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Title: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Phaser11 on September 28, 2009, 01:58:08 PM
Thought this would be fun, where were you in 1980

Pope AFB NC  (no hope Pope)

if you were no where yet, to bad!
Cold war, happy hour 10cent beer at the club..... :cry
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: gyrene81 on September 28, 2009, 02:05:08 PM
In New Orleans...workin and partying...:D

Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: RipChord929 on September 28, 2009, 02:14:17 PM
Subic Bay PI...
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Strip on September 28, 2009, 02:25:31 PM
A scratch in my Dad's......aww nevermind.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Unit791 on September 28, 2009, 02:26:34 PM
Lol, a smaller organism than I am now.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: 68ZooM on September 28, 2009, 02:31:49 PM
Watching Led Zeppelin in seattle..... come to think of it we used to go see about 60 concerts a year in the seattle area during the early 80's
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: OOZ662 on September 28, 2009, 02:32:49 PM
Probably a part of a bunch of plants that were eaten by animals which were eaten by other things for the decade until I became a sperm and an egg. :D
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: USRanger on September 28, 2009, 02:35:56 PM
Kindergarten
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Reschke on September 28, 2009, 02:38:03 PM
Playing Pop Warner football and having a blast reliving those Star Wars movie moments as a kid that was 9 at the time. I had just switched schools due to a Federal mandate that said my parents had to live in the city limits in order for me to go to public school...no county school system at that time...unless my parents wanted me to ride a bus for 4 hours a day. Any my little sister had just been born. Also it was the year when I killed my first deer.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Kuhn on September 28, 2009, 02:43:31 PM
Minneapolis, MN
Anoka Senior High
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: John Curnutte on September 28, 2009, 02:44:26 PM
 I was in Wentworth Military Academy located at Lexington , Mo. studying and marching around and getting demerits up the kazoo ( I was not a model cadet ) .
Rodeoing and ranch work in summer , and more mischief , what great times I had and I got my drivers permit that summer also . And Pink Floyd was in style with Another Brick in the Wall being our song of the era for us imprisoned cadets LOL .
                                                                                    Nutte :salute
                    
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Dragon on September 28, 2009, 02:46:59 PM
5th grade getting my arse paddled once a month by principal Mrs. Bader even though I never did anything wrong.  :angel:


Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Treize69 on September 28, 2009, 02:52:44 PM
First half of the year, enjoying the peace and quiet. Second half of the year, Doing my best to make sure that if I was awake and miserable, so were the parents and downstairs neighbors. :)
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Closer on September 28, 2009, 03:18:45 PM
Newport News Shipbuilding, Building The Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: branch37 on September 28, 2009, 03:29:57 PM
my parents werent even married yet  :uhoh
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: caldera on September 28, 2009, 03:35:24 PM
Newport News Shipbuilding, Building The Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier

That's a cool job.  :aok


I was in 7th grade.  At this time of the day, probably playing electric football.  :)
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Stalwart on September 28, 2009, 03:45:23 PM
Chasing Joy Woodruff around the school playground.   Kiss Kiss  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Hap on September 28, 2009, 03:50:13 PM
Southern California commencing a great decline.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: oakranger on September 28, 2009, 03:52:45 PM
Sick and in the hospital for 4 months and lockup at home.  I was 4 years old
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Nwbie on September 28, 2009, 04:38:25 PM
Bartending at Rollies Tap in Forest Park IL during the week, bouncing at The Jungle Club in Chicago on weekends, and playing in 3 competitive 16" softball leagues ...  wow did I have a ball wasting my first year out of college  :D
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Flipperk on September 28, 2009, 04:56:11 PM
Wasnt even thought of at the time  :aok
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: SoonerMP on September 28, 2009, 05:01:32 PM
Year I was born.   :rock
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: druski85 on September 28, 2009, 05:04:24 PM
Not yet among the living.  That being said, I know that I was very much in planning at the time, because my parents were methodical almost to a fault.  There is almost exactly 4 years separation between the three siblings in my family...conveniently how long most bachelor degrees take.  Efficiency at it's finest  :lol
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: OOZ662 on September 28, 2009, 05:06:47 PM
There is almost exactly 4 years separation between the three siblings in my family...conveniently how long most bachelor degrees take.  Efficiency at it's finest  :lol

Strangely enough, that applies to my two cousins, myself, and my nephew.

That and just about ever male on my mother's side and my father are named John. So, it's my middle name.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Shuffler on September 28, 2009, 05:10:40 PM
About to be a Daddy for the first time.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: AKP on September 28, 2009, 05:11:47 PM
Standing in line at the theater to see The EMPIRE STRIKES BACK on opening day with all the other 11 year olds.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Stalwart on September 28, 2009, 05:17:04 PM
Standing in line at the theater to see The EMPIRE STRIKES BACK on opening day with all the other 11 year olds.

FTW!~
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Stalwart on September 28, 2009, 05:18:21 PM
About to be a Daddy for the first time.

FTW!~  Again!~
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: ink on September 28, 2009, 05:20:24 PM
one of the worst years of my life, my 14 year old brother died, I was 10.

he was the only one that did not treat me bad, he loved led Zeppelin, so I also have loved them ever since.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: ghoulish on September 28, 2009, 06:49:44 PM
I was a rainbow at Lackland AFB, TX.  I was in a "christmas" flight and got to fly home on Christmas Eve. :x
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: uptown on September 28, 2009, 06:51:47 PM
Newport News Shipbuilding, Building The Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier
Hey! so was my dad and grandpa! We lived in Grafton and Yorktown  :salute :rock
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Treize69 on September 28, 2009, 07:01:57 PM
There is almost exactly 4 years separation between the three siblings in my family...conveniently how long most bachelor degrees take.  Efficiency at it's finest  :lol

Same with my Dad and his siblings. Him and his brother are four years and one day apart (March 7, 1951 and March 8, 1955).

Grandpa used to joke he only ever got any once every four years, whether he wanted it or not.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Shifty on September 28, 2009, 07:07:15 PM
I was an A1C at RAF Upper Heyford UK. F-111E  Asst Crew Chief.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: CavPuke on September 28, 2009, 07:13:46 PM
Ft. Clayton Panama, damn I miss eating really good ceviche at the Balboa yacht club :)
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Becinhu on September 28, 2009, 07:48:38 PM
I was in 2nd grade in 80
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: A.F. Crash, Fire, Rescue on September 28, 2009, 09:15:47 PM
Thought this would be fun, where were you in 1980

Pope AFB NC  (no hope Pope)

if you were no where yet, to bad!
Cold war, happy hour 10cent beer at the club..... :cry

Hahahaha, I was at no hope Pope, but only 27 years later from Feb 07 to Oct 08. But I wasn't even thought of in 1980.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: TheflyingElk on September 28, 2009, 10:02:56 PM
Fort Dix New Jersey............digging a Fox hole and learning how to defend myself against the Soviet Hoard.......Basic Training HOOOOOOYAAAAAAAA :salute
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: TOMCAT21 on September 28, 2009, 10:10:23 PM
7th grade
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Anodizer on September 28, 2009, 10:47:45 PM
Grade 1...  But still in tune with what was going on in the world..  I remember the Iran Hostage crisis being seen on the news nightly..
I remember all the hoopla going on about the first shuttle launch taking place the following year.. 
Atari 2600..  Empire Strikes Back..  My parents making us wear stupid looking Brady Bunch pants, for which we were continually ragged on by
our peers..  I don't think I even owned a pair of jeans until grade 4 or 5..  Parents thought you should dress respectably when attending school....
Nowadays, it isn't uncommon for grade schools in public school systems to have a uniform requirement..
 
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: OOZ662 on September 28, 2009, 10:53:44 PM
Atari 2600..

Memories...

(http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7735_139626408175_599988175_2733709_2385046_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: CAP1 on September 28, 2009, 11:18:33 PM
Thought this would be fun, where were you in 1980

Pope AFB NC  (no hope Pope)

if you were no where yet, to bad!
Cold war, happy hour 10cent beer at the club..... :cry

graduated high school.

got a job.

got a mustang.

now i have a couple jobs, including my shop, and several cars.  :D
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: vonKrimm on September 29, 2009, 12:44:09 AM
getting my long board waxed by a hot hapa-haole wahine in Hawaii. 
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: bmwgs on September 29, 2009, 01:46:19 AM
MARRIED.. Need I say more?

Fred
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: texastc316 on September 29, 2009, 02:25:23 AM
4th grade FTW!!!!!
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: gunnss on September 29, 2009, 02:58:33 AM
Boilermakers Helper in SLC UT.

That was the winter I had to crawl in to a hot boiler to roll a tube by hand, They couldn't cool it down as it was that last one working in that building that winter.  For those interested it was a four pass Scots Marine, and I crawled in the manhole at the rear while the rest of the crew hosed me down with a fire hose, from the opened burner end.....
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Anaxogoras on September 29, 2009, 06:14:22 AM
In 1980....I was probably sucking on my mama's boob. :D
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: xbrit on September 29, 2009, 06:48:17 AM
On my second overseas tour in the RAF serving in Gibraltar.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Masherbrum on September 29, 2009, 07:18:27 AM
2nd grade and I still remember my brother spinning The Wall as soon as he had gotten it.   
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Bruv119 on September 29, 2009, 07:24:02 AM
On my second overseas tour in the RAF serving in Gibraltar.

old old old. 


<alpha spermie in my daddyos cheekbones.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Wolfie on September 29, 2009, 07:25:26 AM
A junior at East Henderson High school, driving a wicked candy apple red and black 70 Chevelle SS, dating a senior...... living the dream man.  :D
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: CAP1 on September 29, 2009, 07:52:18 AM
A junior at East Henderson High school, driving a wicked candy apple red and black 70 Chevelle SS, dating a senior...... living the dream man.  :D


i used to take grandmom's station wagon to work sometimes.

it ate most kids chevies for lunch.  :devil
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Barrett on September 29, 2009, 08:15:54 AM
During the summer I was living at Katama Airfield, collecting landing fees...
Flying around in my Ercoupe 415cd at dawn and dusk - fun stuff...
Don't remember the winter, must not have been that great.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: JimBear on September 29, 2009, 08:41:27 AM
Davis-Monthan, turning into a raisin on the flight line
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Wobbly on September 29, 2009, 08:54:17 AM
Good god I was 25, just got on the property ladder with a bedsit flat for £19,500.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: gpwurzel on September 29, 2009, 08:56:38 AM
Was just finishing school, prior to joining the Navy (Royal, not Merchant).

Was a duffer then, and nothings changed  ;)

Wurzel
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: REVRAND on September 29, 2009, 09:48:40 AM
just starting middle school wearing my "JAMS"..................! :x
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Swager on September 29, 2009, 11:56:58 AM
San Diego, CA. going through Navy Electronic Maintenance and Sonar Training.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: shppr01 on September 29, 2009, 12:08:55 PM
Fort Dix NJ Basic training!
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: CAP1 on September 29, 2009, 01:02:31 PM
Fort Dix NJ Basic training!



i'l be up on mcguire tonight. cap wing hq is right on neely blvd.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: firbal on September 29, 2009, 01:52:41 PM
Went basic at Ft Dix in Jan. Ended up at Ft Hood with the 6th Cav Bde (Air Combat).
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: rpm on September 29, 2009, 02:55:51 PM
Floating around the Bering Sea on a Coast Guard cutter.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: CAV on September 29, 2009, 03:33:58 PM


West Berlin........


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Berlinermauer.jpg/300px-Berlinermauer.jpg)


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Berlin_-_You_are_leaving.jpg/800px-Berlin_-_You_are_leaving.jpg)
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: StokesAk on September 29, 2009, 03:41:52 PM
Yet to be concived.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: eddiek on September 29, 2009, 04:42:27 PM

MMmmmmm....9th grade in high school, dealing with a sudden growth spurt of 5 inches in height and 35 pounds.  Most people didn't recognize me when I reported for 2 a days, as I'd grown from 5'9" and 145 lbs to 6'1" and 180lbs in the three months from May to August........ :O
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: CAP1 on September 29, 2009, 05:01:47 PM
MMmmmmm....9th grade in high school, dealing with a sudden growth spurt of 5 inches in height and 35 pounds.  Most people didn't recognize me when I reported for 2 a days, as I'd grown from 5'9" and 145 lbs to 6'1" and 180lbs in the three months from May to August........ :O

dam.

i'm 6'2.....was that tall when i graduated. weighed 140 weigh 160 now.  :D
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: alskahawk on September 29, 2009, 05:20:57 PM
 Coronado California.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Blackwulf on September 29, 2009, 06:08:24 PM
Basic training at Lackland AFB, then Defense Language Inst. at Monterrey.

Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Stixx on September 29, 2009, 11:00:25 PM
4/73 Armored, 1st Infantry Div. Boebligen West Germany.
Our stated mission: Fight a delaying action against the Warsaw pact
until reinforcements arrived. 

We viewed ourselves as nothing more than a speed bump.  :(
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: ZetaNine on September 29, 2009, 11:27:57 PM
Watching Led Zeppelin in seattle..... come to think of it we used to go see about 60 concerts a year in the seattle area during the early 80's

you sure that wasn't 77?
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: ZetaNine on September 29, 2009, 11:32:05 PM
arrived in Los Angeles for the first time...........went to my first comedy club......the Laff Stop in Encino.

while my pals watched the shows.....I sat there and counted heads.......250 people per show.....three packed shows......$8 cover......two drink minimum.  did the math......saw the trend coming......though about what a great idea it would be to laugh all night.....and make a killing at the same time.  went back to florida with dreams of opening my first comedy club.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Wmaker on September 30, 2009, 12:00:22 AM
In 1980....I was probably sucking on my mama's boob. :D

Yep, probably same thing here. :) On 2nd of next month I would have been four months old.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: 4deck on September 30, 2009, 12:32:53 AM
Just figuring out my girlfriends needs. And she mine.  :D :aok
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Karnak on September 30, 2009, 01:13:12 AM
I was 7/8 years old and in Willits, California and Mendocino, California.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Maverick on September 30, 2009, 11:27:17 AM
Tucson AZ. working in a patrol car.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: 007Rusty on September 30, 2009, 12:45:37 PM
                      In jr. high school  :D
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Ripsnort on September 30, 2009, 01:14:02 PM
Assembling the Wing-to-Body Join Tool for the "then new" 767 aircraft.  :rock
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Reschke on September 30, 2009, 01:57:15 PM
MMmmmmm....9th grade in high school, dealing with a sudden growth spurt of 5 inches in height and 35 pounds.  Most people didn't recognize me when I reported for 2 a days, as I'd grown from 5'9" and 145 lbs to 6'1" and 180lbs in the three months from May to August........ :O

I did that too but only about 7 years later between May 1987 and August 1987. I got sent to a check for steroids since I grew so much. Parents did not notice it either since I was off running and swimming the whole summer.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: OOZ662 on September 30, 2009, 02:19:41 PM
                      In jr. high school  :D

See, we don't have those any more... :D
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Grayeagle on September 30, 2009, 03:44:30 PM
Was Ssgt, ECM Troop, George AFB, CA.
Workin Debreif for the F-4G Wild Weasel crews most of that year.

On weekends, if I could, I would take my 440 Duster out to LACR and earn a few bucks with it.
That was one of the years they paid me to go race .. always made it into the money, just a blast :)
Was fun to go thru tech, find out there were 96 cars in my bracket, and put most of 'em on the trailer.

-GE aka Frank
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: FiLtH on September 30, 2009, 03:54:23 PM
 I was in 10th grade acting like an idiot.
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: Maverick on September 30, 2009, 06:29:04 PM
I was in 10th grade acting like an idiot.

Any plans on leaving the 10th grade there?





























 :P :lol
Title: Re: Where were you in 1980
Post by: SIK1 on October 01, 2009, 12:43:03 AM
I was skipping the tenth grade, drinking, smoking, and chasing girls. :rock It was a blast! :aok

The next year I was in a continuation high school. Still drinking, smoking, and chasing girls just not skipping school. :O