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Flashback Friday

1984.

It was a good year.


I was in the throes of first love.


Reagan won the presidential election against Mondale in a landslide.


McEnroe defeated Jimmy Conners at Wimbledon.

The Cosby show debuted.


Michael Jackson was still cute and released "Thriller."


Vanessa Williams was crowned Miss America.

We all started asking "Where's the beef?"

Apple Computer unveiled its Macintosh personal computer.

Cyndi Lauper sang "Time After Time."

Carl Lewis won four gold medals at the summer games.

"Miami Vice" began its terrible influence on men's fashion.

And this man, whom I would marry 8 years later, was working at McDonalds.

Love you, honey...

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  1. I'm embarrased for you Asia!

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  2. ohmigosh... good laugh.... did you get permission? Flashback Friday should not be wielded on unsuspecting friends or family... but it was funny... paul had those deck shoes and the mustache too... i still love "time after time" - I have an artist friend that has his own arrangement of it...asia probably knows him - he went to briercrest around the same time as paul and asia- rik leaf... i think steve deserves some flashback exposure.

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  3. Anonymous12:32 PM

    Isn't that the son in "Stanford and Son", the old tv show? Maybe you're too young to remember. Be thankful.

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  4. woooh, nice! oh my... they don't make costumes - uh, er, um, i mean "uniforms" - like that anymore!! ;)

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  5. I had to show Danny this one!! We both had quite a chuckle (especially about lorraine's Sanford & Son line!!)

    The angle of that picture makes his legs look freakishly disproportionate to his head. To bad the "fro" wasn't unleashed to add balance!

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  6. Ok, I just laughed sooo hard!!!Asia, you should go for a moustache again!

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  7. hee-hee :) Lovin' the deck shoes to go with this classic uniform!

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