What happened in 1989?

[tracilicious]

The year 1989 keeps coming up in conversation this week for some odd reason. It has me thinking about the ways our lives intertwine. In 89 I was a miserable eight year old girl. Maybe some of you were getting married, or divorced, or having babies, or losing loved ones, or baking cookies, or having sex, or...you get the point. Euro had a good phrase for this. I think it was perpetual connectedness. So what were you doing in 1989?

[Kevy Baby]

The year 1989 keeps coming up in conversation this week for some odd reason. It has me thinking about the ways our lives intertwine. In 89 I was a miserable eight year old girl. Maybe some of you were getting married, or divorced, or having babies, or losing loved ones, or baking cookies, or having sex, or...you get the point. Euro had a good phrase for this. I think it was perpetual connectedness. So what were you doing in 1989?I was living in San Luis Obispo, going to Cal Poly. I was working as a DJ at the Reuben's in Morro Bay (although at the beginning of the year, I think it might have still been the last Hungry Tiger).

[Alex]

Nothing that I specifically remember.

It was the end of my freshman year and start of my sophomore year in high school. But I honestly remember no specific events.

[DisneyFan25863]

Being born. woot.

[wendybeth]

I don't remember- I think I was having a good time, though. I was young, unmarried and finished with school. Yup, I was having fun.

[flippyshark]

That's the year I moved to Orlando and started working at the Fort Wilderness campground. Six months later, I transferred to The Great Movie Ride at The Disney-MGM Studios/Theme Park. (That "/Theme Park" was later removed from the name. I remember the Alladdin parade announcement, in which Iago would actually say "Disney MGM Studios Slash Theme Park" - come to think of it, there's probably a market for a slash theme park. Never mind.)

[Kevy Baby]

Being born. woot.Ouch, I feel old.

[Not Afraid]

Hmmmm. Married. Working at the Arts Center. Living in Long Beach (next door to Strangler Lewis???). Gah, I don't remember.

[blueerica]

1989... I was 11, living in the middle of nowhere, and wearing neon colored tie dye. Bright flowers, peace symbols and the like were making a fashion come-back... but with lots of neon.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I began my final year of elementary school. I don't remember much other than really liking my teacher and feeling very weird about the fact that I was finishing what I knew would be my longest tenure at any school (I was there for a full 7 years).

[Disneykat]

I was in the 9th grade. Best yr of high school ever.

[Strangler Lewis]

First half, living in Long Beach next to Euro & NA. Got married. Second half, moved to SF and started law school. Went bang-bang-bang-bang in the earthquake and lost a champagne flute from our open shelving.

[FEJ]

Drunk



Turned 21 that year. Bar-tending at The Doll Hut

[Jughead P. Jones]

Oddly enough, I was a miserable 8-year-old too! (only as a boy)

I had no friends, I used to get beat up as a kid, and the only thing I had going for me was the fact that I could read at a seventh-grade level!

I guess one thing I remember about 1989 was the fact that my oldest sister got married on September 23, 1989...and she'll always remember her wedding because all the news reported on that weekend was the devastating effects of Hurricane Hugo.

Actually, I'm kind of meh about 1989...nothing really exciting happened to me at all that year.

But, 1999...now that was a good year! :D

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hmmm, that would be kindergarten through 6th grade. That's why 7 years.

[Prudence]

Anything before the past few years isn't really worth remembering. And the jury's still out on the past few years.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

In 1989, I had been working for 2 years and married to my first wife for 2 years.
I also bought a brand new condo in SD for the astounding (both now and then) price of 96k.

[ozron]

Let's see....

My daughter turned two. I was working in title insurance (my one and only straight job - I learned my lesson!) I was under contract with the Portland Opera Chorus. I had been married eight years and on my thirtieth birthday I sang at Carnegie Hall.

[tracilicious]

Wow. You guys mostly seemed to have boring 1989's. Someone please outsuck me for that year, it's depressing! My family saw: sexual assault of one of my sisters, two suicide attempts (though I didn't even know about one until I was an adult, so she must not have done a very good job), my brother's meth addiction and getting thrown out of the house (including a violent fight between my parents), and the death of my grandfather.

I also remember the whole Berlin wall thing. I remember being amazed that countries would separate families over a political dispute. My favorite show was Head of the Class (and Simpson's, but we had to sneak that one). I would frequently fake sick so I could stay home from religious meetings and watch it. It was also the year I was baptized as a Jehovah's Witness. Which, ironically, my family considered the bright spot of the year. :rolleyes:

[lizziebith]

Started off the year getting married to husband #1, entered the first of many years of abject poverty and tax-hell, went back to college. I mostly dreaded the approach of my thirties, which actually turned out to be a pretty damn good decade in my life!

[Strangler Lewis]

Wow. You guys mostly seemed to have boring 1989's. Someone please outsuck me for that year, it's depressing!

I didn't realize that was the purpose of the exercise.

Let's see . . . .

One of my uncles was diagnosed with the stomach cancer that killed him the next year. Parkinson's disease tightened its grip on another uncle. I think my dad tossed off a heart attack or two, and my parents' financial problems continued.

Let's see . . . .

One of my cousins started rabbinical school.

Hmmm . . . .

Well, I'm sure there was other weird family stuff going on that I never heard about and never will. As with you all.

I watched a lot of L.A. Law and Thirtysomething.

[scaeagles]

I was in school at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ, working as a singer waiter at a place called Black Barts Steak House.

[wendybeth]

I didn't say my 1989 was boring- far from it. I just don't recall anything too stand-outish. My whack family is always good fodder, any year.

[Gemini Cricket]

Graduated high school, started school at Chapman University (Chapman College back then)... good year.
:)

[Babette]

First year of junior college, working as a cake decorator. Bought my first car after crashing the hand-me-down Turbo Goldfish

[blueerica]

Ahh, the good old days....

[tracilicious]

I didn't realize that was the purpose of the exercise.



Lol, not the purpose. '89 just stands out for me as a particularly bad year, and it has struck me as odd the number of times it has entered my scope the last seven days. Michael pointed out to me tonight that our old Dodge Raider was made in 89. He got it shortly before we got married. We went off roading to the middle of the desert at midnight the night he proposed. We had so many fantastic camping trips in that car. We loved that Raider. It was crashed in 2003.

I'm loving hearing about you guys' '89's. I wish we had all been avid journal keepers that year. Then we could look at a specific date and compare random events.

[blueerica]

It was at least 1990 before I seriously considered keeping a journal of any sort.

[tracilicious]

I've never done the journal thing. I'm even bad at LJ.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Sober 3 years, volunteering at KCRW and on Le Show, and working at a clothing store in West Hollywood called All American Boy.

I had to look up 1989 on wikipedia to find out that was the year of the Tienanmen Square Massacre, the year Zsa Zsa Gabor was arrested for slapping a Beverly Hills cop, the year Erik and Lyle Menendez shot their Beverly Hills parents, Pete Rose was banned from baseball for gambling, Seinfeld AND The Simpsons both debuted, and a train derailed into a neighborhood in San Bernardino, leading, thirteen days later, to a massive gas pipeline explosion in the same neighborhood. I remember all these events, but I have no specific memory of the circumstances in my life. However, two events do stand out, the Loma Prieta earthquake was one, and the release of The Little Mermaid is the other. I was volunteering at KCRW, and when the earthquake hit, we actually felt it in Santa Monica. I remember being in the hallway of the basement radio station and trying to get the hell out, but the floor kept moving. I still remember how horrified I was, seeing the footage on TV, and imagining the people who were in their cars when the Bay Bridge collapsed on itself. In fact, I'm still bothered by the imagery. On the other hand, going to see The Little Mermaid at the beautiful Crest Theater in Westwood was a truly transporting experience. I remember being with my friend, Mike (still friends), commenting on how much that octopus woman character on the poster looked like Divine and wondering if he was the inspiration for the character, marveling at the interior of the theatre that had been resurrected from non-descript cinder block anonymity by the Disney Company, and, finally, being blown away by a good old-fashioned, genuine, honest-to-goodness Disney Animated Feature! Something that I hadn't seen since The Rescuers.

Otherwise, the year doesn't stand out much.

[Moonliner]

That was the year I became a bitter east coaster when I left the west and came out to DC....

[thecorndogwalker]

It was the year I went to High School. 9th grade, in Brooklyn..
A tortured teenage gay boy!!!!

It was also the last year I went to WDW, I used to go every year with my evil aunt & uncle and their bratty two daughters. My mom and I used to hitch a ride with them down to Florida. I remember listenening to the Milli Vanilli cassette tape on my personal walk man...

[Moonliner]

It was the year I went to High School. 9th grade, in Brooklyn..
A tortured teenage gay boy!!!!

It was also the last year I went to WDW, I used to go every year with my evil aunt & uncle and their bratty two daughters. My mom and I used to hitch a ride with them down to Florida. I remember listenening to the Milli Vanilli cassette tape on my personal walk man...

OMG! You did have a difficult time growing up. Imagine being exposed to Milli Vanilli at such a young age. The mind reels!

[Snowflake]

1989, hmmmm, started a new job that year (resulted in a 10 year tour of duty with said firm), walking across Market Street, standing at the bus stop and whammo Loma Prieta quake hit, walked to Tower Records on Bay Street (my moonlighting job) and on the way learning from some guys who had a portable tv plugged into their van that the Bay Bridge collapsed and the Marina was on fire (our apartment was on bedrock, nothing but crooked pictures and no phone service for a few days, no power for 1 day, we got off very easy). Fully immersed into opera that year, I was a standee (could not afford seats (still can't:D ) and went to the opera 4 nights a week at least. Spent most of the year listening to music, reading books and spending time with several good friends (and still friends) and the saddest milestone of that year is my best opera buddy was the first friend to die of AIDS. I still miss him. I remember that time, as a 29 year old, a good year, lots of happy memories and good times. 10 years later I was having a mid-life crisis and moved to the bitter east coast.

[Scrooge McSam]

1989, hmmm :)

I remember that year. I took most of it off.

Started the year with a cruise through the Caribbean.

Spent the first few months working as maitre d' on the Mississippi Queen (http://www.majesticamericaline.com/products/Ship.aspx?ID=4). I had already been employed onboard for a couple of years.

My friend, Jere, was diagnosed with AIDS. He died the next year.

After leaving the Queen, I spent a few months living in New Orleans, where I somehow managed to have all my clothes stolen by someone I thought was a friend.

Watched the beginnings of the Loma Prieta quake while visiting friends in Virginia Beach, VA. My friend, Melissa, was pregnant at the time. Her son, born a short while later, just entered the army a couple of months ago.

Hey GC! Remember that avatar pic you and Claire wondered about. It was taken in the summer of 1989 in the Ozarks while visiting my Mom.

[JWBear]

I was 27, living in Placentia, and working as a manager at an ARCO station in Seal Beach. I was still involved with the SCA. Nothing exciting.

[Ponine]

1989......
I was suffering through my second year of college...
working my tail off as a waitress as Bob's Big Boy on the weeknights,
weekend days in the commons at school.
I had just gotten my new voice coach, and man was she difficult.

My step-mothers mom died that year, my Dad was having issues with his addiction, and it had just been made public to us girls I think.

My step-mom had a miscarriage.... and one of my stepsisters started being rather promiscuous.

89.. would have also been the year that I did three months as Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, and a run of Stop the World I Want to get Off.

[MouseWife]

Hmm. I doubt if I will outsuck anyone at this but....

In 1989 I was 24. Married for 6 years {gawd, I must be dyslexic 'cause I first typed 9, what a mistake!} and had two wee ones, 4 & 2 at the time.

I was working PT for the Russian Arts Festival ticketing, that was interesting, my only time riding the trolley rush hour/at night on a regular basis. Hubby and I flip flopped and I went to work when he finished his day. I would come home and they would tell me all of the wonderful stories of their adventures with Dad. Like how the pelican almost ate my son....good one. Or how they went all the way to Mexico...on the trolley. Or how they saw 'aliens' out on a drive and my daughter asked what planet they were from....:D

This was a wonderful time because my daughter was not in school yet and we enjoyed them sooo much.

The Little Mermaid, that is the first Disney movie {first theater movie, period, actually} that my son saw. I can vividly remember the look on his face when we opened the doors to walk into the little theater and there was something on the screen {us being late, of course}. He stopped, his eyes wide as saucers, and says 'Biiiig t.v.' and we had to prod him along.

'89 was also the first year we took the kids to Disneyland. That was wonderful, too. Bought them Disney Dollars and I think the Rescue Rangers were big at the time.

They rode the People Mover, the buckets, old Autopia, and played with the animals in the petting zoo.

[katiesue]

Hmm living in Hollywood. I remember feeling the earthquake. I was working at STN/JC Penny Television Home Shopping (yea had to say that evey time I answered the phone) which was on the KTLA lot. Really old building that moved a lot.

The Berlin wall coming down was very exciting. I'd been an exchange student in Germany 84/85 and had gone to both East and West Berlin so it was kind of nifty to see places I'd been.

Went to my 5 year class reunion, which was fun. I think that's also the year we saw the Stone's Steel Wheels tour. And got up at midnight to get the Batman video at Blockbuster, they had a batlight up.

I think that was the first year I got an AP but I'm not sure.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Oh yeah, the quake. Had it happened 5 minutes earlier I would have been riding my bike.

[3894]

Personal life: going on a bike tour of Ireland while 4 or 5 months pregnant, having my first baby

Professional life: professor of French

[Brigitte]

Graduated high school, moved across the state and started at WSU. Was a good year for me too!

[Capt Jack]

wow, that seems forever ago now. married. I think I might have been working in a bank data center that year. prepping for my 10 year HS reunion (now THAT was a party!).
good times...

[alphabassettgrrl]

89....
I was finishing my first year of college, and spending a lot of time with a particular boy (still with him, a zillion years later). I went home for the summer and my mother informed me mid-July or so that I wasn't going back to school in the fall. I spent the fall semester back at the community college local to my parents. The end of December my honey came to hold my hand while I moved out of my parents' house to Montana to live with him. He had broken his tailbone just a few days before, so his bus ride was ... unpleasant. But he valued me enough to endure it.

I remember the earthquake; we heard about it on tv. I think my dad was watching the baseball game in Candlestick park. I came up from the basement into the kitchen and dad joked that they just broke Candlestick park. Of course then we hear about the damage to the rest of the city and it's horrifying. Was that the one where the freeway collapsed? That was awful.

And of course now we live in CA. :) With earthquakes.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Oooo, I love contests!

I had open heart surgery in 1989 (I was 20).

What do I win? ;)

[Alex]

Apparently at least 18 more years.

[Isaac]

I completed the 4th grade and began the 5th.

I received a Gameboy for Christmas (it was the latest Nintendo system).

Don't remember anything else in particular.

[innerSpaceman]

I, too, would have about to embark on what I assumed would be crappy 30's (but they turned out great!)


I don't remember anything else specifically. I must have gone to Epcot, 'cause I was doing that every year in the 80's. I loved seeing Little Mermaid, perhaps more than any subsequent Disney animated feature - because (a) it was the one that surprised me by far from sucking and (b) it was the last one to play on the huge screen in the Cinerama Dome before Disney took over the El Capitan in Hollywood.



Other than that, I don't remember anything specific about 1989. That means nothing terribly sucky happened ... and for that, I am grateful.

:iSm:

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Oh yeah, the quake. Had it happened 5 minutes earlier I would have been riding my bike.I think you're thinking of the Whittier quake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittier_Narrows_earthquake). You wouldn't have felt Loma Prieta, what most SoCalers think of as "the San Francisco quake, not the old one, the recent one."

1989 - Finished up my first year of junior high. Hated it, couldn't make friends, couldn't keep up in school. By 1990 I was contemplating suicide, which led me to switch schools and begin the chain of events that would lead me to meeting GD.

I really wanted a Batman T-shirt, even though only guys wore them. We saw Batman and Honey I Shrunk the Kids at the drive-in. I saw Back to the Future II the weekend it was released - I couldn't wait! We took my Dad to see Indy III on Father's Day, I believe. A lot of good movies were released that year. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_in_film)

I know I visited DL at some point before they opened Splash and was able to see most of it, almost finished, behind construction walls. Probably 1989.

The things you'll find on wikipedia! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989-90_United_States_network_television_schedule) :eek: Ah, for the days when my family would read TV Guide as soon as we bought it so we could choose what movies we'd see that week on the networks. I didn't watch the Simpsons because my parents didn't like it - we only had the one TV, and primetime was their time. I used to watch it when I babysat.

[cirquelover]

The end of 88 and 89 kind of meld together for me.

I remember the TWA flight over Scotland as I was getting ready to fly to Australia to see my mom. I also remember a Hawaiian Airline losing its top right as I was coming home from Australia. I left Australia in early 89 after an altercation with my moms boyfriend and went back to my first husband who was in LA. I saw the premiere of Big in Australia and it became my favorite movie.

There were a lot of earthquakes that year! It really freaked me out! The police helicopters were always flying over our neighborhood. The police presence was amazing to me. Once during a family bbq the helicopters came over and told us to disperse, from our own backyard! I never really understood that.

I was overly sheltered in LA and wasn't even allowed to go to Disneyland so I left to go back to Oregon and live with my brother and his roommates.

I lost two of the most important men in my life my grandfather and a good friend John, I still miss them.

I think that was the yearI went to work in a lumber mill as a a fire watch. If you don't think that was fun weighing 100lbs and carrying around 100+lbs of hose. There was only one big fire that I was too short to put out and it was inside the mill. That one became exciting fast!

[AllyOops!]

This is just the best Thread, because you couldn't have picked a better year, Traci! :snap: I will forever remember 1989 as the absolute time of my life. Especially the Summer of '89!

I was 16 & a 1/2 (that 1/2 is way important, you know ;) ) and I was working as a Culinary Hostess at my very first, brand-new job- Disneyland! I worked on Main Street at Coca-Cola Corner & The Cone Shop. It was a Summer of many firsts, actually. My first job, my first car & of course, my first kiss. :)

I was so shy & very sheltered, so I was kind of scared being in Orange County and away from home (Los Angeles). I drove a little burgundy Ford Escort, which I absolutely loved. I even had a little PVC Ariel that rode on my dashboard.

My orientation at Disneyland was such a blast and gave me the chance to make new friends! On our first day of Orientation, when we broke for lunch, our Orientation leaders gave us little Disney boxed lunches. We sat and ate them at the Lunching Pad in Tomorrowland while lots of characters came by to greet us. Mr. Smee picked a pretty pink flower for me, Robin Hood fed me my chicken drumstick, and the adorable Friar Tuck kept signaling "I love you" to me! He also signaled "I want your phone number" which I wasn't prepared for. I was so bashful & definitely NOT an attention-seeker.

Hey, maybe if I wasn't such an innocent Catholic schoolgirl at the time, I could have locked lips with a Holy bear of the Cloth. How many people can claim that? :p

Speaking of the innocent locking of lips....

My first kiss was with a guy named Chip. He was on his High School wrestling team & such a cutie with the bluest eyes & most golden tan. We were friends who worked together on Main Street and I had a crush on him, not knowing at the time that he felt the same way about me. One night, while we were riding on the Haunted Mansion, he leaned over in our Doombuggy and kissed me! With tongue! I'll never forget that exact moment- it happened in the attic next to the blue bride with the glowing, beating heart. My heart was beating, too. Actually, it was pounding. I was so nervous after that kiss that I burst into tears! Poor Chip! Our second kiss aboard the top deck of the Mark Twain was much more successful. :) We eventually broke-up after about 1 month, which equals 1 year in teenage time. Shortly after, I began dating Nick, who was also on his high school wrestling team. He was Italian with a total Napoleon Complex who worked on the Canoes. That was the beginning of the "I date arrogant jerks" phase (that carried me though much of my life, unfortunately) :(. Nick & I were dunzo the minute I said "no" to sex. I was so heartbroken!

When I think back to 1989, I think of my spirit, my energy & my optimistic vision of the whole world. I never left home without wearing my rose-colored glasses. :)

I was such a dorky, akward permed brunette who had a matching scrunchy for each & every outfit. I remember lots of neon, and tee shirts with sequins and glitter glue designs, Oakley sunglasses and bitchen' watches. Funky, door knocker earrings were so popular. I was a total Wet Seal-aholic when it came to shopping. And Contempo Casuals. I remember clocking in at Harbor House one day dressed in denim jean shorts, a cropped neon lime tank top, complete with a neon lime scrunchy and neon lime SOCKS worn with my tennies. Of course, big and colorful earrings finished the look. ACK!! That still didn't hold a candle to my Christmas outfit of that year- gold LAME' pants, with a matching gold lame' camisole, a sheer black blouse with gold polka dots, and huge gold and black bow earrings with a matching gold scrunchy. It was the hot item at Contempo Casuals and in retrospect maybe the most tacky and cheap look that I've ever sported. In fact, retrospect shmetrospect. I'm willing to bet it was tacky in 1989 as well.

[Kevy Baby]

...I was working as a Culinary Hostess...That title reminds me of the one my fellow co-workers and I gave ourselves when we worked at a service station: Petroleum Transfer Engineer

[DreadPirateRoberts]

That title reminds me of the one my fellow co-workers and I gave ourselves when we worked at a service station: Petroleum Transfer Engineer

I was a petroleum transfer technician at LGB, many moons ago.

[MouseWife]

We saw Batman and Honey I Shrunk the Kids at the drive-in...

This tickled me because yesterday I was talking to a youngster {oh, about 18 I guess} and talking about going to see the Friday the 13th movies at the walk-in....

Duh, they don't call them walk-ins any more do they? Isn't it just going to the movies?

Back then it was either the drive in or walk in...well, before '89 I guess.

It's all a blur....

[Alex]

I have never heard of a non drive in theater referred to as a walk in.

[MouseWife]

I have never heard of a non drive in theater referred to as a walk in.

Ever? Damn, how old are you???

[blueerica]

Oh hey, that's right! Splash Mountain!

I was there on the third day it was open. We were the second family in line, so I was super stoked. Unfortunately, from the get-go, they were having problems that kept the ride from being operational for around 3 hours. I waited and waited. Family members wandered off, here and there, to stave off the boredom, but not me. I wanted Splash, and I wanted it baaaaad. When we finally got to go, I loved it and wanted desperately to go again. My family, unappreciative of the wait said "no." Booo....

I remember it being crowded at the park. I brought a change of clothes since I figured I was going to get wet on Splash - and waiting in the awful women's restroom queue at the entrance of Adventureland. Ugh.

That memory is seared into my BRAIN.

[blueerica]

Ever? Damn, how old are you???

I haven't heard that term before, either.

[Alex]

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I just did some searching and I'm seeing the term used not for a regular movie theater but for walk-in outdoor venues. So the Cemetery screenings would be a "walk-in theater." Is that what you mean by the term?

I just asked Lani and she doesn't know the term either and she is, without going into specifics, older than me.

Either way I hadn't heard the term.

[~MS~]

It's ok Joyce....we know the difference in a walk-in and a drive in ;)

89...hubby was recovering from a bad motorcycle accident, the older two kids were active with cheerleading and assorted sports, just another year in paradise...

[Alex]

Ok, I must have been at Disneyland sometime in 1989 if that was the year Splash opened. First visit every but I don't really remember anything about it other than drunken German relatives who had absolutely no concept of how big this country is (their list for a week included Disneyland, Indians, the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, and Willie Nelson).

Certainly didn't make an impression on me as all that great of a place. Visited again in 1992 (same German relatives visiting again) and that likely would have been my last visit ever if it weren't for meeting Lani and eventually making friends creating the park into something more than just a tourist attraction.

[thecorndogwalker]

Zsa Zsa Gabor was arrested in Beverly Hills for biotch slapping a cop... in 1989

[alphabassettgrrl]

Zsa Zsa Gabor was arrested in Beverly Hills for biotch slapping a cop... in 1989

I remember that!

[Kevy Baby]

I have never heard of a non drive in theater referred to as a walk in.

Ever? Damn, how old are you???I'm 42 and never heard the term "walk-in" except when referring to a refrigerator at a restaurant.

[MouseWife]

It's ok Joyce....we know the difference in a walk-in and a drive in ;)



*blows a kiss* thank you!

Well, perhaps it is the fact that I am the youngest so it doesn't just go to the fact that I am 42 but that I come from a household of people {parents included} up to 40 years older than I am.

Back in the day, the question would be "Is it playing at the walk in or drive in?"

[Capt Jack]

we always called them walk-ins growing up

/shrug

[MouseWife]

Glove box, what else is it called? I call it that and get 'What?'

Capt Jack, where did you grow up? Is it an area thing? I'm trying to think of some other things that are strange now...

Portable am radios? Rabbit ears? 45s? Are there things as recent as '89 that are gone? Rock videos on MTV? :p

[Alex]

Glove box is the compartment on the right side of your dashboard in front of the passenger seat. Never heard another term for it. So if that is what you're talking about what do the people who say "What?" call it?

And I still have a portable AM radio (for baseball games) and a pair of rabbit ears around here from before we moved and finally broke down for cable.

[blueerica]

Rabbit ears! Haha!

I thought I was cute one night and took some tinfoil (normally used to extend the power of the rabbit ears) and shaped it around the skinny poles to look like rabbits ears. Har Har. Mom wasn't amused that the rest of the tinfoil was gone.

Who here was ever stuck holding the antenna when reception was bad. Or does television reception just not ever get bad in California?

[Alex]

It does. I lived in the middle of Oakland, within a couple miles of most of the broadcasting towers and for the seven years we lived without cable we could only get one station (NBC, and poorly) with even very expensive rabbit ears.

[wendybeth]

As one of the younger sibs, that would be me. Seriously, the only time I remember having to do that for any length of time was during the 'World of Disney' show, or whatever incarnation it was in the very early seventies.


Years ago, we used to joke that people getting foil highlights were just trying to get better reception. Nowadays, few young people get it.

[Alex]

I do like shifting vocabularies and how they place you in time. In Vancouver, Washington, when I was a young kid there was a local (I presume) chain of grocery stores called Keils that closed or was sold to Safeway (most of them became Safeways anyway).

I love that 20 years later my Grandmother still calls the Safeway out on Andreson by its very old previous name.

[blueerica]

I remember the Alpha Beta that became a Liquor Barn and now it's a 24 Hour Fitness. And the Lucky's that's now an Albertson's.

My grandma had a hard time getting over saying "I'm going to Lucky's." And she still calls the freezer the "Ice Box."

[MouseWife]

I can't remember what else they call the glove box. The glove compartment? Some type of compartment? I know I've heard another term. But they laugh because who keeps gloves in it and where did I get that from. It could be that my family likes to tease me relentlessly? A possibility.

LOL Oh yes, down here by the border we have no reception without cable. But, at my mothers' house, we were able to get L.A. stations with just the plain antenna.

Funny about the foil and rabbit ears. And the frosting!

And, yes, Alex, I love that, too about how time changes places but not necessarily in our minds.

Utotem. Remember those? Pioneer Chicken. Now mostly they are some number of Albertos'.

Oh, I still call it the ice box too. I don't know why.

[Mousey Girl]

1989... That was the year I sobered up and made the Dean's list in college.

[Stan4dSteph]

I was a freshman in high school. I had a perm. I won a medal at the Empire State Games.

[thecorndogwalker]

Were you a victim of coffee sabotage back in 1989? Well then folgers put a fast one on you! So long as you were eating in a fancy eatery!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HukRz6uWBg4

[Not Afraid]

OOH! I remember where I was during the Whittier quake! I bet Chris remembers where he was too. Think epicenter.

[katiesue]

I was thinking of this thread last night while I was watching Magnum PI.

[Not Afraid]

Alpha Beta
Market Basket
Pocketbook
Glove Box
Walk-in
Pup-n-Taco

It's all flooding back to me.

[NickO'Time]

Finishing High School, went to my Grad Nite at Disneyland. As we watched the construction of Splash Mountain. We saw "Stevie B" on TSI. "Was not Was" at Carnation Gardens. Someone said that New Kids on the Block were there, but they were a band I was not into.
We literally walked onto rides. I also remember we all got dressed in the parking lot on the bus. Women first, Men last. Then we took the bus to the back of Disneyland and came in through a tunnel to Fantasyland. Had a turkey dinner at Villiage Haus. I only know of two people from our class that were casually dressed. By 5 am everyone in our class was back on the bus by Eeeyore.

Also I remember a few months later after Splash opened, they had major water flow problems causing the whole mountain too shake, it was so distinct, that I can never forget it.
Also I qualified for U.S Junior nationals in road racing, but my parents said I couldn't go.I had won three consecutive races previous to that, and placed 2nd at Districts.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Finishing High School, went to my Grad Nite at Disneyland. As we watched the construction of Splash Mountain. We saw "Stevie B" on TSI. "Was not Was" at Carnation Gardens. Someone said that New Kids on the Block were there, but they were a band I was not into.
Sigh. By the time I hit Grad Nite in 1995, they had completely stopped booking recognizable acts. Lame.

[Kevy Baby]

Finishing High School, went to my Grad Nite at Disneyland. We saw "Stevie B" on TSI. "Was not Was" at Carnation Gardens. Someone said that New Kids on the Block were there, but they were a band I was not into.I actually would have liked to see WNW.

The only act I remember from my Grad Night (1982) was Tommy Tutone, including a 20 minute rendition of 867-5309.

I also remember we all got dressed in the parking lot on the bus.Did you ride the bus naked?

[blueerica]

Was Not Was!

[BarTopDancer]

Every time I read this thread this song goes through my head.

19Somethin
Mark Wills

I saw Star Wars at least 8 times
Had the pac-man pattern memorized
And I've seen the stuff they put inside
Stretch Armstrong

I was Roger Stauback back in my back yard
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
And a couple of Evil Kinevil scars
On my right arm
Well, I was a kid when Elvis died
And my mama cried

Chorus:
It was 1970- something
In the world that I grew up in
Farrah Faucett hair-do days
Bell bottoms and 8-track tapes
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1970-something

It was the dawning of a new decade
When we got our first microwave
And Dad broke down and finally shaved
Those sideburns off
I took the stickers off of my Rubix cube
Watched MTV all afternoon
My first love was Daisy Duke
In them cut off jeans
A Space Shuttle fell out of the sky
And the whole world cried

Chorus:
It was 1980-something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and Black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1980-something

Now I got a mortgage and an SUV
But all this responsibility
Makes me wish sometimes
Sometimes....

chorus:
It was 1980-something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and Black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1980-something

1970-something
Aw, it was 19-Something

[AllyOops!]

Aw, I love the terms of yore that we no longer use! I catch myself on one all of the time- whenever I refer to Rancho del Zocalo at Disneyland, I always call it Casa de Fritos. For whatever reason, I seem to have a bad case of the yesterlands. Maybe I have a hidden, sexy desire for the Frito Bandito and I've just never addressed my longings. ;) :p

[AllyOops!]

Ok, I must have been at Disneyland sometime in 1989 if that was the year Splash opened. First visit every but I don't really remember anything about it other than drunken German relatives who had absolutely no concept of how big this country is (their list for a week included Disneyland, Indians, the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, and Willie Nelson).

Your on a major mojo roll today! I admit, I'm dying laughing over the list of activities. Hahaha!!

Kevy has me in stiches, too, over a 20 minute rendition of 867-5309 Jenny. Seriously?? That's so Iron Butterfly.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Me in 1989 - Living at home, working at a movie theatre, single
Me in 2007 - Living at home, might be working at a movie theatre again , single.

Not a whole hell of alot changes does it??

[AllyOops!]

Me in 1989 - Living at home, working at a movie theatre, single
Me in 2007 - Living at home, might be working at a movie theatre again , single.

Not a whole hell of alot changes does it??

Except the hair & the fashions. :)

Lord, we thank Thee for peroxide & bleach. If I still had a tower of fried brunette curls with aqua-netted burrito bangs partially wrapped up in an over-teased purple scrunchy complete with dangling gold charms, I'd call it a day. I'd be the first person to strangle one's self with a scrunchy.:(

My High School Senior picture!! It's so dated! My Mom has it framed & displayed at her house! Of all the pictures I've ever taken, that fug one was chosen for the world to see. Picture this hip vision: Huge, poofy, blown-out brunette 'do, teased n' spiky overspritzed bangs & a pink scrunchy pulling up part of my hair in a sky-high ponytail to match my pink sweater with little gold heart buttons. All topped off with coordinating hot pink lipstick. Hahahaha!! And the BEST part? The girls got to take a secondary, Glamour-Shot photo not intended for the yearbook where we changed into a feathered boa type wrap. I chose the pink maribou feathers, of course.

Talk about tacky. I found that photo not too long ago. Pink maribou feathers, bare shoulders, the pink scrunchied disaster 'do & my gold heart necklace. It looked like a nerd tripped in some chicken feathers and the result was captured on camera.

[thecorndogwalker]

Me in 1989 - Living at home, working at a movie theatre, single
Me in 2007 - Living at home, might be working at a movie theatre again , single.

Not a whole hell of alot changes does it??

Cool Beans, Ya hear that LOT-sters, maybe Bornieo will look the other way when we are sneaking in the through the back of the theatre...

[thecorndogwalker]

DEATH'S IN 1989

-Lucille BALL
-Bette Davis
-Salvador Dali

[alphabassettgrrl]

Kevy, I like that song! :) Brings back memories.

[Jughead P. Jones]

DEATH'S IN 1989

-Lucille BALL
-Bette Davis
-Salvador Dali

And, on the other end of the spectrum, Heroes star Hayden Panettiere was born in 1989!

[thecorndogwalker]

And, on the other end of the spectrum, Heroes star Hayden Panettiere was born in 1989!


Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe was born in 1989.

[Not Afraid]

I saw him naked.

(I'm just going to continue posting that line every time i read a thread with his name in it.) :evil:

[Kevy Baby]

I saw him naked.

(I'm just going to continue posting that line every time i read a thread with his name in it.) :evil:Was he "gifted"?



A Blazing Saddles and History of the World Part I reference that you will probably not get, but I think you will understand the question none-the-less.

[CoasterMatt]

A Blazing Saddles and History of the World Part I reference that you will probably not get, but I think you will understand the question none-the-less.

Good reference...

[Kevy Baby]

Quick Time Harch!

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

It's Twoo! It's Twoooo!

[NickO'Time]

I actually would have liked to see WNW.

The only act I remember from my Grad Night (1982) was Tommy Tutone, including a 20 minute rendition of 867-5309.

Did you ride the bus naked?

WNW to be honest didn't have too much of a crowd.
Actually I had a really cute gay friend who was on the cheerleading squad teach me how to knot my first tie. :blush::cool:
I would love to see a book or list of Bands that have graced the stages of Disneyland for Grad Nite, even though it will be a short one.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Quick Time Harch!I love quicktime harch!