1. Your dream car in high school was a Yugo
2. Most families had a station wagon
3. You could smell the ink and feel the coolness coming from the copy paper when the teacher got back to the room (ink was a smudgy blue)
4. YOU were the remote control (no matter where you were in the house)
5. Every new car came with an 8-track tape player
6. The only real name on a pair of sneakers was "Chuck Taylor"
7. Shag carpet was IN
8. Cartoons could only be watched on Saturdays and the ABC afterschool special was the highlight of your day
9. The gold snake belts were a must have wardrobe item
10. You could go to a drive-in movie
11. You were proud to wear your Girl Scout uniform
12. Judy Blume taught you everything you know
13. You were selected by the teacher to "take names" when she left the room
14. Bell bottoms were cool
15. Everybody wore a belt
16. All a Nike had was a "swoosh"
17. Television signed off for the night
18. A window fan was the only air conditioning for miles
19. People stayed up late and talked for hours
20. Soft porn on HBO was the most outrageous thing on TV
21. There were NO reality shows
22. There were no microwaves - how ever did we survive
23. A VCR weighed a ton
24. You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer
25. You boogied late Saturday night with the guests and dancers on Soul Train
26. You couldn't wait to see the dance contest on American Bandstand
27. Luke married Laura
....just feeling a bit nostalgic
