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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: SouthernHawk; Jade Falcon; tomkow6
Jade Falcon!!!
God bless those who love, support, and defend our country!
701
posted on
07/01/2005 11:09:35 AM PDT
by
Fawnn
(Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person - Faith makes things possible, not easy.)
To: bentfeather
To: bentfeather
I had to google, so my answer doesn't count:
Henry Mencken ;)
703
posted on
07/01/2005 11:11:52 AM PDT
by
Fawnn
(Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person - Faith makes things possible, not easy.)
To: HiJinx
WOO HOO !!!!!
You made the 700 Club!!
To: SouthernHawk; LadyHawk; Jade Falcon
705
posted on
07/01/2005 11:13:17 AM PDT
by
Cool Multiservice Soldier
(Newer screen name. but same attitude, same service, same political incorrectness since 1999.)
To: MoJo2001
Good Afternoon MoJo!1 *HUGS*
706
posted on
07/01/2005 11:14:06 AM PDT
by
Cool Multiservice Soldier
(Newer screen name. but same attitude, same service, same political incorrectness since 1999.)
To: bentfeather
To: tomkow6; SouthernHawk; Jade Falcon; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Ms.Poohbear; 2LT Radix jr; Radix
708
posted on
07/01/2005 11:16:13 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
To: StarCMC
Hope for a fast Lunch and then back to the mines.
709
posted on
07/01/2005 11:18:10 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Flashback Friday breakfast with Tonk!
710
posted on
07/01/2005 11:19:13 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Jade Falcon; SouthernHawk; LadyHawk
711
posted on
07/01/2005 11:26:03 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: Mr. Silverback
Thanks, Mr S, for The Good StuffThank you, Quartermaster Robert Anderson, for your service to America.
712
posted on
07/01/2005 11:27:48 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: Lady Jag; MoJo2001
Now THAT'S looking like a fantasy alright! Woo-hoo!!
Hey Mojo! Armyboys in shorts!!!
713
posted on
07/01/2005 11:31:17 AM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: tomkow6
We're humbled! THANK YOU
714
posted on
07/01/2005 11:35:48 AM PDT
by
SouthernHawk
(If at first you don't succeed--try management)
To: Army Air Corps
TAPS
RIP USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) sailors
715
posted on
07/01/2005 11:38:08 AM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: MoJo2001
This could be worse (you don't know Jade Falcon very well). . . . . LOL!!!!
716
posted on
07/01/2005 11:38:10 AM PDT
by
SouthernHawk
(If at first you don't succeed--try management)
To: bentfeather
You made the 700 Club!! PTL!
Lunchtime...laterzzzzz...
717
posted on
07/01/2005 11:40:05 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)
To: bentfeather; laurenmarlowe
Lovely hummingbird, Ms. Feather.
I'm going to try and show off our little hummers to Ms. Marlowe, if the timing is right...
718
posted on
07/01/2005 11:41:13 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ Operation Semper Fi ~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
They are forever On Patrol...
Thanks, and G-d bless. (You just made me get teary eyed)
719
posted on
07/01/2005 11:41:54 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; bentfeather; HiJinx; tomkow6; Radix; Spotsy; ...
Ok ya'll, I have the coolest thing to share!! Today I went to the Post Office to mail a couple of packages. As I pulled into the parking space, I saw that the window of the van parked next to me had a double Blue Star decal on it. I hurried up and got around and knocked on the window. The lady rolled her window down and we talked (and cried) for a couple minutes. She is the mom of 2 Marines, both have been to Iraq. One has been twice and won't go back. The other has to go back. They were both home on leave at the same time (talk about a happy woman!!) I gave her business cards for the Canteen and also for Proud Patriots and asked her to thank her sons for me. She, in return, gave me a business card for Marine Comfort Quilts. What a cool organization. She told me that she has made a quilt square for every fallen Marine in this conflict. Please, if you have a minute, take the time to stop by their website and check them out. They are looking for help making the quilt squares - they can handle the quilting, but if you can do a square, what a great and meaningful place to get involved. God bless these folks real good. Click the pic to transport to their site.
The second part of this is an encouraging word. Sometimes I WANT to say something to people about what we do here on the Canteen and also at Proud Patriots, but I sort of chicken out and mumble a thank you and move on. This experience has taught me that I need to be bolder in my thank you's. These young men and women and their families need to know that we appreciate them. So my challenge to you all is look for the opportunity. I know most of you do. But I just want to give you a boost!! *HUGS!*
720
posted on
07/01/2005 11:42:24 AM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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