Who grew up in the 80's?

**zaggahamma** · 06-08-2012, 11:14 AM

farrah and olivia

BG · 06-08-2012, 11:18 AM

Great bmx bikes. I had Ross snapper, mongoose Cali and expert and a jag. Road those bikes until the fell apart. Also had a cool radar scooter with may wheels LOL.

Was anyone into RC cars and trucks then? I had the big brute, rc-10 og, the lunch box and so many others.

**< <Samson> >** · 06-08-2012, 11:27 AM

Try the 80's in the USSR. . . . .

When I came to the States it was a hell of a change.

**gixxerboy1** · 06-08-2012, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by samson_420

Try the 80's in the USSR. . . . .

When I came to the States it was a hell of a change.

where are you from?

**< <Samson> >** · 06-08-2012, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by gixxerboy1

where are you from?

The USSR

**gixxerboy1** · 06-08-2012, 11:59 AM

i got that much, what part?

**< <Samson> >** · 06-08-2012, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by gixxerboy1

i got that much, what part?

LoL, I was thinking did he miss that.

Straight up in Leningrad - Heart of Mother Russia

**gixxerboy1** · 06-08-2012, 12:12 PM

my wife was born in moscow but moved to minsk.

**< <Samson> >** · 06-08-2012, 12:17 PM

Russia is a much different place than what I am used to now, specially back then.

**Honkey_Kong** · 06-08-2012, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by samson_420

Russia is a much different place than what I am used to now, specially back then.

When Rocky IV came out, which side did you guys take?

**gixxerboy1** · 06-08-2012, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by samson_420

Russia is a much different place than what I am used to now, specially back then.

My girl had it good. Her dad was someone important so she always got the stuff people couldnt get like barbie's and other clothes brands

**< <Samson> >** · 06-08-2012, 02:13 PM

We didn't have shit. My dad came through with 3 passports and 2 days later we fleed the country in the middle of the night. Jumped on a PanAm flight to the only place they had available on such a short notice, Austria. Then we bounced through airports for a few months before we got to Italy. We stayed there for almost a year before we got the go on US.

Russia was a bad mothterfvcker but if you were at the bottom you aren't climbing to the top.

**Razor** · 06-08-2012, 02:20 PM

Who remembers big chew gum?

**Razor** · 06-08-2012, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by samson_420

We didn't have shit. My dad came through with 3 passports and 2 days later we fleed the country in the middle of the night. Jumped on a PanAm flight to the only place they had available on such a short notice, Austria. Then we bounced through airports for a few months before we got to Italy. We stayed there for almost a year before we got the go on US.

Russia was a bad mothterfvcker but if you were at the bottom you aren't climbing to the top.

wow that's nuts

**jasc** · 06-08-2012, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by Razr.

Who remembers big chew gum?

Loved that Big League Chew
.. Grape was hands down the best..

What about Bubble Tape? that stuff was on point too

Hah remember those bubble gum cigarettes where you could blow n a puff of powdered sugar "smoke" shot out! lol

**Razor** · 06-08-2012, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by jasc

Loved that Big League Chew
.. Grape was hands down the best..

What about Bubble Tape? that stuff was on point too

Hah remember those bubble gum cigarettes where you could blow n a puff of powdered sugar "smoke" shot out! lol

Dude bubble tape was the bomb! Do they still make it, I wanna get,some

**Honkey_Kong** · 06-08-2012, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by jasc

Loved that Big League Chew
.. Grape was hands down the best..

What about Bubble Tape? that stuff was on point too

Hah remember those bubble gum cigarettes where you could blow n a puff of powdered sugar "smoke" shot out! lol

I used to have to debate with myself whether to get another pack of baseball cards or big league chew.

I remember those cigarette gum packs. Man, we had all the good shit when we were kids. Kids today are really getting screwed.

You guys remember Garbage Pail Kids?

**gixxerboy1** · 06-08-2012, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by samson_420

We didn't have shit. My dad came through with 3 passports and 2 days later we fleed the country in the middle of the night. Jumped on a PanAm flight to the only place they had available on such a short notice, Austria. Then we bounced through airports for a few months before we got to Italy. We stayed there for almost a year before we got the go on US.

Russia was a bad mothterfvcker but if you were at the bottom you aren't climbing to the top.

my ex is my age and grew up in Poland. She said how ruff it was were she was from

**Razor** · 06-08-2012, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong

I used to have to debate with myself whether to get another pack of baseball cards or big league chew.

I remember those cigarette gum packs. Man, we had all the good shit when we were kids. Kids today are really getting screwed.

You guys remember Garbage Pail Kids?

I bought both then I put the cards in my spokes on my bike and chewed the gum on the way to my tree house! good times man, I wish I was back there again

**< <Samson> >** · 06-08-2012, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by gixxerboy1

my ex is my age and grew up in Poland. She said how ruff it was were she was from

I have tried my best not to remember 90% of my first 12 years of life.

It wasn't so swell, had some very interesting parts. But, when I say interesting I don't mean good interesting.

But, I have learned a lot from all of that shit I suppose.

But, it does seem like it would have been nicer to have a solid well rounded childhood. . . . . - Yup them are the 80's for me.

**Honkey_Kong** · 06-08-2012, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Razr.

I bought both then I put the cards in my spokes on my bike and chewed the gum on the way to my tree house! good times man, I wish I was back there again

I used to peel the stickers off the cards and stick them on my bike. I had all the series of those Garbage Pail Kids. And them my fvcking mom threw them all out when I went to college. Along with my hockey and baseball cards. Women just don't understand.

**Razor** · 06-08-2012, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong

I used to peel the stickers off the cards and stick them on my bike. I had all the series of those Garbage Pail Kids. And them my fvcking mom threw them all out when I went to college. Along with my hockey and baseball cards. Women just don't understand.

Dude same here, my parents threw out a bunch of my cards from hs

**evander87** · 06-08-2012, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong

Man, we had all the good shit when we were kids. Kids today are really getting screwed.

You guys remember Garbage Pail Kids?

Hell yeah.

3-Wheelers were umm "fun" too. Bout killed myself on one of those damn things.

**numero_uno** · 06-08-2012, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by gixxerboy1

i had a gt pro series and a haro for freestyle

I couldn't do any freestyle but I remember that bike. I think one of my brothers had a diamondback and another one had a skyway.

**numero_uno** · 06-08-2012, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by HitIt

born in 71 and the 80's were totally ****in awesome <--80's lingo

i still have my mongoose and my C=64 is setup and still works.

who remembers the soviets? who had nightmares of getting nuked? me.

Awesome... me too. My old CW Z frame is in my parents' basement along with our C64. One day I am going to drag my bike out and restore it just for kicks.

And all those awesome anti-russia movies in the 80s were great. That's when Dolf Lundgren was at his peak!

**numero_uno** · 06-08-2012, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by evander87

Hell yeah.

3-Wheelers were umm "fun" too. Bout killed myself on one of those damn things.

My dad bought us a 70cc honda when we were kids. No suspension but it had these big bloated tires so it was kind of bouncy. I fell over the front of the handlebars and it rolled over my leg. Also crashed it into a tree. I wasn't hurt but it sucked because my dad made me go into work with him on a Saturday and bend the foot rest back into shape, that is what took the brunt of the hit. The trike was never the same.

My dad didn't know it at the time but when I would get kind of far away I would floor it and simultaneously back out the limiter screw. Did it that way so you couldn't really hear a change in the sound of the engine because it was gradual. He never picked up on it. He just kept adding more and more teflon tape to the screw thinking it was just vibrating loose... lol

I finally told him about that just recently and he got a pretty good kick out of it. At the time he probably would have beat me and took the trike away.

**numero_uno** · 06-08-2012, 07:16 PM

Which brings up another memory... in the 80s you could still beat your kids without fear of them video taping it and posting it on the web to ruin your life!

**DeadlyD** · 06-08-2012, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by Razr.

Who remembers big chew gum?

big league chew, that came in the pouch? haha ya and popeye cigarettes!

**DeadlyD** · 06-08-2012, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong

I used to have to debate with myself whether to get another pack of baseball cards or big league chew.

I remember those cigarette gum packs. Man, we had all the good shit when we were kids. Kids today are really getting screwed.

You guys remember Garbage Pail Kids?

I still have a bunch of garbage pail cards !!

**oscarjones** · 06-08-2012, 07:58 PM

Mr. Rogers was the shit.

**Scabtree** · 06-08-2012, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by oscarjones

Mr. Rogers was the shit.

Yea, I can believe he's dead. Along with Mr. Dessup, Mr. Wizard and the friendly giant - all gone.

No wonder kids are so facked up these days without these pillars of childhood.

**DeadlyD** · 06-09-2012, 12:22 PM

remember David Ross, the happy painter!!! he's dead too, amazing artist, and funny as hell to listen to him.

**DeadlyD** · 06-09-2012, 12:22 PM

Or Pee-Wee's play house!!

**Honkey_Kong** · 06-09-2012, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by evander87

Hell yeah.

3-Wheelers were umm "fun" too. Bout killed myself on one of those damn things.

I had a Honda moped that was about the size of a BMX bike. I broke my wrist using it on a skateboard ramp

**Honkey_Kong** · 06-09-2012, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by DeadlyD

Or Pee-Wee's play house!!

That show was so ****ing dirty. And I had no idea how fvcked up it was until I was watching reruns as an adult.

**numero_uno** · 06-09-2012, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by DeadlyD

remember David Ross, the happy painter!!! he's dead too, amazing artist, and funny as hell to listen to him.

That was the most relaxing show to watch, ever.

**Honkey_Kong** · 06-09-2012, 05:37 PM

Did anybody else have a Speak 'n Spell?

**evander87** · 06-09-2012, 06:27 PM

I had a speak and Math what a POS to this day I can't add for sh!t. lol

Yan Can Cook. Started my love with cooking shows.

**numero_uno** · 06-09-2012, 06:30 PM

I don't know what a Speak n' Spell is but I had a game called Cave of the Word Wizard on my Commodore 64.

"IT'S GETTING DARKER!"

**Honkey_Kong** · 06-09-2012, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by evander87

I had a speak and Math what a POS to this day I can't add for sh!t. lol

Yan Can Cook. Started my love with cooking shows.

If Yan can cook, so can you!!

Originally Posted by numero_uno

I don't know what a Speak n' Spell is but I had a game called Cave of the Word Wizard on my Commodore 64.

"IT'S GETTING DARKER!"

It was that toy that you could spell a word in to and the fvcking thing would say it out loud. I mean today it sounds like nothing but that was high-tech in the early 80's.