[thipfan73]

I was born in 1973 and the earliest I remember is 1977

[Tthip]

I was born in January 1974.
I remember things from 1975 at least.
Everytime I think about it, I find it hard to comprehend how I remember things from such a young age.

[Stephen Dame]

Born in 1980, the 80's to me were:

Terrible Leaf Teams

Hulk Hogan

Batman

Michael Jackson (I had the glove and the moves DOWN for a six year old... my parents LOVE showing that video when new freinds are introduced.)

Playing Road Hockey like it was the antidote.

Figure Skating Lessons (uh huh... yuk it up) that would end with a free skate to that "Maniac" song...

[The Darkest Canuck]

you sound like my older cousin...minus the figure skating !

[thedarkcanuck]

i too had the pedophile glove and even took it a step further with the red zipper jacket....i looked so good doing the moonwalk, all geared up....it is probably for this reason and this reason alone why i absolutely loathe the 80`s

[Stephen Dame]

i too had the pedophile glove and even took it a step further with the red zipper jacket....i looked so good doing the moonwalk, all geared up....it is probably for this reason and this reason alone why i absolutely loathe the 80`s

Alright... you can't post something like THAT without a photo. We must see this jacket!

[thedarkcanuck]

sorry dudes and dudettes...that jacket was incinerated about 20 years ago! sometimes i think i share too much :wink:

[thipfan73]

I'll admit, I had a big crush on the pedofile. Hell, he was good looking back then. Then again, I look back on some of the guys I had crushes on when I was young and go WTF?! I'm surprised I didn't wear out my mother's copy of thriller.

[thipfan73]

Got this in my Yahoo Group email. Thought it would be a good addition to this thread.

Subject: 30 YEARS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE




sobering thoughts & comments!

1974: Long hair
2004: Longing for hair

1974: KEG
2004: EKG

1974: Acid rock
2004: Acid reflux

1974: Moving to California because it's cool
2004: Moving to California because it's warm

1974: Trying to look like Liz Taylor
2004: Trying NOT to look like Liz Taylor

1974: Seeds and stems
2004: Roughage

1974: Hoping for a BMW
2004: Hoping for a BM

1974: The Grateful Dead
2004: Dr. Kevorkian

1974: Going to a new, hip joint
2004: Receiving a new hip joint

1974: Rolling Stones
2004: Kidney Stones

1974: Passing the drivers' test
2004: Passing the vision test

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change
things:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born
in
1985.

They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine.

They have always had cable.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or
"de
plane Boss, de plane".

They do not care who shot J. R.! and have no idea who J. R. even is.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list.
Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading.

Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.

[skippy the wonder dog]

Yeah, I was born in 1969 and I've never been able to fully wrap my head around the idea that there are adults born after about 1977. The 80s to me were crappy music and questionable fashion although for the record girls looked cuter then. It was the hair. Or maybe the hormones.

I remember sitting in the school auditorium to watch "If You Love this Planet" from the NFB, and watching Gwynne Dyer's "War" on the CBC. Remember "The Day After?"

That's something else kids today (you ungrateful whippersnappers, etc.) miss out on: living under the threat of nuclear annihilation.

I remember using the first computer made exclusively for the home market, a revolutionary idea: the Sinclair ZX80. If I put the specs here, nobody would believe me, so look here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=262">http://www.old-computers.com/museum/com ... st=1&c=262</a><!-- m -->

I did all my high school essays on the first portable computer, the Osborne 1, which was the size and weight of an overloaded suitcase and barely fit under the airline seats of the day. With 64 kb of RAM and twin 185 kb double density disk drives, this baby was one serious machine....

Well, gotta go. It's lime Jello day here at the nursing home.

[fingernailsonhull]

I'm a yungun. Born in 1984. I turn 21 next month. It sounds old to people my age but it isn't at all.

[The Horrible Esthete]

I find that people who were born in the 80's hate the 80's. People my age, born in the 70's loved the 80's. I started school in the late 70's and the 80's were my school years. I graduated in 91.

Guess our 'period of agreement' has gone as abruptly as it came!

I also graduated '91, and I loathe(d) the 80s. The music was awful and the fashion was worse. What was with the whole shoulder-pad thing? I thought it looked as silly then as I do now. Women's hairstyles were ridiculous - you know - hair that was made "tall" by flipping the bangs back over the top and glazing them with two cans of hairspray? And those frizzy perms for the rest of the 'do'? Every girl's hair looked like floppy dog ears sticking out from under a Russian fur hat. And "pegged" acid-wash jeans? Ugh! Tapered pantlegs are unflattering for both men and women to begin with, and that look was further accentuated by the pegging-fad. And the the chains / belts women wore over their sweaters? And the COLORS! Auuuuugghhh!!

And Depeche Mode? Debbie Gibson? Tiffany? God, the only new music I could stand either came from the 'hair bands' (and alot of that was god-awful, too), or solo projects from 70's supergroup remants.

The whole decade could be erased from history and the only thing that would be missed would be the strides made towards ending the Cold War.

[Kim]

I have to disagree. Just the fact that we have a whole thread on the 1980's and opinions on the topic are so divided means it made more of an impact than many people care to admit.

Besides, why is there this need to hate one decade and love another? Why can't we just appreciate each decade for what it is/was? cratch:

[thipfan73]

Guess our 'period of agreement' has gone as abruptly as it came!

*much deleted stuff goes here*

The whole decade could be erased from history and the only thing that would be missed would be the strides made towards ending the Cold War.

I agree, the clothes were awful the hair was awful I look at my yearbooks and just laugh my ass off, even if in 1991 hair was HORRIBLE lol. I had the "flip" hair thing in my senior picture. It's a picture of a picture that's is in my Grandmother's china closet, but...




The 80's were fun, the music was fun, the clothing, however horrible, was fun. Bascially, it was a fun decade.
:jump :thumb:

[skippy the wonder dog]

And Depeche Mode? Debbie Gibson? Tiffany? God, the only new music I could stand either came from the 'hair bands' (and alot of that was god-awful, too)

You're wrong. All of it was god-awful. Your tastes were primitive and half-formed, but that was to be expected given the context. It was enough to warp anyone's mind. Many did things far more foolish, such as buying Wham! records. All is forgiven.