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LOL! I have seen that picture before and it always reminds me of Joe Dirt!!

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No it's not me, just some pic I found somewhere on the net. The guy reminds me of Jon Bon Jovi. Speaking of which, I have tix to see them in July.

Joe Dirt is one of my favorite movies!!

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Do you remember those tennis shoes that had different colored little things that you clipped in the side of them to match your clothes. I don't remember what kind they were, but I loved them.

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oooh - weren't those shoes Kaepa's? I loved those but I had a single mom and couldn't afford to buy them. I also love the "yoyo" shoes but didn't have any of those either.

I was crazy over parachute pants when they came out. Couldn't buy the "official" ones so had to buy knockoffs - I swear my thighs could have started a fire with those things. Not to mention how loud and annoying it was to walk in!

Life was grand when I turned 16 and got a job - then spent all my money on clothes!!!

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OMG.....(swish - swoosh-swish-swoosh ) i remember those pants.

and cant forget SPANDEX ( yes i was actually small enough then to wear them)......BRIGHT PINK and i wore them with WITCHY BOOTS .

cant forget wearing 2 different colored socks at once ( slouch socks )

i have to admit to also being in the big hair club.........a tornado could go past me and my hair would NEVER move.....lol

ahhhhhh the good ol' days ( uhhh, wait.....maybe not )

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OMG.....(swish - swoosh-swish-swoosh ) i remember those pants.

and cant forget SPANDEX ( yes i was actually small enough then to wear them)......BRIGHT PINK and i wore them with WITCHY BOOTS .

cant forget wearing 2 different colored socks at once ( slouch socks )

i have to admit to also being in the big hair club.........a tornado could go past me and my hair would NEVER move.....lol

ahhhhhh the good ol' days ( uhhh, wait.....maybe not )

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I think those days were the best! We came up with our own thing. We didn't have to copy off of old decade styles and morph them into new retro or whatever the the heck. We only copied off of crazy styles brought on by our musical celebrities. :frown:

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that is so true........

i remember my boyfriend in high school wore as much eyeliner as i did.......lol

those really WERE the good days :biggrin:

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OK, but I have to take issue with seeing all these hair band rockers on TV now and they are still wearing the eyeliner. Time to give it up, for sure.

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Guest Leslie2Lose

Rave and a hair dryer were my best friends. I'd take the hairspray - and a brush - hold my hair as far out as I could and spray, spray, spray - turn on the hair dryer and nuke it! I had the fly away sides - I could have probably flyed and glided with my "wings". I had the "flower poof" in the middle. Did I mention it was permed too!!!

BLUE SPARKLE WITH PURPLE SPARKLE EYESHADOW WITH BLUE EYELINER. Had in my swatch, tight rolled pants, white keds and button covered blue jean jacket, acid washed (ripped) jeans and I was SO cool!! and those square sunglasses...ah the memories...

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      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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