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Submitted by THX 1138 on

You read the title.

KC0GRN

I was a child during them, and I didn't give a crap what brand of jeans I wore. Eh, but I guess I never was worried about what other people thought... hmm.. guess for the most part that's still true.

Thu, 05/19/2005 - 3:36 PM Permalink
me2

Girbeau jeans -yup sister had to have them at $80 a pair (back then that was a lot of money)

Today a pair of Guess Jeans is $110 at MOA

Thu, 05/19/2005 - 3:42 PM Permalink
THX 1138

Today a pair of Guess Jeans is $110 at MOA

I didn't know they still make Guess jeans.

Thu, 05/19/2005 - 3:55 PM Permalink
KITCH

collectors item...

Thu, 05/19/2005 - 3:55 PM Permalink
KITCH

http://www.flashnews.com/news/wfn1050519J26226.html


NO WAY!!!!!!

Filmmaker Claims Jim Morrison Is Alive In Oregon

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – Here’s news that will light the fire of Jim Morrisonfans: A filmmaker claims The Doors’frontman is alive and raising horses on a ranch in southern Oregon.

Rodeo photographer Gerald Pitts insists Morrison didn’t die in July of 1971 and he has current photographs and film footage of the rocker to prove it.

Pitts, who met Morrison in 1998, says the rocker staged his death because of a French conspiracy to kill him, Janis Joplinand Jimi Hendrixwith narcotics because they were all Vietnam war protestors.

These days, Morrison isn’t the drug user he once was, although Pitts says when he goes over to Jim’s house he’ll “maybe have an occasional beer.”

Now Pitts claims that Morrison is announcing he’s alive, in part, to promote his recent agreement to star in a rodeo shoot-out movie based on events that actually happened to Pitts.

Pitts’ whole story airs on A Current Affairtomorrow (May 20).

Thu, 05/19/2005 - 6:25 PM Permalink
Frosti

So this Pitts guy found him in 1998 but is just going public now? Seems fishy...

Thu, 05/19/2005 - 7:05 PM Permalink
THX 1138

One word: Swatch

Oh yeah! Those were sweet in the day.

:-)

Filmmaker Claims Jim Morrison Is Alive In Oregon

Yeah, he's living with Elvis, James Dean, and Andy Kaufman

Thu, 05/19/2005 - 7:10 PM Permalink
Frosti

I bet TXH wore more than one Swatch at a time. With Swatch guards.

Thu, 05/19/2005 - 8:02 PM Permalink
saints tailgater

 yes and jim morrisons ranch was funded by db cooper

Thu, 05/19/2005 - 9:26 PM Permalink
East Side Digger


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Fri, 05/20/2005 - 5:16 AM Permalink
THX 1138

I bet THX wore more than one Swatch at a time.

Nope, I never did that.

With Swatch guards.

Oh yeah! What's the point without the swatch guard?

Fri, 05/20/2005 - 5:33 AM Permalink
saints tailgater

 time to leave work early and set up the tailgate party for the saints home opener

Fri, 05/20/2005 - 12:49 PM Permalink
THX 1138

Looks like a nice day for it.

Fri, 05/20/2005 - 12:51 PM Permalink
KT

You simply cannot show me that pic of Jim Morrison, and expect me to do ANYTHING ELSE but drool for 5 days.

I got Matt a pair of girbeau jeans for $60.00 ....LIKE 10 years ago.
I spent a month's wages........

Now-a-days I buy old republic, or blue glory, or whatever the hell the brand is at Walmart for $14.95.

BUT!!! James has a 19" LCD monitor.
Our priorities change for our children as we grow older.
....Meanwhile- I have to be satisfied with multiples.

Fri, 05/20/2005 - 2:47 PM Permalink
me2

Our priorities change for our children as we grow older.


you're not kidding!
video cameras,  PS2's, and those rectangle shaped thin $300 contraptions that holds 5000 peassongs on it-oh yeah I-Tunes pod!

Fri, 05/20/2005 - 9:31 PM Permalink
KT

Sometimes I wish for the complications of Skeletor, She-ra, and all the McDonalds happy meal toys that went with it.

This was WAY prior to any Power Ranger crap.

And if you know the words to "Jungle Life"
and still have all that 'Turtle" poo in your attic....
....Well boo-hoo- Cuz we all know that the REAL money lies in the original Blue Ranger.!!!

Fri, 05/20/2005 - 10:09 PM Permalink
KT

...You do NOT scare me with all that Ipod crap.
I've been scared for quite some time.

...what scares me lately is that most of my words are not mmmiiiiiisssssppppelllled.

Oh, by the way- JOE!!!!!!
 I hit the keyboard hard so you would all know how vehemently I have gaps in my night.

[Edited by on May 20, 2005 at 10:14pm.]

Fri, 05/20/2005 - 10:12 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

Sometimes I wish for the complications of Skeletor, She-ra, and all the McDonalds happy meal toys that went with it.

Damn straight!

They cant seem to think of any new toys.... everytime you go to the stores, all I see is stuff that I still have stored away in a box, that will someday be my kids things, only all re-invented, and looking a lot less cooler.

Fri, 05/20/2005 - 10:58 PM Permalink
zephyrus

58. You remember when mullets were cool!

There are no longer cool? WTF!

59. You had a mullet!

Dammmm Straight!

But what about... Menudo, Star Wars Cards, bandanas on the ankle, pinned pants, all of the Charlie Brown movies, the movie Convoy playing every year, sit n spin, back when you were waiting for McDonalds to have 1 million customers, Babe Winklemans 'Good Fishing', old Horror Movies on Sunday Mornings after church, Million Dollar Man, WONDER WOMAN 'hubba hubba', Battlestar Galactica, Rubiks Cube, The Pink panther, The wild, wild, west, Mork and Mindy, Lawrence Welk, the death of true punk rock, the birth and death of break dancing, cardboard boxes to breakdance on, $40,000 houses in the suburbs (new), the beginnnings of when sex could kill you, Private Benjamin, when music was good, a new vietnam based movie every 6 months, Karate kid, having a comb hanging out of your pocket,....

See, I don't need back to the 80's.... to quote Pee-Wee, "I lived it"

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 6:40 AM Permalink
KT

One word..... POGS.

ok- I know that wasn't 80's, but hey! Round pieces of cardboard...
They didn't hurt when you stepped on them...
Pogs. heheh.

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 7:49 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

I miss the 80's, Greatest American Hero, The Fall Guy, The A Team, 321 Contact, The Bloodhound Gang, The Munchichis, The Snorks, The Popples, TV sux ass now. Any who... I posted this in my lil thread thingie, but thought I'd share it w/the rest of the crew :

Ugh had another scare that sent me to the ER last night :( I started having some major abdominal cramps, bleeding really heavy, and had really bad lower back pains so I thought I was miscarrying.  I was in so much pain I was pretty much doubled over.  So after spending 4 hrs in the ER, taking lots of tests, and getting another ultrasound, everything turned out to be ok. I was really afraid I was losing the baby, but they found a good and strong heartbeat, it was 167, kinda high... so I have a hunch I'm having a lil boy :) We'll find out in another 4 wks.

When the lady was doing the ultrasound, I was watching some of her face expressions, and I thought for sure she wasn't going to find a heartbeat, but when she turned the monitor around and I saw the little heart just beating away, and the little hand and foot move, I knew things were going to be ok!! I'm going to try and get they ultrasound scanned so I can post it :) You can see the little hand and foot, and the eye and mouth, pretty much the baby's whole left side. I was so relieved that I just started bawling my eyes out, that and because I was in a lot of pain. 

Dr said that there's no evidence of a miscarriage, and that most likely I'll bleed throughout the rest of my pregnancy since I have a family history of it, and that since the heart beat was good and strong, that I was going to go on and have a healthy pregnancy.

 Just wanted to share the news guys.. hope all is well with everyone!! I haven't been online all that often, haven't been feeling the greatest with my allergies and all of that fun stuff. Take care and God Bless!!

Oh.. before I go.. my hubby, baby, and I will be moving in Aug to Vadnais Hts :) A friend of ours is selling her mobile home and we're taking it over contract for deed pretty much. It's a really nice home, nds some minor work like painting, re carpeting, and fixing a few of the floor boards but other than that it's really nice w/a good sized yard, in a great little neigborhood. It's a good starter home for us, because it's extremely affordable, and we can turn around and sell it for a good chunk of $$$ and buy a house :)

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 8:32 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Congratulations on the new house :) I am sure that you can't wait to get in there...

you should pop on and say hi sometime on Yahoo... I am usually on here somehow... but today is bad... busy

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 8:47 AM Permalink
me2

bandanas on the ankle, pinned pants, all of the Charlie Brown movies,  old Horror Movies on Sunday Mornings after church, Million Dollar Man, WONDER WOMAN 'hubba hubba', Battlestar Galactica, Rubiks Cube, The wild, wild, west, Mork and Mindy

Cindy Lauper & Madonna hairdo wanna be's - putting rips and tears in your brand new jeans on purpose! - Dippity Doo - scrunchies - old movies on Sunday mornings - Michael Jackson glove - moonwalk - MTV -  

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 9:49 AM Permalink
me2

1888 80's JOE

On this day in the 80s...











21st May






 




  • [1980] "Empire Strikes Back" premieres
  • [1983] "Bang The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren hits #63
  • [1983] David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single goes #1
  • [1986] Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
  • [1986] US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
  • [1988] "Da'Butt" by EU hits #35
  • [1988] "Fat" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #99
  • [1988] US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site


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Sat, 05/21/2005 - 9:52 AM Permalink
zephyrus

putting rips and tears in your brand new jeans on purpose!

I had that one in the bag... I was cool before the fad started... Was funny... the kids laughing at me just a year earlier, went to the store and paid $80 for pre-slashed jeans... the had cheesy sewn edges so they wouldn't shred anymore.... 1986... I had the most shredded pair of jeans that I have ever seen... I had to take about 3 tries to get my legs in them...

[1983] "Bang The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren hits #63

Pretty funny, there was an old DJ duo on 93.7 back when it was classic rock... did a version of this song "I don't wanna play, I just want to bang on Sinead all day".... must have been catholic...

Remember UHF... the weird Al movie? Went to see it at the theater.... pretty good for it's time. I embarrased my buddies, at the end they were doing a romeo and juliet thingy, all dressed up, and I did this really loud mock sobbing and faked a cry on my buddies shoulder.... they wouldn't walk out of the theater with me hehehe

Where did you get that cool stuff me2??? I would be pretty interested in that site.. I am kinda stuck in the 80's myself... If I could grow out my hair I would have a mullet just because I could.... (I still think they are cool, I don't care much about popular opinion...)

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 10:35 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Metal fades away... Fresh Prince of Bel Air... Bunch of other crap that was no where near as cool as the 80's

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 10:38 AM Permalink
me2

Where did you get that cool stuff me2???

I grew up in the 80's I just know it all ;p     http://www.80snostalgia.com/tdih.html


1891-----1981 joe

Ronald Reagan takes oath as 40th President. (Jan. 20)
Fifty-two hostagges are freed with the US-Iran agreement. They were held in captivity since November 4, 1979 in Teheran.(Jan. 20)
An attempt on President Reagan's life by gunman John W. Hinckley, Jr. (March 30).
Pope John Paul II wounded by Turkish terrorist gunman. (May 13)

AIDS is first identified.
Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated by Islamic extremists during a military parade in Cairo (Oct. 6).
Reagan nominates Judge Sandra Day O'Connor, 51, of Arizona, as first woman on Supreme Court (July 7).
More than 110 die in collapse of aerial walkways in lobby of Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City; 188 injured (July 18).



Fun Facts

The video game Pac-man is introduced and creates a fervor in the U.S.
Nutrasweet (aspartame) is approved by the FDA.

The space shuttle Columbia launches for the first time.
Prince Charles and Diana Spencer marry July 29.
Luke and Laura of General Hospital most watched wedding next to Charles & Diana.
Dynasty premieres.
The first DeLorean sports cars roll off the assembly line.
The Supreme Court rules to allow television cameras in the courtroom. (Hello, Court TV.)



Fashion

Althetic wear, inspired by Olivia Newton-John's hit song and video "Let's Get Physical" makes headbands and legwarmers the garments of the moment.



Music

MTV goes on the air running around the clock music videos, debuting with "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. (August 1)
Bill Haley, the "Father of Rock and Roll" passes away at the age of 56 of a heart attack.
"Physical" by Olivia Newton-John dominates the last five weeks of 1981 in the #1 Billboard charts. (Five more in 1982.)



Films

Some great films were released in 1980 including: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Arthur, Escape from New York



Tom Cruise makes his feature film debut in Blue Lagoon.




Popular Television Programs

Dallas
60 Minutes
Three's Company
NFL Football Post 2
The Jeffersons
Joanie Loves Chachi
The Dukes of Hazzard
Alice
The ABC Monday Night Movie
Too Close for Comfort
M*A*S*H
One Day at a Time
NFL Monday Night Football
Falcon Crest
Archie Bunker's Place
The Love Boat
Hart to Hart
Trapper John, M.D.
Hill Street Blues
Taxi
Donahue
The $20,000 Pyramid
Captain Kangaroo
 


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Sat, 05/21/2005 - 11:54 AM Permalink
me2


 

 


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Sat, 05/21/2005 - 12:14 PM Permalink
zephyrus

Anything I can do for you?

(I can't do anything that CM or Kitch would want to do for you, though) ;)

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 2:13 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Okay, don't laugh but...My hubby had a mullet up until a few years ago. Actually, I didn't know that's what it was called until he cut it off and people started to say things like, "Welcome to the new millenium," or, "So, you've finally moved beyond the '80s, huh?"

Pinned pants...LOL! I had forgotten about those!

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 2:35 PM Permalink
me2

how about the friendship pins- where you put beads on safety pins and pin them to your tennis shoes.

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 4:09 PM Permalink
zephyrus

I had some of them...once... um, I'd rather not talk about that...

hehe

GT... you can tell hubby that I still think it is cool... he can grow his hair back out, I won't laugh
:)

Having been to a few karoake bars... I wish lip sync was still the rage...

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 8:45 PM Permalink
Frosti

Having been to a few karoake bars... I wish lip sync was still the rage...

No kidding! We walked by Shout!, the dueling piano sing-along bar in Block E last night and couldn't imagine why you would go there unless you were already drunk.

Sat, 05/21/2005 - 9:39 PM Permalink
KITCH

putting rips and tears in your brand new jeans on purpose!

shot my with the shotgun....

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS (didn't have cable)

Sun, 05/22/2005 - 6:42 AM Permalink
me2

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS (didn't have cable)

Sun, 05/22/2005 - 9:00 AM Permalink
me2

1900 JOE 

[Edited by on May 22, 2005 at 09:05am.]

Sun, 05/22/2005 - 9:01 AM Permalink
KT

Jungle love.

My 16 year old went to 1st ave last night, and could honestly say "I'm with the band"
The name is "Screaming Monkey Boner"
...God! I'm so glad I'm not 16.
I'm pretty much alright with being 43- or 42- or 44 Crap! I don't know- I have all of you to do the math. I was born October 31st. 1961.
When it suits you, let me know my age. I PROMISE I will promptly forget it, but it will give you something to tell me next time.
Gotta go play Gold Miner now. ...No! I still have not made it past level 12, but I play anyway.

Sun, 05/22/2005 - 8:55 PM Permalink
saints tailgater

 you are younger than me but i act a lot younger....and does it matter

Sun, 05/22/2005 - 9:23 PM Permalink
me2

Don't bother watching In Good Company-with that Topher guy from that 70's show & Dennis Quaid. I thought it was terrible. There was only one good scene in it.

Who would name their son TOP HER?!


[Edited by on May 22, 2005 at 09:43pm.]

Sun, 05/22/2005 - 9:42 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

Thought it was an "okay" movie... just okay...

kind of a bummer flick though... heh, not a feel good, happy one, if your looking for one of those

Sun, 05/22/2005 - 9:56 PM Permalink
THX 1138

We rented that last weekend and it was OK.

Mon, 05/23/2005 - 5:23 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Who would name their son TOP HER?!

Why didn't I think of that??? What the heck is a "Zack" anyway... ;)

Mon, 05/23/2005 - 10:43 AM Permalink
Clue Master

Cooler link saints dude

One glass of milk can give a person a .02 blood alcohol concentration (BAC) on a Breathalyzer test. That’s enough in some states for persons under age 21 to lose their drivers license and be fined.    HUH?

I went to the doctor and he said I had a bad case of dipsomania.  Now I know what he meant.

"Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs."  Nice

 Â“It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol elate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.”   Lincoln rocks!

Beer and Bras. British men have been found twice as likely to know the price of their beer as their partner's bra size. A poll reported in Britain's Prima magazine found that 77% of males knew how much their beer costs but only 38% knew the correct size of their mate's bra.  Well that's probably because the bra size seems to change along with the beer consumption.  77%? - Stupid Brits


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Tue, 05/24/2005 - 10:39 AM Permalink