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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:03:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Class of 85 checking in.  WOLVERINES!  The only surviving pic of me in the '80s. From an old girlfriend's MySpace account a couple of decades ago...1987, a couple of months after boot. Soon as I left the main gate, the helmet went on the back. I miss that freedom.  ETA: LOL! Come to think of it, that's a Members Only jacket (I loved them). |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:04:16 PM EDT
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Loved all nighters at friends houses where they had bootleg Showtime and Cinemax after hours programming!
Also running into gas stations to buy beer for my parents with a few bucks and getting change and the sixer and running outside the store in my Vans and jams and hopping into the truck bed to ride wherever. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:04:19 PM EDT
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I'm Gen-X graduated High School in 87. Good times!
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:04:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My Grail car back then. 1982 Mustang GT. A whopping 157 HP and 240 ftlb of torque. What a beast  https://i.imgur.com/BaamuGI.jpg My first car after boot camp was an '83 GT with T-Tops! 175 HP V8 and a 4 speed--last year with carbs. LOL! Small world. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:05:12 PM EDT
[#5]
GenX'er. Class of 1988. Best of times...
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:05:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:06:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My Grail car back then. 1982 Mustang GT. A whopping 157 HP and 240 ftlb of torque. What a beast https://i.imgur.com/BaamuGI.jpg I had the Mercury version Capri RS w/ T tops. Had speakers box in the back with Punch speakers and Punch Amp. Cranked up 2LiveCrew, Tone Loc and Hairbands |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:06:53 PM EDT
[#8]
1976 present
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:08:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My first car after boot camp was an '83 GT with T-Tops! 175 HP V8 and a 4 speed--last year with carbs. LOL! Small world. Actually 85 was last year of carbs 86 got FI that was speed density, 87 went MAF |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:08:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have seen 427's dropped into 67-69 camaros on the driveway by a bunch of highschool boys. Jocks and stoners lining up muncies, 440 chargers assembled without adult supervision. Guys that later would become lawyers politicians,and cops building cars. Call it what you will but it was commonplace. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Right? That's how you know we were Gen X: When the idea of 300 HP was fucking amazing. I have seen 427's dropped into 67-69 camaros on the driveway by a bunch of highschool boys. Jocks and stoners lining up muncies, 440 chargers assembled without adult supervision. Guys that later would become lawyers politicians,and cops building cars. Call it what you will but it was commonplace. Same. I was a gearhead in high school, had a 385 HP Thunderbird (429). Back when I was still a Ford guy. Had a '66 Mustang too, that after I "modified" I'm pretty sure made almost 160 HP, LOL. I was into cars as a kid...I didn't necessarily know what I was doing! I was talking more about what was being sold new, as opposed to what we were building. I think the '80s were the last good time to build a car as a kid, but '80s cars (new) weren't on the same level as new cars today. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:09:27 PM EDT
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Reporting as ordered, sir!
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:09:28 PM EDT
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Born in '81. Checking in.
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:10:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:14:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Actually 85 was last year of carbs 86 got FI that was speed density, 87 went MAF Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My first car after boot camp was an '83 GT with T-Tops! 175 HP V8 and a 4 speed--last year with carbs. LOL! Small world. Actually 85 was last year of carbs 86 got FI that was speed density, 87 went MAF I bow to your experience. I remember how great they looked just two years later, with 5 speeds, all that ground effect, and 225HP! The plan was to get an '88, just as soon as I made my last payment on the 24% interest on the '83. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:14:44 PM EDT
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I get tired of the boomers and millennials bickering but I have to say us gen x had the coolest world growing up. Thing is I didn’t know it at the time.
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:15:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryLiterally a third of my HS parking lot! |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:15:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Class of '89 checking in. Born in '71 What's up? It was a great time. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:16:05 PM EDT
[#18]
Best 80’s movie montage is from Rocky IV.
You can’t change my mind. 
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:17:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was born in 1968. Am I in this club? |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:18:56 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Same. I was a gearhead in high school, had a 385 HP Thunderbird (429). Back when I was still a Ford guy. Had a '66 Mustang too, that after I "modified" I'm pretty sure made almost 160 HP, LOL. I was into cars as a kid...I didn't necessarily know what I was doing! I was talking more about what was being sold new, as opposed to what we were building. I think the '80s were the last good time to build a car as a kid, but '80s cars (new) weren't on the same level as new cars today. the place I worked after school. There was a 1974 el camino, a 1967 camaro 327 supercharged (6-71) a really nice 1970 mach 1 302 with 2 4bbls and a toploader, with motion stripes. My 1971 mach 1 351c 4spd, a 1973 mach 1. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:19:37 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I had the Mercury version Capri RS w/ T tops. Had speakers box in the back with Punch speakers and Punch Amp. Cranked up 2LiveCrew, Tone Loc and Hairbands |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:19:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Whenever I watch one of these 80's retro lookback videos, I get an emptiness feeling in my stomach. I miss those times soooo much. I truly loved the 80's. Our kids wish they lived then and they think we were cooler than their friends today. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:21:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You mean those of us who played outside, drank from the hose, take off on our bikes and be gone till sun went down, parents had no idea where we were, walkman listening, NES playing, checking in! Exactly
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:22:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did it have the TRX suspension package with the oddball metric tires? I had the old ball metric rims,,like the mustang posted above , only Michelin made tires for those rims. Mine was 6cyl version, so no special suspension, was Red and flashy, but slow, but looked good, lol |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:23:32 PM EDT
[#25]
ABSOLUTELY!
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:23:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:24:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1980..plus homeschool....all I know is HeMan, The Smurfs and maybe Cabbage Patch are satanic. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I was born in early 79, I have no idea what I am.  1980..plus homeschool....all I know is HeMan, The Smurfs and maybe Cabbage Patch are satanic. Thundercats! I still remember going to the newly opened toy r us and getting the sword and being pissed out didn't protect the lion up in the air lol |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:27:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryI seen it. The last GN built that was featured in that video just sold for 6 figures. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:27:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had the old ball metric rims,,like the mustang posted above , only Michelin made tires for those rims. Same rims came on my 1983 GT. Hated 'em. Switched to McLarens back when that was still a thing. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:28:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Born 1972 Graduated HS 1990 I remember those years very well. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:28:47 PM EDT
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Class of ‘87.
Didn’t realize how good we had it, and (as a nation) we’ll never have it again. Gen X should start its own community. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:29:00 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I remember the 80's It was a good time to be a kid. https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/kathy-ireland-swimsuit-1989-february-07-1989-sports-illustrated-cover.jpg https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmZkNDM0NmUtZTFkZS00ODBiLWJjNDMtNWM4MmMzYWQ1ZmI5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjQwMDg0Ng@@._V1_.jpg https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/lineups/02gneSKPz21hPs4X7Ql9hwb-1..v1577151441.jpg https://2l7g9kgsh281akevs49v281d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3901-1132x639.jpg Didn't He-Man bang She-Ra? |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:29:42 PM EDT
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I bought a brand new 88 5.0 lx notch with 3.27s in the rear .when I started my first apprenticeship. Best times ever
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:30:42 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I remember the 80's It was a good time to be a kid. https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/kathy-ireland-swimsuit-1989-february-07-1989-sports-illustrated-cover.jpg https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmZkNDM0NmUtZTFkZS00ODBiLWJjNDMtNWM4MmMzYWQ1ZmI5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjQwMDg0Ng@@._V1_.jpg https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/lineups/02gneSKPz21hPs4X7Ql9hwb-1..v1577151441.jpg https://2l7g9kgsh281akevs49v281d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3901-1132x639.jpg Fuck yes. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:31:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wanna go back. Me too bro.  Eddie Money - I Wanna Go Back ETA: beat
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:34:18 PM EDT
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Born 1971, class of 90.
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:34:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Born 1972 Graduated HS 1990 I remember those years very well. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:34:40 PM EDT
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A buddy just sent me a picture of us that he just found.
I think it's circa 1987... I'm standing on the door sill of my car, sporting flowered Jams and a Metallica Damage Inc. shirt, with a bit of a mullet peeking from behind my neck... Good days... |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:34:56 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryYou've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:36:05 PM EDT
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In 1987 I met my one & only wife, I was 20 she was 18; we got married when she graduated college at 21 in 1990.
Gen X remembers life before cell phones, using a physical map, payphones, send a check in the mail. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:37:09 PM EDT
[#41]
 Rush Red Barchetta  Rush-Distant Early Warning (Lyircs) |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:37:28 PM EDT
[#42]
Peak America! GenX rules homie.
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:38:22 PM EDT
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Born late 1971, Graduated 1990
NJROTC photo Senior Year of High School (yes I am in there).  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:41:00 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Parachute pants with a Members Only jacket complimented by a skinny tie from Chess King.  |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:41:52 PM EDT
[#45]
All I know is that when the local classic rock station started playing Pearl Jam I felt attacked.
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:44:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Aren't gen x before 1980? I thought 1980+ were considered millennials. We got thrown out of the house in the morning every summer, and were told to go have fun, if we needed water there was the hose. |
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:44:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The kid in the 2nd pic has that look of, "Holy shit this landing is gonna hurt !! But the flight sure was worth it." And I can totally relate to that. Jumping our bikes; misjudging the speed or trajectory and hitting either a tree, your friend, some big-ass rock. Or just slamming into the ground after a 3-4 second flight and winding up with God-knows-what stuck in your hair, your knees, your elbows, your eye(s), or just sticking out of the hole it just made. And if you wore a helmet or knee or elbow pads, you got called a fag. Hell, you'd get shit if you wore a shirt, most of the time. Shorts and shoes were basically all we wore in the summer. And sometimes shoes were optional. BEST FUCKING TIME OF MY LIFE! Quote HistoryQuoted: The kid in the 2nd pic has that look of, "Holy shit this landing is gonna hurt !! But the flight sure was worth it." And I can totally relate to that. Jumping our bikes; misjudging the speed or trajectory and hitting either a tree, your friend, some big-ass rock. Or just slamming into the ground after a 3-4 second flight and winding up with God-knows-what stuck in your hair, your knees, your elbows, your eye(s), or just sticking out of the hole it just made. And if you wore a helmet or knee or elbow pads, you got called a fag. Hell, you'd get shit if you wore a shirt, most of the time. Shorts and shoes were basically all we wore in the summer. And sometimes shoes were optional. BEST FUCKING TIME OF MY LIFE! Taking a jump on your BMX bike, slipping off the seat and crushing your nuts on the bar. All you could do was ride it out.
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:45:51 PM EDT
[#48]
I was 8 years old in 1980. What a fucking time to be alive man.
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:48:08 PM EDT
[#49]
Scrambled soft porn on Cinemax
Is that a boob? A foot ? Who knows, lol
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Posted: 3/27/2022 7:48:10 PM EDT
[#50]
 Turn It Up, Bitch |
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