NJJF: The Wonderful 1980's
David S. Rubin
You ended your sentences with "psych"
You solved the Rubik's cube.....by peeling off the stickers
You watched the pound puppies
You can sing the rap to "the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish
You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start
a club of your own.
You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls and My
Little Pony.
You know that 'Whoa' comes from Blossom
Three words: M.C. Hammer
You thought it would be great to have a friend named "boner"
You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!
Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
You watched Fraggle Rock
You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
You remember When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday
(or Sunday) to watch cartoons
You wore a pony tail to the side of your head
You remember the song "Push It" and new the dance
Christmas always seemed like an eon away
They played "A CHRISTMAS STORY" only once on christmas day
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON TELEVISION" was on your top favorite show
along with "KIDS INCORPORATED"
You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen
You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class
at school (Totally!!)
You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your
shirt in a knot on the side
You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall
You played the game "Mash" with friends at school
You had a "Slam Book."
You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it
Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids
"Thunder, thunder, Thundercats! HO!!!!!!!!"
You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten
You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the
Ramona books
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on,Wax off"
You wanted to be a Goonie
You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing
You wanted to be on StarSearch
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell
off
You took Lunch boxes to school
You have pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
You remember the craze, and then the banning of, slap bracelets
You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you
make
You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
You remember Punky Brewster
You loved Howard the duck
You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up
You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you
exchanged "friendship bracelets"
You owned a pair of Jelly Shoes
After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know
you are but what am I?"
You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
You got seriously injured on a slip and slide
You know not to mix poprocks and soda
You have played with a 'skip-it'
You remember "My Buddy" and "Kid SIster" or their friend "Teddy
Ruxpin"
"Where's the BEEF!!??"
You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks
You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoons
You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"
If you remember Heathcliff the orange cat
You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special
You've gone through this list occasionally saying "That wasn't from
the 80's"
You remember Popples
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks
You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down
MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK.....
You remember boom boxes instead of CD players
You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies
You remember the Transformers
You knew what it meant to say: "Care bear stare!!" and you had a
favorite
You remember Rainbow Bright and MY Little Pony Tales
You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Melmac
You remember the large amounts of hairspray used (Aquanet)
You remember those very stylish headbands
You remember Vicky the Robot
You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she could
stop time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together and
talking to her dad through a glowing cube in her bedroom
You remember the beginning of New Kids on the Block
You remember watching The Cosby show
You remember Mr.Belvadere
You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future
You know all the names of the gang from "Saved by the Bell"
Earrings as big as your head weren't big enough
Acid-washed jeans
No jean-jacket was complete without 20 buttons, and at least one had
to be of Joey, Jon, Jordan, Danny, or Donnie
You played box ball on the playground EVERYDAY
You owned a Cabbage Patch Kid
You always had some Nerds candy or Laffy Taffy on hand
Who Ya Gonna Call? Ghostbusters!
You had to have a pair of white Keds and cut-off shorts after Dirty
Dancing came out
You knew how to Moonwalk
You read every book in the series' Sweet Valley Twins, Sweet Valley
High, and Fear Street
Molly Ringwald was your favorite actress
Cyndi Lauper was your favorite singer
You wanted to be just like Samantha Micelli on Who's The Boss
Every member of the opposite sex had cooties
Circle, circle, dot ,dot, now you've had the cootie shot!
You knew all the words to "Down, Down, Baby..." (down, down the roller
coaster....)
Atari was the coolest invention EVER!
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"David S. Rubin" <dav...@touro.edu> wrote:
> The Wonderful 1980's
>
> You solved the Rubik's cube.....by peeling off the stickers
No, no. By disassembling it. Turn the top level 45 degrees and any
middle piece just popped right out if you use a flat-head screwdriver.
You could then slip all of the pieces out and reassemble it.
> You watched Fraggle Rock
Little amoral anarchistic bastards they were.
> You remember When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday
> (or Sunday) to watch cartoons
Ended in the early 80s, really.
> "YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON TELEVISION" was on your top favorite show
> along with "KIDS INCORPORATED"
I miss the early "we don't have original programming" Nickelodeon. The
Third Eye, What Will They Think of Next, etc.
> You know the profound meaning of "Wax on,Wax off"
Look eye! Always, look eye!
> You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell
> off
And yet, he was still vaguely creepy.
> You took Lunch boxes to school
Paper bag, always a paper bag.
> You have pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
And you wonder how often she smurfed and with how many smurfs, or did
she just smurf?
> You remember Punky Brewster
Somehow I missed the whole segment between the show and her breast
reduction surgery.
> You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
Better: "Where's the beef?"
> "Where's the BEEF!!??"
Ah, there we go.
> You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
Who remembers Farrell's?
> You remember watching The Cosby show
And more, you remember that much of the material from the first
half-dozen episodes was lifted from Cosby's standup special, "Himself."
> Acid-washed jeans
Still have a pair. Somewhere.
Karen
> Who remembers Farrell's?
I bussed tables there one summer. That taught me to *always* tip. About
2/3 of the patrons saw no need to tip. By that point the IRS had decided
to prevent waiters from underreporting tip income by assuming a certain
income based on the amount of food sold (I don't know how that was
determined, but the employers had to report something). So the wait
staff had to pay taxes on tips they never received.
Karen R.
David S. Rubin
> I bussed tables there one summer. That taught me to *always* tip.
I usually tip, and the amount is based on the service received. Only
one time in recent memory did I not tip. I was at an (overpriced)
restaurant, and was one of only three patrons there at the time. It
took me a whole three minutes to look through the menu and decide what
I wanted to order, and then I sat for another fifteen minutes while
the waiters stood with their backs to me and shmoozed with each other.
After I finished my appetizer (as could be seen by the empty plate),
it took them another ten minutes to come and ask if I was done. This
type of service continued throughout the meal. The only thing that
came quickly was the check - in the middle of desert. I can
understand that when things are busy, service suffers, but this was
off-time - the place was virtually empty. After I paid the check
(with no tip) and was walking to the car, a waiter actually came out
after me and asked if I had forgotten to leave a tip. I explained
very calmly (and very loudly) that I had left the tip that their
service had earned.
I used to work as a waiter, and I learned really quickly that if the
customers weren't happy, they wouldn't tip.
April G.
>
> I usually tip, and the amount is based on the service received. <snipped for brevity>
I recall a restaurant in NYC where our waiter sloshed a pitcher of water
on our table when we asked for water, got spaghetti sauce on a member of
our dining party, and was, in general, rude and unhelpful in all other
matters.
At the end of the meal my husband tipped 10% -- MUCH more than he
deserved. He had the gall to approach my mother and insist that she make
up the difference in the tipped amount. We regret not asking for the tip
back!
--
April G.
Charlie Bress
left two pennies or a nickel.
Charlie
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cheers,
David S. Rubin <dav...@touro.edu>
CCNA & MCSA (2000 & 2003)
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fred
>On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Charlie Bress wrote:
>> I have never omitted a tip. But I have on the occasion of abysmal
service
>> left two pennies or a nickel.
>That sounds like it might be a better method - I'll keep it in mind!
That makes it clear that it was an intentional critique of the service
and not
an oversight. I used to see that when I bussed tables - usually when
one
waiter was finishing up a table for another whose shift had ended, and
could
care less what tip the other got.
Mordechai Housman
Mordechai Housman
bill that our organization (an established charity organization with 501(c)3
and all that) received from the caterers, they demanded both 15% tips AND
15% gratuity.
We scratched our heads over that one.
And no, we didn't pay BOTH, especially considering the lousy service.
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