Reliving my childhood

Remember BK's?

those ugly wide shoes we used to love in high school?

Why don't I remember those?

Remember these?

BKs were british knights. they started the big wide white shoe laces...

holy COW.. i have a hypercolor t-**** now.
it doesnt work anymore. :-(

Bass Weejuns...so cool.Put a penny in the penny loafer

BRITISH KNIGHTS!!! AH yes...now I remember....

I did have some...pink and grey.

I still do that.

Shewolf, this is for you babe....cuz I know you remember this stuff...

We are the children of the Eighties. We are not the first "lost generation" nor today's lost generation; in fact, we think we know just where we stand - or are discovering it as we speak. We are the ones who played with Lego Building Blocks when they were just building blocks and gave Malibu Barbie crewcuts with safety scissors that never really cut.

We collected Garbage Pail Kids and Cabbage Patch Kids and My Little Ponies and Hot Wheels and He-Man action figures and thought She-Ra looked just a little bit like I would when I was a woman. Big Wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go, and sidewalk chalk was all you needed to build a city. Imagination was the key. It made the Ewok Treehouse big enough for you to be Luke and the kitchen table and an old sheet dark enough to be a tent in the forest. Your world was the backyard and it was all you needed. With your pink portable tape player, Debbie Gibson sang back up to you and everyone wanted a skirt like the Material Girl and a glove like Michael Jackson's.

Today, we are the ones who sing along with Bruce Stringsteen and The Bangles perfectly and have no idea why. We recite lines with the Ghostbusters and still look to The Goonies for a great adventure. We flip through T.V. stations and stop at The A Team and Knight Rider and Fame and laugh with The Cosby Show and Family Ties and Punky Brewster and what you talkin' 'bout Willis? We hold strong affections for The Muppets and The Gummy Bears and why did they take the Smurfs off the air? After school specials were only about cigarettes and step-families, the Pokka Dot Door was nothing like Barney, and aren't the Power Rangers just Voltron reincarnated?

We are the ones who still read Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, the Bobbsey Twins, Beverly Clearly and Judy Blume, Richard Scary and the Electric Company. Friendship bracelets were ties you couldn't break and friendship pins went on shoes - preferably hightop Velcro Reebox - and pegged jeans were in, as were Units belts and layered socks and jean jackets and jams and charm necklaces and side pony tails and just tails. Rave was a girl's best friend; braces with colored rubberbands made you cool.

The backdoor was always open and Mom served only red Kool-Aid to the neighborhood kids- never drank New Coke. Entertainment was cheap and lasted for hours. All you needed to be a princess was high heels and an apron; the Sit'n'Spin always made you dizzy but never made you stop; Pogoballs were dangerous weapons and Chinese Jump Ropes never failed to trip someone. In your Underoos you were Wonder Woman or Spider Man or R2D2 and in your treehouse you were king.

In the Eighties, we redefined the American Dream, and those years defined us. We are the generation in between strife and facing strife and not turning our backs. The Eighties may have made us idealistic, but it's that idealism that will push us and be passed on to our children.

Never forget: We are the children of the Eighties.

i remember ALLLLLLL that stuff..

I remember when I was very young – these white go-go type boots, they were so cool. As I got into high school – winged hair, gauchos, snorkerel jackets, and barracuda jackets. High heel shoes were also great and roller-skating.

By the way My Little Ponies are back and my daughters love them!

My heart goes out to you.

I just wanna know where shewolf got her t-****, and where she wears it.

All's I remember about the 80's was that suddenly none of my sweatshirts had original necklines or long sleeves. I could Flashdance and be Footloose in the same clothes.

Panz is gonna pretend to not remember any of this being the spring chicken of the group...

But, I bet he had a pair of bellbottoms somewhere in his past, with a two inch wide belt, too!

I SO did not get this until I went back to my post...
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I think I am going to leave it that way.
Its original..its classic....its ****!

Good guess...me in the middle with MAJOR bell-bottoms

Remember izod shirts with the collar up:

and it went so well with the Flock of Seagulls hair-do and black sunglasses!!

And here are the go-go boots..

they were the coolest