Meme Meme Temple Inversion... whatever... :)

Picked this meme up from ataniel93.

1. You remember seeing the first three Star Wars movies, when they were first released.

Yeppers - went en masse to the first with a group of gamers, and we took over an entire row. Comments like "I don't think they're going to get surprise." when the Imperial contingent breaks into Princess Leia's ship at the start could be traced by the snickers left in their wake. That movie did for special effects what _The Cat In The Hat_ did for teaching reading...

2. You remember where you were when the Challenger blew up.

At home. I was in my last month of pregnancy with Vicky, and for some reason hadn't watched the launch on TV, so I didn't know until a friend phoned from Florida, in tears.

3. You remember bomb drills at school...not because of the gangs or terrorists...it was the commies...

And I never could figure out exactly why it was better to meet nuclear anhiliation under my desk instead of on top of it. Jokes ending with "and kiss your ass goodbye." were prevalent, when the teacher wasn't listening.

4. You remember when Russia was the bad guy.

Yeppers. At least en masse. I never thought of Yuri Gagarin as anything but a hero.

5. You thought Molly Ringwald or Judd Nelson was cool.

Nope, I'd been an adult for a LONG time before they came along. Mind you I didn't think much of the teen superstars that they had when I WAS a teenager either. (I did make a habit of screaming "Frankie!" whenever I saw Frankenstein's monster.. mind you Frankie Avalon was pretty much before my time.)

6. you think Ferris Bueller's Day Off is one of the best movies.

Best? Nope. Entertainingly silly, yep.

7. you still smirk when you hear "Where's the beef?"

Maybe a little.

8. you remember the day when you thought a SpeaknSpell was so high tech.

Nope, never thought that. I do recall the early calculators, and running down to the student store to see what Hewlett Packard had done NOW. (And as I type I've got a little handheld sitting next to me that would have blown every mind in the store if I could only hand it to myself back then.)

9. you thought it wouldn't get any better than Pong.

I sincerely HOPED it would get better than Pong. And it did.

10. you remember when Reagan got elected.

I voted against the guy, and wore black down to the jewelry (and underwear) the day he was inaugerated.

I also remember when NIXON got elected. Bleah.....

11. you think that 15 years "isn't that long of a time."

Given that I'll be 68 in 15 years, I assure you it's a LONG time!

12. You've actually said "back in my day..."

Not seriously

13. You actually think that the 80's rocked...

If they did, I was entirely too busy to notice. Now the 70's were fun, mostly because I came of age during them and the time frame when you first move out from your parent's home and live on your own (especially when you discover things like fandom at the same time) always rocks!

14. You remember watching MTV's debut.

Briefly. Lost interest. Never got it back.

15. And you remember what the first video was

Nope, at least not until I read Azalais answer, assuming it's correct.


16. You've gone through all your piles of shit lying around and found an 8-track.

Nope - couldn't afford to buy a player during the brief time the things were popular.

17. You still own a cassette collection.

Yeppers. Including a lot of Off Centaur tapes and other things that went out of print way back when.

18. you know the lyrics to American Hero.

You mean the theme of "The Greatest American Hero" TV show? If so, yes. If not, no.

19. When Ricky Martin made his comeback, you laughed cause he's just that kid from Menudo.

Missed the whole thing.

20. You remember bellbottoms from the first time they were around and refuse to wear them now because of it...

Yes and no. What I refuse to wear again is miniskirts. :->

21. Somewhere in an attic rests your collection of Star Wars figures, Transformers, and G.I. Joes.

Nope.. I did have a Barbie, and my brother had one of the original GI Joes, the ones with the wrongsized boots that tended to take the foot with them when you pulled them off. Years after both of us had moved out, mom found an oatmeal box containing the two dolls. Barbie was wearing Joe's uniform, and Joe was wearing his skivvies. We figure they'd passed the time over the years playing strip poker, and she won.

22. And you have some of the full sized G.I. Joes before they shrunk the poor dude down and gave him kung-fu grip.

My brother had one.

23. They came out with Velcro.

Oh yeah. Fun stuff. And invisible zippers - which I couldn't find for years but which seem to be back again. We used 'em on Star Trek uniforms as the side seam. The little tag would stick out unless you tucked it in, so we had the Great Bird salute - Hail (arm up and out) Great Bird (elbow pulled down to the side to hide the tag.

24. Acid-wash man....acid-wash.

Silly. My jeans got wrecked the old fashioned way - by climbing up things I wasn't supposed to and sliding down them similarly.

25. You saw people dressing up like Madonna and Boy George.

And shuddered.

26. You remember a black man named Michael Jackson.

I remember a black KID named Michael Jackson and his brothers. They sang.

27. You remember crying the first time you saw E.T.

Crying, no. Saying "I want HIM on my first contact team!" yes.

28. You so wanted to have KITT or the General Lee.

Nope, watched neither show.

29. All the stuff that you had as a kid is making a comeback...20-some years later.

20 rather a LARGE some. See above, miniskirts.

Queep - it's almost 2:30 am...

Experiment

Ok, I just sent a note to the support folks about the rich text version of the new updating system not allowing line feeds. This was clearly marked as a FYI and clearly states that no reply is needed or required. (and yes, I read the FAQ. It does not say exactly WHAT is wrong, thus they might still have a use for specific data.)

I THINK the staff is smart enough not to "keyword" me instead of actually reading the message. But this will certainly test that notion. We shall see...