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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 08:46 PM
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Does anybody wish it was 1989 again?
Star Trek TNG was starting to hit its stride
We had a better president, surprisingly
In Living Color was about to debut a year later
Doctor Who was still airing in England
James Earl Jones was doing movies other than Star Wars!
The B-52s released what most believe is their best album ever.

And others?
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 08:56 PM
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1. I got married to a fantastic woman...
...whom I knew for about ten months.

Still together, still happy.

Yeah, 1989 was pretty good.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:38 PM
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2. I think I'll pass on 1989
My daughter was two and very, very good at it. Can we skip forward another year or two?
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:43 PM
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4. My daughter was two that year too.
And one of only a few bright spots that year.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:43 PM
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3. No.
I turned 23 that summer, and I had a nice summer romance, and my best friend got married.

Otherwise, 1989 was damned difficult.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:45 PM
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5. Ah yes, to be 19 again.
But only knowing what I know now.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:48 PM
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6. Nope, I'll pass. I'm happy living in the Here and Now.
:hi:
~Shine
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:50 PM
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7. 1989 was a very happy year. The 1980's recession finally ended
and things looked a little brighter.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:52 PM
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8. After a while, all the years blur together.......
1989.... I was working at a radio station in fort Wayne, In....
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:52 PM
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9. That was the year I graduated High School.
I wish it was 1999 again.

:)
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bamacrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:55 PM
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10. Not realy I was 6, so I like this better.
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 10:07 PM
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11. No.. Look at the shoes I had:


And my skateboard:



yikes!
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 10:20 PM
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12. lol...i remember those
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 10:22 PM
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14. i have GREAT
memories of the year, (Public Enemy's 'Fight the Power' and the Oakland A's pounding the collective ass of major league baseball) but i have no wish for it to be '89 again
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 10:21 PM
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13. I was 4, so I don't remember much of the year.
Edited on Mon Oct-03-05 10:22 PM by primate1
But I do remember New Kids On The Block around that time, so I'll pass.
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:34 AM
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15. Might be interesting
I was six and having a pretty fun time. I hadn't done much to screw up my life yet; I wouldn't mind going back and "fixing" the years that came next! Alright, I'm not *totally* serious, but it would be interesting.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:36 AM
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16. Try 1979.
Ah to do it all over and then some......
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:37 AM
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17. I wouldn't be bad. ButI'm thinking more around 85 - 87.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:37 AM
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18. I was a sophmore in highschool in 1989. I'll pass. n/t
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:39 AM
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19. Ahhh...I was finishing up first grade, started second.
Edited on Tue Oct-04-05 12:41 AM by Fox Mulder
Yeah, I'd love to live those days over again. :) :(
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:40 AM
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20. My parents put a pool in!
I didn't want it...I loved our big lawn
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:43 AM
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21. I just watched a new James Earl Jones movie tonight, and not Star Wars.
Robots. He plays a telephone.

And isn't Dr. Who being made again?

I don't miss it. From 92 to 2000 was good.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:44 AM
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22. I'd be 17 again.
With the knowledge I have now? You betcha! :D
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Tallison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 03:54 AM
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32. Otherwise?
No way I'd relive that here!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 01:20 AM
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23. 1989? Ah, no thanks..........
Edited on Tue Oct-04-05 01:21 AM by CaliforniaPeggy
My life was fine and all that.......

But I wouldn't go back to any year for any reason........

Not even if I could take what I currently know back with me......

I look FORWARD always...........That's just me.......


:shrug:
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the_spectator Donating Member (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 01:43 AM
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24. Of course - I'd be 16 years younger,
and 16 years further away from death!

Anyone who says otherwise is just not being practical. Who wouldn't wish for a temporary victory over hair loss, cellulite, and the Grim Reaper himself? Huh?
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 01:59 AM
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25. Sure....I'd be 21 again
I definitely could handle that!
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 03:02 AM
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26. Can I know then what I know now?
In '89 I was starting my freshman year at Cal - I'd do that over in a heartbeat...
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 03:04 AM
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27. The wall came down in Germany
otherwise I wouldn't be where I am today.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 03:06 AM
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28. I think you da winner with that memory!
'course, I remember it too, but I did not live in Germany.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 03:10 AM
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29. I lived in Leipzig
where there were the Monday demonstrations. I was only 14 back then but one time I went with my parents (when it wasn't that dangerous anymore like the first ones). It was breathtaking all those people on the streets, peacefully chanting "We are the people"
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 03:16 AM
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30. You just gave me goosebumps!
That is too cool! What a great memory!
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 03:52 AM
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31. We got hit by Hugo.
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BulletproofLandshark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 03:54 AM
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33. Nah
I was a 13-year-old punk with bad acne. I'd want to skip ahead a few years myself.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 04:09 AM
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34. I'll settle for '87
Sure, Ronnie was still prez. But by this time, the Alzheimer's had turned his brain into Swiss cheese and he was a dribbling idiot.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 05:44 AM
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35. Not really for me
Though there were some good things about it.

The next day that I wish would come is January 21, 2009. And hopefully it won't be a wasted effort at that point. Run the Bush boys out of town--FOREVER.
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Dan-W Donating Member (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 09:41 AM
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36. Make mine '69.
Two weeks from tonight I'll meet the girl of my dreams.
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HEAVYHEART Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 09:43 AM
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37. Wow
I was 24 clubbing and being a slut.
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Mr. McD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 09:45 AM
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38. Not really
I was on disability for 2 herniated disks.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 09:48 AM
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39. I was 11 years old. It couldn't have been too rough of
a year.
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indigo32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 10:02 AM
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40. I wouldn't want to relive my childhood
Edited on Tue Oct-04-05 10:03 AM by indigo32
not that it was so bad, but being 19 again (1989), yeah I could deal with that LOL, especially if I had some of the perspective I have now.

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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 10:15 AM
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41. I was 23, and footloose in San Francisco.
My apartment, which was not lavish, had a sweeping view of the city and Bay.

Good times! :thumbsup:
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 10:56 AM
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42. I was eight in 1989 and it was a good year to my recollection
All my grandparents were alive then, I was completing my first year of primary school and that was the year we went to the UK and met up with a whole lot of friends and relatives, some of whom are no longer with us. So I'd be willing to go back to 1989

But I'd like to be the age I am now and go back to 1989 as well. Politics was interesting, the party I belong to in my country was in power and it would probably have been easier to find employment as a consequence and a whole wave of change and idealism was sweeping the world. I'd have loved to be old enough to have experienced all this and appreciated it for what it was
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 10:59 AM
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43. I would be 14, and my fiancee would be 22...
...and therefore unlikely to want anything to do with me.

Thanks, I'll pass.
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Left_Winger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 11:00 AM
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44. My divorce was finalized !!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:toast: :toast: :toast:
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 11:02 AM
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45. 1989 was not a good year for me.
Edited on Tue Oct-04-05 11:02 AM by BlueIris
I was ten. And if you think a ten year old can't experience some stress, man--think back. Ten sucked. It's weird that you would bring that up, now, though--I was just thinking about one or two good things from the real of my pre-pre-adolescence.

And, dude, as long as we're feeling nostalgic about "good things about to show up on t.v." in 1989--Twin Peaks? Helllllooo? Best. TV. Ever. One of my fantasies about the future involves creating another successful drama like Twin Peaks.
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Bassic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 11:56 AM
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46. I was 10 years old.
Playing with my Transformers was fun.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:00 PM
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47. Hmmmmm, 1989?
Lets see:

Divorce pending
Jobless
Drunk
Homeless
Suicidal

No thanks, I'll pass...

RL
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