mcsluggo Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 and ... were on constant watch for "the anarchist cookbook" ... eventually on watch for a mimeographed version of the TRUE version of the cookbook, because the fake version you DID eventually track down didn't include the all the vital information that you KNEW was in there,,, (and besides, if nothing else, you could just sniff the blue mimeo....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (and besides, if nothing else, you could just sniff the blue mimeo....) .....knew a teacher who almost died making copies while wearing a necktie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskinss Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 if you did things that still make you wonder how your alive, like climbing to the top of the tallest tree you can find with a friend and seeing how far you can make the top rock back and forth. not really exclusive to the 80's but i dont think kids do as crazy things as they used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 if you did things that still make you wonder how your alive, like climbing to the top of the tallest tree you can find with a friend and seeing how far you can make the top rock back and forth.not really exclusive to the 80's but i dont think kids do as crazy things as they used to. Kids are just as crazy now...it's just that now you are old and out of touch with what they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 You thought Porky's was the funniest movie ever made when you saw it in the theatre....then just barely managed to sit through it years later on the VCR wondering...wtf? You ever owned a Betamax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 You had a nylon Nike sweatsuit... or wanted one really badly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Who don't remember playing this all night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 You watched a fuzzy VHS tape called "faces of death parts 1,2,3,4" (that you finally got to borrow, it was finally your turn in the rotation) and you vaguely remember a monkey getting his skull caved in and a parachute jumper bouncing off the ground and ... were on constant watch for "the anarchist cookbook" ... eventually on watch for a mimeographed version of the TRUE version of the cookbook, because the fake version you DID eventually track down didn't include the all the vital information that you KNEW was in there,,,(and besides, if nothing else, you could just sniff the blue mimeo....) HAHA I remember both of those. I still can see the parachute jumper bouncing and the guy getting swatted and then chomped on by the bear. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxskins Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 You Know You Grew Up In the 80's If.... - You had a Boombox that you carried on your shoulder blasting music loudly on the boardwalk. - You spent your friday nights at the mall Arcade - You know what backwards all skate means - You had Fat Laces in your Suede Pumas - You tried to Break Dance (Don't lie we all tried one time or another) - You covered your School Text books with Brown Paper Bags so you could draw on them in class. - You owned a Jeans Jacket!! Oh and one last thing.. You now respect your father for watching Hee-Haw because as a kid you thought it was dumb and boy were you ever so wrong!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Trying to watch Cinemax through the scrambled signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Who don't remember playing this all night? Ha! Yeah I had one. I also won a college tournament for BattleZone....I could play for 45mins on a single quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuler74 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 http://20prospect.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/z0048465.jpgWho don't remember playing this all night? Had one......I was a beast at this game ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxskins Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I had this one which is the next model I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB452 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I had the Coleco one. 2 blockers and you could pass. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Quarterback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artmonkforHOF Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 You played video games you could not beat. The levels just kept getting harder & faster. $2.50 in quarters felt like an immense treasure, something you might be able to live off if you hadn't already thrown 2 quarters into Spyhunter, Gauntlet, or Double Dragon-(ok those games you could beat). You knew that Bo Knows everything (except hockey) Posters. Just saying that makes the memories come back. There where the ones with thick color boarders & block lettering in team colors, I think Starline? Prostars? That company that couldn't get official licences, so no player was in their jersey, but they always had some wired theme - I think Ronnie Lott was the Terminator; the Nike Jordan posters & pretty much every young boy had a Lamborghini Countach poster. You had to wait a year or so between when a film stopped playing in theaters and it was availble on VHS ( or Beta), and another year before it would be shown on TV, even after your dad upgraded to 36 channels. Edit: You thought you'd be a millionaire with your Jose Canseco, Frank Thomas, Albert Belle, Ken Griffey Jr & Brien Taylor/Todd Van Poppel rookie cards. Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr, Ryne Sandberg & Darryl Strawberry's rookie cards kept going up in price, which made you feel like you where getting in on the ground floor, even if you where paying -OMG- more than $1 a pack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 faces of death, anarchist cookbook and let them eat jellybeans album. Not to mention all skate videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 In the 80's and in DC if you remember High's and their Slush Puppies. Chesapeake Bay Seafood House...all you can eat...What!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Chesapeake Bay Seafood House...all you can eat...What!!! I remember going there a few times when I was a kid...was truly awesome...I'd never seen so many crab legs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 [quote name='DM72']http://20prospect.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/z0048465.jpg] Who don't remember playing this all night?[/QUOTE] Loved those games.....drove my Mom crazy with the beeping. I had the Baseball & Basketball one also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I loved this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 http://20prospect.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/z0048465.jpgWho don't remember playing this all night? I found one at a yard sale a few years ago for 50 cents and had to buy it. I keep it in my car, and it came in very handy when I had to wait for a tow truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumpshakers Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 :rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao::hysterical: Trying to watch Cinemax through the scrambled signal. Glad I'm not the only one on the planet that did that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titaw Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Here it goes: - When collecting Baseball and Football cards was about collecting the whole set, not the inserts and they came in "wax packs" with bubble gum. - When WWF Superstars came on AFTER Saturday morning cartoons and the Star (Hulk, Macho Man, Ultimate Warrior) always fought a jobber (Brooklyn Brawler, Barry Horowitz, etc) and tage teams had gimmicks (Road Warriors, Hart Foundation, Demolition, The Rockers, The Bushwhackers, etc) - You played games like dodgeball, foursquare, and elimination in elementary school. - You actually celebrated holidays in school and had school sponsored, scary as hell haunted houses. - You had an NES with either R.O.B., the power pad, and/or the grey blaster, not that orange thing. - You know what movie, "I love the Power Glove. It's so Bad!" and "CALIFOOOORNIA!" come from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 You know the joy that comes from shoving an NWA cassette into the back of a Teddy Ruxpin. ---------- Post added January-8th-2013 at 03:07 PM ---------- You pegged your jeans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trippster Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Joe Jacoby selling Theatrevision with his wife Irene Frank Herzog calling Redskins games Making sure you were in front of your TV at night to watch Glenn Brenner RFK stadium rocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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