What happened in 1989?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

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. 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.

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! 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.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

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]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

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

Ever? Damn, how old are you???

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

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.

[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.

[AllyOops!]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

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.