You know you grew up in the 80's if...

Caoimhín · 03-04-2008 01:32PM

We were so poor we made kites out of a plastic bag and thread! haha ah the memories!

Plastic bags!!
We were so poor we had to make do with one cardboard box and some old rope...

lorweld · 03-04-2008 01:39PM

caoibhin wrote: »

Plastic bags!!
We were so poor we had to make do with one cardboard box and some old rope...

Lmao:D:D

IanCurtis · 03-04-2008 02:14PM

almanu wrote: »

dude i grew up in the 80,s unless u had money it did suck balls,sleepin with your clothes on to keep warm,101 things you can make with mince,it blew ass man:)

No Irish person that grew up in the 1980s would use words like "dude" and "suck".

They are American words, and sh1t ones at that.

You are in Ireland, get it? I-R-E-L-A-N-D

Ascii · 03-04-2008 02:45PM

The 80's were a real fab time to grow up in.....

Used to love MT USA on a Sunday evening.... The original music show. Vince Hanly (RIP) was a legend when it came to music.

Compare the artists/bands/tunes that were out back then to the horse s**t that they call music today. The 80's were a league of their own.

Voodu Child · 03-04-2008 02:58PM

I remember when the Atari 2600 was under 50 bucks (50 bucks!). Now isn't that nice :pac:

Silent Partner · 03-04-2008 02:58PM

A random list springs to mind:
Quinnsworth & Crazy Prices.
Quinnsworth Yellow Pack & Superquinn Thrift Pack.
The Childrens Channel.
Count Duckula.
Fun House with Pat Sharpe.
King Rollo.
Paddington Bear (who is the new pretender by the way? :mad:)
Mr. Benn.
Thomas the Tank Engine with Ringo Starr.
James Bond Junior (may be 90's).
Ford Cortinas.
The old green Pound note.
Santa in Switzers in Dublin.

I'll figure out more later.

Dudess · 03-04-2008 03:07PM

IanCurtis wrote: »

No Irish person that grew up in the 1980s would use words like "dude" and "suck".

Plenty do. If you were 16 in 1991/92 (the time of Bill & Ted, Wayne's World, Beavis & Butthead, "grunge" - some of the main reasons why we picked up such slang) then you'd also remember the 80s.

You are in Ireland, get it? I-R-E-L-A-N-D

Don't get hostile with another poster for no reason.

Xavi6 · 03-04-2008 03:22PM

Growing up in the 90s FTW

Clink · 03-04-2008 03:25PM

I remember our Amstrad CPC 464, games took at least 20 minutes to load, our neighbours thought we were at the height of technological advancement :rolleyes:

5starpool · 03-04-2008 03:36PM

kaimera wrote: »

Ehh...the latest I'd go is USA 94 tbh. After that is just wrong :pac:

I hope you are only 16, otherwise this is wrong!!!! :eek::eek:

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Only if they were born on or before 3/4/90

Technically 3/4/91 would now be legal as well, but that is still all wrong.

Ascii wrote: »

Used to love MT USA on a Sunday evening.... The original music show. Vince Hanly (RIP) was a legend when it came to music.

I hated MTUSA as it prevented me watching The Match on Sunday afternoons. My older sister was a bit of a bully, and I put my non interest in music (except as a distraction) down to this time period.

HammerHeadGym · 03-04-2008 03:46PM

IanCurtis wrote: »

No Irish person that grew up in the 1980s would use words like "dude" and "suck".

They are American words, and sh1t ones at that.

You are in Ireland, get it? I-R-E-L-A-N-D

I notice you are using the english language to disparage somone's use of a foreign language. Does the word irony mean anything to you?

tonc76 · 03-04-2008 03:50PM

Farmer Brown crisps
Tayto for 6p
Desperate Dan bars
Luton Town's plastic pitch and Steve Foster's headband
Wavin plastic hurleys - vibrate you to death :eek:

Ah the 80's........

St Bill · 03-04-2008 04:11PM

voodoo_child wrote: »

I remember when the Atari 2600 was under 50 bucks (50 bucks!). Now isn't that nice :pac:

Ah Jesus, I'd just gotten that jingle out of my head :mad:

kaimera · 03-04-2008 04:13PM

5starpool wrote: »

I hope you are only 16, otherwise this is wrong!!!! :eek::eek:

Technically 3/4/91 would now be legal as well, but that is still all wrong.

I hated MTUSA as it prevented me watching The Match on Sunday afternoons. My older sister was a bit of a bully, and I put my non interest in music (except as a distraction) down to this time period.

Heh, what was it, 17 posts before someone copped it :pac:

seahorse · 03-04-2008 04:15PM

The 80's, dear God! A sh!t time indeed, made bearable only by the macaroon bars!

As to American slang, I think that's more a class thing than a generational divide; I've yet to hear a working class Dub of any age use terms like 'dude' and 'suck'.

humberklog · 03-04-2008 04:18PM

Wearing Monkey Boots that talked (when one layer of the soul come away).
Burning said monkey boots as a ligitimate form of house heating.
Maroon and grey striped cardigans with a yale Y on the right side.
Nicking returnable pop bottles from back gardens for cashing in shops.
Being munged by supersers.
Every one and thing smelled of smog and damp from october to...october.
Raliegh burners with 5spoke mags. Beauty.
Elastic band and clothes peg guns.
Dracula ice pops.
Slack coal.
Jumping records.
Glue sniffing.

ambman · 03-04-2008 04:21PM

My best memory.

Is the auld dear going to RENT out our first colour tv:) Think it was a bush had huge buttons on it, so you were able to use a snooker cue as a remote:D

Ruu_Old · 03-04-2008 04:21PM

The 80's were flippin' (remember using flip this and flip that at school) brilliant.

Sam Spudz (they had ones called Busters I think)
Big bars (5p and they were tiny and horrible chocolate, I used to send my Dad into the shop to get me some "nice sweets" and he came out with two Big bars.:mad:)
Shell suits
Duffle coats
MOTD and Know Your Sport on RTE.
Smiley Bolger
Sega Master system with Duck Hunt and Clay Shooting.
Spiked hair (I had it in the short time it was around)
Yellow CIE school buses.
Beano and Dandy every week.
Maurice Pratt on telly with those odd adverts
TK Lemonade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhTbmMTsZNg

humberklog · 03-04-2008 04:29PM

Lord Anthony snorkle jackets that zipped all the way up leaving the wearer with a view of the world that was like looking through ba toilet roll and leaving them open to attacks and cars.

Gay bashing.
Heroin epidemic.
Super cans of coke.

Dudess · 03-04-2008 04:34PM

Ah Lord Anthony. My dad lived in those jackets - they were available in Penneys but the fact that there was the word "Lord" in the name made them sound seriously posh...

Silent Partner · 03-04-2008 04:40PM

ambman wrote: »

My best memory.

Is the auld dear going to RENT out our first colour tv:) Think it was a bush had huge buttons on it, so you were able to use a snooker cue as a remote:D

I remember being very very young and borrowing a VCR set up from a neighbour. We then went to a video library in Kilbarrack to rent The Smurfs. There were wires all over the sitting room :cool:

I remember when RTE 2 was really RTE 2, not "Network 2 turned back into RTE 2".

Does anyone else remember the chap that used to stand at the door of Dublin Airport and run a hand held metal detector over womens handbags?

Anomaly · 03-04-2008 04:52PM

Silent Partner wrote: »

I remember being very very young and borrowing a VCR set up from a neighbour. We then went to a video library in Kilbarrack to rent The Smurfs. There were wires all over the sitting room :cool:

Our VCR Remote control was wired into the VCR :pac:

Slow motion was such a simple fun back then.

Sanjuro · 03-04-2008 04:56PM

Kid's TV in the 80's was so much better. Yet remarkably, you spent less time watching it. I remember watching TV in the mornings and going out to play for most of the day. Running around playing kick the can... and later... manhunt... cycling your BMX and playing with Action Force and GI Joes. Man, them were the days.

Voodu Child · 03-04-2008 05:03PM

St Bill wrote: »

Ah Jesus, I'd just gotten that jingle out of my head :mad:

That wasn't a jingle, that was serious proper rap music, yo. Not like the rubbish they have these days...:pac:

Caoimhín · 03-04-2008 05:04PM

On the nastier side,
Growing up in the north it was grim with,
Siolders.
Check points,
No empty cars allowed in the town center, (would result in a controled explosion)
Nasty news bullitins from BBC Ulster.

humberklog · 03-04-2008 05:08PM

Also on the nastier side
CJ Haughey,Furstenberg and for mash get Smash.

And on the better side...
Fingering your girlfriend.

Quality · 03-04-2008 05:17PM

Margaret Tatcher... Could you get any more 80's....

And punk rockers....

Degsy · 03-04-2008 05:24PM

Glue sniffers'll get ya!
George Webb shoes
Checkered black and white shirts
Baltimora
Breakdancing
Madonna
White runner boots
Swap shop
Grange Hill

Quality · 03-04-2008 05:28PM

were scholt jackets in the 80's??

Caoimhín · 03-04-2008 05:30PM

Breakdancing
Madonna
White runner boots
Swap shop
Grange Hill

Ha.. Just say NO..

You know you grew up in the 80's if...

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