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04-02-2013, 08:56 PM | #11 |
Cobra Viper
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1. Growing up a dirt-poor-ass EM brat alongside a bunch of other dirt-poor-ass EM and officer's brats. Being a Reagan Kid was hard and you lived in some crappy places, the worst I remember was NAS Fallon. Remember riding my bicycle down to the end of Van Voorhiss runways and watching stuff take off and land with a dozen other kids because we were so damned bored. But it was camaraderie like nothing else because every kid knew friendships were only one PCS away from getting torn up and nobody had too many hard feelings about it. Only cried one time when a friend moved away, I took it hard because we made it almost two whole grades together before his dad got moved somewhere. I remember when they drove off, Dad sat on the porch and cried with me because he knew what a heartbreak it was. A month later, we moved, too. It was just my Dad and me, Mom wasn't around for it. Them's was the breaks of naval air, Dad always said. When he left the Navy for Ma Bell, he promised me we would find a place and never leave. He kept that promise.
2. Saturday morning cartoons on AFRTS (we called it A-Farts) when we lived in Italy. He wouldn't let me watch European TV. 3. Getting blinded in one eye in an accident and realizing I would never wear the uniform of the US Army. I was more upset than my father, he came to terms with it before I did. I would go on to join the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets and serve in civilian law enforcement for a few years, but never did get to wear my spurs as a armored cavalryman. 4. Movies I remember were Top Gun, Raiders, the original Star Wars trilogy, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future. 5. TV begins and ends with Miami Vice and Moonlighting. |
04-03-2013, 12:23 AM | #12 |
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All of the things mentioned before.
Plus other shows like Simon and Simon, Knight Rider, Dukes of Hazzard, Ghostbusters (movie and cartoon). Sunday morning cartoons before church, and rushing home for cartoons in the afternoon after school....Remember cartoon express on USA? So many great memories as a kid of the 80's...so many great Toys, cartoons, TV shows...kids today have no idea what they missed out on, lol. I remember loving going to the mailbox around August/September when the new SEARS Wishbook came out and drooling over the new Joes....especially 85 with the FLAGG. Loved the first Cold front that went through where I finally got to wear sweats and play outside and not sweat my ass off.....the leaves changing colors and knowing Christmas was coming. Playing soccer and football...watching college football and pro football with my dad and brothers. Going to Saints games on Sunday with the family in the Superdome. Original super soakers---water gun fights, playing outside, my go cart. Yep most kids today think they will melt if they go outside. I would spend a whole day in the woods playing G I Joe or A Team with my toy guns, building a fort, man I miss that. Oh I loved Saturday Night's Main Event.....still have plenty of them on vhs, lol. I miss the 80's. Last edited by MSU44; 04-03-2013 at 12:36 AM.. |
04-04-2013, 08:02 PM | #13 |
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Oooohhh, I thought of another one...
Jayce stuff is really hard to find. Even on Ebay there's really not that much out there. |
04-05-2013, 11:12 AM | #14 |
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All of those are Excellent!!! Very Cool! Keep them coming.
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04-09-2013, 07:55 PM | #15 |
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Oh man....I used to laugh and laugh and laugh at the guy falling down the stairs at the end...
Hahaha, since I have old-school Sesame Street on the brain....this was a good one too. Oh god, and this shit too, LOL. Love it! |
04-10-2013, 01:16 AM | #16 |
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Finding stashes of porn from the 70's with those terrible tan lines, pale white next to near paper bag brown. What were they thinking?
Seeing some ZAP/R. Crumb comics and the horror of finding out that not all comics are for kids. Likewise the Heavy Metal cartoon movie...not all cartoons are for kids! All that pop culture crap that we can't let go of. We were the first entirely pop culture brainwashed generation. Not understanding politics and thinking the President was The Man, the USA was perfect, the Russians were jerks and all that stuff. Not getting political, just saying as a kid it was simpler because you didn't know much. Yeah, kids played outside. There was boogie man stuff and be safe, nowdays it's super paranoia. Thank you, media. Last edited by Sean_C; 04-10-2013 at 01:23 AM.. |
04-11-2013, 07:21 PM | #17 |
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I get kinda nit-picky about my 80's memories, it was almost like 2 decades rolled into one. Something happened around '85/'86 that changed; New Wave was dead and Metal was getting pop, parachute pants/ camoflage shirts and zippers were out while acid washed jeans and Hobie surf gear was in. Skating suddenly wasn't a crime and now a viable mode of transportation, that post-apok punk look went away for villains to be replaces with the greasy Cuban drug lord look. And since I became a Freshman in High School in '86 mostly I have fonder memories of being a kid in the first half of that decade and I have a habit of referring to that time as, "The 80's."
Here is a show I used to watch late on Saturdays, not sure if it rings anyone else's bells... Also, for a bit of nostalgia fun, check out the book, "Ready Player One."
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04-12-2013, 02:14 PM | #18 |
Im Charming
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blowing into video game cartridges to get them to work, kids are lazy now-a-days
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04-14-2013, 06:47 AM | #19 |
I just want foam gliders.
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Breakfast cereal.
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