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re: What was necessary to be popular when you were in middle school?

Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:50 pm to
Posted by The Pirate King
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Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:50 pm to







or

(Yes, virtually every boy had a pocket knife back then, even at school)



These were needed so that your jeans (Wrangles of course) would have the all important "Skoal Ring"
Posted by lsu480
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 12:59 pm to
I am guessing you are about 35? I am 36 and we liked all of that stuff as well. Great thread but it would be better if you had told everyone to post their age!
Posted by JJ27
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 1:08 pm to
Girbaud/Structure and Eastlands with a Starter jacket.
Posted by spslayto
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 1:12 pm to
quote:

I am guessing you are about 35? I am 36 and we liked all of that stuff as well. Great thread but it would be better if you had told everyone to post their age!


Those things were popular when I was in middle school too. I"m 37.
Posted by GEAUXT
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 1:13 pm to
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35


28, i think we were catching the tail end of all that stuff
Posted by G Vice
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 1:39 pm to
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOME !!!

Yes, good night sweet prince.



Lee jeans were cool then, as was staying up late to watch the soft porn that came on Showtime when we first got cable TV. Classic titles like Emmanuel and The Stud were great models for developing healthy relationships with women.

Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 2:28 pm to
Sperry topsiders

Members Only jacket

Hair parted down the middle

Comb in your back pocket which eventually morphed into a brush.

Soon after, hair parted on the side with longer bangs, Guess jeans, Generra sweaters or sweat shirts and Benetton tops, Vuarnet tee shirts and Esprit became popular.
This post was edited on 8/21/14 at 2:29 pm
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 2:39 pm to
say "word" alot

penny loafers

tight rolled jeans

This post was edited on 8/21/14 at 2:40 pm
Posted by jg8623
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 2:55 pm to




Deion Sanders shoes


Iversons if you played basketball




Posted by tigerbait703
Chackbay, La
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 4:03 pm to
No Fear and Mossimo were big at my middle school. 94-97
Posted by cleeveclever
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 4:24 pm to


I swear in my 6th grade yearbook (1987) more than half the kids pictured were wearing one of these shirts.


Might have been later middle school, but definitely status symbol of mid-late 80s.



The shoe ain't nothin' without the BK button. BbbbbbbBK!

Posted by Monticello
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 5:18 pm to
Some Reebok Pumps, Starter jacket, Umbro shorts, and a Nike shirt would have you in pretty good shape.
Posted by SpicyStacy
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 5:26 pm to
putting out
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 5:33 pm to
Back in early 60s there was no middle school. But, if you could play sports, be good looking, be physically attractive, dress well, be cool, be......wait...what is different now eh?
Posted by Box Geauxrilla
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 5:47 pm to
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 5:52 pm to
Members Only jacket


This post was edited on 8/21/14 at 6:28 pm
Posted by Speck
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 6:26 pm to
<---------best groomed. Don't hate
Posted by Macintosh504
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 6:59 pm to
Huffing was big back then for me school
Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 7:01 pm to
quote:

Huffing was big back then for me school


That explains a lot.
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