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

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  • joybell32
    joybell32 Posts: 252 Member
    just a couple more: trolls, My little Pony, long thread tied together in a circle to make webs and brooms (i dont know if they had a name). Mr. T and his big chains, the original A-team.

    This brought back memories!

    Maybe trolls were in the 90's? idk?
  • shiggyshane
    shiggyshane Posts: 215
    lmao HULK HOGAN AND MR. T at the first wrestlemania and you watched it!!
  • sdwelk11
    sdwelk11 Posts: 825
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    laying on your bed to zip your jeans up

    THAT REALLY HASNT CHANGED MUCH OVER THE YEARS!!! LOL. BUT NOW ITS CUZ I AM CHUBBY!
  • 2Heavy2Long
    2Heavy2Long Posts: 315 Member
    $.39 McDonald's Cheeseburgers! :tongue:
  • thumper44
    thumper44 Posts: 1,464 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."

    Wasn't that along with.. "conjunction junction, what's your function?"

    Someone talked about having a bike and using a clothespin to hold baseball/hockey card in the spokes.

    Well about a month ago, I was with friends, and their kids were riding bikes.
    The newest thing. They put an empty water bottle in between the frame and the wheel, so the wheel makes noise as it rubs the empty bottle.

    i asked him. "Don't you guys know about using a hockey card and sticking it into the spokes" (he's about 10).

    He looked at me with that "what the hell you talking about look" :laugh:
  • misssiri
    misssiri Posts: 335 Member
    I never did get a swatch watch but I loved my jelly shoes!
  • fmbarbuto
    fmbarbuto Posts: 131 Member
    I never did get a swatch watch but I loved my jelly shoes!


    I still have my swatch! It's red and white and has a yellow screen guard!!! My kids asked if they could wear it and I told them no way - it's an antique!!!! :laugh:

    Forgot about my Chicago rollerskates! They were white with big red wheels - and they were "it" at the skating rink I used to go to growing up! Many birthday parties there! Now they call it roller blading. Yes, I have rollerblades too - but there's no nostalgia with them! LOL
  • Lisamarie1226
    Lisamarie1226 Posts: 335 Member
    If remember the GI Joe PSA "and now you know and knowing......"

    ....."is HALF the battle."!!!


    LOL! We STILL say that to each other in my family ;-)
  • Jessicapages
    Jessicapages Posts: 427
    These are all GREAT!!!!! :laugh:
  • carriecolleen
    carriecolleen Posts: 65
    Chip and Pepper T-shirts
    Typing Class (with typewriters) lol
    Pogo Balls...I wish I still had mine...great exercise!
    Prizes in chip bags/popsicle sticks and in the liners of pop caps
  • tiffwhit16
    tiffwhit16 Posts: 76
    POGS! Those stupid cardboard disks with metal "slammers"! Bahahaha...

    OMG!! I forgot about those! My brothers and I all had them. The bigger your collection the cooler you were!!
  • suzooz
    suzooz Posts: 720 Member

    Those shoes with the hole in the heel?

    We called them highwaters, but some people called them Yo-yos. And guess what? They're back!

    Those were my very first "cool" shoes!
  • tiffwhit16
    tiffwhit16 Posts: 76
    just a couple more: trolls, My little Pony, long thread tied together in a circle to make webs and brooms (i dont know if they had a name). Mr. T and his big chains, the original A-team.

    This brought back memories!

    Maybe trolls were in the 90's? idk?

    The original A-Team, Dukes of Hazard, and Chips...we have all of these on DVD and my kids love to watch them!
  • tiffwhit16
    tiffwhit16 Posts: 76
    Both of my brothers had My Buddy dolls. (My blond brother had the blond and my brunette brother had the brunette!!)

    I had a slumber party one night and we watched Chucky! One of my friends fell asleep in the recliner (that had a plant hook above it). She woke up screaming!! My dad had taped a plastic knife in the hand of the My Buddy doll and hung it from the plant hook over her head.

    Scared us all to death.
  • mialsya
    mialsya Posts: 188 Member
    - you were stirrup pants under your multiple layers of different colored scrunchie socks
    - you were a side ponytail with multiple scrunchies to match your socks
    - you wore your clothes backwards as a fashion statement
  • _beachgirl_
    _beachgirl_ Posts: 3,865 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."

    Wasn't that along with.. "conjunction junction, what's your function?"

    Someone talked about having a bike and using a clothespin to hold baseball/hockey card in the spokes.

    Well about a month ago, I was with friends, and their kids were riding bikes.
    The newest thing. They put an empty water bottle in between the frame and the wheel, so the wheel makes noise as it rubs the empty bottle.

    i asked him. "Don't you guys know about using a hockey card and sticking it into the spokes" (he's about 10).

    He looked at me with that "what the hell you talking about look" :laugh:

    They came out with a School House Rock cd with all the songs done by various groups like 3 is the Magic Number by Blind Melon and Conjunction Junction by Better than Ezra and The Energy Blues by Biz Markie. My kids all know the words to every song from hearing that cd over and over!
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Babysitters Club books (when they first came out)
    Muscle Men (is that what they were called? the little 2" plastic guys)
    Chocolate Milk was a friday treat at school lunch
    The A-Team, MacGuyver, Knight Rider.
    You saw ET, Star Wars (any of those 3, not the prequels), or Never Ending Story in the theater, first run
    Leg warmers!
    Oh, don't forget the Dungeons & Dragons "cult" scare; don't remember if it was before or after the Cartoon series (LOVED that show!)
    Happy Meals came in a cool box with a cool toy.
    "Uh-oh spaghetti-oh's"
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Learning to program BASIC in jr high tech class.

    And thongs were something you wore on your feet (now called flip-flops)
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    That Coca Cola commercial, " I'd like to give the world a coke.." Two all beef pattie special sauce.... you know the rest...

    And the Wendy's commercial with the old lady (don't remember who) saying "Where's the Beef?"
  • ESVABelle
    ESVABelle Posts: 1,264 Member
    The Burger King commercial with the 3 old ladies..."WHERE'S THE BEEF?!?"
  • ESVABelle
    ESVABelle Posts: 1,264 Member
    That Coca Cola commercial, " I'd like to give the world a coke.." Two all beef pattie special sauce.... you know the rest...

    And the Wendy's commercial with the old lady (don't remember who) saying "Where's the Beef?"

    Hm...maybe it was Wendy's lol
  • Rondaharrison
    Rondaharrison Posts: 1
    track shoes (black with white stripes & and the toes kinda curled up when you werent wearing them).... lol

    HEE-HAWWWW on Saturday nights!!!!
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries!!!
  • Katie3784
    Katie3784 Posts: 543
    You were super psyched to hear that Hey Dude will be airing on Nickelodeon in the "early morning hours" for the next few weeks, and you plan to catch at least a few episodes, even if it is at 6AM. Ted is dreamy.
  • FL_Nettie
    FL_Nettie Posts: 265 Member
    That Coca Cola commercial, " I'd like to give the world a coke.." Two all beef pattie special sauce.... you know the rest...

    And the Wendy's commercial with the old lady (don't remember who) saying "Where's the Beef?"
    Her name was Clara Peller
  • FL_Nettie
    FL_Nettie Posts: 265 Member
    The Keep America Beautiful commercial where the American Indian cries when he sees all the litter.

    Smokey the Bear, "Only you can prevent forest fires."
  • kristinkt
    kristinkt Posts: 921 Member
    deck shoes

    reel to reel movies

    slide shows

    hula hoops

    rubiks cube

    simon says

    plaid wool skirts

    straight dresses with low waistlines and no hips

    Disney movies coming on TV once a year

    big wheels (tricycle)

    ski jackets (with no sleeves)

    3/4 sleeve jerseys with the sleeves a color and the t-shirt white
  • Yurippe
    Yurippe Posts: 850 Member
    I can still sing the theme song to Pinwheel. It was a Nickelodeon show that no one else remembers.

    My Paula Abdul dance reeboks were rad! They had two tounges for absolutely no reason.

    http://www.ecrater.com/p/6990220/1989-paula-abdul-reebok-dance-color
  • jessradtke
    jessradtke Posts: 418 Member
    -If you had a crush on She-Ra, Cheetahra, Lady J, or Princess Leia from Voltron
    -You knew the theme song to GI Joe, Thundercats and Ducktales
    -You finally got Shrinky Dinks and realized what a waste of time.
    _Lite Brite was DA SHIZNIT!!!


    Did you know there's a new Thunder Cats show starting this month!! My kids and I are totally psyched! I got them hooked on the original.
  • Maria_81
    Maria_81 Posts: 152
    If you owned a Cabbage Patch Kid, wore acid wash jeans, did the running man at a dance, thought a members only jacket made you cool.
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