re: For those of us who remember the year 1984…

My 4th child was born!

I was 13 in 1984, what an incredible time to be that age.

Notable movies released in 1984

Terminator
Indiana Jones Temple of Doom
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Gremlins
This is Spinal Tap
Beverly Hills Cop
The Karate Kid
Sixteen Candles
Police Academy
Romancing the Stone
Dune
The Narural
Footloose
Revenge of the Nerds
Red Dawn

Literally in the blink of an eye.

I'm laying here in intensive care up in Michigan (have been since the 6th when I tried doing a younger man's stupid stunt) thinking about how fast it's all gone by.

A month ago it was the 80th annivesary of the D Day invasion .... forty years earlier I was on the Honor Guard for the 40th Anniversary in Normandy with Ronnie and Maggie, et al. Some of us partied that night with some of the WWII Vets who had made the jump in '44. They seemed so old at the time. It had been forty years since, for them. It's been forty years since for me now.

Yeah .... I remember 1984 like it was yesterday. The music, women, cars, being bullet proof. Dad would send VHS tapes recorded with non stop MTV and Saturday ballgames to me. I'd leave them in the Company Day Room there on post in Vicenza for all the guys to see.

So yeah, I get it ... forty years ago then was as forty years ago now was to us.

It went by really fast.

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The weed was much less expensive. At least one of those years was lost.

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A dime bag was actually 10.00.

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it is time to schedule that colonoscopy .


My first is next month

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Just did my second, trust everyone when they tell you. The prep is the worst part.

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Look up the billboard top 100 songs of 1984. Incredible music
Even the movies were great.
Gremlins
Footloose
Karate kid
Indiana jones
Police academy
Beverly Hills cop

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I think the 80's were the peak time for movie sountracks. Do they evn release that anymore? Back then the soundtrack was often just as big as the movie itself.

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I think the 80's were the peak time for

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American Exceptionalism. The only shred of guilt I possess is the fact I got to be a teenager in the 80’s and my kids have had to experience this dumpster fire timeline for teens.

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We were supposed to be the Jetson's by 2025 and that hasnt happened. We are a long way from many things we had then and definitely far away from what our parents had. However, internet and smartphones draw a distinct line of differentiation from anything humans were experiencing before they existed and we got to experience a crucial transition in the human experience.

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I think we are closer to a return to the 1850's lifestyle than we are to a extreme advancement beyond what we have now. I don't know if we can advance to a extreme higher level without destroying ourselves. Just think back to the 80's people were so concerned about the cold war and nukes flying between the USA and the Soviet Union when in reality we know now that was never a threat. Look at the world now, it is far more dangerous.