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Posted: October 6, 2005 7:58 pm
by jonesbeach10
I was a pokemon kid but they lost me when they went beyond the 150 original pokemon. My brother still has his Beanie Baby's. I still see a tomagochi hanging around once in a while. I remember when they first came out, people would run out to their backpack to make sure it was "healthy." I heard Furbie's are going to make a comeback this year.
Cell Phones naturally become a fad in middle school nowadays. Obviosly more recently Livestrong bands, as well as the imitators.
Posted: October 6, 2005 8:23 pm
by pbans
dawgfan wrote:Everyone in our class had to have an airbrushed t-shirt from Panama City Beach and Izod shirts with that little aligator on them
I used to have a polo shirt with an upside down dead alligator on it.....sort of an anti-preppy shirt. The little alligator had X eyes and everything.....
Posted: October 6, 2005 10:53 pm
by Island_Lullaby
friendship pins
half hearts
Posted: October 6, 2005 10:54 pm
by Island_Lullaby
Jordache purses
Kangaroo shoes
your boyfriend's class ring with 3,000 yards of yarn wrapped around it to keep it on
Posted: October 6, 2005 10:59 pm
by davesnik
Island_Lullaby wrote:friendship pins
half hearts
Friendship bracelets were big where I'm from too.
I remember making friendship pins and pinning them to my tennis shoe laces. Aw, yes, the good ole days.
Posted: October 6, 2005 11:02 pm
by Island_Lullaby
davesnik wrote:Island_Lullaby wrote:friendship pins
half hearts
Friendship bracelets were big where I'm from too.
I remember making friendship pins and pinning them to my tennis shoe laces. Aw, yes, the good ole days.
ok, so I am putting you in your early to mid 30's then??
Posted: October 6, 2005 11:03 pm
by Brown Eyed Girl
Hmmmm...
rainbow suspenders
Prairie skirts
Vans sneakers...and if you were a really cool SoCal kid you had them custom made in your favorite colors...plus I had all white for Candy Striping...
Dittos
Chemin de Fer
501s
sneaker skates
the Madonna look
New Wave
I'm sure I'll think of more...
Posted: October 6, 2005 11:21 pm
by SMLCHNG
Island_Lullaby wrote:
your boyfriend's class ring with 3,000 yards of yarn wrapped around it to keep it on
The fuzzier the better.
Patent leather clothing and belts.
'links' They were plastic/colored 'chain' thingy's... and they were cool then.
Posted: October 7, 2005 7:35 am
by Ilph
Brown Eyed Girl wrote:Hmmmm...
rainbow suspenders
Prairie skirts
Vans sneakers...and if you were a really cool SoCal kid you had them custom made in your favorite colors...plus I had all white for Candy Striping...
Dittos
Chemin de Fer
501s
sneaker skates
the Madonna look
New Wave
I'm sure I'll think of more...
Were you on Mork and Mindy? I knew I recognized you from somewhere!
Posted: October 7, 2005 10:24 am
by Brown Eyed Girl
Ilph wrote:Brown Eyed Girl wrote:Hmmmm...
rainbow suspenders
Prairie skirts
Vans sneakers...and if you were a really cool SoCal kid you had them custom made in your favorite colors...plus I had all white for Candy Striping...
Dittos
Chemin de Fer
501s
sneaker skates
the Madonna look
New Wave
I'm sure I'll think of more...
Were you on Mork and Mindy? I knew I recognized you from somewhere!
Nope...but I do remember the fad!
Oh I remember another one from grade school...culottes...which we called gauchos and they had a belt that said gaucho gaucho gaucho all the way around it. Worn with knee socks and desert boots, which we called Wallabies.
Posted: October 7, 2005 12:31 pm
by ladyparrothead
Earth shoes
MIA bracelets
Tie Dye
Rock Candy
Love chains (made from gum wrappers - likeWrigleys)
GoGo Boots
Dittos (pants)
(more to come)
Posted: October 7, 2005 1:03 pm
by Virgin_(Island)_Girl
Island_Lullaby wrote:
your boyfriend's class ring with 3,000 yards of yarn wrapped around it to keep it on
When I was in high school, my boyfriends were older than me and didn't have class rings!
The fad I did best in the high school days was big hair!
Posted: October 7, 2005 1:07 pm
by LIPH
Brown Eyed Girl wrote:Hmmmm...
rainbow suspenders...
I was working for a bank when Mork & Mindy was on TV. I grew a beard on my vacation one year and they made me shave it off when I got back to work. I bought a pair of rainbow suspenders and started wearing them every day as a silent protest.
Posted: October 7, 2005 1:23 pm
by Cubbie Bear
LIPH wrote:In chronological order, Dirt, sticks, fire, the wheel
Posted: October 7, 2005 1:25 pm
by LIPH
Cubbie Bear wrote:LIPH wrote:In chronological order, Dirt, sticks, fire, the wheel
You left out the clovis point for the spear.
Posted: October 7, 2005 4:09 pm
by tikitatas
mommar wrote:tikitatas wrote:love beads
granny glasses
peace symbol anything!
Showing my generational status, huh??
Looks like I'm right there with you
macramaed stuff , belts, purses, plant hangers
I was thinkin the peace sign too and the surfer symbol (I think that's what it was) necklace.
hip-hugger patched jeans, and clogs and Dr.Scholls wooden sandals, bandanas, and those Indian print tunic top shirts.
Oh man, you just made me remember Landlubbers! I could only get them in the states . . . had a friend from New Jersey who would buy them for me and bring 'em to Canada! They were the best!
Wonder if they still make them??
Posted: October 7, 2005 4:24 pm
by tikitatas
Holy COW!!!!!!
They DO still make them, only now they are $171.00 a pair!!!!
I'm sure in 1971, they were about $20.00!
