The 90s were glorious. Last free decade on planet earth. No cell phones, parents didn’t give a shit… oh the things I did that would make parents cry today.
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You're absolutely right. There aren't any more threats out there now than there's ever been. The only difference is back then we didn't know about it. Now we know everything and people freak out.
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I was born less than hour before this picture was taken.
Generation X
50 years ago, Indiana basketball hired Bob Knight. 'Knight will never make it here.' Oops.
Indiana basketball hiring Bob Knight away from West Point 50 years ago was "Army’s toughest loss since Little Bighorn," the Indianapolis News read.
www.indystar.com
Generation X
I'm raising my kids to be good Americans w a healthy fear of science and its disgusting narrative.
A child of the tumultuous 60's surviving is held in higher esteem today.
The pull of gravity is the only scientific narrative I've learned to respect. As a heavy burden to carry it's a constant fight that ultimately defeats us.
My favorite MTV program in the early years I think was called 120 Minutes. It featured more progressive/punk music that you couldn't hear on the radio. Anyone else watch/listen to that?
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Where'd you go to school? I'm SHS '83 and hit many of the sites you mentioned. Loved balling at ICU! I had an uncle that lived on a small lake down near Trafalgar and it was about a 30 mile bike ride, 1 way straight down 135. Would usually do it a couple times a summer and hang out on their lake.
PS, did we have this discussion? Were you a PMHS Falcon?
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Same. First Wave is 60% of the music I listen on SXM too.
The early years of MASH, before Col Potter and Maj Charles Emerson (David Ogden Stiers), maybe. Personally, my favorite show was always The Wonder Years. Winnie Cooper was such a cutie!
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Makes sense. This country is like a big ol Harley Davidson. We fired that bitch up in 1776 and everything's been pitch perfect ever since.
DWS.
That’s where I saw Neds Atomic Dustin for the first time. Grey Cells Green. Great first album!
And don’t forget liquid television.
SHS
Well before your time 😎...
Several of the same teachers were probably still there though...
I had considered buying a home near (in the early "90's") there once and went in to check and see how things were at the school and was amazed to find several of the teachers that I thought would have been long retired still there...
Sounded like things had changed for the worst though... Heard reports of "students" standing up in class and saying f u to teachers... We moved to the Center Grove area instead...
I’m a proud 91’ Southport grad. Editor in Chief of the Southport Journal. Things were top notch when I was there!
WXRT out of Chicago, Chicago Finest Rock
And it looks like they're still around.
*speaking 87-89, anyone know of a guy who played blues out of his basement late late night, I think only on Sundays.
First 3 yrs of MASH, before they killed off Henry and Trapper left. Alda turned it into a dramody after that and sucked away most of the humor.
Was in college when MTV launched Remote Control with Ken Ober. Met his sidekick Adam Sandler in Varsity Villas little 500 in 1988 when we tried burning the place down on Saturday night. Crazy weekend.
Yeah, I've heard reports of SHS's decline too.
Teachers? The infamous Dick Dart, Mr Robbins and Blackie Braden were still there. Mr Kerlin I think, Terry Wright, and of course, my personal favorite as a former runner: Coach Tom Hathaway. Steve Bowles was a neighbor and also one of my favorites, but he was young and doubting he was there if you were many years before me. If you knew any runners, I probably knew them or of them. I lived in Homecroft near the school and once during the winter I was walking back home from the Schoettle's (lived on the back side of the school where the orchard was, beside the tennis courts. Guessing you knew some Schoettles; there were 13 kids!) and there was an Oldsmabuick doing donuts in the parking lot. They stopped when they saw me and as the drove by I was anxious to see who the scofflaw was... Mr Robbins!
I was a Journal member too! Dave Stafford was our editor. Fun staff and times. I was a sloughing member who never did the production stuff, but I got my stories in on time and the correct size. Mary Shrawder was the teacher, but I think she got married, and might've still been there when you were there.
The baby boom ended in the 40s. People born in the 60s are nowhere near babyboomers.
We were the lost disco generation.
I know that if I ever wore a helmet riding my bike as a kid my sexual identity would immediately be called into question.
All my kids were born in the 90's. The first in 90 and the last in 99. My youngest son got stuck in a tree twice. I was very frustrated the second time and yelled, "what are you doing?"
I remember on rides home from Evansville to Washington lying under the back windshield to see the stars. My parents would probably be in jail today if they did allowed that. We never wore seat belts. I never wore a seat belt consistently until I was in the Air Force. You got caught not wearing it and you would be marched into the Squadron Commander's Office. And ours was not playing around. It would have been brutal.
I'm assuming this forum is considered the son/descendant/bastard child of Peegs.
I was on Peegs before there was an OTF. The OTF was created because it was dial-up days--too much non-hoops traffic in the middle of the night (home from work 1:00 a.m., couple beers and a joint, IU glory days).
Boomers--Best hoops, best music, best movies and best TV. Unfortunately I had to grow up.
Or did I?
I was on Peegs before there was an OTF. The OTF was created because it was dial-up days--too much non-hoops traffic in the middle of the night (home from work 1:00 a.m., couple beers and a joint, IU glory days).
Boomers--Best hoops, best music, best movies and best TV. Unfortunately I had to grow up.
Or did I?
They are fairly large ranges, but much more in common for those in that range when compared to kids born in the 90’s and 2000’s. And not all align with their generational identity
My favorite comment is “parents didn’t give a shit”. So true. My parents caught me attempting to grow weed in my closet and didn’t say a word. Came home drunk from a party on a Sunday and could not make family dinner. Buddy who drove me home sat in my seat and had dinner with family. Next day, like it never happened. Played euchre in buddies garage during winter while in Hs and drank cases of beer and smoked cigs. His parents said nothing. Classic and spot on take!
Boomer and I remember customer service (like when people took care of the customer to compete and earn your business) and warranties came with products, not in addition to. LMAO.
In my experience, the best time of life is now.
People remember fondly the times when they didn't have too much responsibility or stress.
Make now matter before you can't remember. Massive grin! Go Hoosiers!
In my experience, the best time of life is now.
People remember fondly the times when they didn't have too much responsibility or stress.
Make now matter before you can't remember. Massive grin! Go Hoosiers!
Had a talk with my mom about this. She said basically when I reached 5 and my sister was born (1990) she was a harder child to raise and took more attention. At that point she really didn’t give a F about what I did. Walking to school in 2nd grade, put on the streets playing, I was out of site out of mind.
Made me into a hell of a people person/salesman. So I thank her constantly for letting the streets raise me lol.
That's basically every second grader in the 70's.
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