robby | You Can't Go Back TO the 80's.

You Can't Go Back TO the 80's.

I stopped by a "Happy Hour" that was promoted on Craig's List. It was a chance to meet new people and have a few drinks. It started at 5 and I strolled in at about 5:40. There seemed to be two tables of about 20 people in the bar. It would be difficult to find 20 uglier people together in the same room anywhere.

I had low expectations, and the gathering was promoted as "Do you remember the eighties?", which I remember as a fun decade, when people did have drinks after work. I'm really not superficial, but the women were all 30-50 lbs overweight, dressed badly, and absolutely torn up, and the men were worse, paunchy, and unshaven, with stringy white hair. I stayed at the bar for a minute, and pretended I hadn't come for the Happy Hour. Then I beat a quick retreat. I'm sorry, but I hope some of you understand the horror I felt.

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But I didn't feel 'in tune with the times'. Au contraire !

The 'rampant' conservatism - fucking 'yuppies' - and the lousy political landscape depressed me somewhat. Bush promises to take this even further into unchartered territory. Please try not to re-elect him.

It's not the Eurythmics who sucked all that much. Wanna know what sucked ? Check out Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Bananarama. On the other hand, Maze, Freddy Jackson, Luther Vandross, even Miles during that period...

Hey ! Remember those ditzy women with the power-shoulder-enhancers ? The 'designer stubble' ?

It's all so comic now.

I have to confess, I did wear fancy track suits and rode on a mountain bike.

I laughed my ass off when I saw that Adam Sandler movie "The Wedding Singer". That was my eighties, and it really struck a chord with me. In the 80's, I was young, handsome, strong, and invincible. I fucked my knees up running, and am paying for that now. I must be behind the times, because I just bought my mountain bike, and I never wore those stupid track suits.

I'll have to check out The Wedding Singer. I liked the 80's mainly because I was YOUNG then. Don't see how you can ride a bike much with bad knees...

It's a well made comedy, with Drew Barrymore as the love interest. There are a lot of sight gags, with Adam Sandler driving an AMC Pacer car, and 80's fashions and haircuts, Billy Idol and a Boy George character as well as an 80's soundtrack. Drew's fiance is an evil yuppie, and Adam's brother thinks he's hip going out with a Michael Jackson outfit, including one glove. I know you'll like it.

My knees and ankles hurt in the morning, but feel fine later on. I don't limp or gimp around. Bike riding is low impact, and is good for my joints.

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You Can't Go Back TO the 80's.

Actually I liked the eighties...

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