15 years ago...

[Draggar]

I'm sure there are a lot of people here who are too young to remember, if you are, just do a Google search on "Tiananmen Square" for events that happened in 1989.

Interesting how in the US media, this event was drowned out by the memorials of D-Day (which I'll admit, was a huge pivitol event in modern history) and Regan's death.

[Zeralenn]

Depressing that many here really are too young to remember...

I remember the moon walk. The first one. Not the dance.

...Zera

[Nhin Impious]

I remember the moon walk. The first one. Not the dance.

No one has set foot on the Moon in my lifetime.

And I'm old enough that my first stereo played 8-tracks.

How's that?

Nhinx Aphsion

[kiztent]

No one has set foot on the Moon in my lifetime.

And I'm old enough that my first stereo played 8-tracks.

Wow, that's true.

Boggle.

I knew it had been a while, but .... wow.

Er, not that Nhinx is old or anything

One day, I checked the front page of the New York Times for my birth date.

The headlines were the bodycount and a bit about staging B52s in Thailand to bomb Cambodia.

I was depressed.

Then I noticed some Cassius Clay guy got a knockout in the 7th round the night before, so that was cool.

[LadyAnnaAnna]

The Time Magazine cover on my birthday was of Ronald Regan endorsing George Bush Sr for presidency. My first personal sterio played CDs but that's cause i never had a sterio til I moved out at 18. At home, we still had mom and dad's vinyl and cassette plaing one. Grew up on music twice as old as me. GO DAVID BOWIE! hehehe.

LadyAnnaAnna
11 Cleric
Maelin Starpyre
Aspiring TradeGoddess

[NerissaGoldenrose]

Wow, was Tiananmen Square really 15 years ago? I remember seeing it on the dorm TV in college... *starts counting* yeah, I guess it was that long ago.

I was born about a month and a half after the first moon walk... my parents had 8-tracks, but I never did. I've still got the vinyl albums & 45's I bought in high school... just no way to play them.

[Silound]

Mmmm, I love my 33 collection...couple hundred, mostly classic rock and a bit of other stuff. Only have a few 45's, good thing my turntable can do both, but needles are goddanged expensive now....

[Zeralenn]

Life magazine cover from the day before I was born: Israelis Capture Prisoners in Gaza. The more things change...

Headlines from the week I was born: Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act. Race riots in Cairo Illinois. Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY. Race riots in Durham NC. US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km). 1st air conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line) .

In the year I was born:

Gas: 33 cents a gallon
Average income: 8,801
Average house price: 24,000
Average car price: 2,425

info from: http://dmarie.com/timecap/

...Zera

[kiztent]

I remember the moon walk. The first one. Not the dance.

I'm impressed. I don't remember anything from the 60s (No, not for that reason ) and I was born a little before you.

[Vascha]

George W. Bush says he's going send another man to the moon. To increase the chances of a successful landing, the launch will be while the moon is full.

[Niellya]

Omg, that's funny!

[Ngreth Thergn]

leaning close to politics. Keep it non political, and just bemoan our ages and it can stay

[Draggar]

Since it's been hijacked, might as well go along with it.

My birthday:

Bread: $0.27 a loaf
Milk - $1.36 a gallon
Eggs - $1.22 a doz
Car - $4,052
Gas - $0.39 a gallon
House - $35,500
Stamps: $0.08
Avg Income: $13,622
Minimim wage: $1.60
DOW average: 851

Top headlines of the week:
Dec 15 - Golf Resort (The Disney Inn) opens Dec 15 - Sandy Hawley becomes 1st jockey to win 500 races in 1 year Dec 15 - Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in low scoring NCAA basketball game Dec 15 - American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not mental illness Dec 15 - Pirates of Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland Dec 15 - US Psychiatrist say homosexuals are not mentally ill

Hot new toys:
Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle The Lone Ranger Action Figure Boggle
Perfection Dungeons & Dragons Fisher-Price Movie Viewer
Shrinky Dinks


Wow, I'm as old as Dungeons and Dragons! How nice is that?

[Kheera]

Haha! Someone else born the year I was! Funny that I realized it from reading the toy list. Never knew Dungeons & Dragons was released that year, hmm....

[kiztent]

Evil Knievel Stunt Cycle kicked ass.

That will be all.

Although GI Joe with kung fu action grip was pretty cool too.