You know you were born in the 70's and 80's if..........

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  • methetree
    methetree Posts: 381
    poison, duran duran, aha, devo
    5.5 floppy disks (that were actually kinda floppy)
    iron maiden, metallica, ted nugent...
    cat stevens.... Harold & Maude (my all time fave movie)
    Repo Man (close second for fave movie)

    Fame, Knight Rider, Facts of Life

    What microwave?!?!?
    What remote, kids get offa yer a** & change the channel for me!

    And the delightful cartoons! Every saturday morning....

    ahhh ... memories!

    And for those living in Portland Oregon/...THE KITE MAN! So wish Pacific Power would bring this guy back.
    "I like frogs" sigh
  • highheeldiva01
    highheeldiva01 Posts: 1,206 Member
    omw i think yall lived my life lol!!!!!! i rembered almost all this and lol reading this it was great and awesome!!!!!:laugh:
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    What microwave?!?!?

    My family had one. It took up the whole counter!
  • methetree
    methetree Posts: 381
    What microwave?!?!?

    My family had one. It took up the whole counter!

    we got one eventually, too... but it was HUGE!
    killed my fish that lived on top of it, too LOL
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    You know who Luke & Laura are and when they got married!!!
  • 2Heavy2Long
    2Heavy2Long Posts: 315 Member
    You could still buy 8 track tapes.
  • bmw4deb
    bmw4deb Posts: 1,324 Member
    You know who Luke & Laura are and when they got married!!!

    Think of laura laugh dont cry lol
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    You ever wore a banana clip. Or if you ever had a swirl comb sticking out of a back pocket of your jeans. They were even cooler if the comb was covered in puffy stickers!
  • 2Heavy2Long
    2Heavy2Long Posts: 315 Member
    You had an "I shot JR t-shirt"
  • liftingbro
    liftingbro Posts: 2,029 Member
    or... Mikey He Likes it!!!1

    My first name was Mike and I hated that damn commercial.
  • cuerpito
    cuerpito Posts: 65 Member
    Loading in games from cassette on the Vic 20.
    Typing in machine language code from a computer magazine to program(create) a game on the commodore 64.
    connecting to a computer BBS with 300 baud modem. (today's phone modems are 56k = 56,000 baud)

    playing atari - space invaders, missle command.
    playing intellivision

    How many remember when you had to get up and change the channel on the TV. :laugh:

    OMG - this is soooo true! LOL and this was the "latest technology" :D - geeks rule! :)
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    You ever go out dancing now and hear "Blister in the Sun" and smile to yourself knowing you bought the Violent Femmes CASSETTE new back when you were in 9th grade. :)))
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    You ever owned a pair of Jellies!
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    If you can complete the next line to this song from Schoolhouse Rock... "I'm just a bill. Yes, I'm only a bill."
  • Pinkdueces2
    Pinkdueces2 Posts: 48 Member
    You had to send your film through the mail and wait months to get it back!! Oh the joys of digital cameras and memory cards!!
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    If Sleestaks ever gave you nightmares!
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    you had Z Cavariccis in your closet!
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    Girbaud jeans!!!!!
  • 2Heavy2Long
    2Heavy2Long Posts: 315 Member
    Your milk was delivered to your door
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    Topsiders
    Lacoste shirts
    ....fake Lacoste shirts
  • highdesertgirl
    highdesertgirl Posts: 72
    The 80's work out aerobic uniform: Cloth leotard, opaque tights and legwarmers and the headband
  • highdesertgirl
    highdesertgirl Posts: 72
    You had to send your film through the mail and wait months to get it back!! Oh the joys of digital cameras and memory cards!!


    And those 110 cameras with the flashbulbs
  • 2Heavy2Long
    2Heavy2Long Posts: 315 Member
    The 80's work out aerobic uniform: Cloth leotard, opaque tights and legwarmers and the headband

    A mental image of Olivia Newton John just flashed into my head.

    Thanks! :)
  • FL_Nettie
    FL_Nettie Posts: 265 Member
    If you ever wore matching satin shorts and jacket with a picture of Shaun Cassidy on the back.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I had that satin jacket & LOVED it!!!
  • tanyaMax
    tanyaMax Posts: 524 Member
    when you watched "it's a small wonder" and "punky brewster"
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    michael jackson jacket THE RED ONE!

    Kaepas

    The Cosby Show

    Gremlins

    Snoopy Snow Cone Machine

    PLEASE TELL ME SOMEONE SAID MULLETTS!

    Disclaimer disregard if these have already been stated.
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    Silver Spoons with Ricky Schroeder!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    If you wore clothes that were a mix between disco and 80's hip hop. Also you had to sport a mullet.
  • methetree
    methetree Posts: 381
    air supply, twisted sister, kiss

    21 jump street! johnny depp was so so cute back then!

    Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles

    Three's Company, Mork & Mindy (nano nano)

    Laverne & Shirely, the A Team

    Diff'rent Strokes, American Bandstand....

    Miami Vice, Chips! (the show not the snack)

    She-ra, princess of power
    The wonder twins

    mad libs


    jeez.... killin me!

    and don't forget rat tails (really short hair with a long piece left in the back... )

    Pop that izod shirt collar while you are at it!
  • highdesertgirl
    highdesertgirl Posts: 72
    War Games - The first computers: huge, olive green screen with a blanking cursor!!
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