Back in the 80´s
03-17-2009, 07:34 AM
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Back in the old days.......................
Certainly, it is incomprehensible that ...
We seriously thought that George Michael was heterosexual.
We queued outside payphone every time we wanted to call home.
The sailing shoe was regarded as "classical" and "timeless".
We thought that Dylan in Beverly Hills 90210 was 17 years old - even though he was 25.
A curly permanent was considered a trendy haircut - both girls and boys.
Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze was seen as super sexy.
A Lycra garments named "Body" (which is buttoned in the crotch with a design that was completely unworkable, especially in combination with alcohol) was a natural place in our wardrobes.
The mascara would not be black but have the same color eyes - blue, green or brown.
A family's status was measured in the number of household appliances - Soda Stream, icecream machine, baking maskin and fondue pot was equal to highest status.
A slice of kassler with pineapple disc was seen as exotic, and that all dishes containing pineapple was called something with Hawaii.
The most luxurious starters were shrimp cocktail and the coolest dessert glace au four.
We were not jumping on the floor when we listened to music - when it became notch in the record.
There was a special piece of furniture to keep the record player on, it was called stereo bench.
We went with the book clubs, record clubs and collected on recipe cards which we stored in special boxes.
There were rumors that Michael and Janet Jackson were the same person.
The white miracle resource Tippex was the only way to fix typo.
All major paper called stencils and was printed in blue ink smelly.
Tights and a large shirt was a natural combination.
Our finest paintings imagined kissing couple in the sunset, crying clowns and galloping unicorns or a guy with bare upper body.
We went and trained with string tanga outside the gym suit.
"I write a check" was a common reply in the shopping context.
We were surprised when we learned that Dolly Parton used a wig and Ted Danson a toup?.
In 2009 ...
It called for the development ...
You know you live in 2009 when? ->
1: ... you accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave oven ...
2: ... you do not play solitaire with real cards in years ...
3: ... you have 15 phone numbers to a family of 3 persons ...
4: ... you send e-mail to those sitting next to you ...
5: ... the excuse that you've lost touch with old friends is that you do not have their e-mail addresses.
6: ... you come home from work and still answer the phone with the "business voice".
7: ... you are calling from home and still turn a 0 to "come out".
8: ... you have worked at the same desk in 4 years but at the same time for three different companies.
10: ... your boss can not do your job.
11: ... you call the family to hear if they are at home while you are driving into the garage.
12: ... all advertising on TV has an Internet address below.
13: ... leaving the house without a cell phone, you had the first 10, 20, 40 years of your life, provokes panic and you have to go back to retrieve it.
14: ... the first thing you do when you get up in the morning is to go "online" before pouring the coffee.
15: ... you lay your head to the side to smile.
16: ... you are reading this and nodding and smiling.
17: ... still worse, you know exactly who to send this list to.
18 ... you are too busy to notice that No. 9 was missing in this list.
19: ... you actually scroll up to check that it was not there.
20: ... and now you sit and smile for yourself.
Certainly, it is incomprehensible that ...
We seriously thought that George Michael was heterosexual.
We queued outside payphone every time we wanted to call home.
The sailing shoe was regarded as "classical" and "timeless".
We thought that Dylan in Beverly Hills 90210 was 17 years old - even though he was 25.
A curly permanent was considered a trendy haircut - both girls and boys.
Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze was seen as super sexy.
A Lycra garments named "Body" (which is buttoned in the crotch with a design that was completely unworkable, especially in combination with alcohol) was a natural place in our wardrobes.
The mascara would not be black but have the same color eyes - blue, green or brown.
A family's status was measured in the number of household appliances - Soda Stream, icecream machine, baking maskin and fondue pot was equal to highest status.
A slice of kassler with pineapple disc was seen as exotic, and that all dishes containing pineapple was called something with Hawaii.
The most luxurious starters were shrimp cocktail and the coolest dessert glace au four.
We were not jumping on the floor when we listened to music - when it became notch in the record.
There was a special piece of furniture to keep the record player on, it was called stereo bench.
We went with the book clubs, record clubs and collected on recipe cards which we stored in special boxes.
There were rumors that Michael and Janet Jackson were the same person.
The white miracle resource Tippex was the only way to fix typo.
All major paper called stencils and was printed in blue ink smelly.
Tights and a large shirt was a natural combination.
Our finest paintings imagined kissing couple in the sunset, crying clowns and galloping unicorns or a guy with bare upper body.
We went and trained with string tanga outside the gym suit.
"I write a check" was a common reply in the shopping context.
We were surprised when we learned that Dolly Parton used a wig and Ted Danson a toup?.
In 2009 ...
It called for the development ...
You know you live in 2009 when? ->
1: ... you accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave oven ...
2: ... you do not play solitaire with real cards in years ...
3: ... you have 15 phone numbers to a family of 3 persons ...
4: ... you send e-mail to those sitting next to you ...
5: ... the excuse that you've lost touch with old friends is that you do not have their e-mail addresses.
6: ... you come home from work and still answer the phone with the "business voice".
7: ... you are calling from home and still turn a 0 to "come out".
8: ... you have worked at the same desk in 4 years but at the same time for three different companies.
10: ... your boss can not do your job.
11: ... you call the family to hear if they are at home while you are driving into the garage.
12: ... all advertising on TV has an Internet address below.
13: ... leaving the house without a cell phone, you had the first 10, 20, 40 years of your life, provokes panic and you have to go back to retrieve it.
14: ... the first thing you do when you get up in the morning is to go "online" before pouring the coffee.
15: ... you lay your head to the side to smile.
16: ... you are reading this and nodding and smiling.
17: ... still worse, you know exactly who to send this list to.
18 ... you are too busy to notice that No. 9 was missing in this list.
19: ... you actually scroll up to check that it was not there.
20: ... and now you sit and smile for yourself.
03-17-2009, 11:11 AM
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03-17-2009, 11:17 AM
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Not forgetting how all the girls wore near ankle long pencil skirts in the 80's.... No chance of seeing any sexy legs 
Most girls did wear stockings and suspenders back then though, so not all bad!!
Most girls did wear stockings and suspenders back then though, so not all bad!!
03-19-2009, 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by UrbanTiger' post='819209' date='Mar 17 2009, 11:34 AM
Back in the old days.......................
The sailing shoe was regarded as "classical" and "timeless".
They're baaack.
We thought that Dylan in Beverly Hills 90210 was 17 years old - even though he was 25.
Except 90210 didn't come out until the 90s.
There were rumors that Michael and Janet Jackson were the same person.
We figured it out... it was Michael and Latoya.
The sailing shoe was regarded as "classical" and "timeless".
They're baaack.
We thought that Dylan in Beverly Hills 90210 was 17 years old - even though he was 25.
Except 90210 didn't come out until the 90s.
There were rumors that Michael and Janet Jackson were the same person.
We figured it out... it was Michael and Latoya.
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