Generation X

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Anonymous wrote:Sassy Magazine

I loved Sassy!!! And, remember YM?

Loved YM!!!

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I loved Dynomite magazine when I was 10.

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Anonymous wrote:Using card catalogs.

Yes! The Dewey decimal system.

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My Mork suspenders. Summer camps where the pothead counselors were like, you guys are on your own for the day. Baloney on white sandwiches.

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I went to one of the top elem schools in Fairfax County. When it got really hot in early June near the end of the school year, there wasn't air conditioning in the whole building so they would have us stand outside while they decided what to do. Then suddenly they would close school early and I would walk home. Awesome.

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Glub, glub, glub...

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Anonymous wrote:My Mork suspenders. Summer camps where the pothead counselors were like, you guys are on your own for the day. Baloney on white sandwiches.

OMG this made me LOL!!! I am still chuckling. So, so true. These few lines pretty much sum up a Gen X childhood. Well done.

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Anonymous wrote:Mood rings and pop rocks. Everyone also remembers hearing that Mikey from the Life commercial died eating pop rocks and coke. There were some great urban legends.

I also remember Saturday nights babysitting and watching Love Boat and Fantasy Island after the kids went to bed.

Yes, but they made me watch dukes of hazard first!

Shrinky dinks!

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Anonymous wrote:80s New Wave. Still makes me so happy. It's what I listen to most on Spotify. My playlist includes OMD, Berlin, Naked Eyes, Pet Shop Boys, Missing Persons, Howard Jones, Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins... on and on. And of course DD has a major starring role!

We've still got all that on vinyl! ??

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Sleeping in the way back of the station wagon (no seat belts!!!?) while parents driving on a long road trip!!!

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Glub, glub, glub...

This thing was seriously the best.

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Anonymous wrote:My obsession with rainbows started in the 70s-80s. I had rainbow everything, including these sheets. I still have the pillow case.

I also believe in unicorns

Happy summer, everyone. Beam me up, Scottie. Kirk out.

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Np here. I had these sheets! And a quilted wall hanging decor to match.

Ugh, their rainbow order is out of order!

so true!

The only thing I liked about physics class was learning rainbow refraction.

What about cursive? Are we the last generation to use it?

No! A surprising number of things are in cursive! Lots of signs, fonts, etc. You and I read them automatically, but kids don't. My kid wants to learn it!

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Anonymous wrote:Watching the first season of the Real World
Worshipping Linda Carter as Wonder Woman
Waffling on which Duke boy I loved best (sticking with Bo!)
Calling into radio stations to request songs - which they actually played.
Underoos (Wonder Woman, of course)
Ron Johns
Up Aqainst the Wall
Commander salamander
Jams
Fake IDs at Fifth Column and Tracks


I spent so many hours doing the Wonder Woman spin in my lousy front yard, preparing to turn into Wonder Woman!

And totally, Bo! I was the oldest person in a literature class recently & the professor used the Dukes of Hazzard theme song as an offhand example of a modern ballad in pop culture. The students had no idea what the prof was talking about, so I sang a few bars of it, haha. The awesome thing was one guy was like "Ballad? You mean like a Whitesnake song or something?"

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Sweet Valley Twins
BUM Equipment
120 Minutes
Kids in the Hall
Bodysuits

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Anonymous wrote:Being able to ride our bikes around town ALL BY OURSELVES.

Driving home from work the other day, I spotted my 6 and 10yr old biking about a mile and a half from home. They are always together and have a pretty big range.