Lets talk about the 80s and 90s since life is so unsatisfying right now

catefrances

OMG!! i can not believe all you alls memories of the 80/90s are based in food. well except for AC missing fraggle rock. though im sure some of you would try and eat them if you could catch one. *shakes head*

joint in a tree

PJ_Saluki wrote:

1980s food index

nice!


for my dad's last bday, someone bought him a box of candy from the 50's, when he grew up. it was so cool, and my dad was all nostaligic.
There was an order form in there for every decade. Dad's had some nasty shit in there i've never heard of, and some stuff that's still around now, like pixie stix, wax lips, wax bottles, necco wafers, etc.

joint in a tree

catefrances wrote:

OMG!! i can not believe all you alls memories of the 80/90s are based in food. well except for AC missing fraggle rock. though im sure some of you would try and eat them if you could catch one. *shakes head*

lol i was just thinking that!
as far as 90's, we could get into music, but growing up in the 80s it was all about food.
and video games. Atari...that was my parents' toy. i was allowed to play with it once in a while!

Austicman

The Commodore 64. What a piece of technology that was!!

South of Seattle

joint in a tree wrote:

speaking of shitty tacos, remember Jack in the Box?

I never at a Jack in the Box until a few years ago. That is a 2K food to me

joint in a tree

South of Seattle wrote:

I never at a Jack in the Box until a few years ago. That is a 2K food to me

no shit?
I think they closed down all the ones here on long island back in the early 90s.

NeilJam

How about the toys from the 80's? (The only thing good about that decade IMO).

My favorite toys were the Transformers. I was upset when they killed off Optimus Prime in the movie (the animated one from 86, not the recent version). I also had a lot of GI Joe figures and vehicles.

South of Seattle

joint in a tree wrote:

no shit?
I think they closed down all the ones here on long island back in the early 90s.

We didn't get them out here until a few years ago. I personally think they're food sucks compared to other FF places. I can't believe you don't see the commercials on TV for them? They're on every 20 minutes.

pjoasisrule

Austicman wrote:

The Commodore 64. What a piece of technology that was!!

I started with Nintendo unfortunately........would have been cool to try the other systems too.

joint in a tree

South of Seattle wrote:

We didn't get them out here until a few years ago. I personally think they're food sucks compared to other FF places. I can't believe you don't see the commercials on TV for them? They're on every 20 minutes.

not here, they're not!

the commercials that we get here that piss me off are the Sonic commercials. I don't think there's a single Sonic in NY. And all that shit they advertise looks sooooo good.
I went to one once in SC, and their frozen coffee drinks are amazing. Dunno why there's none here.

sponger

My closet consisted almost entirely of long-sleeved flannel shirts, jeans, and those Vans shoes that had the super thick laces.

I had a cassette tape walkman.

My wetsuit was a collage of fluorescent colors.

Cigarettes were $2.25 a pack. Generics were $1.30. I don't smoke anymore, however.

Gas was cheap, cheap, cheap.

Gangstah rap was actually worth listening to.

I would actually buy guitar magazines for the guitar tablature. This was before giventowail.com or even the internet came to be.

Vehicles still came in stick shift models.

Men with erectile dysfunction were getting penis implants which did more harm than good.

pjoasisrule

NeilJam wrote:

How about the toys from the 80's? (The only thing good about that decade IMO).

My favorite toys were the Transformers. I was upset when they killed off Optimus Prime in the movie (the animated one from 86, not the recent version). I also had a lot of GI Joe figures and vehicles.

Ghostbusters and Ninja Turtles were my favorites I think

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq199/wcbigdog/102_3391.jpg

I actually had a couple Chuck Norris figures when I was younger

http://i19.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/e8/02/e2f9_1.JPG

catefrances

joint in a tree wrote:

lol i was just thinking that!
as far as 90's, we could get into music, but growing up in the 80s it was all about food.
and video games. Atari...that was my parents' toy. i was allowed to play with it once in a while!

my 80s entailed going from a stupid mid teen with schizophrenic musical taste to a mother of two.

gabers

pjoasisrule wrote:

Who remembers Showbiz Pizza? It was basically the same thing as Chuck E Cheese. Check this out.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGWJbcTvL_M

Showbiz kicked the shit out of Chuck E Cheese. :cool:

pjoasisrule

I really wish I had some old magazines, I would love to go through them now just for memories and to see what I missed out on

pjoasisrule

gabers wrote:

Showbiz kicked the shit out of Chuck E Cheese. :cool:

Definitely........I liked when they had all the ball pits, tubes, and slides. Now its strictly games for tickets....

Bart: Okay what can I get for twelve, count em, twelve prize tickets?
Pimple Faced Kid: Two thumb tacks and a Moustache Comb. Or five rubber bands and an icecube.
Nelson: What can I get for eight thousand tickets?
Pimple Faced Kid: A B.B Gun or an Easy Bake Oven.
Nelson: Hmm.. hot food is tempting, but I just can't say no to a weapon.
Lisa: So what prize did you end up getting?
Bart: Moustache comb, what did you get?
Lisa: Fake moustache.... wanna comb it?

joint in a tree

here's a great list of 80s crap.
http://www.pyrrha.org/elegends/lists/80s.htm

my favorites:
"You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons "
"You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school"
"You remember Hypercolor T-shirts"

catefrances

pjoasisrule wrote:

I really wish I had some old magazines, I would love to go through them now just for memories and to see what I missed out on

i have rolling stones from the 80s and 90s. its an amusing trip back through time i can tell you. quite a few OMG what was i thinking moments.

South of Seattle

joint in a tree wrote:

not here, they're not!

the commercials that we get here that piss me off are the Sonic commercials. I don't think there's a single Sonic in NY. And all that shit they advertise looks sooooo good.
I went to one once in SC, and their frozen coffee drinks are amazing. Dunno why there's none here.

I agree with you on that one. I see sonic commercials every 20 minutes. I just checked their locator service and there is 6 in my state, and none within a half hour drive of Portland.

pjoasisrule

catefrances wrote:

i have rolling stones from the 80s and 90s. its an amusing trip back through time i can tell you. quite a few OMG what was i thinking moments.

I love that stuff......can I borrow those from you?