We've all heard our parents or grandparents say things like, "Back in our day..." But let’s be honest, it’s hard to truly picture what life was like back then. The '80s were a unique time full of bold fashion, big hair, and unforgettable trends.
And thanks to Instagram accounts like “80svintagevisions,” you can now dive into that era with a fresh perspective through nostalgic photos and light-hearted jokes. We've put together a collection that'll take you right back to the neon decade!
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GenX h3ll, all the way back to the 60s. And if the bone wasn't sticking out you were fine.
Though in fairness my dad did get into trouble for saying, do it again I didn't have my camera ready.
Load More Replies...I got the metal tube slide edition. Nothing better than scorching yourself on a hot day. /s
What about falling on gravel when you were riding a bike shirtless because it was so hot?
Load More Replies...I fractured my foot in the 7th grade doing the long jump on one of those thin gym pads, not a sand pit (my foot bent forward so badly, my toes touched the front of my ankle) for track and field tryouts. The coach looked at my completely swollen and black and blue foot and said, "you're fine. Just sprained." No one bothered with so much as the school nurse. Got peer pressured into roller skating that night (as we did back then) and my foot was so swollen I could barely get the skate off. To the ER. Missed the whole track season.
Mamaw always used tincture of iodine. Like a lit match on your skin.
Load More Replies...And if your friend has an older brother with a motorbike your in for a whole lot of dizzying fun.
I saw a video about that a long time ago. "Lets improve the fun! 🌪
Load More Replies...Asphalt for me and we’d load up the merry-go-round and the big, tough (2nd grade) boys would spin it as fast as they could.
Load More Replies...Considering the amount of children who broke their legs when I was young I'm amazed nobody thought to ban them
Those things are making a comeback. Many new ones on the newer playgrounds
Load More Replies...i remember twirling on these when in grade school - and I'm 82 now so they've been around for ages! It always made me nauseated.
How about wiring in a bluetooth receiver and walking around with this as a "cell phone"? You'd still have your real cell phone in your pocket but to everyone around you, you're talking on an old rotary phone.
Yes! You could even take it further and walk around talking into just the ear/mouth piece, with the cord dangling off of it.
Load More Replies...Oh yeah nothing like slamming it down with idiots or crazyass relatives that you want nothing to do with.
Closing your phone call with a slam? There must be an app for that.
We had a party line. When you were a bored kid in the 80's, we use to unscrew the mouthpiece and take out the transmitter. It was great fun listening to the elder ladies gossiping about whatever, without worrying about being caught. Having a party line was hazardous also. If any emergency would happen, sometimes it was hard getting people off the line so that you could contact emergency services.
I wish they made one of those stupid audio emojis that was actually useful like a slam hang up sound. The good one that made the phone bell ring just a little bit!
80svintagevisions is a vibrant Instagram page that brings the unforgettable spirit of the '80s to life. Launched in 2021, the page has already attracted a dedicated community of 1.1 million followers, a testament to just how much people cherish and crave nostalgia for that iconic era.
It’s clear that the love for the '80s never faded; instead, it continues to captivate a whole new generation and rekindle fond memories for those who lived through it.
I had this exact system, It was one of the first things I bought when I got a job. So I can relate.
I kinda liked these. Contrary to popular belief, there is a roll of clean towel, and the used towel gets rolled away on another roll, when it runs out it gets swapped and usually a company will collect the bulk of dirty towel rolls for a wash. Better than blower that never blows your hand dry, better than paper towels that always seem to run out.
After I wash my hands, I just dry them on my denims lol. I refuse to use the hand dryer.
Load More Replies...Wow I thought they were all gone haven't seen one in ages.
Load More Replies...My favorite Chinese restaurant only stopped using one of these after the pandemic started. I've been eating there since '93.
Oh yes!! We survived because mom was a R.N. got every shot ever possible, and then some.
yeppppers......it was kind of gross, but if you pulled it down to a clean part, it was ok
Old enough to have SOLD beer to someone using one. Couldn't drink beer yet but I could sell it.
Yep, instead of the calling it the credit card imprinter we referred to it as the 'click-clack machine"😂
Load More Replies...Shick, shick, toss the carbon, keep the top, return the bottom. This was at a full service gas station. Lower the license plate to access the filler neck.
My parents ran a service station for 30 years - incredible that you ran someone's credit card on total faith! My job was to add them all up. Twice.
I didn't know what this was as the only ones I ever saw were metal. (South Africa, despite being a third world country without aeroplanes to give people, has one of the most sophisticated banking systems in the world.)
My Dad is an antique dealer and he *only* got rid of this a few years ago.
I still have mine somewhere. I definitely prefer the Square, it beats the heck out of having to use an early cell phone to call in a credit card charge then type in long strings of numbers and hope you haven't messed anything up or you'd have start again. The long strings of numbers would be your merchant account number, the credit card number, the number that identified what type of charge it was and where you were calling from and then the amount of the charge itself. Then you had to wait and copy down the long string of numbers that indicated the charge was verified and accepted. I'm so glad for the Square.
The 80s was a decade bursting with energy and creativity, especially in music. Iconic artists like Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson ruled the charts, each changing the game in their own way. Lauper was known for her unique pop-punk style, while Jackson, of course, revolutionized the dance floor with his legendary moonwalk.
Ooo, have a second-hand wince from me. Hope you've got your pencil handy!
Pfgft. That's for amateurs. Now *I* used to fix videotapes by unscrewing the cases and swapping reels, sometimes even taping pieces together. Yes, they frakked up the heads of the VCR, but I couldn't lose my stuff!! I also became adept at opening the VCR and using vinegar to wipe down the heads when the head cleaner wouldn't work anymore. That's how I suffered. (LOL; sarcasm.)
That's a delicate operation. While you're in there, flip the photo back so it's the right way around.
the WORST thing that could happen to me at 12; pencil might not even fix that
In the summer if you started to sweat then the candy would dissolve giving you pastel color around your neck.
We used these as weapons! Bit one in half and held the other in our teeth while pulling the elastic, let go and TWANG!
Weed stash. If the old me could only see the big container I keep my weed in now, so impressed.
I remember the revolution that happened when you get your photos back in a hour from the shop instead of waiting 2 weeks for the return post
There was always one kid with camera on school trips and then the negative would go around the class, everyone writing down frame numbers they want developed for themselves, the camera kid would collect money, have copies made and distribute the photos around class. So much pain but nobody would even consider paying for a photo they were not interested in.
Load More Replies...Weed stash as Bread says, and they're also just the right size for a stack of quarters. For the toll road and the parking meters. I have one with a small hole poked in the lid. It's a convenient travel-sized solder holder.
Madonna also broke boundaries with her bold fashion and unapologetic lyrics, while Prince captivated audiences with his electrifying performances, making the 80s a true golden age of musical innovation and unforgettable hits.
It's called a Brannock Device and it has it's own Wikipedia page. God I know a lot of pointless trivia.
It's better than the wooden x-ray boxes they used. And the radiation exposure that came with them
Load More Replies...Don't they still use these? I know I was over in Europe in a shoe store a few years ago and didn't know my size there and they pulled one of these out. Has there been some new technology to replace this that I missed?
Yeah, at good shoe stores where the staff have knowledge on shoes and fittings. The place I go to uses them. I've learned my feet are wide and not narrow, like I used to think they were.
Load More Replies...Puzzled by this one - surely these things are still in every day use, aren't they?
Anyone else remember Kinney's shoe store? That's where I always got measured.
Not really… Size nine, “A” witdth according to the picture
Load More Replies...i'm old enough for it, but mom just traced our foot on paper & took it with her for a peaceful shopping experience...not like we got to pick what we wanted anyway
There were pink ones too, but I don’t remember if they were cherry or strawberry.
Load More Replies...we still can find these in some stores.....never thought of it as a TP roll !!! hahahaaha
But back then, kids didn’t have the convenience of iPods or mobile phones to listen to music. Instead, they would carry massive boom boxes on their shoulders, blasting their favorite tunes for the whole block to hear.
Or you were watching the last launch of Space Shuttle Challenger.
Our English teacher was so hungover, probably still drunk, she showed us a film of Macbeth after we'd finished reading the play. It was the Roman Polanski version, full of nudity and violence, we were 14 and loved every minute
My memory of that is way weirder. I was at an Army base in my old country (Brazil) for the mandatory service once you turn 18. First day they roll this in to teach us about DSTs or some inane thing like that. Five minutes in some officers come in and change channels, they all stand in front of the screen, so we are in the dark about what is going on. When one of them move we see the WTC with one column of smoke, and right there (I might be imagining this part but it is clear as day in my mind) the second plane crashes right in. Rio de Janeiro is one hour ahead of NY, and I remember that was a bit later in the morning for us, so the timeline aligns for me to have witnessed that live. I remember the chatter in the room, we thought a plane had hit a building in São Paulo, but once the context arrived, we thought it would be the start of WWIII.
I turned on one of the morning shows where they were trying to figure out how a plane hit the first tower, and the second hit live. It was so unreal.
Load More Replies...Or it's driver's Ed, and you're about to watch "Blood on the Highway" or some other accident footage film that made Cannibal H*******t" look like a Disney movie.
"My Baby's the Star of a Driver's Ed Movie" by Blotto. Takes me back.
Load More Replies...ROTATING to get it in the classroom door with that funny wheel that always dragged it sideways!
Load More Replies...Then you were in summer school because the landing was on July 20, 1969.
Load More Replies...this was cause for celebration !! we could choose to write notes back n forth, we could sleep thru the movie, we could watch it or whatever other creative ideas we came up with.....coz yeah....generally the teacher was checked out!!
Yeah then the phone started making that Beep Beep noise for like five minutes and then I usually just unplugged it.
Our phone was wired in so you couldn’t do that.
Load More Replies...It took me soooo long to get my parents to understand that you don’t have to answer the phone just because it’s ringing.
We had a payphone at boarding school, and you had to ram at least a 10p coin into the mechanism before it would let you dial...but it wasn't smart enough to prevent you from picking up the handset and tapping out the number (which was ten digits). Once the phone was answered you'd get a couple of seconds before it noticed and blocked the line, enough to say "it's your son" or something so a parent could ring you back. The payphone was near to matron and while she didn't put up with any c**p from us she did tolerate that because she was impressed that not only did it work but that I could repeatedly pull it off. Me, who was a complete and total failure in rounders (yay dyspraxia!).
Load More Replies...We weren't allowed to do that in our house. My dad was a doctor and he needed to be reachable by phone and with his pager.
I would hide it under the couch cushion let me go in my room so I wouldn't have to hear it
I think that's why couch throw cushions were invented
Load More Replies...i remember back when if you did this without hanging up first, the other person couldn't use their phone until you hung your up! and this was back in the 70s
And how irritating it was when you accidentally blew one. Those things cost money.
I collect cameras and related junk and have sealed boxes of these, I also have even older ones that are shaped like Christmas tree lights still in their box.
Load More Replies...The 80s was the golden age of blockbuster movies as well. Ask anyone who grew up in the era, and they'll probably mention Transformers, a movie franchise that captured the imagination of kids everywhere and remains quite popular even today.
Did that recently. It was David Bowie night at the local rink. I'm never going to say no to Bowie.
The middle of the rink was for the show offs. Winnipeg used to have 3 roller rinks. Now we have just one that has seen better days and the management is crappy. I remember it being so awesome. The rink I went to did a few games and special skate songs. Whenever AC/DC came on, you knew it was time for speed skating. All slow skaters off the rink so those who want to go too fast can just burn up the floor. But, man, when you wiped out, you wiped out hard. There was also the chicken dance. Everyone would join in a circle, Chicken Dance song would play and we'd have a grand ol' time laughing at each other doing the silly dance. Then there was Limbo. Whenever you saw the one limber, scrawny little short boy you knew who was going to win. I was able to crouch on one side with one leg out and lean sideways. I could never do the splits. Sometimes I would be the one lowering the bar. The staff were so cool, too. The rink had black lights, too, so we made sure what we wore glowed well.
This is my local rink I skated at since the late 60's Has both a organ player and piped music also. ... https://www.guptillsarena.com/index.html
Nice! I lived in that neighborhood, but only as an "adult." I saw Latham Corners Shopping Center morph into Latham Circle Mall.
Load More Replies...I had Escort wheels on my Fiesta, to facilitate the plus-one tires.
Ours were the Victorian wrought iron ones with the oak top that had an inkwell in it. Sure wish I'd have been there when they sold them off before tearing it down and building a new school!
We had them the first year of school. My school was built in 1893.
Load More Replies...AGAIN WITH THE "GEN x" SOMEONE IS CONFUSED !!! this was the cold war protection pod.....you got under it and no nuclear attack could get you !! 1950's & 60's/// Gen X were mid 1960 to 1980-ish.....their desks looked different....
That was actually the baby boomers, who were taught to duck and cover. (At least, they were first).
We lived within blast range of an Air Force base housing nuclear-capable B-52s. Even as a kid I knew ducking under the desk was useless. The teacher would show a *film strip* (remember those!) of what a nuclear blast could do, then we all have the little drill. Still laugh over that.
I had those desks in first and second grade, then they got new ones. So weird to think I sat at a desk with a place for an inkwell.
I get terrible flashbacks of the time my mom marched into the classroom one parent teacher night back in Grade 4, straight to my desk and blew up about how messy it was in my desk compartment. She wasn't interested in the work I did, at all. I also remember how I scribbled all over my desk, entirely, like an Eminem note paper, back in Grade 7. In pencil, mainly. I spent an hour after class cleaning it off.
My 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Riggs got angry at me for leaving my desk innards a mess. I can still picture her picking my desk up (ala The Hulk), raising it above her head and tossing it across the room. That was 50 years ago...
Video game fans might fondly remember the arrival of the Nintendo Entertainment System, first introduced in Japan as the Family Computer in 1983. When it hit the U.S. market in 1985, it sparked a gaming revolution that’s still going strong today. It was the must-have console that turned living rooms into arcades and made ‘Super Mario’ a household name.
I can tell you that when I worked as an AGM of a hotel that I had a lot of messages left for me . I always preferred and loved when someone would say their name and their phone number before the message and once after the message . sometimes I couldn't make out what they said one of the times and if I missed it when copying down the details to call them back , I could check what I had down or finish the details without having to listen to the whole message again . so when I call my doctor I do the same thing . my name , d.o.b, phone number, reason for call . then name , dob, and phone number.
Load More Replies...I prefer people to leave name and number before and after message, I do this.
You should still do this, especially if you're calling a business.
I used to hung up fast because I didn't want to pay for the call. Still did it until quite recently, and decided to continue doing it, because who hears voicemail at this day and age?
I do if there is one. If you don't leave a message, then you never called.
Load More Replies...Maybe you want to be called back on a number different from the one you're calling from?
If their phone is off, or they're in an area with little to no service they won't see your number.
I do that because cellphone service often breaks up and is distorted.
I uh...... Actually just realized this. I did this earlier with GEICO. Omg.
Now I want to have a side-by-side test with the new, plastic labels to see if the styrofoam kept them colder.
Yes, we ruined apparently the planet to keep our drinks cold... But we drank water from the tap and our bottles were glass and some pop companies took back flats of empty bottles to refill and gave you a discount on a new flat. Now all the water and pop are in disposable plastic. But yes, our genx ruined the planet, we're sorry.
And all these 70 years I thought it was all those vaccinations I had throughout my life, you know the ones that never made me autistic.
Awesome! So you can safely travel back in time!
Load More Replies...Remember how slimy the cheese on that pizza was? And it was still the day we looked forward to the most.
Load More Replies...If that's true people back in the dark ages had the best immune systems.
The ones that lived, yeah. If you sought medical help then, the treatment was more likely to k**l you than whatever was ailing you.
Load More Replies...Hose Water..../should be bottled and sold as a Medical Miracle Immune System builder !!!
The best way for an iron immunesystem. Being outside, eating dirt as a kid and making treehouses while stepping in a nail.
While also having been vaccinated against the usual childhood diseases.
Load More Replies...And who could forget the Rubik's Cube craze? Invented by Hungarian design teacher Erno Rubik in 1974, the puzzle took off globally in the 80s when it hit store shelves. If you could solve the Rubik’s Cube back then, without the help of YouTube tutorials, you were considered a genius.
Rode in the back of Grandpa's pickup truck for 300 miles, we were in grade school, good times
Load More Replies...Remember in the 70s driving in the back of a truck driving down I-5 with my sibs as dad drive in Seattle, nobody thought anything of it!
Load More Replies...Anti tail gaiting, worked great. No one wanted to make eye contact with your snotty nose kids.
Nope, never had one but we did ride in the back of my uncle's truck and had to sit against the back of the cab.
They seem more like paranoid hippies turned doomsday preppers and militiamen
I am convinced Ewoks eat human meat whenever they can, even if it is not canon.
Yes they had a lot of traps of was it Wookies? It was Chewy that got them trapped.
Load More Replies...Yes! My grandmother was a tiny thing, like 4'5" (135cm) and I remember her once grabbing my arm and pulling it up behind my back, as I was thinking, "what the heck?!", only to feel her stuffing a bill in my hand. The funny thing is that she usually yelled at my grandfather for openly trying to give out money. This only happened a few times, but it's a great memory.
My dad did this up until he became sick at 76. He’d always say, “Don’t tell your mama.” Great memories! But he did it for my older, married sister more than his single daughter. He always wanted to buy appliances for me. Go figure.
Even as a grown up my dad would slip me money like this so my mom didn't see.
Sadly, my grandparents lived in Italy and we didn't find surrogate Nonna's & Nonno's.....so, no we had to earn our money by turning in soda bottles.....
No need. My Granny hid gifts around her house for a scavenger hunt. I miss her.
D.r.u.g.s wouldn't want folks thinking grandma slipped me penises lol
Load More Replies...The 80s also had a style that was impossible to ignore. High-waisted jeans, or "mom jeans" as they’re now called, were all the rage. They might have looked a little funny, but they were a statement, that’s for sure.
The ability to gather data and analyze it with computers has revealed that ships disappear in the Bermuda triangle at about the same rate as they disappear every where else in the world.
Robert Stack was the only one that really cared about those people and he probably got silenced lol 🤷🏻
Even the Bermuda Triangle gets indigestion from swallowing what current society has to offer.
apparently the government closed it for business......ain't that interesting ???
Noooo.... Another song for the week. "Bermuda triangle, makes people disappear...." 🤦♂️
The story was that honey might ease a cough. So then Ludens just made a candy lozenge that simulated sticky honey.
Load More Replies...At Army boot camp only 6 years ago, candy wasn't allowed. BUT Luden's Cherry cough drops, considered medicinal, were. My son came home hating them but grateful they were there.
When I was young it was normal for children to phone the British Telecom operators and ask to speak to Busby, their mascot, this followed all the adverts we were bombarded with
I once went to a fancy dress party dressed as Busby! I came second.
Load More Replies..."Is Mr.Wall there please?" "There's no Mr. Wall here...." "Oh. Are you Mrs. Wall?" "You have the wrong number." "You mean there's no Walls there?" "No, sorry." "THEN WHAT'S HOLDING YOUR ROOF UP?!!!"
“This is the heating plant. We are calling to check if your hot water is running. Yes? Do us a favor and have a bath, we can smell you all the way here.” Yes the heating plant distributed hot water to most of our town and we found it the most hilarious prank in the world. We were dumb.
As if I would make any calls… I had phone anxiety even as a child. No one was happier than me when texting became the norm!
Ask for Mr Wall, then Mrs Wall then for any Walls when they say no walls here, ask what's holding up their ceiling
And when it comes to colors, why go subtle when you could go neon? From clothing to accessories, bold, fluorescent shades lit up every roller rink during blacklight skates. Those neon colors just screamed fun.
Feeling nostalgic? If these flashbacks made you smile, share them with a friend who would love this trip down memory lane as much as you do! The 80s weren’t just a decade; they were an attitude, an era of unforgettable vibes, and proof that sometimes, bigger really is better.
Still get that here. They're still cheap too, £2 or something.
Load More Replies...I loved Cafe Ole. (I don't have the ability to put the accents on, sorry) :)
Café au lait? (I get the accents by finding something online that I can copy-paste from.)
Load More Replies...I remember the commercials. "Senior trip. Paris. I love this coffee. I loved that waiter." (together) "Jean-Luc!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cigjQzSzxBw
“Did your mom just admit to banging a Parisian waiter while on a trip in high school?”
Load More Replies...If you're not in the dining room spot on at seven, you 'll miss the bowl of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup - the first item on the menu of international cuisine!
Tupperware. My babysitter when I was a kid used to host Tupperware parties. Classic MLM scam.
I don’t think they were an MLM. I think they’d have the party and place the order with the company. I hate malls but there was one that had a Tupperware kiosk where I’d go occasionally.
Load More Replies...I still have one of those, and I can’t get the smell of green Kool Ade out of it.
My 88 year-old mother was just telling me tonight about driving to the store in the early evening because there aren't as many people there then.
Here's a scary thought... When the Golden girls began in 1985, the "girls" (portrayed in their "Golden" years) were 63 (Bea Arthur and Betty White), Estelle Getty at 62 and youngest, Rue McClanahan, who played "Blanch" was 52. 😳
I like tossing that one out to my younger coworkers to confuse them. "Weebbles Wobble but they don't fall down!" I grab their shoulders and start to yell "THEY DON'T FALL DOWN!" "Do you know what that means?!?" And then wait patiently for an explanation.
I had the haunted house. It came with a ghost (that was glow in the dark) and frankenstein. Was gutted when my mom got rid of it. Gonna check Ebay lol
I had that too. It was the coolest. Probably why I love halloween so much.
Load More Replies...not sure when they came out, but the first time i got pregnant (and blew up), my new nickname became weebles...
I'd say Fantasy Island was more White Lotussy than Love Boat (freakier storylines).
Yes. Fantasy Island was my grandmother's favorite and she'd let me watch it with her. I think she had a thing for Ricardo, or rich corinthian leather, not sure which.
Load More Replies...The age of innocence. When intimate acts were insinuated and not displayed.
Ah, wait... Gopher, Doc (forgot his name) Isaac, Judy (?) and the Captain. And that annoying girl for whatever reason.
There was always a whirlwind romance happening with the guests that included a lot of marriage talk. I was hooked on the reruns last summer.
There needs to be a tongue flapping from the one in the top right corner
But there is? There's certainly *something* below the mouth.
Load More Replies...I had a pair that had the colors of a beach ball. I loved them.
Load More Replies...Bonus points if there was a bread bag on your feet inside the boots.
I didn't find this very warm. Or they were too warm and made my feet too sweaty to keep warm.
Married With Children was Fox's first big hit. The Simpsons came later.
Unless you like to move your knees. Many of them were flannel cotton with zero stretch. Cosy but constricting.
Load More Replies...You think Starbuck's is expensive? Wait until you see what Victoria's Secret charges per cup!
Ours had a single button next to the spigot. If the spigot and button was covered in condensation, you KNEW that water was cold!
Running out of the highschool dance in the gym down the hall to line up for a drink every 20 mins because you weren't allowed to bring drinks INTO the dance. (To encourage downing your alcohol before the dance instead)
And today I found out the public drinking fountain at our swimming pool has a carbon water filter built in and the water does not taste like disgusting chlorine.
Right?? My mom has my grandpa's from the 60s and that wasn't even 1st gen Stanley! They go back to the 1910s, iirc!
Load More Replies...There was an article about inline skates. They been around a long time.
Load More Replies...Don't forget the old, unwrapped, hairy peppermint from the bottom of the purse she handed out at church...
We got Trident that smelled like Coty Wild Musk and had flakes of tobacco stuck to it.
What a shame...what we've become because sometimes I really do need a payphone....
My folks made sure I had a quarter or 2 to make calls. Collect calls were banned at our home.
Squeeze enough kids in so they are all wedged in and cannot move at all.
I remember on a high school band trip (similar idea) I had to sit beside the flutes on the school bus (the instruments, not the players, if you were wondering) or they'd fly all over the place. Same idea, squeeze together and don't allow movement, they won't need seat belts
Load More Replies...By the mid to late 80s it was illegal, so we had to lie down if mum saw a cop...
At least she was teaching you a proper attitude towards the pigs.
Load More Replies...I had a Vega hatchback when I initially got my license at 16 (in 1976). Yeah, I know all about the Chevy Vega. You don’t have to say it. Anyway, I remember after a rehearsal for the musical, some of my fellow cast members needed rides home. I managed to fit ten people, including myself, in that car, three of them riding in the open hatch. No one wore a seat belt. Weren’t enough of them anyway. Illegal as hell? Hell yes! Fun as hell? Hell yes! Were we jamming to music from my car stereo the whole way? You bet your sweet bippy we were! The car may have temporarily been a low rider, but I just wanted to get my friends home so they wouldn’t have to walk.
As an Only with no cousins, I observed this phenomenon with simultaneous horror and envy.
My first son was born 2 days before our city started with mandatory seat belts. (December 1984) I was driven to hospital without seatbelt and returned home with everyone all buckled up
Captain Kangaroo, don't know who that is with him. That grandfather clock was creepy as h3ll.
That's Paulie Shore of course! 🤣
Load More Replies...My 3rd grade teacher knew him, so one time he came to our school to do a show. We were all very starstruck to be in the presence of a real live celebrity LOL.
Load More Replies...I was on one of the Romper Room episodes. I was a tiny thing and when we did the tire stepping (not sure how to describe it), I tripped and disappeared in the tire. All caught on TV. I also remember them releasing a bunch of puppies in the studio. It was pure late 70's chaos!
Load More Replies...I lived in dread of that annual day in Ontario (all of Canada?) where the whole primary school participated in a standardised sports day. You did the same exercises every year & were ranked by how fast you went or how many reps. Then you got your badge in front of the whole class. Until the age of 12, I was so unfit I always got the equivalent of the participation badge. Then I had 1 glorious year where I got a Gold! Anyone remember what it was called???
Omg, i feel your childhood trama. I remember running faster than the other kids to sign up for the non-running events lol. It was limited enrolment for each activity so first kids to sign up got your pick of activities. We all had to do at least one running activity, so I'd run to sign up for sprint first so i wouldnt get stuck with something that made me run longer. Then I'd head for the sign- up tables for shot put, discus etc. (I was a girl with far over developed big b***s so I was conscientious doing sports, especially being watched, especially being graded with publicised awards)
Load More Replies...They still do this where I live. Kids getting participation trophies only is just a rumour.
i still have a few of them (various colors) in my memory tote. I remember 2nd place in the long jump & I think high hurdles
These make me think of sunburns and eating boiled hotdogs, chips and McDonald's "orange drink" in the sun
My PE teacher in High School -- 1968-72-- was butch as they came......yet she's the one who handed out the tiny towels at the shower exit in the girls' locker room......gross times....
Our PE teacher really screwed up my sister's body image. We're in our 40s, and she still thinks she's ft despite being about 110 at 5 feet tall because of some of the awful s.hit the teacher used to say.
My PE teacher in the 90s was a thin yoga teacher with cropped hair, often dyed, and she was a PE teacher there in the 80s too. She stunned the classes by doing head stands.
There was very steep hill near where we spent weekends in the summer. We used those cardboard boxes to slide down the hill. Had a blast.
Also, the kid in the front carrying the cardboard has on Pony sneakers. I think I had a pair of those back in the 80s. I never see those anymore, but there is a website for them. Maybe I just don't get out enough anymore.
ex told me a story about his $50 car, that had a $200 stereo in it!
Load More Replies...I carried one of these in my backpack throughout college. Along with all the textbooks I needed for the day.
We had these stereos until quite late where I came from. I remember I was more concerned with some j*****s breaking the glass than I was with the stereo.
Jáckass! The way it is censored looks like I'm blaming the jéws or something for broken windows!
Load More Replies...I couldn't afford an Alpine. I had some cheap knockoff from east Asia.
Yes and why not? Really it comes down to the Volleyball scene in Top Gun. Seriously there's like a million people a day who google that just to watch that one scene.
Because they looked so hot! I’d definitely make séxy eyes at either of these.
Well, it was gay too - no way were we gonna miss out on that trend!
Load More Replies...Why can't women look at the same body parts as men expect females to show? That was called equality.
Yah, I'm with you Cin! I'd prefer it as well, well on some guys... lol
These guys now have (great) granddaughters who dress like this and they're outraged!
Gay fashion designers having a laugh at the jocks who used to beat them up?
It doesn't look any stupider than wearing jeans hanging down so low that the entire section of boxers covering your butt is revealed. Fashion is often just inexplicable.
Must be easter european thing. I had about 5 of them in various colours. Never knew there was a song though.
Load More Replies...I still have one....in a box in my closet. But I have it. He even has a red and white striped shirt on.
Load More Replies...Also the twins in Grease 2. And some show with Cloris Leachman... Help me out here. Anyone remember the name?
Double Trouble. It wasn't Cloris Leachman, though, it was Barbara Barrie ( who does look kind of similar ). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086696/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_double%2520trouble
Load More Replies...Double Mint was a brand of gum. They had a bunch of commercials using the tag line “Double the pleasure, double the fun…Double Mint, Double Mint gum”, which featured the Double Mint Twins.
Load More Replies...1: Get drunk with your friend. 2: Body slam each other in the restaurant. 3: Both eat for free before you both get sent to the drunk tank.
I see your grandma's 1989 pepper, and raise you my mother's 1973 piri piri powder.
And I get all the money with my 1930 grandma's bronze pepper/coffee grinder
Load More Replies...🎵…and a for being a friend. Travel down the road and back again.Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant. 🎶
🎵And if you threw a party and invited everyone you knew...🎶
Load More Replies...Chaka! Land of the Lost! (Don’t watch the Will Ferrell remake; Will is awesome, but remake terrible)
Aww, I actually enjoyed the movie. I mean, it's terrible, but still c*****d me up.
Load More Replies...Oh man I remember those socks. then the elastic would fail and they ended up around your ancles.
When I was growing up it was the thing to wear several pairs at a time and adjust the socks so you can see the colored stripes of each pair.
So, write one from your country. It would be great to have these from all over the world!
Load More Replies...I disagree. We tend to remember the good things but the bad ones which were the majority.
Load More Replies...Does anyone remember the commercial, Libby Libby Libby on the label label label, on the table table table. Plus Saturday morning cartoons. Look forward to Saturday morning watching them growing up. .
It's so hard to actually realize 1960-70 was over 55 years ago !!! I'm 71 now and it just doesn't Compute !!! 1970 was just last week, wasn't it???
Me and my brother rode in the back of Grandpa's truck all the way up north, we were only 9 and 11 good times
YES!!!! So fun. You pulled out a lot of obscure ones I haven't seen in forever. Or 50 years if we're being more precise.
Hi, I know this is off-topic but does anyone just want to chat? I’ve not really got anything else to do so I’m fine to chat about anything. Also, don’t think I haven’t got any friends or anything, I’m just a bit bored.
So, write one from your country. It would be great to have these from all over the world!
Load More Replies...I disagree. We tend to remember the good things but the bad ones which were the majority.
Load More Replies...Does anyone remember the commercial, Libby Libby Libby on the label label label, on the table table table. Plus Saturday morning cartoons. Look forward to Saturday morning watching them growing up. .
It's so hard to actually realize 1960-70 was over 55 years ago !!! I'm 71 now and it just doesn't Compute !!! 1970 was just last week, wasn't it???
Me and my brother rode in the back of Grandpa's truck all the way up north, we were only 9 and 11 good times
YES!!!! So fun. You pulled out a lot of obscure ones I haven't seen in forever. Or 50 years if we're being more precise.
Hi, I know this is off-topic but does anyone just want to chat? I’ve not really got anything else to do so I’m fine to chat about anything. Also, don’t think I haven’t got any friends or anything, I’m just a bit bored.
