Foo - Remember the 80's? I do.

And that's why I'm watching "Three O'clock High."

... maybe the latter part of the 80's, I was still coming down from the psychedelic 70's in the early 80's ... :p

I resemble the stoner in "The Breakfast Club".

I spent most of the 80's working at a marina, running a boat rental business and drinking heavily.

And that's why I'm watching "Three O'clock High."

Funny stuff. That movie was filed at my wife's high school (not too long after she graduated).

Uh.....hello!!! Of course I do. I graduated high school in 1988......all my 'formative years' were in the 80s.

Uh.....hello!!! Of course I do. I graduated high school in 1988......all my 'formative years' were in the 80s.

Me too. 1988.

Me too. 1988.

1989 here...good years those '80s!

Anyone still wear a Members Only jacket?
Anyone still have one?

Anyone still wear a Members Only jacket?
Anyone still have one?

The members have all retired - or passed away.

Anyone still wear a Members Only jacket?
Anyone still have one?

My parents bought me a K-Mart knock off that I got relentlessly teased about. I think it had a tag "Players Club" or something like that.

I think that was the start of my complete and utter disdain for name brands. I HATE brand names and try to get clothes without them. I even got the dealer to take the make and model and everything that was removable off my car when I bought it (previous car too).

I invented the 80's.

That doesn't mean I remember them so well however. The Mets did win a World Series, I think I was there. The ticket stubs are in a frame on the wall in the family room at any rate.

Whoah.

My parents bought me a K-Mart knock off that I got relentlessly teased about. I think it had a tag "Players Club" or something like that.

I think that was the start of my complete and utter disdain for name brands. I HATE brand names and try to get clothes without them. I even got the dealer to take the make and model and everything that was removable off my car when I bought it (previous car too).

never had one myself. I have always been "anti-fashion". Makes it interesting at my house since the wife works in the fashion industry. :lol:

My parents bought me a K-Mart knock off that I got relentlessly teased about. I think it had a tag "Players Club" or something like that.

I think that was the start of my complete and utter disdain for name brands. I HATE brand names and try to get clothes without them. I even got the dealer to take the make and model and everything that was removable off my car when I bought it (previous car too).

Oh ... I got the real deal. But!!!! My mom found it on sale because it was such an ugly color. I too was teased.

never had one myself. I have always been "anti-fashion". Makes it interesting at my house since the wife works in the fashion industry. :lol:

I think it was this and a few similar instances that turned me into a complete anit-fashion person. Well.....that and being an engineer.

My wife gets in to fashion more than she admits to. She watches "What not to wear" and many similar type shows. She hates it when I wear something 'ugly'. She doesn't realize that if she'd quit bugging me about it, I'd probably wear them less....I only do it because I know it bugs her fashion sense.

I have clothes from the 80's that I still wear. But my Members Only compatible jacket didn't survive the 90's.

Oh ... I got the real deal. But!!!! My mom found it on sale because it was such an ugly color. I too was teased.
I had too many knock offs to remember them all. It was horrible. My parents never had money, so they tried their best. I couldn't make them realize that if they couldn't afford the real deal items, it would be better not to have them.

I remember in 6th grade asking for Converse All-Star high tops. I got some K-Mart knock off that were well known to the kids. They had their own special nick name. They called them "hot boxes" because the stitching came together in to two small boxes at either side on top.

Instead of "O.P.", I got some Hawaiin looking shirt called "Pacific Dream" or something like that.

Too many to remember them all.

I'm still searching for my Parachute Pants

All I remember is me and my brothers beating each other up and building living room forts out of the couch cushions.

I had too many knock offs to remember them all. It was horrible. My parents never had money, so they tried their best. I couldn't make them realize that if they couldn't afford the real deal items, it would be better not to have them.

I remember in 6th grade asking for Converse All-Star high tops. I got some K-Mart knock off that were well known to the kids. They had their own special nick name. They called them "hot boxes" because the stitching came together in to two small boxes at either side on top.

Instead of "O.P.", I got some Hawaiin looking shirt called "Pacific Dream" or something like that.

Too many to remember them all.

Remember when Reeboks first came out with black, leather sneakers? Yeah, everybody in my school had them. My parents were poor too. So they got me black knock-offs. And everyone knew it. I don't think I ever got the real deal until I started working. I appreciated their help. But it never paid off when I was shoved in a locker or head dumped in a trash can.

I'm still searching for my Parachute Pants

And those thick, colorful shoelaces? And the neon colored shirts?

Oh and Rainbow Brite and The Getalong Gang. And Ewoks...

and mullets.

jelly bracelets
rubick's cube
duran duran

Better Off Dead
One Crazy Summer
The Breakfast club.....



Great 80's movies.....watched them while wearing jams or parachute pants....while resting my feet on a vision tom groholski skate board....

Hairspray and blue eye shadow.

Anyone still have one?I found a good condition white leather Member's Only jacket in my size at a thrift store a few years ago. I almost bought it, but I didn't think the kitsch factor justified the $35 they wanted for it.

Better Off Dead
One Crazy Summer
The Breakfast club.....



Great 80's movies.....watched them while wearing jams or parachute pants....while resting my feet on a vision tom groholski skate board....

I had a Vision Hippie Stick

Uh.....hello!!! Of course I do. I graduated high school in 1988......all my 'formative years' were in the 80s.


Me too. 1988.

Me too. I went to my high school's 20th year reunion last November. I ended up feeling kind of ambivalent about the whole experience. There were a few people who I enjoyed seeing again. For the majority of the people, however, I felt no particular connection or affinity; I might as well have been walking past random strangers in the mall.

Ghostbusters and Oingo Boingo

I think I slept through the 80's.
I do have a members only jacket somewhere and a fitted leather and sheepskin
collared jacket that I loved, doesn't fit anymore (imagine that).

As for the 80's who can forget the Thompson Twins?
or 'Turning Japanese' ?

Marty

Miami Vice
The Cosby Show
Real People
Wheel of Fortune

Yeah, I remember the 80's (or at least the 1st half).

Me too. I went to my high school's 20th year reunion last November. I ended up feeling kind of ambivalent about the whole experience. There were a few people who I enjoyed seeing again. For the majority of the people, however, I felt no particular connection or affinity; I might as well have been walking past random strangers in the mall.

I know the feeling. That's why I didn't go to mine. I would have had to make a special trip back to FL and then pay the couple hundred bucks or whatever. It didn't seem worth it.

Now my wife got me going on Facebook and I've been "friended" by a few people from HS. One sent a message that he had pics of the reunion so I went and looked. I could tell that it was mostly the same 'popular kids' dominating everything. I didn't see a single person in the photos that I cared about any more...like you said they could have been strangers at a mall.

I opted out too. Instead I almost had a heat attack at a criterium that Saturday. It was worth it.

The 80's had a lot of really wonderful things happen in art, especially music, that no one appreciates because those artists and critics who carried the most weight at that point where all leftover hippies and 60's intelligentsia. From Laurie Anderson to Punk Rock (I know it technically started in the 70s, ) to Duran Duran, the 80s was an amazing decade for the arts.

Just this morning my wife was giving me crap about my Sperry Topsiders. I got them in 1986 and they're just getting broken in. Wear them with 501s and a LaCoste shirt (with a popped collar, of course!). *****in'!

Just this morning my wife was giving me crap about my Sperry Topsiders. I got them in 1986 and they're just getting broken in. Wear them with 501s and a LaCoste shirt (with a popped collar, of course!). *****in'!

totally tubular dude!

Should we rename this the 'old fogey' thread? :p

Should we rename this the 'old fogey' thread? :p

listen gramps....

When I wasn't wearing Top Siders, it was Dr. J's:

http://sneakers.pair.com/l/pl-h-96.jpg

My parents bought me a K-Mart knock off that I got relentlessly teased about. I think it had a tag "Players Club" or something like that.

I think that was the start of my complete and utter disdain for name brands. I HATE brand names and try to get clothes without them. I even got the dealer to take the make and model and everything that was removable off my car when I bought it (previous car too).

i'm sure that was the least of your worries.

Checker Vans, 501s, pink Izod (collar up), Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ramones

This is very educational for me. I put myself through college, got married, and became a dad. I don't remember any of this other stuff.

Class of '87. We brought skateboards and Converse back to our area. Nothing like heading out with the new board, a fresh pair of Chucks, and $10 to get into the 7 band punk show.
Man, I wish we had digital cameras back then.

I was in my first year of college right down the road from the High School that was filmed in. (Weber State) Had a couple of the kids from the show in some of my classes. Crap, am I that old? :)

Class of '87. We brought skateboards and Converse back to our area. Nothing like heading out with the new board, a fresh pair of Chucks, and $10 to get into the 7 band punk show.Man, I wish we had digital cameras back then.

I'm kind of glad we didn't.....

For me the 80's represented:

Graduating from High School and College.

Getting sucked into this weird pant phase in High School. Can't remember what they were called, but they were a cross between dockers and sweat pants and were held up with a rope belt.

The 80's were a time of extreme clothing and hair fashions. I still remember girls at school wearing the jeans with the zipper that ran from the butt all the way to the front. All jeans were skin tight ... at least in the first half of the 80's.

Getting my first car ('64 beetle) and my second car ('72 Honda Civic)

Lots of bad dates. Some good ones.

Going out with my now-wife on our first date ('89). Yes, that was one of the good dates ... actually the best.

Trash 80 (TRS 80), Apple 2's, Amiga

Yorkie Bars

etc, etc, etc.

Class of '89 myself. Largely unimpressed w/school, didn't fit in. Of course, it's hard to fit in when the whole freakin' school has an identity crisis. Charles Page H.S. in Sand Springs OK.
Mascot was like a gay minuteman wannabe. But the team name was (and still is) Sandites.
Any one care to guess what a Sandite is? Hint: it's one of KT's relatives...

MTV (back when they actually played music) VJ's
Guns N Roses (Appetite for Destruction, their best IMO)
Swatch
Sam Kinison (R.I.P.)
Battlestar Gallactica
Commodore 64's
Atari 2600
Intellivison

When I wasn't wearing Top Siders, it was Dr. J's:

http://sneakers.pair.com/l/pl-h-96.jpg

That remindes me !!!!!! CONVERSE WEAPONS!!!!!!

Like, oh my god, gag me with a spoon!
TSOL, Dead Kennedies, Black Flag, Bauhaus, The Clash
Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, The English Beat, Front 242, David Byrne, U2, Madonna
Aids
Anorexia
Mohawks
David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey
Pong, Centipede, Pac Man, Galaga
Star Wars, The Terminator
Dungeons and Dragons