Anonymous
Post 07/13/2016 06:43     Subject: Re:Generation X
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.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2016 23:38     Subject: Generation X
Sweet Valley Twins
BUM Equipment
120 Minutes
Kids in the Hall
Bodysuits
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2016 23:30     Subject: Re:Generation X
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?"


Anonymous
Post 07/10/2016 18:42     Subject: Re:Generation X
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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!
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2016 18:28     Subject: Re:Generation X
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Glub, glub, glub...


This thing was seriously the best.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2016 18:15     Subject: Generation X
Sleeping in the way back of the station wagon (no seat belts!!!?) while parents driving on a long road trip!!!
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2016 15:21     Subject: Generation X
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! ??
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2016 15:13     Subject: Re:Generation X
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!
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2016 11:56     Subject: Re:Generation X
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.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2016 11:51     Subject: Re:Generation X
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Glub, glub, glub...
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Post 07/10/2016 11:50     Subject: Re:Generation X
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.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2016 11:50     Subject: Re:Generation X
My Mork suspenders. Summer camps where the pothead counselors were like, you guys are on your own for the day. Baloney on white sandwiches.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2016 11:46     Subject: Generation X
Anonymous wrote:Using card catalogs.


Yes! The Dewey decimal system.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2016 17:46     Subject: Re:Generation X
I loved Dynomite magazine when I was 10.

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Post 07/07/2016 17:36     Subject: Re:Generation X
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Anonymous wrote:Sassy Magazine


I loved Sassy!!! And, remember YM?



Loved YM!!!