire make Ronnie more like Bada*** I used stay up watch that at 2am in the morning after coming home from Friday night party LOL!

[luvie]

Amen! As usual, your prayer touched my heart! Thank you! Beautiful presentation, too!

[Senator Pardek]

I was listening to Rush as a senior - how embarrassing...

[GodBlessUSA]

I sure did. I have all I need for the weekend. These people better appreciate this. LOL! :)

How are you tonight? How was Bible Class?

[The Mayor]

July 1, 2005

Joy—Even In Poverty

Read:
Habakkuk 3:14-19

Though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; . . . yet I will rejoice in the Lord. —Habakkuk 3:17-18

Bible In One Year: 2 Kings 15-17

In the book 450 Stories for Life, Gust Anderson tells about visiting a church in a farming community of eastern Alberta, Canada, where there had been 8 years of drought. The farmers' economic situation looked hopeless. But in spite of their poverty, many of them continued to meet together to worship and praise God.

Anderson was especially impressed by the testimony of a farmer who stood up and quoted Habakkuk 3:17-18. With deep feeling, he said, "Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls—yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation." Anderson thought, That dear saint has found the secret of real joy!

It's not wrong to find pleasure in the good things money can buy, but we should never rely on them for happiness. If our fulfillment depends on material possessions, we are crushed when we lose them. But if our joy is found in the Lord, nothing can disrupt it, not even economic distress.

Yes, those who know and trust the Lord can rejoice—even in poverty! —Richard De Haan

Pleasures of earth, so seemingly sweet,
Fail at the last my longings to meet:
Only in Thee my bliss is complete;
Only, blest Lord, in Thee. —Anon.

Happiness depends on happenings; joy depends on Jesus!

FOR FURTHER STUDY
How Does God Keep His Promises?

[Smartass]

:o)

[SevenofNine]

Actually MOJO I was into new wave music which mean I dye my hair pink like Kellyyyy Osbourne LOL!

Well report off Fox news right now IDF has storm this Gaza hotel that had Jewish hardliners so claim protest withdrawel of settlers one of the settler whack IDF soldier

[HopeandGlory]

;-)

[laurenmarlowe]

by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

June 30, 2005

Soldiers from the 13th Field Artillery Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division, fire a rocket from a Multiple Launch Rocket System in central Iraq.

by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

June 30, 2005

A Soldier from the 116th Engineers Battalion, 163rd Mechanized Infantry, searches a storage area for weapons in Kirkuk, Iraq. The structure has no doors.

by Staff Sgt. Carmen L. Burgess

June 29, 2005

Sgt. April Pashley, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, is awarded the new Combat Action Badge by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker. Pashley came under fire while guarding coalition forces in Iraq with her Reserve unit from Fort Dix, N.J.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

BTW...

Happy Birthday To Me!

One year a Freeper.

Met some nice folks here in the past year. Made some FRiends, made some folks mad.

Learned quite a bit.

Here's to year #2!!!!!

[luvie]

Bible class was wonderful. We were studying Romans l4 and 15 and learned a lot about how to treat our brothers and sisters in Christ.

I am sure your family will appreciate everything you do. How many are you expecting to come?

What kind of weather are you expecting--cooler all weekend I hope for you. Ours is supposed to be hotter. Ouch! It is still 96*

[HopeandGlory]

Thank you

[SevenofNine]

OHH I hate that version they try restart Twilight Zone franchise in 1980s they had some good episodes problem was they didn't allow estate of Rod Serling take part that probably it suck in my opinon

I forgot about Miami Vice okay how about this anybody watching Dallas on Friday night rack ittt

[MoJo2001]

Happy FR Birthday to you!
Guess what? Tomorrow will mark my 3 year anniversary in the Canteen. Lucky Canteen, huh? Poor Canteeners!! LOL!