My faves about the 80s:(and if I name more o well hehe)

1.SMURFS.. still love them today, yes i saw the movie( Im a geek)

2.boom boxes

3. when MTV had VIDEOS all day.. but i still remember they had shows like Remote Control & Beavis and Butthead

4.everything was yep CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP

5. taking a small cassette player listening to the radio all day for ur favorite song to come on then recording songs after that just to fill th e tape to have tunes cuase u didnt have the money to buy the actual cassette then.

6.Same with #5 only with videos and movies on VHS( copying 3 on one VHS tape)

7.Keds( never owned a pair but if u had these u was in the IN crowd at school)

8.jeans folded over and tightly rolled up to make them look like pleated thin jeans at school.

9.Atari games.. space invaders..pac man..etc.

10.Knight Rider( yep i said it... wanted the car K.I.T.T not the guy.. hey i was about 13)

11.friendship pins on ur shoes( u put beads on open part of safety pins and gave them to friends...more u had showed u had friends)

12.Showbiz Pizza Place... YEP BIG GEEK HERE hehe.. wen t with my dad every Fri night... fave character Mitzi

13.me still going trick or treating and getting by with it

14. USA SUNDAY CARTOON EXPRESS( each sunday on e channel would show cartoons like JabberJaw, SpeedGhost, Justice League, etc others i cant remember)

15. saturday morning cartoons... DAM STRAIGHT WOOT WOOT

16.Seeing PR

17. Remembering the first time i heard Lisa on 1999.. omfg that song played over and over as i was at my dads one weekend on radio... when i saw the video i knew girls ROCKED and i didn t focus my attention on Prince anymore.. if she wasnt in the video .. i hated it rofl.... * hides from ppl throwin g things now* hey i was young what u expect dammit

18.i will edit later when i think of more rofl( but the 80s was care free for me at that point)

Things I miss about the early 1800s (For the one who challenged us to this quest)

1. Catching Napoleon and kicking his ass

2. Breeches

3. Haydn and Beethoven

4. Riding Crops

5. Landau rides through the estate

6. Having footmen

7. Not meeting my 5 greats grandparents, Henrey Essex (1809 -1871), James Whiting (1810 -1892), John Mintrum (1804 - 1856) or my Maori Ancestor Tapuhi Potaka (c1800 -c.1875)

8. Buying a daguerrotype

9. Discovering gold in California a year early

10. Talking the Maoris out of signing the Treaty of Waitangi

11. Freeing all the slaves to avoid the civil war

12. Holding guineas and half guineas

13. Having a gothick style house built by John Nash

14. Buying a powdered wigg

15. Writing everything with long s's like thif submifsion.

16. Catching cholera and living

17. Riding on the first steam packet in 1807

18. Riding on George Stephensons rocket in 1825

19. Catching syphilis or smallpox and surviving

20. Evangelising on a pacific island for the London Mifsionary Society

21. Buying a sheet of penny blacks and two penny blues in London on May 6th 1840

22. Wearing a crinoline in publick.

23. Meeting Alexander Pushkin

24. Observing the battle of Waterloo

25. Being at Queen Victoria's coronation

26. Getting one of my liveried servants to write the other 74 tasks.

Word to wise, never challenge a History Teacher on these matters.

1.) watching music awards show and seeing top entertainers fill the seats and act like fans themselves, they would dance and clap and cheer on the ones performing

2.) skating rinks

3.) Saturday morning cartoons

4.) the youthful thrill of amusement parks especially when lit at night

5.) nastolgia of weekend 2 full week camping, being in the boyscouts

6.) How young my parents aunts & uncles were

7.) Prince culture

8.) dad taking us to the computer store to pick out the next family game for our Atari system

9.) arcades

10.) movies like the Breakfast Club, Terminator,

Adorecream said:

Things I miss about the early 1800s (For the one who challenged us to this quest)

1. Catching Napoleon and kicking his ass

2. Breeches

3. Haydn and Beethoven

4. Riding Crops

5. Landau rides through the estate

6. Having footmen

7. Not meeting my 5 greats grandparents, Henrey Essex (1809 -1871), James Whiting (1810 -1892), John Mintrum (1804 - 1856) or my Maori Ancestor Tapuhi Potaka (c1800 -c.1875)

8. Buying a daguerrotype

9. Discovering gold in California a year early

10. Talking the Maoris out of signing the Treaty of Waitangi

11. Freeing all the slaves to avoid the civil war

12. Holding guineas and half guineas

13. Having a gothick style house built by John Nash

14. Buying a powdered wigg

15. Writing everything with long s's like thif submifsion.

16. Catching cholera and living

17. Riding on the first steam packet in 1807

18. Riding on George Stephensons rocket in 1825

19. Catching syphilis or smallpox and surviving

20. Evangelising on a pacific island for the London Mifsionary Society

21. Buying a sheet of penny blacks and two penny blues in London on May 6th 1840

22. Wearing a crinoline in publick.

23. Meeting Alexander Pushkin

24. Observing the battle of Waterloo

25. Being at Queen Victoria's coronation

26. Getting one of my liveried servants to write the other 74 tasks.

Word to wise, never challenge a History Teacher on these matters.

Yes you put Napoleon on the list

kpowers said:

Adorecream said:

Things I miss about the early 1800s (For the one who challenged us to this quest)

1. Catching Napoleon and kicking his ass

2. Breeches

3. Haydn and Beethoven

4. Riding Crops

5. Landau rides through the estate

6. Having footmen

7. Not meeting my 5 greats grandparents, Henrey Essex (1809 -1871), James Whiting (1810 -1892), John Mintrum (1804 - 1856) or my Maori Ancestor Tapuhi Potaka (c1800 -c.1875)

8. Buying a daguerrotype

9. Discovering gold in California a year early

10. Talking the Maoris out of signing the Treaty of Waitangi

11. Freeing all the slaves to avoid the civil war

12. Holding guineas and half guineas

13. Having a gothick style house built by John Nash

14. Buying a powdered wigg

15. Writing everything with long s's like thif submifsion.

16. Catching cholera and living

17. Riding on the first steam packet in 1807

18. Riding on George Stephensons rocket in 1825

19. Catching syphilis or smallpox and surviving

20. Evangelising on a pacific island for the London Mifsionary Society

21. Buying a sheet of penny blacks and two penny blues in London on May 6th 1840

22. Wearing a crinoline in publick.

23. Meeting Alexander Pushkin

24. Observing the battle of Waterloo

25. Being at Queen Victoria's coronation

26. Getting one of my liveried servants to write the other 74 tasks.

Word to wise, never challenge a History Teacher on these matters.

Yes you put Napoleon on the list

what no hangings or beheadings now im disappointed jkjk

1. Atari - 2600, 5200, 7200

2. Saturday Morning Wrestling - AWA-9AM , UWF-10AM, WWF-11AM and NWA-12PM

3. Catch a girl freak a girl - yeah we were some fresh ass little kids in Philly, LOL!!!

4. The Golden Era Of Hip Hop

5. Block Parties that went on all day in the summer, normally around mid August in my neighborhood

6. Thursday Nights on NBC

7. Playing Piccinio for pennies with my grandmom, sister, and brother

8. Playing in the water plug in the summer

9. Slap Boxing tournaments with my friends, lol!!

10. The Music - OF COURSE!!! LOL!

Abdul said:

1. Atari - 2600, 5200, 7200

2. Saturday Morning Wrestling - AWA-9AM , UWF-10AM, WWF-11AM and NWA-12PM

3.Catch a girl freak a girl - yeah we were some fresh ass little kids in Philly, LOL!!!

4. The Golden Era Of Hip Hop

5. Block Parties that went on all day in the summer, normally around mid August in my neighborhood

6. Thursday Nights on NBC

7. Playing Piccinio for pennies with my grandmom, sister, and brother

8. Playing in the water plug in the summer

9. Slap Boxing tournaments with my friends, lol!!

10. The Music - OF COURSE!!! LOL!

A.K.A. "HIDE & GO GITIT!!!"

i bet that game been played since slave days

KingBAD said:

Abdul said:

1. Atari - 2600, 5200, 7200

2. Saturday Morning Wrestling - AWA-9AM , UWF-10AM, WWF-11AM and NWA-12PM

3.Catch a girl freak a girl - yeah we were some fresh ass little kids in Philly, LOL!!!

4. The Golden Era Of Hip Hop

5. Block Parties that went on all day in the summer, normally around mid August in my neighborhood

6. Thursday Nights on NBC

7. Playing Piccinio for pennies with my grandmom, sister, and brother

8. Playing in the water plug in the summer

9. Slap Boxing tournaments with my friends, lol!!

10. The Music - OF COURSE!!! LOL!

A.K.A. "HIDE & GO GITIT!!!"

i bet that game been played since slave days

LOL

1. Prince everything about him, his looks, his music, his tours, the time, the girls, etc.

2. Tower Records, Theater, Books and Video- living in Sacramento Tower was my everything. I wanted to work there soooo bad. There were times when the only checks I wrote were for rent, utilities and Tower.

3. Going to the movies for free- I had 7 friends who worked at various theaters, I swear I didn't pay for a movie for 5 years LOL. I saw every foreign film that came to town and saw Rocky Horror every friday for a year and a half until they changed the midnight movie. LOL

4. Driving to the Bay Area to look for Prince stuff and sometimes look for him LOL. He spent a lot of time there and everyone knew when he was in town because the radio stations would announce when he was spotted at the airport.

5. Driving to LA to look for Prince stuff and sometimes him, and if I was lucky seeing that purple beemer parked in the parking lot at sunset sound.

6. My old friends wondering where some of them are now.

7. Wearing a size 7

8. my mama kitty I miss her the most.

9. 80's British Pop, Wham, Duran Duran, Howard Jones, Tears for Fears, thank goodness for the 80's on 8 .

10. Being excited about Prince, I truly miss that. I have glimpsed it a few times in the last 15 years but it's nothing like the 80's.

1 -10. Extended versions!

Shame that most of the current songs suck 2 hard 2 B extended.

KingBAD said:

Abdul said:

3.Catch a girl freak a girl - yeah we were some fresh ass little kids in Philly, LOL!!!

A.K.A. "HIDE & GO GITIT!!!"

i bet that game been played since slave days

Aw, damn.

I can remember playing Hide & Go Get It back in the late 70's. I was only like 10 years old.

It was fun playing that game in the projects(San Francisco's Western Addition)because there was a lot of places to hide. The hunt was almost as fun as whatever came afterwards.

You ain't lying about the longevity of H&GGI. Crazy

[Edited 7/14/12 18:17pm]

HrdwcH said:

1 -10. Extended versions!

Shame that most of the current songs suck 2 hard 2 B extended.

1. The fabulous sunsets from the deck of the old farm house.

2. Watching my kids grow and learn.

3. Riding my Harley everywhere.

4. Fresh eggs from the hen house.

5. Being able to party til dawn and then go to work.

6. Having to climb out on the roof to turn the antena to tune in one of three available tv stations.

7. My 1970 Chevy El Camino. Sweet ride.

8. My Dalmation 'Libby'.

9. My Fila Braselerio 'Killer'.

10. Beavis and Butthead.

HrdwcH said:

1 -10. Extended versions!

Shame that most of the current songs suck 2 hard 2 B extended.

Hell, the standard four minutes is too long to listen to the current bullshit, let alone extended out to eight minutes.

• Saturday morning cartoons followed by "American Bandstand", "America's Top Ten With Casey Kasem" and "Soul Train".

• Watching my tween male cousins build homemade go-carts, from parts they found at a nearby junkyard.

• Seeing my family's small summer cookouts quickly turn into a neighbohood block party within hours. Lots of neighbors would show up (many of them uninvited ) but most brought extra food and drinks.

• Hot summer nights (with no AC) playing outside with my friends and not worrying about our safety. There were plenty of front porching-sitting elderly folks who were the neighborhood watch.

• My pink Strawberry Shortcake bicycle with the white basket.

Can't think of 5 more things that I miss, so sue me

[Edited 7/15/12 10:48am]

vainandy said:

Hairy dicks and balls. No shaving and not even trimming. Doing so was considered feminine.

Music that was actually good.

Radio before monopolies with live DJs and no computers playing the songs.

TV shows that were actual shows and not reality bullshit.

The Prince and Rick James rivalry.

Chinese food that was actually Chinese food and not watered down and Americanized for the rednecks in the area who later discovered it and complained that it tasted "funny".

Pizza from restaurants rather than delivery places. Pizza from the restaurants looked like the picture in the advertisements with the cheese that would stretch. Delivery places don't care if they skimp on toppings becuase they've dropped the pizza off already and aren't there to get cussed out once you see how skimpy the pizza is.

Restaurants that were dark and dimly lit with candles on the tables instead of being lit up like a baseball field like they are today.

Smoking any and everywhere in public.

Relatives and friends that were still alive back then.