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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The best music decade ever
Thought I'd died and gone to heaven when we got a microwave and a VHS player on the same day
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So true about 80's music (check out Synthecide by SSQ, ultimate 80's sound)
It took us until well into the 90's to get a microwave but we did have a VHS recorder in the 80's. A top loader of course, which would launch something into the ceiling when eject was pressed (should we have inadvertantly placed something on it).
How did you manage with setting the timer?
I got quite adept at it after a few weeks. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Yes great music
Soda streams
Playing outside literally all day  "
I've still yet to get a soda stream.
I've heard that if you put some capri sun in one, it's really nice. |
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Listening to music on the sony Walkman... Recording the charts at the weekend without catching the radio DJ speaking 
Bmx biking while secretly wishing we were in the future already so we could use hover boards lol
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Around 1980/81 is when rock music really hit the mainstream and not just for headbangers. Also home computing in the uk thanks to Sinclair."
We never got onto the home computer train back then, other than my dad getting something that let us play Pong on the TV. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Listening to music on the sony Walkman... Recording the charts at the weekend without catching the radio DJ speaking
Bmx biking while secretly wishing we were in the future already so we could use hover boards lol
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Bloody DJ's. Many a time they would talk over the intro AND butt in too soon at the end. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Portable CD player
Great decade for music, with such a wide range.
Ra-ra skirts!"
Early portable CD players tha had no anti skip or buffering.
I stuck to cassette walkmen. |
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Atari
Airwolf
The A Team
BMX
Rubik's cubes
Wimpy
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Fluorescent socks (odd ones of course)
E.T.
Sinclair C5
ford XR3
Mayfair / Razzle (readers wives section- generally found in a hedgerow)
Babysitting (and finding the womans vibrator or the mans porn stash) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The never ending story! When the horse dies in the swamp of sadness. Now there was a life lesson"
He did come back at the end though.
But if I could have anything off that movie it would be Falcor.
And one of those big titted statues.
However, my heart at the time, belonged to the princess. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Cartoons with amazing theme tunes - Dogtanian, Ulysses, Willy Fog and Mysterious Cities of Gold "
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Starfleet
Chorlton and the Wheelies
The Flumps
The Legend of Prince Valiant
MASK
Visionaries
Thundercats
Jamie and the Magic Torch |
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"Cartoons with amazing theme tunes - Dogtanian, Ulysses, Willy Fog and Mysterious Cities of Gold
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Starfleet
Chorlton and the Wheelies
The Flumps
The Legend of Prince Valiant
MASK
Visionaries
Thundercats
Jamie and the Magic Torch"
Oh yes all of those. And they reminded me of Defenders of the Earth!
J |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Cartoons with amazing theme tunes - Dogtanian, Ulysses, Willy Fog and Mysterious Cities of Gold
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Starfleet
Chorlton and the Wheelies
The Flumps
The Legend of Prince Valiant
MASK
Visionaries
Thundercats
Jamie and the Magic Torch
Oh yes all of those. And they reminded me of Defenders of the Earth!
J"
I forgot Terrahawks and The Tripods. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Finding random porn magazines in the bushes, or is that where I grew up ?
Plus Raleigh Burner. Those yellow wheels  I’d ride one today.
The mr "
The Raleigh Vektar in black |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"New romantics, especially Phil Oakey 
Would you agree that Fade to Gray by Visage was one of the best New Romantic song?"
Got to be up there
And Tainted Love, full volume if comes on the car radio.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"New romantics, especially Phil Oakey
Would you agree that Fade to Gray by Visage was one of the best New Romantic song?
Got to be up there
And Tainted Love, full volume if comes on the car radio.
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Great choice. Marc Almond has a an amazing voice.
There's one I mentioned earlier which I never heard back in the day. It's only been a few years since I first discovered it.
SSQ - Synthecide.
It sounds soooo 80s. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Tell me, how many couples here wore Brut and Charlie?
Guilty as charged for both of us."
And amazingly (or tragically, depending on your point of view) both still available.
Go buy some and let the smelly nostalgia wash over you. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Space dust.
Was that the stuff that popped in your mouth?
And some where else."
Now you've got my attention.
Although, why you'd put them up your nose is anyones guess
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Tell me, how many couples here wore Brut and Charlie?
Guilty
Read my last post lol
No I’m / we’re not going to buy it "
You don't wish to smell sexy and hunky?
What an odd pair you are.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Tell me, how many couples here wore Brut and Charlie?
Guilty
Read my last post lol
No I’m / we’re not going to buy it
You don't wish to smell sexy and hunky?
What an odd pair you are.
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We’ve moved on now |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Tell me, how many couples here wore Brut and Charlie?
Guilty
Read my last post lol
No I’m / we’re not going to buy it
You don't wish to smell sexy and hunky?
What an odd pair you are.
We’ve moved on now "
So it's Hai Karate now
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Cartoons with amazing theme tunes - Dogtanian, Ulysses, Willy Fog and Mysterious Cities of Gold
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Starfleet
Chorlton and the Wheelies
The Flumps
The Legend of Prince Valiant
MASK
Visionaries
Thundercats
Jamie and the Magic Torch
Oh yes all of those. And they reminded me of Defenders of the Earth!
J"
Button Moon
Bagpuss
Rainbow
Battle of the Planets
Barriers (you might want to look that one up.) |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Cartoons with amazing theme tunes - Dogtanian, Ulysses, Willy Fog and Mysterious Cities of Gold
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Starfleet
Chorlton and the Wheelies
The Flumps
The Legend of Prince Valiant
MASK
Visionaries
Thundercats
Jamie and the Magic Torch
Oh yes all of those. And they reminded me of Defenders of the Earth!
J
Button Moon
Bagpuss
Rainbow
Battle of the Planets
Barriers (you might want to look that one up.)"
Battle of the Planets is the 1970s remake of the Anime series Gatchaman. Yes, it's older than Star Wars! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Getting a one pound note and feeling so grown up because I had paper money, then going to the shop for a 10p mix."
Cherry lips
Sherbet flying saucers
Candy necklaces
Cola cubes
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Getting a one pound note and feeling so grown up because I had paper money, then going to the shop for a 10p mix.
Cherry lips
Sherbet flying saucers
Candy necklaces
Cola cubes
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I miss pound notes.
Pineapple cubes look uncannily similar to urinal cubes. |
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CDs (compact disc type) became the way to buy music. Sony Walkman. GTis, Irish coins could be used in UK vending machines, you remembered people's phone numbers or had them in a book somewhere, 4 TV stations in the Uk, 6 in Ireland. House and rave music did not exist. The media largely gave balance in their reporting
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"Listening to music on the sony Walkman... Recording the charts at the weekend without catching the radio DJ speaking
Bmx biking while secretly wishing we were in the future already so we could use hover boards lol
Bloody DJ's. Many a time they would talk over the intro AND butt in too soon at the end."
Chris Evans still does this on his breakfast show do bloody annoying |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Listening to music on the sony Walkman... Recording the charts at the weekend without catching the radio DJ speaking
Bmx biking while secretly wishing we were in the future already so we could use hover boards lol
Bloody DJ's. Many a time they would talk over the intro AND butt in too soon at the end.
Chris Evans still does this on his breakfast show do bloody annoying "
A mix of ego and loving the sound of your own voice and thinking you're funny |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"Who here grew up in the 80's, like me?
Let's take a stroll down memory lane, any subject you want."
Well I was in my early teens in the last 80’s… so we are talking house party, mad dog 20/20, thunderbird (red of course!) and trying to sneak into a lot of east London’s finest clubs!!! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Who here grew up in the 80's, like me?
Let's take a stroll down memory lane, any subject you want.
Well I was in my early teens in the last 80’s… so we are talking house party, mad dog 20/20, thunderbird (red of course!) and trying to sneak into a lot of east London’s finest clubs!!! "
A bit more advanced than me. For me, the 80s lasted from ages 4 to 13.
I would have had a tough time trying to get into clubs at that age
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Nine & half weeks - Kim basinger 
Weird Science- Kelly Le Brock
Finding porn mags in bushes
Going round a mates house and raiding the washing basket in the bathroom for a pair of his mums knickers to sniff
First time fingering a girl
The music (Adam & the Ants, Madness, Guns n Roses)
Holiday romances |
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"Listening to music on the sony Walkman... Recording the charts at the weekend without catching the radio DJ speaking
Bmx biking while secretly wishing we were in the future already so we could use hover boards lol
Bloody DJ's. Many a time they would talk over the intro AND butt in too soon at the end.
Chris Evans still does this on his breakfast show do bloody annoying
A mix of ego and loving the sound of your own voice and thinking you're funny"
Well he certainly loves his own voice he never shuts up |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Ally Sheedy
Molly Ringwald
Tiffany
Slush Puppies
Football stickers
Football in the school playground
School fights
Bunking off
Those little wads of paper that went bang when thrown on the ground
Gun caps
Fancying a teacher at school
School trips
Look-in magazinne
Oink comics |
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By *host63Man
over a year ago
Bedfont Feltham |
"The best music decade ever
Thought I'd died and gone to heaven when we got a microwave and a VHS player on the same day
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The 80s were an escape for me. From growing up in a living hell of the 70s. Not sure about the music though. There were some real shockers |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Loved the 80s lost my virginity got first motorbike and car started work so had money for what ever I wanted. So many gigs too and parties whenever someone’s parents went away for the weekend. |
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"Around 1980/81 is when rock music really hit the mainstream and not just for headbangers. Also home computing in the uk thanks to Sinclair."
The 80's was the best decade ever for rock music. I was a teenager in the 80's, and grew up on rock music, and its shaped my musical taste ever since. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Just nostalgic for when we weren't so connected and expected to be reachable all the goddamn time.   "
I remember the first time we had a land line phone in our house. It was mindblowing.
Now, it seems like its been with us forever. |
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My fond memories of the 80s:
Started work
The compact disc was invented
Stockings and suspenders returned to fashion
Stock, Aitken and Waterman's music productions
Mullet hairstyles
A pint of beer was still under £1
.....Get fresh at the weekend!!! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"My fond memories of the 80s:
Started work
The compact disc was invented
Stockings and suspenders returned to fashion
Stock, Aitken and Waterman's music productions
Mullet hairstyles
A pint of beer was still under £1
.....Get fresh at the weekend!!!"
But did you rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac? |
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"My fond memories of the 80s:
Started work
The compact disc was invented
Stockings and suspenders returned to fashion
Stock, Aitken and Waterman's music productions
Mullet hairstyles
A pint of beer was still under £1
.....Get fresh at the weekend!!!
But did you rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac?"
Only when it wasn't raining men! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"My fond memories of the 80s:
Started work
The compact disc was invented
Stockings and suspenders returned to fashion
Stock, Aitken and Waterman's music productions
Mullet hairstyles
A pint of beer was still under £1
.....Get fresh at the weekend!!!
But did you rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac?
Only when it wasn't raining men! "
Were you ever big in Japan? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Memorex cassettes if you were poor, BASF if you were loaded
Werre would Scotch tapes fit in that list?"
If Memorex was Aldi, BASF Waitrose, gotta be a Scotch Tesco Standard label... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Absolutely MY decade:
The music
The fashions
The lingerie
Passed my driving test
First car
First time clubbing
Left Uni
First job
First High Heels
R xx"
Did you do the roller skating at Farnborough Rec. |
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"Memorex cassettes if you were poor, BASF if you were loaded
Werre would Scotch tapes fit in that list?
If Memorex was Aldi, BASF Waitrose, gotta be a Scotch Tesco Standard label... "
What about TDK? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Memorex cassettes if you were poor, BASF if you were loaded
Werre would Scotch tapes fit in that list?
If Memorex was Aldi, BASF Waitrose, gotta be a Scotch Tesco Standard label...
What about TDK?"
Whichever you chose, much thought had to be excersised before you broke off the little plastic tab, otherwise you'd find yourself in sicky tape land. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Space dust.
Was that the stuff that popped in your mouth?
And some where else."
I decided to get creative one night with some space dust and go down on my partner with a mouthful of the stuff.
Let’s just say it was a sticky ending but not the one he was hoping for! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Space dust.
Was that the stuff that popped in your mouth?
And some where else.
I decided to get creative one night with some space dust and go down on my partner with a mouthful of the stuff.
Let’s just say it was a sticky ending but not the one he was hoping for! "
I hope there was no pubic hair involved
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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I hope there was no pubic hair involved
Noooo!!
Mind you they do use sugar wax for hair removal so it might catch on. Literally "
I'd worry about getting some stray space dust inside you.
It might be a pleasant sensation but I have a feeling it would be the opposite. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I'd worry about getting some stray space dust inside you.
It might be a pleasant sensation but I have a feeling it would be the opposite."
That sticky mess wasn’t going anywhere near me. Had to be showered off and play was cut short.
Not my best/most erotic idea ever! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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I'd worry about getting some stray space dust inside you.
It might be a pleasant sensation but I have a feeling it would be the opposite.
That sticky mess wasn’t going anywhere near me. Had to be showered off and play was cut short.
Not my best/most erotic idea ever!"
As they say, you don't know unless you try.
Now you know.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Toys my family couldn't afford to buy:
Scalextric
Big Track
Optimus Prime (although I did have Metroplex)
High end radio controlled cars
Video game consoles (I would have loved a Neo Geo) |
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"Atari
Airwolf
The A Team
BMX
Rubik's cubes
Wimpy
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
Fluorescent socks (odd ones of course)
E.T.
Sinclair C5
ford XR3
Mayfair / Razzle (readers wives section- generally found in a hedgerow)
Babysitting (and finding the womans vibrator or the mans porn stash) "
Still have mine XR3i in rosso red with turbo alloys |
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By *rooMan
over a year ago
Nottinghamshire |
"Sunday night listening to the chart music,with your fingers at the ready on the play & record buttons ready to record your favourite songs onto a cassette."
Did this every Sunday then listened through the week on Walkman or ghetto blaster |
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