My grandmother is very modern. I suppose maybe you could call her a "Thoroughly Modern Milly", except I don't know what that means...so I won't. She has a computer, has taken computer classes, and emails me at least twice a week with "forwards" from friends. She also line dances every Tuesday and is a member of the Red Hat Society. She's awesome. I have many memories of both of my grandmothers, most are good, except when I got myself into trouble with them. One of these days, I plan on dedicating a blog to them; I just haven't written the right words in my head.
So, I get an email from my grandma a couple of days ago which I enjoyed, but with which I did not relate. Sorry Grandma, I have, of course, heard of the simplicities and joys of the 50's and 60's, but I don't personally remember any of them. So, for you grandma, and my readers, which might be JUST grandma, I remember the 70's and 80's. Sorry, no music to accompany; just strum some REO Speedwagon or Def Leopard(sp?) or Journey in your head. Here we go.
Remember When...
you got your first microwave and you cooked a cake in it in nine minutes and you thought it was the most awesome cake ever
you got your first tv with a remote control and the remote clicked when you changed a channel
you had to wait 45 minutes to cook a tv dinner in the oven, plus preheating
when Three's Company was considered a risque' show but you never knew why b/c your parents always changed the channel when the "suggestive" scenes came on
the Nestea plunge
there were no ratings on t.v. or music
nobody cursed in public
nobody "did" their nails and most people didn't have highlights, especially teenagers
Atari was cool and you couldn't keep up with the "blip" on Pong(?)
when the t.v. stations all shut down at midnight and the National Anthem played
reruns of Mash, Cheers, and Taxi
Leave It to Beaver and Happy Days
Joni and Cha-Chi
Good Times and "DY-NO-MITE"
the mad dash to buy a Cabbage Patch doll
cable t.v. boxes
your first VCR
your first "Boom Box" and cassette tape
when headphones were bigger than your head and weighed about ten pounds
Remember:
Friday Fright Night
Friday Night Videos
The Donnie and Marie Show
Dorothy Hammill haircuts
mullets
Miami Vice
TransAms
Camaroes
leg warmers
the biggest car was a station wagon
nobody wore seatbelts
everyone rode in the back of pickups
overalls were cool
chigger and mosquito bites and camphor or that pink stuff was all you had to put on it
chicken pox
roller skates with four wheels
Farah Fawcett
big, feathered hair
MacGuyver
Knight Rider
Six Million Dollar Man
Lindsay Wagner
The Unknown Stuntman
Evil Knievel
Dukes of Hazzard
Facts of Life and "Tootie"
Dallas and "who shot J.R."
"craft shows" became popular
bowling lessons in the summer
summer vacation that lasted a whole three months
dads that actually took vacations
vegetables that tasted good and came from your own garden
BIG Big Macs
Cocoa-Cola was a treat
the ice cream truck
roast and potatoes on Sunday
Shawn Cassidy
Welcome Back Kotter
John Travolta
Olivia Newton-John and "Let's Get Physical"
The Bee-Jees
exclusively male news anchors
saddle oxfords
long skirts
when everybody knew how to read
when most people had blue collar jobs
when there was no air conditioning in school and very little heat, and you still went all day, every day
recess everyday
real meat markets where you watched them actually grind your meat and cut cold cuts
TG&Y
when a penny would buy you a whole handful of bubble gum balls
when you could run two or three neighborhoods ALL Day and your mom never wondered where you were or worried about you not coming home
when moms played softball and left the kids around the corner at the park to play
when moms left you in the car while they made a quick run into the grocery
when Hubba Bubba was cool
Smurfs, Plasticman, Inspector Gadget and the Flintstones
everybody played baseball in the summer and hide-n-seek way past dark
everybody watched the Olympics
the '81 Olympics
tube socks
red, white, and blue tennis shoes
your first $50 pair of Nikes
when you could trick-or-treat anywhere, not just to people you knew
when t.p.-ing someone's house wasn't illegal
when you didn't have to have insurance on your car
when cars were made of steel
when cars had no air conditioning
when cars had manual windows and locks
when everybody drove mom or dad's car...and it was usually a beater
when you went cruising on Friday nights just to flirt with boys, not take them home
MTV
UHF and VHF
eating watermelon and then playing in the dirt...and nobody cared you were filthy
neighborhood swimming pools...with diving boards
when anyone could afford tickets to the ballgame
when you weren't supposed to wear pink and green on Thursday or you were considered gay; someone always forgot and got ribbed all day
when wearing pink and green were "in"
big hair
big hair bands
collars that looked like lace tablecloths
polos with the collars up
Jordache jeans
Michael Jackson's white glove...and everyone wore one
Madonna's "spiked" bra
Boy George
George Michael and "Wham"
blue mascara
just regular Oreos, no doublestuff
lunchboxes that came with a Thermos
your dad's black, metal lunchbox
Wow, I could go on and on. Tell me what you remember. I'm sure it'll be a "hoot."
Have a GREAT weekend!
So, I get an email from my grandma a couple of days ago which I enjoyed, but with which I did not relate. Sorry Grandma, I have, of course, heard of the simplicities and joys of the 50's and 60's, but I don't personally remember any of them. So, for you grandma, and my readers, which might be JUST grandma, I remember the 70's and 80's. Sorry, no music to accompany; just strum some REO Speedwagon or Def Leopard(sp?) or Journey in your head. Here we go.
Remember When...
you got your first microwave and you cooked a cake in it in nine minutes and you thought it was the most awesome cake ever
you got your first tv with a remote control and the remote clicked when you changed a channel
you had to wait 45 minutes to cook a tv dinner in the oven, plus preheating
when Three's Company was considered a risque' show but you never knew why b/c your parents always changed the channel when the "suggestive" scenes came on
the Nestea plunge
there were no ratings on t.v. or music
nobody cursed in public
nobody "did" their nails and most people didn't have highlights, especially teenagers
Atari was cool and you couldn't keep up with the "blip" on Pong(?)
when the t.v. stations all shut down at midnight and the National Anthem played
reruns of Mash, Cheers, and Taxi
Leave It to Beaver and Happy Days
Joni and Cha-Chi
Good Times and "DY-NO-MITE"
the mad dash to buy a Cabbage Patch doll
cable t.v. boxes
your first VCR
your first "Boom Box" and cassette tape
when headphones were bigger than your head and weighed about ten pounds
Remember:
Friday Fright Night
Friday Night Videos
The Donnie and Marie Show
Dorothy Hammill haircuts
mullets
Miami Vice
TransAms
Camaroes
leg warmers
the biggest car was a station wagon
nobody wore seatbelts
everyone rode in the back of pickups
overalls were cool
chigger and mosquito bites and camphor or that pink stuff was all you had to put on it
chicken pox
roller skates with four wheels
Farah Fawcett
big, feathered hair
MacGuyver
Knight Rider
Six Million Dollar Man
Lindsay Wagner
The Unknown Stuntman
Evil Knievel
Dukes of Hazzard
Facts of Life and "Tootie"
Dallas and "who shot J.R."
"craft shows" became popular
bowling lessons in the summer
summer vacation that lasted a whole three months
dads that actually took vacations
vegetables that tasted good and came from your own garden
BIG Big Macs
Cocoa-Cola was a treat
the ice cream truck
roast and potatoes on Sunday
Shawn Cassidy
Welcome Back Kotter
John Travolta
Olivia Newton-John and "Let's Get Physical"
The Bee-Jees
exclusively male news anchors
saddle oxfords
long skirts
when everybody knew how to read
when most people had blue collar jobs
when there was no air conditioning in school and very little heat, and you still went all day, every day
recess everyday
real meat markets where you watched them actually grind your meat and cut cold cuts
TG&Y
when a penny would buy you a whole handful of bubble gum balls
when you could run two or three neighborhoods ALL Day and your mom never wondered where you were or worried about you not coming home
when moms played softball and left the kids around the corner at the park to play
when moms left you in the car while they made a quick run into the grocery
when Hubba Bubba was cool
Smurfs, Plasticman, Inspector Gadget and the Flintstones
everybody played baseball in the summer and hide-n-seek way past dark
everybody watched the Olympics
the '81 Olympics
tube socks
red, white, and blue tennis shoes
your first $50 pair of Nikes
when you could trick-or-treat anywhere, not just to people you knew
when t.p.-ing someone's house wasn't illegal
when you didn't have to have insurance on your car
when cars were made of steel
when cars had no air conditioning
when cars had manual windows and locks
when everybody drove mom or dad's car...and it was usually a beater
when you went cruising on Friday nights just to flirt with boys, not take them home
MTV
UHF and VHF
eating watermelon and then playing in the dirt...and nobody cared you were filthy
neighborhood swimming pools...with diving boards
when anyone could afford tickets to the ballgame
when you weren't supposed to wear pink and green on Thursday or you were considered gay; someone always forgot and got ribbed all day
when wearing pink and green were "in"
big hair
big hair bands
collars that looked like lace tablecloths
polos with the collars up
Jordache jeans
Michael Jackson's white glove...and everyone wore one
Madonna's "spiked" bra
Boy George
George Michael and "Wham"
blue mascara
just regular Oreos, no doublestuff
lunchboxes that came with a Thermos
your dad's black, metal lunchbox
Wow, I could go on and on. Tell me what you remember. I'm sure it'll be a "hoot."
Have a GREAT weekend!
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