Posted on 09/10/2002 7:37:35 AM PDT by Xenalyte
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:47:04 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Among the usual paperclips and pencils cluttering the desk of textile-plant engineer Jeff Kivert is a new necessity: 50 pounds of Silly Putty.
The allure of such a wad is difficult for Mr. Kivert, of Whitehall, Pa., to explain. "To hold a pound of it in your hand, it's unbelievable," he says. A pound is about the size of a softball. Ten pounds is bigger than your head.
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no way - corgi batmobile model #267 (1966 version) - now THAT was a toy ! -lets not forget lincoln logs, erector sets and Evil Knievel stunt motorcycle with action figure, Stretch Armstrong, and Duncan yo yo's
I remember my older brother had Lincoln Logs. He also had some pretty cool Tonka Toys (trucks, cranes, etc...).
We had Tetherball too. Fun stuff!
We spent about 4 hours last Christmas eve doing that and found all kinds of stuff that we had forgotten about.
or the "Thunderbirds"
Child from '80's
You know what "Sike" means.
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack, Filet-o-fish, quarterpounder, and French fry song.
You know who Mr. T is.
You know who Fat Albert is. And who was old boy with the pink mask?
You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
You could breakdance, or wish you could.
You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
You knew that knowing is half the battle.
You wanted to be on Star Search.
You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout." Rut row raggy and Zoinks
You HAD to have your MTV.
You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
You owned any cassettes.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon. Instead we're sending people to live on deserted islands with nothing but the clothes on their backs for 39 days vying for a million dollars
You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or the Muppets glasses from McDonalds and drank out of the with a crazy straw :)
Poltergeist freaked you out.
You knew who Ben Stein was before you could win his money,"Bueller?"
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ET, Dukes of Hazard,Knight Rider, Strawberry Shortcake or A-Team lunch box.
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up. Or you wore two different color IZOD shirts at the same time with both collars up
You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.
You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag.
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.
You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.
You had to change into *play* clothes after school.
You owned, or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.
You hated Scrappy Doo.
You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
You wish you had a light saber. Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80's"
Your arm was full of rubber bracelets. Tied together of course
You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon."
You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.
You had to get up to change the channel. "you were the remote control"
You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine on Sesame Street.
The 80's. What a great decade to be a kid.
I'm sure that's true. Because, in America, every decade is great to be kid in.
In many parts of the globe that isn't true.
Gimme a dime bag.
It also had the COOLEST intro:
Tracking: It looks good at NASA One.
Control: Uh, Roger.
Steve: DCS arm switch is on.
Control: OK, Victor.
Steve: Landing rocket arm switch is on. Here comes the throttle. Circuit breaker's in.
Tracking: We have separation.
Steve: Roger. Inboard and outboards are on. We're comin' forward with the sidestick.
Tracking: All looks good.
Control: Uh, Roger.
Steve: I've got a blowout. Damper three.
Control: Get your pitch to zero.
Steve: Engine's out. I can't hold altitude.
Control: Correction. Alpha hold is off. Trip select is emergency.
Steve: Flightcom, I can't hold it. She's breaking up. She's break
..
Kaboooooooooooooom.
Steve Austin. Astronaut. A man barely alive.
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.
We have the technology.
We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man.
Steve Austin will be that man.
We can make him better than he was before.
Better. Stronger. Faster.
I use to watch Little House on the Prairie with my mom after school. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Do you remember Fury (the black horse) series?
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