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ThomasE · 10-04-2001, 09:52 AM

I love living in time I am on now, but sometimes think back about the years that have passed. I grew up as a little kid in the 80's and relive moments thru watching TV shows with original commercials from the 80's and now I have shows from the 70's with commercials and I feel like I am in a time machine. It looked so fun back then. I would like to go back to the 70's or 80's if I could.

What about you? What decade would you like to visit? 40's 50's,60's,70's, 80's or 90's?

moofomoo · 10-04-2001, 10:54 AM

I've been waiting for a topic like this to be able to say this...cuz I certainly wasn't going to ask...lol.

Personally I wish I was born around the 1920's to have lived through the golden age of radio and met one of my all-time favorite actors *drools* who was a hot item at the time. (People just didn't realize it after the fact.) I would have loved to live in the 30's, 40's, and 50's...life seemed a bit better then.

Or give me the age of King Arthur and his knights...with fencing, fighting, jousting, and all that good stuff associated with the time period.

ANYtime would be better than living right here right now. *sighs* Too bad time machines will never be invented.

**Gracie**

LaverneShirley · 10-04-2001, 02:57 PM

I just wish I was born in the 1930s.

Mossopp · 10-04-2001, 04:27 PM

I would like to have been a teenager in the 80's. I look back at all the old shows and fashions and music and movies and I think it would've been a cool time to be 15 or 16. By the time the 80's were over I was only 8 years old.

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Kay Scarpetta · 10-04-2001, 04:29 PM

I would have liked to have been born in the 1960's (1963 actually) or the 70's- so I could be a teenager in the 80's, growing up w/DS and FOL

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"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"-Blair Warner

"Blanch, you better wake up. My wife will be home any minute"-Dorathy Zbornack from Golden Girls.

"Hey. Just because you put on a little make-up and walk around with a butter knife doesn't make you Tommy Baker"-Sophia Patrillo from Golden Girls

Jamie, don't you think you should change your NAME to Lisa Whelchel Rocks?!?! LOL

Joyce and Jackie. My 2 sisters...C'mon in have a drink, we don't drink, fascenating!! Meshi!! LMAO and Jackie have you ever seen Tattie in Love?

3 words to the wise...Lisa Whelchel Rocks!

coily2 · 10-04-2001, 07:09 PM

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Originally posted by Mossopp:
I would like to have been a teenager in the 80's. I look back at all the old shows and fashions and music and movies and I think it would've been a cool time to be 15 or 16.

I was there. Trust me - the old shows and movies lie! It sort of sucked.

I would have liked to have grown up in the 70s. A much freer time than the 80s.

Bootsy Whoosh · 10-04-2001, 07:21 PM

I would have loved to have been college-aged in the late 60s. There was just so much going on then....and man, I would've been the biggest hippie...

coily2 · 10-04-2001, 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh:
I would've been the biggest hippie...

Hmmm.... would you have been the politically motivated hippy, or the free-love, free drug hippie?

My parents were hardcore hippies. They turned into the stereotypical ME! ME! ME! yuppies of the 80s. *sigh*. What a waste.

Max Whittaker · 10-04-2001, 10:07 PM

That depends on how I feel at the time. Usually I dream of growing up in my Grandmothers time...around the 20's. At times I feel like living in the late 1800's. But I imagine I'd be so much more happier in the early 1980's, dating Nancy Mckeon.

I think about this issue a lot. I feel as though I was born in the wrong time. I am fascinated with the concept of time travel and strongly believe that it is very possible.

Cokies · 10-04-2001, 11:10 PM

Right now is a pretty nice "decade" to live in.

LADY LOVES FREDDIE · 10-05-2001, 12:04 AM

Id like to live in the days of moses...they had really cool clothes.I would dress like that woman on the 10 commandments Nefretiri.lol

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Bootsy Whoosh · 10-05-2001, 12:26 AM

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Originally posted by coily2:
Hmmm.... would you have been the politically motivated hippy, or the free-love, free drug hippie?

My parents were hardcore hippies. They turned into the stereotypical ME! ME! ME! yuppies of the 80s. *sigh*. What a waste.

Well, I like to think that I would have been both. It would be a lie if I said that the drug use of the era is not appealing to me. I am not much into "free love", but then I grew up in the era of AIDS. Of course, all the drugs that were around then are still around now, and I do not use them, but I think that if I lived in that era I very likely would have tried them. Drugs and the counterculture surrounding drugs have always intrigued me, but mostly in an intellectual sense. I hope you can understand what I mean, I am not saying that I advocate drug use, but I will say with all honesty that I think people get a little too worked up about it sometimes, and I think that the Drug War is a complete waste of time and resources.

I am quite sure I would have been a politically active hippie. And I like to think that if I did experiment with the drugs of the time I would have the self control to not let that interfere with political activism, but it very well could have.

What kind of hippies were your parents, if you don't mind me asking?

JoPol_wannabe · 10-05-2001, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mossopp:
I would like to have been a teenager in the 80's. I look back at all the old shows and fashions and music and movies and I think it would've been a cool time to be 15 or 16. By the time the 80's were over I was only 8 years old.

Same here the 80's would be great I could watch all of the Fol eps even the first time, Plus I love 80's music I always listen to the saturday 80's show. I was 9 when the 80's were over.

triple19 · 10-05-2001, 02:54 PM

I would have liked to have grown up in the 60's. It was such a time full of change. I think that I too would have been a hippie as well,but not so much into the drug culture of the time (although thats a given considering the era). I would have been one of the political type hippies, protesting the Vietnam war and all that.
I would have liked to see the Beatles in 1964 on the "Ed Sullivan Show". I've seen it on tape countless times, but to have seen it live would have been somthing. I would have liked to have been at Woodstock. And I would have liked to have seen the moon landing in 1969, live. I've heard my parents talk about it endlessly about how great it was, and I wish I could have been there.

Joyce DeWitt · 10-05-2001, 03:55 PM

60's definately. State of Grace shows it all. It doesn't mock out the 60's like Austin Powers does, but it shows what it was really like.

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I am Joyce Tattie McKee, winner of the c'mon in have a drink contest, the biggest Dinah Manoff fan(I'd say Faye Grant, but I kno someone who's a bigger Faye fan than me), my nicknames are Father, Loaf of Bread, and Ratodd. My sistah is Karli AKA Lisa Whelchel Forever and we looove State of Grace, the best show eva... in fac we are gonna meet Faye, Lisa, and Dinah in 6 years. Danielle taught me to get drunk on coke and crackers. And Jamie(iwannabeamckeon/exstead) and Jackie(LaughingPicklePrincess) are my other sistahs!!!! And also: FAYE AND DINAH RULE!!!!!!!!!

*Let's see, .... we got the kissing chain, the unneeded camera shot, the morphing commercial, a 43 year old woman who can really shake it, a controvesial woman in a negligee, lots of mayonase, a purse dog named Precious, a jene say quois(sp?), the "X" factor, nasty soup, a funny hat, a geeky guy w/ broken glasses, the most hysterical tape ever, flip flops, a certain arrogent man who shall remain nameless, a pony statue named.... I forgot, and the face thing.... know what show I'm talkin about? Tell me in an IM a Sapphire324!*

*OK I'm Done.... just tell Faye and Dinah I said hi*

10-04-2001, 09:52 AM	#1
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	What decade would you like to live in? I love living in time I am on now, but sometimes think back about the years that have passed. I grew up as a little kid in the 80's and relive moments thru watching TV shows with original commercials from the 80's and now I have shows from the 70's with commercials and I feel like I am in a time machine. It looked so fun back then. I would like to go back to the 70's or 80's if I could. What about you? What decade would you like to visit? 40's 50's,60's,70's, 80's or 90's?

10-04-2001, 10:54 AM	#2
moofomoo #1 Hans Conried fan Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 29, 2001 Location: land of Liberty and Justice for ALL...you got a problem with that? Posts: 770	I've been waiting for a topic like this to be able to say this...cuz I certainly wasn't going to ask...lol. Personally I wish I was born around the 1920's to have lived through the golden age of radio and met one of my all-time favorite actors drools who was a hot item at the time. (People just didn't realize it after the fact.) I would have loved to live in the 30's, 40's, and 50's...life seemed a bit better then. Or give me the age of King Arthur and his knights...with fencing, fighting, jousting, and all that good stuff associated with the time period. ANYtime would be better than living right here right now. sighs Too bad time machines will never be invented. Gracie

10-04-2001, 02:57 PM	#3
LaverneShirley Mission Doll Senior Member Join Date: Jul 26, 2000 Location: Liberty Twp, OH Posts: 1,552	I just wish I was born in the 1930s.

10-04-2001, 04:27 PM	#4
Mossopp asleep at the wheel Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 30, 2000 Location: Helensburgh, Scotland Posts: 3,726	I would like to have been a teenager in the 80's. I look back at all the old shows and fashions and music and movies and I think it would've been a cool time to be 15 or 16. By the time the 80's were over I was only 8 years old. ------------------ "This life has been a test. If it were an actual life you would have recieved instructions on where to go and what to do." - Angela, 'My So-called Life' "...everything was there and around us. We knew exactly who we were and exactly where we were going. It was grand." - Gordie, 'Stand By Me' Please visit Mossopp's TV Corner - http://members3.boardhost.com/TVcorner

10-04-2001, 04:29 PM	#5
Kay Scarpetta Defy Gravity 8.26.05 Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 04, 2001 Location: La Vie Boheme Posts: 28,013	I would have liked to have been born in the 1960's (1963 actually) or the 70's- so I could be a teenager in the 80's, growing up w/DS and FOL ------------------ °·.¤-Karli Cauble-¤.·° "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"-Blair Warner "Blanch, you better wake up. My wife will be home any minute"-Dorathy Zbornack from Golden Girls. "Hey. Just because you put on a little make-up and walk around with a butter knife doesn't make you Tommy Baker"-Sophia Patrillo from Golden Girls Jamie, don't you think you should change your NAME to Lisa Whelchel Rocks?!?! LOL Joyce and Jackie. My 2 sisters...C'mon in have a drink, we don't drink, fascenating!! Meshi!! LMAO and Jackie have you ever seen Tattie in Love? 3 words to the wise...Lisa Whelchel Rocks!

10-04-2001, 07:21 PM	#7
Bootsy Whoosh Storms abrewin'... Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2001 Location: The Alpha Quadrant, Sector 001 Posts: 2,104	I would have loved to have been college-aged in the late 60s. There was just so much going on then....and man, I would've been the biggest hippie...

10-04-2001, 10:07 PM	#9
Max Whittaker I want Serenity back Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 30, 2001 Posts: 6,180	That depends on how I feel at the time. Usually I dream of growing up in my Grandmothers time...around the 20's. At times I feel like living in the late 1800's. But I imagine I'd be so much more happier in the early 1980's, dating Nancy Mckeon. I think about this issue a lot. I feel as though I was born in the wrong time. I am fascinated with the concept of time travel and strongly believe that it is very possible.

10-04-2001, 11:10 PM	#10
Cokies Head Goonie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 28, 2000 Location: Benicia, CA USA Posts: 1,719	Right now is a pretty nice "decade" to live in.

10-05-2001, 12:04 AM	#11
LADY LOVES FREDDIE Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 26, 2001 Location: California Posts: 312	Id like to live in the days of moses...they had really cool clothes.I would dress like that woman on the 10 commandments Nefretiri.lol ------------------

10-05-2001, 02:54 PM	#14
triple19 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 28, 2001 Location: Miami Posts: 178	I would have liked to have grown up in the 60's. It was such a time full of change. I think that I too would have been a hippie as well,but not so much into the drug culture of the time (although thats a given considering the era). I would have been one of the political type hippies, protesting the Vietnam war and all that. I would have liked to see the Beatles in 1964 on the "Ed Sullivan Show". I've seen it on tape countless times, but to have seen it live would have been somthing. I would have liked to have been at Woodstock. And I would have liked to have seen the moon landing in 1969, live. I've heard my parents talk about it endlessly about how great it was, and I wish I could have been there.

10-05-2001, 03:55 PM	#15
Joyce DeWitt Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 02, 2001 Location: Manlius,NY (where the movie Snow Day was set) Posts: 450	60's definately. State of Grace shows it all. It doesn't mock out the 60's like Austin Powers does, but it shows what it was really like. ------------------ I am Joyce Tattie McKee, winner of the c'mon in have a drink contest, the biggest Dinah Manoff fan(I'd say Faye Grant, but I kno someone who's a bigger Faye fan than me), my nicknames are Father, Loaf of Bread, and Ratodd. My sistah is Karli AKA Lisa Whelchel Forever and we looove State of Grace, the best show eva... in fac we are gonna meet Faye, Lisa, and Dinah in 6 years. Danielle taught me to get drunk on coke and crackers. And Jamie(iwannabeamckeon/exstead) and Jackie(LaughingPicklePrincess) are my other sistahs!!!! And also: FAYE AND DINAH RULE!!!!!!!!! Let's see, .... we got the kissing chain, the unneeded camera shot, the morphing commercial, a 43 year old woman who can really shake it, a controvesial woman in a negligee, lots of mayonase, a purse dog named Precious, a jene say quois(sp?), the "X" factor, nasty soup, a funny hat, a geeky guy w/ broken glasses, the most hysterical tape ever, flip flops, a certain arrogent man who shall remain nameless, a pony statue named.... I forgot, and the face thing.... know what show I'm talkin about? Tell me in an IM a Sapphire324! OK I'm Done.... just tell Faye and Dinah I said hi