re: The 1980s were a decade of neglect

Not a lot different between 60s and 70s kids. Everyone forgets they could send your arse to die in Vietnam anytime back then. The mid 70s kids like me, didn’t have to really worry about the draft, we had to register but it was never activated.

60-70s were age of weed mostly

80s were age of cocaine

Nothing wrong with that.

Being a teen in the 80’s is surreal now. I totally took it all for granted

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Staying outside all day meant we had to find ways to be resourceful about the lack of a toilet almost immediately

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yep. it still is this way in a lot of hoods around this country. those kids are way more resourceful than the ones inside playing video games while being helicopter parented

I remember as a kid we used to ride our bikes everywhere. We'd ride to the Pittsburgh Airport to play in the arcade there. We'd hustle those little luggage carts that would give you quarter when you returned them. No cell phones, no checking in. As long as I was home by nightfall all was well.

My kids we born in 86 and 88, the grand kids don’t have a clue about life before internets.

They will though soon as their mom gets them off the teet.

The 60-70’s were awesome, makes me wonder about Pop and mom back in the 40’s and fifties?
They didn’t spill the beans like we did.

There was a lot of puritanical censorship in the media back then. Not as bad as it is today, but the 90's was where the magic happened for older kids. The 80's were great for younger kids, imo.

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Buick Regal but I wasn’t smart enough to get one ordered with a v-8

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My dad had the V6, what an underpowered piece of shite.

I had a 77 Buick Regal 2 door. It was my first car. It was brick red. Had the V-8. Had a white half roof. Might have had a sunroof, don’t remember but had a kick arse stereo. I had it for a few weeks as I was getting my permit in 80. Was 14 then. my Dad let his buddy drive it home from party and the mfer totaled it, no insurance. I had a license and no freaking car. He gave my dad 10k in stereo equipment as collateral until he could pay for it. So I had a 10k stereo (0hm 1 speakers, Kentwood professional turntable, Sansui pre amp, 1000 watt professional Sony amp, equalizer etc) (he was a high end stereo rep and actually a good guy, ending up giving about half of it to me and apologized 1000 times) We had a condo so I couldn’t turn it up much, but it was awesome with headphones.

So I had to pay Ricky 5 bucks a week for gas to get ride to school and football practice entire fall. (Still pisses me off, that shitty Toyota wouldn’t burn 5 bucks a gas in a month) it ducked 4 everyone as my regal was a free ride for about 6 of us to school and practice. To be free from Ricky’s gas tax. Everyone was so pissed, where is your car man? What happened? We all had a pact to never charge anyone for gas which I still go by today.

It super screwed me around Christmas when my gf showed up at movie wasted and was grabbing my Dick the whole time, and left about 20 hickies on me (that was fun the next few weeks at school), wanting to go to my place for sex. (We were both virgins.) of course, it was one night in last 6 months my dad was staying home as hr was sick. We had no car and no where to go.

We broke up after Christmas (probably because we weren’t having sex) and no sex for me in 1980. Lol. I wouldn’t have a car until Summer of 81. A white Buick Skyhawk. It was not freaking Regal. Nobody wanted to have sex in a skyhawk but open the hatch, a few blankets and it was fine if bugs weren’t bad. When they were bad, would getting eaten alive but it was worth it back then, until I got the war wagon, a monster Mercury Marquis station wagon with a 460. I actually raced that beast.

It always smelled of beer, smoke, sweat and that damn cheap wine shite the girls always drank. It came in apple, strawberry, shite like that, which they spilled or threw up everywhere. Boones Farm that’s it. Man that shite was rancid.

Thank God for leather seats. The “War Wagon” was legendary. Could hold 6 kegs. Like 8 people or more. Had those stupid jump seats in far back. Could run over all kinds of shite or push start any car or truck. Pull any boat back then.

Those were great times.

Buick Regal:



Shitty Skyhawk: mine was exactly like this but with total glass moonroof.



The legendary war wagon. (It was white just like this)