Children of the 70's and 80's AND 90s

[onesavvydiva]

Okay, I totally forgot about Carebears.

I think it is amazing how many people have come out of the woodwork to share their precious memories.

To the SF who mentioned fried bologna with the slits on the side, you had me rollin', and don't forget to put mustard on that fried bologna sandwich. Humph, think I still don't get in the mood for a ghetto breakfast, just the other day I made cheese grits....Being broke wasn't all that bad...gives you humor!!!

Alright people...Peace and Hair grease to you all, I ain't JIVIN'.

P.S. Maybe it was just me, but I thought jive-turkey was the worst thing you could be called when I was little!!!

[AKAtude]

I thought I was getting away with something when I echoed Flo's greatest line from "Alice"- KISS MY GRITS!

[AKA2D '91]

I had the short and wore it ALL the time!

Remember KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND!

Let me start a list of How Come's from back in the day.

How come I woke up early every Saturday morning to watch cartoons? (Teen Wolf, Galaxy High, Scooby Doo, The Littles, Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show)

How come I had to have cereal with my cartoons? (it was proper protocal)

How come I watched Tarzan and the Lone Ranger faithfully at noon on Saturdays?

How come Smokey the Bear would tell me only I could prevent forest fires?

How come we don't see Smokey anymore?

How come I still have my old toys?

How come I recently gave my little niece my easy bake oven and got mad when she didn't appreciate it?

How come I never got a Snoopy Snow Cone Machine because I forgot to ask Santa every year?

How come I still have my Light Bright, Hungry Hungry Hippo, PacMan, Family Feud and I'm not giving it to my little niece.

How come back in the day you better not say a bad word about Michael Jackson?

How come I don't care now?

How come I didn't realize Prince was truly the bomb until I got older?

How come BET was the bomb when we were little? (I was born in 75)

How come it's trash now with the exception of a few shows?

How come when you went to the movies and saw The Color Purple, you came back to school trying to recite the lines? You told Harpo to beat me.

How come my neighbors got mad at me because I had the skates with the plastic wheels and they had the metal

How come fire would form under the skates?

How come The double dutch bus was the jam?

How come a few years ago I found out Ray Charles did some of the soundtracks for School House Rock?

How come I'm late about that piece of information but I know some of you didn't know either?

How come I still have the first Nintendo ever made?

How come it's collecting dust on top of my tv right this day?

How come if I keep this Nintendo and have children, they will laugh at me for having such an out of date piece of trash?

How come I'm keeping it anyway for sake of nostalgia?

How come I love this topic?

I would like thank you all for taking me back down memory lane. It's something that no matter where we live, we have some of the same childhood memories. We are adults now but we can still laugh about the memories....thanks.

[Abundantly Blessed]

Someone previously mentioned Pop Rock candy, which made me think of something......

Why were there MAD RUMORS going around that Mikey (the Life cereal boy) ate them and washed them down w/Pepsi and exploded.

Don't act like you didn't believe that rumor back in the day!!!

[This message has been edited by Abundantly Blessed (edited June 21, 2000).]

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[darling1]

Ok ok,

My breakdance name was C-Ski...lol. AKAtude my Disco Duck Album is sitting in my mother's house along with my Culture Club and Wham! albums...y'all don't act like you forgot Wake Me up before you Go-Go or Wham Rap . Any NY peeps should remember K-bangers. Those two wooden balls attached that you clacked together which hurt like heck if they hit your hand. And those plastic rainbow bracelets made popular by Madonna. Donnie's Supercurl, S-Curl,oh and the ever popular game Ms Mary Mack. LAst but not least...Mr Softee...Do do do do do di do di do di do...lol gosh I miss NY.


1972 babee

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Never cast your pearls before swine Matthew 7:6

[darling1]

Ok ok,

My breakdance name was C-Ski...lol. AKAtude my Disco Duck Album is sitting in my mother's house along with my Culture Club and Wham! albums...y'all don't act like you forgot Wake Me up before you Go-Go or Wham Rap . Any NY peeps should remember K-bangers. Those two wooden balls attached that you clacked together which hurt like heck if they hit your hand. And those plastic rainbow bracelets made popular by Madonna. Donnie's Supercurl, S-Curl,oh and the ever popular game Ms Mary Mack. LAst but not least...Mr Softee...Do do do do do di do di do di do...lol gosh I miss NY.


1972 babee

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Never cast your pearls before swine Matthew 7:6

[LadyAKA]

Total Elegance and RootyTooty yall just took me back - WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! I am sitting at work
just a laughing and people are trying to figure out why. Can you believe this post is four pages long? I love it, yall keep me smiling all day long. don't stop now!

Remember when walking to the store for your neighbor that you didn't like was fun just because that meant you got to leave the block.
What about having to sit on your steps inside the gate because the older boys were now playing foot ball on the street.

[vanda]

what about weeble wobbles but they don't fall down? I know yall remeber "what time is it Mr. Fox? What about the I dream of Jeannie doll that came with the bottle that opened up to reveal her bedroom? Classy curl? Rockwell (Somebody's watching me)? The Banana Splits? Leisure curl? pants with the stirrups?

[CaribSpice]

ok ok i have more this so exciting...ok im getting a little ahead of myself

-box perms (no matter what kind)

-my mother mixed sweet cereal with non-sweet cereal (frosted flakes/cornflakes)

-going home for lunch in elementary school

-recessssssss

-grades on your report card were only 3 letters "S" "N" "I"

-playing spider on the swing set (2 people on 1 swing)

-standing up on the swings

-swinging as high as you can then seeing who can jump off the farthest

your mother beat you in her slip

- i cant remember the name but it was a liquid your moms sprayed in your hair to keep it tangle free and it had a black woman and her child on the front...lol someone help me again please

one love
sisterfriend carib

[AKA2D '91]

I wanted to make the 100th post!

remember THE GONG SHOW! and that episode of What's Happening with "Bubblin Brown Suga!"

The Carroll Burnett show!

Hey I wanted to be the 100th poster but I forgot to come back and post again.

Who remembers singing....My addidas oops I meant to say troops.....and the other song My addidas sike a like I like my nikes.(maybe a southern thang I don't know).

How about this song.. Bobo's you know they look so fine...bobo's they cost a dollar 99.

Ok now on to some real songs...
Junior
Mama used to say, take your time young man. Mama used to say, don't you rush to get old.

Force Md's Tender Love

Troop
I can't wait to get to school each day
and wait for you to pass my way
and bells start to ring
and angels start to sing
hey that's the girl for you.
Now you know that was the jam.

Those were the days.

[PinkCashmere]

I have to reply yet once again. Does anyone remember when the German Shepherd was the dog to have. Someone in the neighborhood always had one and named him King. In my neighborhood there was one named "Midnight" and everyone was scared to go outside and play when you saw him. That was back in the day before it was a law to keep dogs on chains and they roamed around.

[AKAtude]

Pink Cashmere, I'm ROTFL!!! I remember Dobermans were the dogs, and older kids would make the dogs chase us down the street!

I remember someone mentioned something about skating. To this day, I still can't skate! After a while, I just gave up on it. My bottom couldn't take it any more!

[vanda]

What about Romper room ( I see Vanda, and Billy and AKAtude, and Discogoddess LOL), One dollar getting you loads of candy, The Solid Gold Dancers ( go Darcell), The Righteous Apples (sp) , Up and Coming, Jumping Irish, Chinese rope, pleather jackets, wearing hospital scrubs as regular clothes, Sweat bands, wristbands, tabletop pacman, connect four?