The 80s

eVeNtInE · 22-10-2008 12:52AM

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Greendaze · 22-10-2008 12:59AM

There was better tv shows for blokes in the 80s i reckon
A-Team
Blue thunder
Fall guy
MacGyver
Magnum P.I
Simon and Simon
Knight Rider
Hill St Blues etc...Tv shows had much better theme tunes back then aswell!

abouttobebanned · 22-10-2008 01:19AM

Look in magazine.
Big Comic Fortnightly magazine
Why Don't you
Panninni stickers
packed lunch in school of a 5-4-3-2-1 bar, sandwich and a capri sun.

FlutterinBantam · 22-10-2008 08:21AM

I remember those big bulky lavatory pans with the white ceramic cisterns,which used to be in nightclubs.If the bouncer or bar staff gave you gyp you could top deck at least three in a night, that would "larn 'em"

No frikken goon selling fragrances, and boxed in cisterns in those days.

You could exact some retribution for bad customer service.

Dudess · 22-10-2008 09:27AM

Captain Darling wrote: »

My parents also had this rust bucket Datsun that they bought for £60. My father still swears to this day it was the best car he ever bought.

Both my parents had Datsuns in the early 80s - the Bluebird and the Cherry. Utter junk-heaps. My mum's friend had the older model Datsun Cherry which had holes on the floor. It was pretty cool to be able to see the road underneath as you were being driven though...
We were both from families that were actually doing pretty well financially - god how poor were the 80s...

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Panninni stickers

Oh wow yeah! The football ones, Smash Hits ones and Barbie ones. They were fantastic!

"Squaaaaaaaash... Capri Sun. Squaaaaaaaaash... Capri Sun."

Ebonyellie · 22-10-2008 09:33AM

1)when the young ones sang livin' doll with cliff richard.
2)The mini pops (you wouldnt get away with that now)
3) The frog chorus
4) tomorrows world
5) Pajos junk box with grabit and fetchit
6) Dramarama
7) The serious cartoon add on rte about keeping your dog inside to prevent it from killing sheep
8) that music show on rte on sundays with Vincent hanley MT USA
9) soda streams
10) dempseys den

I liked being a child of the 80's

Zangetsu · 22-10-2008 09:37AM

I forgot about apple jacks, those were the days!

Dudess · 22-10-2008 09:37AM

Mairt wrote: »

Wow, you were only 10 going on 11 when I was in Lebanon for the first time!

Not that young, Mairty boy. There are people using this website who were born in the 90s...

Ruu wrote: »

Sonas was another one from what I remember.

Oh yeah, you're right.

Greendaze wrote: »

There was better tv shows for blokes in the 80s i reckon
A-Team
Blue thunder
Fall guy
MacGyver
Magnum P.I
Simon and Simon
Knight Rider
Hill St Blues etc...Tv shows had much better theme tunes back then aswell!

Big time. Someone started a thread on The Fall Guy a while back - basically comparing the men of that time with the pussywhipped metrosexuals of today. Manly men ftw...

marti101 · 22-10-2008 09:49AM

I remember Dr Snuggles ,live and kicking,Top of the Pops.And what i mostly remember was Chris De Burgh singing Lady in Red god i still hate that sont,it seemed to be everywhere.:D

Baby4 · 22-10-2008 09:58AM

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milod · 22-10-2008 10:12AM

Ahhh the 80s...

"what were it like Grandad?"

I bought my first car, a mini, in 86. There were probably less than one third the number of the cars now on the road. Anywhere in Dublin was only 20 minutes from Raheny. You could park anywhere - no bloody clampers, pay parking, or one way systems. Half of Dublin comprised leveled graveled building sites opened as temporary car parks.

We could end up back there folks...

4zn76tysfajdxp · 22-10-2008 10:26AM

I think the best part of the 1980s was the day I was born. Beat that Demspey's Den!

citytillidie · 22-10-2008 10:26AM

80s were great spending each day of the summer away from the house going out 1st thing coming home for dinner then out again and not been seen until its to dark anymore to play football.

Some great cartoon like Thundercats and He-Man with its moral stories at the end of each episode

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Knowing your neighbours now it just seems people go to go and go home and dont know who is living next door.

Ebonyellie · 22-10-2008 10:47AM

Inspector gadget had a moral story at every ending too. Oh and there used to be adverts on the tele about AIDS and also about watching out for kidnappers, im wondering why we dont have them any more

The_Conductor · 22-10-2008 12:59PM

Parcels from America at Christmas from uncles and aunts we'd never met, with all sorts of clothes and other goodies. Milk teeth that actually tasted milky. Staying up at on a Saturday evening to watch Dallas. Admiring the cars in Hardcastle and McCormick. CB radios. Every little village having its own second hand bookshop. Saving up tokens on Kellogs Cornflakes for free cactus plants. Driving from Lucan to O'Connell bridge in 10 minutes at 9AM on a weekday morning. Not caring what registration no. was on our car- as long it didn't break down and didn't belch too much black smoke........

IronMan · 22-10-2008 01:08PM

I remember Sunday afternoon TV being absolutely rubbish, with Opera's and farming programmes on. And it would be raining, so you could not go outside and play. And then Bullseye would come on, and everything would be great for half an hour.

I remember always buying a bottle of Old Spice for my old man, when Christmas would come around.

I remember the 2FM beat on the street, presented by Barry Lang and Larry Gogan, Larry with a very cool leather jacket.

Getting free reflectors for your bike inside packets of Rice Crispies.

Chocolate cigarettes.

Pat Ingoldsby being on kids TV, being generally mad and very funny. I feel sorry for him when I see him selling his books of poetry on the streets.

Sarah** · 22-10-2008 01:12PM

It was acceptable in the 80s!!!

Tigger · 22-10-2008 01:30PM

10penny bags
bmx
karate kid
karake
hi karate
jaki chan in chineese and being cool
cherry coke
people typing in the prices for everty thing in supermarkets and taking forever
haughey vs fitzgerald
bananarama
micheal jackson being black
cpc464 with disc drive
pac-man
sam fox
triple crowns
guns and roses
iron maiden
metallica
megadeth
anthrax
regan
chernobyl
challanger
space shuttles in general

marti101 · 22-10-2008 01:46PM

Vincent Hanley reporting all the latest music from America.I remember Philip Cairns going missing cause around that time i was the same age as him.

John Mason · 22-10-2008 01:50PM

SOAP ON A ROPE

Dudess · 22-10-2008 01:57PM

marti101 wrote: »

I remember Philip Cairns going missing cause around that time i was the same age as him.

Oh I remember that really well - I was eight (1986). Freaky, freaky sh1t... I remember the RTE news item about his schoolbag being found about a week later down a side alley near his home. That alley would have been combed thoroughly immediately after his disappearance yet the bag was only found that length of time later so it appeared the abductor may have come back and planted it there. Sinister stuff...

The_Conductor · 22-10-2008 01:59PM

Dudess wrote: »

Oh I remember that really well - I was eight (1986). Freaky, freaky sh1t... I remember the RTE news item about his schoolbag being found about a week later down a side alley near his home. That alley would have been combed thoroughly immediately after his disappearance yet the bag was only found that length of time later so it appeared the abductor may have come back and planted it there. Sinister stuff...

A girl in my class was good friends with him. Mental note, I should give Anita a call sometime......

John Mason · 22-10-2008 02:00PM

smccarrick wrote: »

A girl in my class was good friends with him. Mental note, I should give Anita a call sometime......

I am friends with his brother

Dun laoire · 22-10-2008 02:02PM

The pierro club in Dun Laoghaire. Oh Spitting image was great :pac:

FruitLover · 22-10-2008 02:05PM

monkeyfudge wrote: »

I for one applaud the OP for using "80s" as opposed the commonly used and incorrect "80's"

'80s for the win.

citytillidie · 22-10-2008 02:05PM

Dudess wrote: »

Big time. Someone started a thread on The Fall Guy a while back - basically comparing the men of that time with the pussywhipped metrosexuals of today. Manly men ftw...

Thats because you could not get away with making them shows now, they were not very PC.

mossieh · 22-10-2008 04:02PM

"it's too orangey for crows, it's just for me and my dog".

Oh, and Hiawatha icecreams.

marcsignal · 22-10-2008 04:25PM

pink fluffy bunny wrote: »

SOAP ON A ROPE

Pope on a rope ?

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l210/bagelblogger8/pope-on-a-ropegrbbg400.jpg

and music/videos like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMT41Li_mjg

IronMan · 22-10-2008 05:52PM

One of my favorite videos from the 80's.

therewillbe · 22-10-2008 06:10PM

Non stop pop. Irelands answer to top of the pops. Got tickets once. yazoo were on it . Oh ye, Simon harts shoe shops , all the latest trends straight from the uk. Either that or Heathers.

The 80s

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