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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: Lady Jag
861
posted on
07/01/2005 3:24:10 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; bentfeather; Lady Jag
MA! 'Feather & Lady Jag are pickin' on me!
862
posted on
07/01/2005 3:25:51 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6
WOO HOO
To: tomkow6
She annoys you EVERYDAY??? Which fat cat??
864
posted on
07/01/2005 3:27:35 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska; bentfeather
Stop picking on me! Hey, Tom, just because I don't like an ether trip, doesn't mean you can't!
865
posted on
07/01/2005 3:29:17 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
To: Lady Jag
THIS Fat Cat!
866
posted on
07/01/2005 3:29:25 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6; WestVirginiaRebel
HEY HEY HEY!!
You watch yer mouth!!
LOL!
867
posted on
07/01/2005 3:30:23 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: tomkow6
OMG!! That puts a whole new definition on LOOSE!
How does that fat cat get LOOSE!?
868
posted on
07/01/2005 3:31:14 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
To: Lady Jag
Cancer (June 21 - July 22) Big career move today! Oddly, your decision will be somehow related to a pamphlet called "Goat Herding Made Easy."
Oh the pain....
To: Lady Jag
Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21)
A very pudgy cat will annoy you, today.
- I dare say, a very pudgy cat would annoy me any day.
If it has to be,
then let's let it be
worthwhile...
870
posted on
07/01/2005 3:35:10 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Proud Dollar-a-Day Monthly Donor)
Comment #871 Removed by Moderator
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Awwwwwww! Oooooooo! Beautiful fireworks, Tonkin! Hope you have a wonderful 4th of July honoring our troops and our beautiful country.
How did the inspection go today? What did they feed you?
872
posted on
07/01/2005 3:53:48 PM PDT
by
luvie
(GOD BLESS THE TROOPS AND GOD BLESS THE USA! GOTTA LOVE W!)
To: MoJo2001
1. Were you in school?
Don't remember....
2. Were you in the military?
Don't remember....
3. What kind of music were you listening to?
Don't remember....
4. What do you recall as the best memory from 1985?
Don't remember....
873
posted on
07/01/2005 4:07:07 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(Support the Fashion Divos you see in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6
Don't remember because:
1) You were hungover in 1985?
2) You're too old to remember now?
3) Those are the only words you know how to type?
874
posted on
07/01/2005 4:12:08 PM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(Support Our Troops-->It's The Least Any Of Us Can Do...www.proudpatriots.org)
To: Samwise
Happy Birthday Samwise & Many happy returns of the day!
875
posted on
07/01/2005 4:14:55 PM PDT
by
AZamericonnie
(I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
To: Jade Falcon; SouthernHawk; LadyHawk
Congratulations Jade Falcon & thank you for your service to America!
876
posted on
07/01/2005 4:22:59 PM PDT
by
AZamericonnie
(I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
To: EsmeraldaA
Es....((HUGS)) The week is almost over! Here comes the weekend! Hope you have a good one planned.
877
posted on
07/01/2005 4:26:21 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ coming soon ~Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: bentfeather
878
posted on
07/01/2005 4:32:46 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
To: Lady Jag
To: HiJinx; tomkow6
dare say, a very pudgy cat would annoy me any day. If it has to be, then let's let it be worthwhile... This one is a live-in:
Someone likes fat cats
880
posted on
07/01/2005 4:42:37 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
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