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!

 

 

[MoJo2001]

Why they allow you into the building is beyond me.
Sheesh!! I think Homeland Security is lookin' for you!

[darkwing104]

Have a wonderful weekend...

[GodBlessUSA]

After some thought, Well maybe I'll donate to the Wayward Burka guys, if DJ Moonshine and voices have an opportunity to post another good song!

[Lady Jag]

It makes me laugh louder than the t-shirt!

I am a compulsive comedian and habitual laugher. My closest friend, me, gives me the most material, but laughter is serious business and I'm here to do business.

For example, just when I thought I'd seen it all . . . I tried on my bathing suit!

Ba-dump-bump!

You've been in my good guys column for a while and it would be a privilege to make it into yours.

[Lady Jag]

[GodBlessUSA]

Thank you! You just made my day!
((HUGS))

[tomkow6]

Stop & think!..........it keeps me OFF the streets!

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Darkwing!
Good to see you! Funny seeing you here at this late hour of the day. Then again, I'm not usually here this time either. So maybe you are usually here and I just never knew it. LOL!

[GodBlessUSA]

MOJO!
Great thread! It's been so much fun thinking back to the 80's. How are you today? :)

((HUGS))

[GodBlessUSA]

You have the best graphics and sense of humor. So many times, I wish I could ask you questions but my post or Freepmail would be too long. LOL! You do a fantastic job! They are so enjoyed. I do love that cool cat! Did we have our horoscopes today and I missed it? I just love those also!

[GodBlessUSA]

Oh No! My worse insecurity. I'm the only one posting lately! LOL!

[MoJo2001]

Homeland Security is asking the public to help identify one of the following people:

1) Does the person look suspicious in nature?
Burka Man-->Duh! That's a 'yes'.

2) Does the person looking suspicious in nature doing something suspicious?
Burka Man -> Duh! Another 'yes'.

3) Does the person looking suspicious in nature and doing something suspicious cause you to suspect them?
Burka Man -> HALLELUJAH!!

Where's my 25 million dollar reward?

[Lady Jag]

Get outa there before they change their minds!!!!!!

[GodBlessUSA]

The best way to be Lady Jag! You certainly provide more smiles and laughter than, probably, you will ever even know how appreciated you are! You have such a gift! A gift you share with others.

My hubby is of similar mindset. If you can't laugh, forget it. I use to be a very serious person. I always was thinking about serious matters. I met my husband and he taught me not to be that way. He makes the best jokes at the worse of times. It gets us through. He taught me how to do that. I appreciate that gift more than he will ever know.

[Lady Jag]

Ask whatever you want, whenever you want.

Horrorscope is coming soon!

[MoJo2001]

Hi Diva!
Doing great! A bit busy, but isn't everyone!!
*HUGS*
Have a wonderful 4th of July!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Pusterfuss......
I crashed early last night.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Star.....#500!!
GBUSA.....#550!!
tom.....#600 and #750!!
ms feather.....#650!!
HJ.....#700!!

[Lady Jag]

You got a great hubby!

I used to be pretty serious, too, and it wasn't my super yet humor-challenged hubby, it was a work friend.

I'd been a superstar in Boston advertising and very business oriented. Fortunately, when I met Earl I knew a joke and it was a good comeback for Earl's. He enjoyed the joke and took me under his wing.

Earl had just gotten back to work from a triple heart by-pass, one of the first, and had an extraordinary love of life. I was the age of his daughter, that might have helped, and he taught me how to tell jokes and to help people laugh. He was a wonderful man, God Bless him, and I still miss his jaunty walk and his loud jokes.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Meekie, and thanks for my cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows. Some rain overnight.