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Remembering the 1980's

Barbie, Atari, He-man Batman, She-Ra, Ronald Reagan Indiana Jones, and landline phones The Dark Crystal and around 5.2 billion people Andre the Giant’s Honeycomb commercial Rainbow Brite, Jem, and Rose Petal Welcome to the Jungle, Cheers! Metal Mike Tyson, Debbie Gibson, Teddy Ruspin And the best Christmas carolers are Gremlin Taxi, the DMV Scene, "What does the yellow light mean?" Young Guns, Russians, Charlie Sheen Sony’s Walkman, Michael Jackson, and Tom Cruise What was fake news or social media reviews? Reebok, Converse and Keds shoes Glo Worm, Nintendo and playdough The Burbs, Rambo, and Willow KB Toys, Sam Goody, And Gemco stores Return of the Jedi and Disney’s Star Tours Floppy disk computer and Punky Brewster The Family Ties and spoiler alert Optimus Prime dies Updated 5/14/2019

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Date: 11/13/2018 8:12:00 AM
Ha! What a trip! :)) Congrats on your win! xomo
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G. Jay
Date: 7/23/2019 11:48:00 PM
Again, Thank you. My apologies for the delayed remark.
Date: 11/13/2018 3:40:00 AM
Very descriptive G Jay I'm not from the US so many of the things Im not familiar with:-) thanks for sharing and congrats on your win:-) hugs jan xx
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G. Jay
Date: 7/23/2019 11:46:00 PM
:) it time for Netflix, YouTube and Wikipedia. Hope you enjoy.
Date: 11/12/2018 5:57:00 PM
Thanks for all these fond memories. I had not thought of The Dark Crystal in a long while. Congrats on your top win. Well done, G.
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Date: 11/12/2018 10:31:00 PM
:) Awesome Right! fun topic.
Date: 11/12/2018 5:26:00 PM
Wow, this is packed with so many 80's references, so much fun to read, congratulations and thanks for entering my contest!
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G. Jay
Date: 11/12/2018 10:29:00 PM
Thank you. I only wish I could have wrote 40 more lines. Thanks for hosting the event.

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