nostalgia: the year you graudated HS

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  • LizHowerton
    LizHowerton Posts: 329 Member
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    1980 for me. Class of 8-0 is ready to go, right on, right on, right on!

    What I remember from my graduating year.

    John Lennon was murdered

    Video arcade Pac Man was invented.

    Mount Saint Helens erupted.

    Star Wars Empire Strikes Back

    Queen
    Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
    The Cars..."I like the nightlife baby"

    TV show Dallas (Who shot JR?)


    Cost of Living 1980
    How Much things cost in 1980
    Yearly Inflation Rate USA13.58% (WOW)
    Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 963
    Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 21.50% (Holy crap!)
    Average Cost of new house $68,700
    Median Price Of and Existing Home $62,200
    Average Income per year $19,500.00
    Average Monthly Rent $300.00
    Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.19
    Average cost new car $7,200.00
  • LizHowerton
    LizHowerton Posts: 329 Member
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    Oh yeah....I remember...

    No fax machine, no cordless phones, no cell phones, no microwave, no VCR, no DVD's, no personal computers....

    Oh, you ate an apple...and if you said smart phone, people would think you were a smart alec.
  • Cupcakehippiemommy
    Cupcakehippiemommy Posts: 457 Member
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    1999 and i bet no one can guess what my class song was *eyeroll*
    That dang Vitamin C song?

    Lol! Ugh, I remember that song. 99 here too! Can't believe how long ago that was now, geez!

    I was part of the class of 1999 and our song was- Everybody is free to wear sunscreen-Baz Luhrmann. At 17 years old it really changed the way I looked at the future ahead of me :)

    "Do one thing everyday that scares you...don't waste your time with jealousy,sometimes you're ahead and sometimes you're not..."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI&feature=share
  • _Tara_R
    _Tara_R Posts: 688 Member
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    2004 for me. :)
  • LATeagno
    LATeagno Posts: 620 Member
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    2002. Cell phones were finally starting to become common. This was the one everyone just HAD to have-- the hottest seller that year!

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  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
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    2010. And, here is my one and only graduation picture. Yes, I do make my mom proud, if anybody was wondering

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  • tdismydog
    tdismydog Posts: 42 Member
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    98, 98, 9, 9, 9,98!!!!!

    What i remember most is the music. I still break this out at weight lifting sessions for the High school football team i coach :wink:

    *kitten* surfers, blur, Live, Presidents of the United States of America, Fuel, Creed, Eve 6, Marcy Playground, Smashing Pumpkins, Everclear, Blink-182, Korn, Jay-Z, Barenaked Ladies, Our Lady Peace, Spacehog, Will Smith, Cumbawumba

    and a million others i cant think of at the moment
  • BubblySharon
    BubblySharon Posts: 96 Member
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    1986 for me
  • Charmed285
    Charmed285 Posts: 189 Member
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    2008


    I can't find pics to post, since the sites I tried won't let me borrow them but everyone knows about twilight




    and I can't wait until the last one in NOVEMBER!
  • Slack2ShortGo
    Slack2ShortGo Posts: 74 Member
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    2002 :smile:
    [img]http://s1306.beta.photobucket.com/user/justinscheve/library/&quot; target="_blank"><img src="http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s562/justinscheve/facebook_-1251779105.jpg&quot; border="0" alt="facebook_-1251779105"/></a>[/img][img]2012 :sad: I want my old body back.[/img][img]http://s1306.beta.photobucket.com/user/justinscheve/library/&quot; target="_blank"><img src="http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s562/justinscheve/IMAG0380.jpg&quot; border="0" alt="IMAG0380"/></a>[/img]This is my first picture post. I hope it works?
  • downsizinghoss
    downsizinghoss Posts: 1,035 Member
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    88, wasn't it great? <cheesy>

    I am the guy on the right. notice the stylish sock tie.

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  • Charmed285
    Charmed285 Posts: 189 Member
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    :drinker: We are sexy, we are fine, we're the class of '89. :drinker:



    Yeah, dumb, I know.



    :bigsmile: YUP! lol
    1989...


    and an AWESOME girl was born! 9/20//89
    well, since graduation is usually in the summer of may/june.... an awesome girl will SOON to be born!
  • Charmed285
    Charmed285 Posts: 189 Member
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    1979

    Farah.jpg

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    thewall.jpg

    lovestory.jpg


    is that a computer?!
  • je551caDan13ls
    je551caDan13ls Posts: 114
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    1995 here. Ugh so long ago....People born the year I graduated are graduating THIS year! :sad:

    It's okay, I am right there with ya..my son only have 4 more years until he is a graduate....ok..just a tad bit of emotional....ima have to stop now...*sniff-sniff*
  • know_your_worth
    know_your_worth Posts: 481 Member
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    2011. No need for pictures, I'd think.
  • Humbugsftw
    Humbugsftw Posts: 202 Member
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    I graduated in 2010. Really not very long ago at all.
    At my May Ball, I wore a sari. Won the Best dressed Female award :) (It had a Hollywood theme, and the awards ceremony was a result of that).
  • GeekGirl23
    GeekGirl23 Posts: 517 Member
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    1998
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
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    1979

    Farah.jpg

    magnum.jpg

    trs80.jpg

    thewall.jpg

    lovestory.jpg


    is that a computer?!

    Radio Shack TRS-80 computer. Back before there were any graphic operating systems and you had to type things in to make things happen.
  • Bess_74
    Bess_74 Posts: 68
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    1992! No pics (at work) but Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Metallica "Enter Sandman" were favorite songs, we were wearing grunge (big boots, jeans, lots of flannel), or all black (we were headbangers, not goth....don't think goth existed then, at least not in my town), and everyone saw Wayne's World!
  • HurricaneElaine
    HurricaneElaine Posts: 984 Member
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    1978 - our song was "We've Only Just Begun".

    You'll have to use your imagination... Girls straightened their hair and parted it down the middle, a la Marcia Brady, and wore a lot of bell bottoms, halter tops, and floppy hats. Guys - eh - same old same old - jeans, black rock T-shirts, work boots, wallet attached to their belt with a chain, and a flannel shirt to top it off.

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