YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80's or early 90's IF-

[spidermonky 0]

Oregon Trail was great!!!

[jessd 0]

Yeah but what was it?

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..."

[Samurai136 0]

They would take you to the Library to play and educational video game on an Apple IIe. Oregon Trail was a game where you tried to make the journey from St Louis to the west coast on the trail.

It told you how many people were in your wagon trail, how much food and money you had, and then generated random encouters from indian attacks to bad weather and starvation...

Ken

"Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian
Ken

[tbrown 26]

Also Pogs, My Little Pony, and Teddy Ruxpin. New Kids on the Block and for some strange reason all your parents' favorite rock stars were big fat graying guys like David Crosby and Jerry Garcia.

Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

[dterrick 0]

I am Soooo buusted on that list...

...and Poison are playing Winnipeg tomorrow night. Maybe their current World Tour is comingto a city near you?

-Dave

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

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Got this in an email..

YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80's or early 90's IF-
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big
screen.


I worked in a grocery store when that came out and I had to dress up in the Raphael turtle costume

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I'm now expected to do everything with nothing forever

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[PhillyKev 0]

I can't believe this thread has made it this far without:

Rubik's cube
New York laces

and let's not forget the historic cross-over hit. The first combo of rap and rock, the predecessor to bands like Korn, Limp Bizcuit, RHCP, etc.....

....Run DMC and Aerosmith doing Walk This Way.

[txblondie 0]

Have no fear; I remember the Gummy Bears...

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Blondes do have more fun!

[txblondie 0]

teddy bear sweatshirts, or their predecessor, the ones worn off the shoulder and inside out, acid-washed jeans rolled tight at the ankle,

[pyke 0]

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1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE."
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock."
11. USED TO sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales."
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch
cartoons.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big
screen.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer
class
at school.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
19. L.A. Gear...
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing.
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose
fell off...
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took Lunch Pails to school.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor T-shirts.
32. You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up.
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know what
you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline
skates.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonald's.
41. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "Totally awesome"
42. You remember Popples.
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
45. You wore socks scrunched down.
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"
47. You remember boom boxes Vs. CD players.
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"
50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales"
51. You thought Doogie Howser was a good show.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
56. You owned/wore more than one SWATCH watch at a time

Well, I guess I wasn't nearly as cool as I thought I was during the '80's, but that's all I got!!

Kahurangi e Mahearangi,
Kiwi, RB #926, AFF-I, FAA Snr. Rigger, RN/BSN/Paramedic

[Jayruss 0]

WAIT WAIT WAIT the list forgot the greatest stuffed toy to come out of the 80's, we all had them, our parents all stood in line for hours to get them, they were OUR children . . . Cabbage patch kids

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[The111 1]

Has anyone mentioned snap bracelets?

www.WingsuitPhotos.com

[NoShitThereIWas 0]

In high school you were into movies like Pretty In Pink and The Breakfast Club, In junior high you listened to Cyndi Lauper and the "Material Girl". You wore lots of rhinestones or got heavily into making rhinestone clothing and shoes. In Elementary school you owned anything neon orange, pink, green or yellow in a skirt/outfit form and had jelly sandals and of course matching legwarmers, When you were real little your parents dressed you in corduroy to the hilt (especially the brown corduroy), You or your friends owned an Atari 2600 or Commodore 64 and Space Invaders, Donkey Kong and Ms. PacMan were "it", You recall the time when Star Wars and E.T. hit the box office. In grade school you said things like "Like Oh MY God" and "That is so totally Rad!"

The 80s were an interesting time. I still love the music from that era.

Oh, and if you were a girl, Strawberry Shortcake was the bomb.

Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires."

Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say."

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YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 80's or early 90's IF you ever looked like this

JT.

Oh, Sweet jesus! Oh, my God!!!! WTF????

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[livendive 8]

Hmm...I remember:

Guys wearing polo shirts with the collar turned up..and sometimes mulitple polo shirts.

Girls wearing 15-20 of those Madonna bracelets on one wrist.

Brand new jeans being sold with holes in them.

Batcavers.

Owning 8 different colors of Chuck Taylor's.

Checkered Vans.

Watching music videos on MTV.

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[Muenkel 0]

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JT.

Oh, Sweet jesus! Oh, my God!!!! WTF????

If you've ever been to Brentwood, Long Island, you'd understand.

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Chris

[Yoshi 0]

how about watching 90210.... or gi joes.... or max hedrum, or earings were only cool in your left ear.... or was it the right ear?... rebok pumps, hulk hogan and roughty roughty piper. run d mc, rather than 4-wheelers there were 3 wheelers, you know who geoffry is from toys "R" us, atari 2600, or better yet PONG!, frogger, cap guns without orange tips on the barrels, etch-a-sketch, fraggle rock, when mongoose bikes were the shit!, when skateboarding was legal :), collecting soda pop thingies from cans and making neclaces out of them (or was that just me?)... he-man, if you know that return of the jedi was first called revenge of the jedi....gosh this list can go on and on and on like the energiser bunny.


-yoshi

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this space for rent.

[mountainman 0]

*snapping my fingers*

"Thanks for the memories ..."

Good stuff.

http://www.brandonandlaura.com

[n2skdvn 0]

you remember the cartoon starblazers
you remember garbage pail kids
remember when things were "smurfy"
you know what a trash 80 is

nuff for now

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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[TitaniumLegs 8]

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and let's not forget the historic cross-over hit. The first combo of rap and rock, the predecessor to bands like Korn, Limp Bizcuit, RHCP, etc.....

....Run DMC and Aerosmith doing Walk This Way.

Except that Red Hot Chili Peppers predates that remake by 2 years.

(>o|-<

If you don't believe me, ask me.

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did anyone ever have a "2XL- toy robot?"
it was an old 8track machine in the shape of a robot but the tapes that came with it were all childrens trivia and games
now THATS 80's

How about speak and spell? That thing was fucking scary... "Speak and talk like the devil"...

[ginandjuice 0]

I totally remember the Jem cartoon. I even had the doll, but I eventually lost her Jem clothes. I think I still have her put away somewhere probably wearing a barbie doll wedding dress or something.

GINNY

The words I have to say, May well be simple but they're true, Until you give your love, There's nothing more that we can do-David Bowie

[Chute 0]

Swatches and swatch guards
VANS
Parachute pants (Could this be why I chose this sport)
Aqua Net
Mullatts
Perming your mullatt
Cutting your mullat off except for a braided tail
Spiked hair
Duran Duran
Friendship bracelets or pins
Band patches on the back of your jean jacket
RayBans
Wearing 20 rubber bracelets
McDLT in a styrofoam container
bandanas around the kneck or wrist
wearing two pair of socks
schreaded jeans

Bottomless Beers and Blue Skies!

* Brother_Brian *
D.S.W.F.S.B. #2

[PhillyKev 0]

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and let's not forget the historic cross-over hit. The first combo of rap and rock, the predecessor to bands like Korn, Limp Bizcuit, RHCP, etc.....

Technically, but their rap/rock sound and current lineup didn't really form until '90.
....Run DMC and Aerosmith doing Walk This Way.

Except that Red Hot Chili Peppers predates that remake by 2 years.

[freakyflygirl 0]

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I loved the Gummie Bears cartoon.

Now how many of you wore parachute pants?

Yea yea yea, I did. I think we were gonna have a retro night at the WFFC, parachute pants if you could find 'em. Whatever happened to that night?

I was at the Express store (I think) on Michigan Avenue in Chicago a couple weeks ago and they HAD parachute pants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!