Summer of '84

[jhoneycutt]

In the womb most of that summer.

 

[allenH]

9 years old living in Moore Oklahoma, wearing out tires on my bicycle.

 

[brewcephus]

I was 5. Probably playing pong/pac-man on my atari. not much to do when you're 5, other than play with GI Joe or Atari if you were fortunate enough to have one.

My dad passed away earlier this year. Since then, I've been obsessed with how old he was when this or that happened. It blows my mind that he was 5-6 years younger than I am now when he was coaching my baseball team in 1984.

How was that 30 years ago?

I Just lost my dad on Sept. 29, 5 year battle with cancer, and it is certainly a life changing experience. Wish I could have spent more time with him, but alas this journey of ours must end sometime; for us all

 

[Subsailor]

I was 25 and teaching Electronics for the Navy in Virginia.

 

[Ridire]

I Just lost my dad on Sept. 29, 5 year battle with cancer, and it is certainly a life changing experience. Wish I could have spent more time with him, but alas this journey of ours must end sometime; for us all

Yep. I am just waiting to get through a week in which I don't pick up my phone to tell him something funny or interesting that happened before it dawns on me that nobody's going to answer that call.

 

[GrogNerd]

all of you who've lost your dads, my sympathies to you

lost my mom 5 years ago and I still get the urge to call and tell her whatever good news I have.

 

[Doed]

I had just finished my first year of college and was working a summer job for the town, mowing grass and painting fire hydrants...yeah, it was fun.

 

[StepR]

Sitting in the Wrigley Field bleachers watching the Cubs breakout season. and heartbreak.

 

[Ridire]

Sitting in the Wrigley Field bleachers watching the Cubs breakout season. and heartbreak.

Wrigley should sue Disney World for claiming to be the happiest place on earth. And I'm a Tigers fan.

 

[alane1]

I was 8 and I think we got a vcr that year, I remember how exited I was that we could watch movies at home. To think how far technology has come in 30 years.

 

[oneandahalfshepherds]

1 and prob pissed i had to share my birthday with my twin, that and scared of clowns thanks mom and dad.

 

[JonM]

I was 8 and I think we got a vcr that year, I remember how exited I was that we could watch movies at home. To think how far technology has come in 30 years.

For us, it was a HUGE deal and a special Saturday night when we rented a VCR and the tape of Star Wars. My brother got to see it in the theater when I was a toddler, and he was obsessed with it. Renting a VCR was the only way I got to see it.

My little nieces, who are 11 and 7, are completely bewildered by that. I tell them that I saw Empire Strikes Back in the theater, and then it was years and years before we finally got our own VCR and could watch it at home. Now you just wait 6 months, and get the Blu-Ray.

 

[GrogNerd]

For us, it was a HUGE deal and a special Saturday night when we rented a VCR and the tape of Star Wars. My brother got to see it in the theater when I was a toddler, and he was obsessed with it. Renting a VCR was the only way I got to see it.

My little nieces, who are 11 and 7, are completely bewildered by that. I tell them that I saw Empire Strikes Back in the theater, and then it was years and years before we finally got our own VCR and could watch it at home. Now you just wait 6 months, and get the Blu-Ray.

except Lucas keeps changing it, so what you saw on VCR probably wasn't the same as the theatrical version

 

[JonM]

Indeed. I held on to my old VHS tapes until maybe 2009 when the original theatrical releases FINALLY came out on DVD.

 

[allenH]

For us, it was a HUGE deal and a special Saturday night when we rented a VCR and the tape of Star Wars. My brother got to see it in the theater when I was a toddler, and he was obsessed with it. Renting a VCR was the only way I got to see it.

My little nieces, who are 11 and 7, are completely bewildered by that. I tell them that I saw Empire Strikes Back in the theater, and then it was years and years before we finally got our own VCR and could watch it at home. Now you just wait 6 months, and get the Blu-Ray.

I watched Star Wars laying on the hood of a Ford Mavrick at the drive-in theater.

 

[drainbamage]

I was coming out of a uterus.

 

[signpost]

I was 7 years old, and I would've never remembered playing Crossbows & Catapults if it weren't for this thread.

Also, my brothers and I were doing a lot of jumping, every time my dad cranked up some Van Halen on the gigunko stereo.

 

[JohnnyO]

You owe me an afternoon of work. I have been looking for Crossbows and Catapults online to see if I can get it for my kid for this Christmas.

Hahaha yeah, I'm not posting you back. I think I still have my set. Here's some of what I've salvaged from my parents attic...

For us, it was a HUGE deal and a special Saturday night when we rented a VCR and the tape of Star Wars. My brother got to see it in the theater when I was a tcoddler, and he was obsessed with it. Renting a VCR was the only way I got to see it.

My little nieces, who are 11 and 7, are completely bewildered by that. I tell them that I saw Empire Strikes Back in the theater, and then it was years and years before we finally got our own VCR and could watch it at home. Now you just wait 6 months, and get the Blu-Ray.

CBS would air it once a year, and it was truly awesome.

 

[alane1]

CBS would air it once a year, and it was truly awesome.

That and Wizard Of Oz

 

[landshark]

Still in the womb...

This right here. Born in October of 84.

 

[ChefRex]

Wow, a lot of you are really old.

Wow, a lot of you are really young.
22 partying hard, f,ing up and trying to find myself. Still far from prefect but improving every day.

 

[MaxStout]

I was 25, and just started dating the woman who would become my wife. We're still married.

In '84, there wasn't much "craft" beer to speak of, though I knew there were some better alternatives to BMC. I thought Beck's and Guinness were hot shiat. Still drank Stroh's, Old Style and Old Mil with buddies and/or when I was low on dough.

 

[Bulls Beers]

I was 15 at the time and having a blast. Riding and racing my Schwinn Sting, GT and Haro BMX bikes, Smokin weed and listening to Iron Maiden, Van Halen, Black Sabbath and AC/DC. Also waiting to get my license soon and getting a car. Some of the best times of my life were between the ages 13-20.


Not a care in the world back then...

 

[Drookit]

Was 21, coming off my 3rd Westpac.

Stationed at K-Bay in Hawaii with Weapons Company 3/3.

Good times to say the least.

Ken

 

[Ridire]

I almost forgot about the best thing that happened in the summer of 1984.

 

[littletommy]

I was 18 in 84.....can't really remember anything specific about that year, other than doing a lot of under aged drinking. There was a drive thru liquor store just across the bridge in Kentucky that never asked for ID. I'll bet I took a whiz or puked on just about every dusty gravel road in Southern Indiana.

 

[huhwha]

I was 27, ending my first job out of school. Learned more than I wanted to know about bankruptcy law. Playing with the first 2 kids, who were 2 and 6 months at the time.

 

[beaksnbeer]

I was 19 Left WI went out to Denver after HS only to ask WTF is a 3.2 bar and ScotchBuy beer was everywhere at DU skiing/road biking was the best.

 

[Whut]

What made you chose that year?

As far as best years go, it's #3 on my list. The two years tied for first are for another time.

 

[Qhrumphf]

3-4 months old and crappin' my pants.

I was about 6 months old, and likely doing the same.