Life in the late 70's & early 80's......

[Denise7609]

Life in the late 70's & early 80's......


1. You wore a rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves, and the
rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the
other.
Yes! AND I wore a Garfield pin on it!

2. You made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven and washed
them down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.
See mom let me (with help) use the real
oven & dad said the Snoopy Snow cone thing
was to messy.

3. You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that
actually worked.
Yes, and I'm totally def to this day!
thankyouverymuch!

4. You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with
flowers on it.
Actually, I had two older brothers (10 & 11
years older) they thought it would be cool to
turn my cute bike into a low rider bike, I'll find
pictures to show you, I cried. They never did
change it back.....b@stards!

5. You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that
had metal wheels.
They made the best noise up and down the
driveway!

6. You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)
Was there another reason to watch that show?

7. You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.
Not really, I had FANTASIES.....meeeeow!

8. You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy
days.
DUDE! I grew up in San Jose, California. We
didn't have enough of either to require rubber
and or moon boots. It snowed ONCE when I
was like 4 and it was gone by dinner time.

9. You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the
"Dorothy Hamill" because your Mom was sick of braiding your
hair. People sometimes thought you were a boy.
Not I. Nope my mom was all about the Shag
baby.

10. Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.
I had a ROOM of Holly Hobbie oh and a watch!
Wish I had that watch now....ebaaaay!

11. You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.
I had blue knickers and burgundy cord gauchos.

12. You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.
Yeah, I begged for Simon to play games
with me....does that count?

13. You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple
satiny shredded outfits.
No but my best friend did and we undressed
Donny and made him make out with our Mrs. Heart
doll....Barbie town house scandal!

14. You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with
the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.
When my brother didn't use it to paint
bicycles.

15. You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.
I remember having yellow & white and blue
& white. Never could figure out how to make those
dang things.

16. You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard
sole & the buckle). You also had a pair of salt-water sandals.
OMG! and it hurt like crazy when your foot
slipped and the back hit you in the middle of
your foot!

17. You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that
Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with
the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised
Nellie Olson!
Oh how I do love Gunny Sack!

18. You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink.
Okay.....I would have just been happy to have
a boy hold my hand on the slow song...

19. Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and
you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket.
The comb yes, BUT, I have naturally curly hair
you cannot get "wings" with naturally curly hair.
But thanks for bringing back what years of therapy
had helped to suppress.

20. It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard
of Oz" would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn
and sleeping bags!
No, but when Creature Feature came on
it was every man for himself!

21. You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and
Popsicle-stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders
m! ade on a plastic loom. Pot holders - I believe they were
called loom loopers".
To no avail.

22. You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!
Again, I was all about Garfield!

23. You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your
portable tape player up to the speaker.
Would you believe me if I told you I still did?
Yeah didn't think so.....but you don't get the same
feel for the song, I mean with mom yelling something
about feeding the dog in the background and all.

24. You couldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when
you ordered books from the Weekly Reader book club. Double score
if it was a teddy bear dressed in clothing.
Zaaaang!

25. You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from
Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It's me, Margaret.)
And so did my kids. Is that wrong?

26. You thought Olivia ! Newton John's song "Physical" was about
aerobics.
It's not?

27. You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with
heart or rainbow designs.
I totally taught my girls how to make those
and tried to bring them back....didn't work....

28.You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
Oh but I am!

29. You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side, and a Sit-n-Spin.
AND I'd turn it upside down and make the
neighbor hoods best ice cream!

30. You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
No. But I'd go and take the good pics out
at the store and put them all in one and buy
it. oh yeah...that was me.

31. You spent all your allowance on smurfs and stickers for your
sticker album!
Each type of sticker had it's very own section.
I was so dang organized back then, what happened?

[toonces]

Great list!

I still own my bicycle with a banana seat (and coincidentally, it has a plastic basket with flowers on it).

[Deleted]

Love it!!! Almost every single thing on that list pertained to me.

I remember I left my Simon game in the back of my dad's car. Someone broke into his car and stole it!!!!! Along with my dad's leather jacket and some tapes (8 track, of course).

[La Princess]

1. You wore a rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves, and the
rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the
other.
I remember that. What an ugly shirt.

2. You made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven and washed
them down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.
I had both of these things. At the time I thought it was the greatest.


3. You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that
actually worked.
Yes, I remember getting it for Christmas one year

4. You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with
flowers on it.
I was so happy when I got it. I had to show my neighbors when I did


5. You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that
had metal wheels.
My roller skates were so important to me. I practically lived in them. Then I got the rubber ones with the stopper so I could take it to the roller rink. When I wasn't at the rink I was skating in the driveway. When it was too cold I skated in the basement. I was a great skater. I used to do all the axles on roller skates. I wish I could do that today.


6. You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)
I wanted to marry him. Never mind that he was old enough to be my dad.

7. You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.
I saw a rerun not too long ago. Why did I ever like this show?

8. You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy
days.
Yep. Growing up in Illinois required boots. I hate wearing those things.


9. You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the
"Dorothy Hamill" because your Mom was sick of braiding your
hair. People sometimes thought you were a boy.
Yep. That I did. Thought looking like Dorothy Hamill was cool.

10. Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.
My room was decorated Holly Hobbie. I even had a Holly Hobbie canopy bed.


11. You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.
I had a poncho. Don't remember if I had the others.

12. You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.
I got it one year. Actually I got two variations one year. That was cool.

13. You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple
satiny shredded outfits.
Yes I did. In fact on vacation in Colorado I decided to have Marie swim. She floated away. I got another Marie doll a week later

14. You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with
the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.
I had a swingset when I was little. When we moved I never got one. No idea why

15. You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.
I loved to make those. I have a friend who still makes those. She wears them. She's weird..

16. You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard
sole & the buckle). You also had a pair of salt-water sandals.
I slipped on mine. That hurt

17. You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that
Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with
the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised
Nellie Olson!
Yes and I got in trouble for Using Little House on the Prairie when we had to do book biographies

18. You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink.
True. Skating was my life

19. Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and
you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket.
Not sure. I always had wavy hair. It always frizzed up when I combed it

20. It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard
of Oz" would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn
and sleeping bags!
Yes. I looked forward to it. Now I can watch it anytime I want. I have it on both dvd and vhs. Both special edition

21. You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and
Popsicle-stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders
I had the loom. I gave these potholders as presents.


22. You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!
Yep.

23. You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your
portable tape player up to the speaker.
Did this. I also used to do this to tv shows. I had several tv shows on these tapes. I had a DD concert from 1984 where my mom is beeaatching about the sound.

24. You couldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when
you ordered books from the Weekly Reader book club.
I looked forward to these books. I loved books

25. You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from
Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It's me, Margaret.)
Yep. They helped me a lot in these issues

26. You thought Olivia ! Newton John's song "Physical" was about
aerobics.
I thought this was the greatest song

27. You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with
heart or rainbow designs.
Not sure about this

28.You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
Never liked this show. However, I wanted to be on Dance Fever

29. You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side, and a Sit-n-Spin.
I had a really cool Flintstones Big Wheels. I loved my Sit and Spin

30. You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
Yes and that magazine Superteen or whatever it was called. The one you could only order through the book company.

31. You spent all your allowance on smurfs and stickers for your
sticker album!
Yes and those tv sticker books. Those were fun

[Khanada]

That's soo true.

[vonne]

Wooow....life in Europe was quiet different back then!
I recognise a few things: the skates, no Holly Hobbie sleeping bag..but I loved the dolls!
And what? Olivia didn't sing about aerobics?

[ivyagogo]

I'm so all over number 23. I have a tape recording of me and my best friend watching the world premiere of The Reflex on Friday Night Videos. It is so funny. We are gasping throught the whole thing and when John turns his head "and watching" we both go "AAAAHHH" at the same time. It is a scream!

[jtfan70]

Love this list.

I have my homemade ribbon barretes in a box somewhere along with the purple Donny and Marie.

The metal rollar skates weret he best! My dd got some skates for Christmas and it just isn't the same with out the clank.

[starry]

I thought I was answer them too...

1. You wore a rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves, and the
rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the
other.
Yes, but my rainbow shirt was shades of brown, orange and yellow, always have to be different.

2. You made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven and washed them down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.
Yes! I owned the easy bake oven and sis had the Snoopy Snow Cone machine. I bought sis a vintage Snoopy snow cone machine (partly a joke) now her kids can enjoy.

3. You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that
actually worked.
Nope, though I played Doctors.....*wink*

4. You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with
flowers on it.
Definitely!! my bike was purple with a glitterly banana seat, it rocked!!

5. You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that
had metal wheels.
Yes, I used to practice on the tennis courts and collect money as a ball runner..lol.

6. You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)
Was there another reason to watch that show?
NO!!!! ugggggghhhhh.

7. You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.
Never watched the show.

8. You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy
days. No snow days in Florida, well except ONE day in 1978.

9. You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the
"Dorothy Hamill" because your Mom was sick of braiding your
hair. People sometimes thought you were a boy.
NOPE, my hair was past my butt. Mommy took great care of my hair, lord knows I didn't

10. Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.
I was a tad to old for Holly Hobbie and I didn' t like her anyway. Strawberry Shortcake is cuter.

11. You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.
I loved ponchos and gauchos!!!!

12. You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.
NOPE! I thought it was stupid. Actually my cousin got one for Xmas and I got in trouble for speaking my mind....lol.

13. You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits.
No, my best friend had them, Donnie usually ended up acting like a perv.

14. You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze.
I stopped playing on the swing set when I was 4. My father took it down. I prefered the swings at the park.

15. You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.
Nope again, I like my long hair freestyle..lol.

16. You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard
sole & the buckle). You also had a pair of salt-water sandals.
Mom wouldn't purchase any for me.

17. You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with
the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised
Nellie Olson!

yep, I loved their clothing ( Guinne Sax ) but I never watched the show. Mom said read the books they are better.

18. You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink.
I wanted to hold hands first. Kissing is for movie theaters...lol.

19. Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket.

Yep, with the comb in pocket. Unfortunately I was horrible styling "wings" in my hair. I had to go over a friend's house to fix my feathers. I still can't style my hair.

20. It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard of Oz" would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!
No, we preferred watching horror flicks on the show Dialing for dollars.

21. You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and
Popsicle-stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders
m! ade on a plastic loom. Pot holders - I believe they were
called loom loopers".
I was a little more advanced, I prefered macrame and crotchet.

22. You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!
Loved shrinky dinks but I did saying like kiss my grits. No kitties on T-shirts, Koala bears instead.

23. You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your
portable tape player up to the speaker.
I LOVED LOVED loved my portable tape player. I wished I still have the tapes, I could've of won an audition for Second City or Saturday night live. Yes, most of the material was raunchy but funny stuff.
24. You couldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when you ordered books from the Weekly Reader book club. Double score if it was a teddy bear dressed in clothing.

Have no idea what you are talking about.

25. You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It's me, Margaret.)

Nope, my mom was VERY straight forward about girl issues so I never needed the books.

26. You thought Olivia ! Newton John's song "Physical" was about
aerobics No, my mom explained to me. I was pissed about it.


27. You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.

I remember my sister's friends making me friendship pins and I definitely wore the heart shoelaces. I also owned a pair of smurf shoelaces.

28.You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.

Definitely!

29. You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side, and a Sit-n-Spin.

Definitely love my big wheels but the sit and spin was a bore.

30. You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
Nope, I had to look at the magazines in the store.


31. You spent all your allowance on smurfs and stickers for your
sticker album!
No, I was a tad to old to collect stickers. I did help my sister's collection, though.

[ultimatemind]

1. You wore a rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves, and the
rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the
other.
Check.

2. You made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven and washed
them down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.
Tried an EasyBake cookie once, it was nasty.

3. You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that
actually worked.
I was a Little People freak. I had the house, school, airport, garage, castle, village, etc…..

4. You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with
flowers on it.
Yup, with a tall orange safety flag on it.

5. You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that
had metal wheels.
And did the Limbo at the roller rink!

6. You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!)
Nah, I thought he was a dork. Andy from WKRP, that’s another story.

7. You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island.
No, I liked that show.

8. You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy
days.
I had rubber boots for both days.

9. You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the
"Dorothy Hamill" because your Mom was sick of braiding your
hair. People sometimes thought you were a boy.
I’m still pissed at my mom for cutting my hair short.

10. Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.
I loved Holly Hobbie. I still have three of my dolls.

11. You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.
Uh-huh.

12. You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon.
My friend had one, I just played with hers.


13. You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple
satiny shredded outfits.
Yes, I was a Donny & Marie tard. Loved their show.

14. You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with
the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.
Tipped over all the time, once while my cousin was on top of it. I’ll never forget the look on her mother’s face as she watched it happen.

15. You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.
No, that was after my time. Had the Farrah Fawcett hair & the comb in the back pocket thing going.

16. You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard
sole & the buckle). You also had a pair of salt-water sandals.
I loved those.

17. You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that
Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with
the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised
Nellie Olson!
I was also an LIW tard, still am. I’m actually making vacation plans to visit all of her home sites. Two of them are only two hours away from me.

18. You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink.
See above.

19. Your hairstyle was described as having "wings" or "feathers" and
you kept it "pretty" with the comb you kept in your back pocket.
See above again.

20. It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard
of Oz" would come on TV. Your mom would break out the popcorn
and sleeping bags!
In college we turned it into a drinking game.

21. You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and
Popsicle-stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders
m! ade on a plastic loom. Pot holders - I believe they were
called loom loopers".
Ahhhh, 4-H memories. God I hated that club, quit after only one year.

22. You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!
I remember the iron on letters! The things we spelled out on T-shirts.

23. You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your
portable tape player up to the speaker.
We had a stereo that taped music right off the radio.

24. You couldn't wait to get the free animal poster that came when
you ordered books from the Weekly Reader book club. Double score
if it was a teddy bear dressed in clothing.
I ordered from Scholastic. We didn’t get shit.

25. You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from
Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It's me, Margaret.)
I still remember how *bad* we thought we were being by passing around Forever.

26. You thought Olivia ! Newton John's song "Physical" was about
aerobics.
lol

27. You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with
heart or rainbow designs.
After my time.

28.You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
Yeah, after I learned that Rick Springfield's hot drummer was dating one.

29. You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side, and a Sit-n-Spin.
Those Sit-n-Spins made me puke.

30. You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
Don’t forget 16. No, I didn’t subscribe, but I’d like to have back all the allowance & babysitting money I spent on them.