Now I feel really old!
Posted on 06/30/2005 7:03:48 PM PDT by MoJo2001
Rumsfeld....the Grand Marshall....how sweet is that!!! Those poor libs. LOL!!
ROTFLOL!!!
Good Evening Radix! :)
Actually Kathy if I know NBC they freak out at Rockfeller Center one of NASCAR guy going be interview tommorow on Today show HELLO Katie Couric going have a fit SHUT UP KATIE
Katie you ignorant slut
I am taking a fun trip to sunny Arizona! I'm getting to see some friends and some places I visited as a kid.
I hope you have a great 4th!
LOL! :) I was just kidding. I kind of figured that you didn't see. :) How are you tonight?
((HUGS))
I was a little older than you in 1985. I remember the TV movie The Day After.
Was that movie about what would result in case of a nuclear disaster?
I also recall Reagan's Star Wars speech. Ah, the '80's: the music, the movies, the cars, the attitude! Dang, now I really wish that I had a time machine so that I could go back and thoroughly enjoy that decade...(time to buy an IROC-Z and grow a mullet)
I remember being overseas, the Philippines. Dad was in Navy. Getting a taste of the local culture...but anything 80s is cool for me. --Fee
"Only" l4??? LOL! I wouldn't know what to do with that many people in this house. Is everyone bringing something to eat to help you out?
It is fairly typical to have hot weather, but it usually cools off quite a bit at night. This is not typical and as much as I love to have the doors open for a breeze, it's not happenin' tonight!
I remember Geraldine rummaging through her purse to find her speech and glasses during the VP debates. I also recall some of the bumper stickers that came out at that time poking fun at Mondale and Ferraro.
In a lot of ways it was the worst year I can remember,having to face and accept failure while now realising that it led me to where I am now,which is reasonably successful.
Sometimes having to swallow your pride is the best thing that you can do,even though it is still distasteful to think about it 20 years later.
Happy Birthday on your Freeper sign up date!:)
Yeah, The Day After really focused on a Kansas town and its residents in the wake of a Soviet first strike, but it also touched on the broader results of such a strike. It was freaky stuff back then, but the production value seems campy by today's standards.
How many folks here remember the TV mini-series "V"?
Wow, the Soviet Union dissolved 20 years ago? Time flies. (Somehow, I think the joke might have been on us). I played hookey to be home for Ronald Reagan's inauguration. I think that was the one that had to be held indoors, due to extreme cold. In 1985, I was mixing work, business travel, and the raising of two small children. I went to dance aerobics at the Y, and remember warming up to "Sea of Love", doing endless crunches to "Part-Time Lover," and leg exercises to "Smooth Operator." We did some nasty boot camp exercises to an instrumental song that sounded like jungle music to me. I never knew the artist or title.
Hi, Lauren! Just wonderful pictures--it's like I am right there watching in person--except the noise from that rocket would be really loud!
You having a cool evening out there in the desert? What's in the plans for tomorrow? I'm waiting for pictures from the Suguaro Park! Was it awesome?
God bless our brave troops--so proud of Sgt. Pashley for her bravery under fire! They are all heroes to me!
Now I feel really old!
FR is simply the best. Landed here totally by accident.
It's a loooooooong story.
Is there anyone here that can help me with a VA life insurance/tax question or two?
FReepmail would be mucho appreciato!
(Been talkin' like that since the Santana concert last night ;-0)
Well, News Diva--you were quite the wild child back in da day weren't you! LOL!
>
>
I was not old enough to vote for Ronald Reagan, BUT! our senior class trip participated in CLOSEUP and special arrangements were made for us to attend the very same week of the Inauguration. Unfortunately, we ended up sitting in the hotel room watching it on TV anyway, because that CLOSEUP trip became known as the "1985 CLOSEUP Inauguration FREEZE-OUT" - I still have the button that says it! It was still FUN FUN FUN!
My favorite band in 1985 was Men At Work.
I can't remember too much right now, but I do remember how much fun I had and how I was looking forward to college, and all the great music of the time.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.