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    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
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    omw i think yall lived my life lol!!!!!! i rembered almost all this and lol reading this it was great and awesome!!!!!:laugh:
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    What microwave?!?!?

    My family had one. It took up the whole counter!
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    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
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    You know who Luke & Laura are and when they got married!!!
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    You could still buy 8 track tapes.
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    You know who Luke & Laura are and when they got married!!!

    Think of laura laugh dont cry lol
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    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!
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    You had an "I shot JR t-shirt"
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    or... Mikey He Likes it!!!1

    My first name was Mike and I hated that damn commercial.
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    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! :)
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    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. :)))
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    You ever owned a pair of Jellies!
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    If you can complete the next line to this song from Schoolhouse Rock... "I'm just a bill. Yes, I'm only a bill."
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    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!!
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    If Sleestaks ever gave you nightmares!
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    you had Z Cavariccis in your closet!
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    Girbaud jeans!!!!!
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    Your milk was delivered to your door
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    Topsiders
    Lacoste shirts
    ....fake Lacoste shirts
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    The 80's work out aerobic uniform: Cloth leotard, opaque tights and legwarmers and the headband
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    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
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    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! :)
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    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!!!
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    when you watched "it's a small wonder" and "punky brewster"
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    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.
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    Silver Spoons with Ricky Schroeder!
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    If you wore clothes that were a mix between disco and 80's hip hop. Also you had to sport a mullet.
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    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!
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    War Games - The first computers: huge, olive green screen with a blanking cursor!!
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