I was contacted by an old high school buddy the other day who found my web address on one of those reunion sites and as we remenised about what we'd been up to the last 20+ years it got me to thinking about all the stuff we did when we were young(er) and how cool we thought we were.
Now I know y'all know what I'm talkin' about: Elephant bell bottomed Levis', 'lamb chops' and shoulder length hair in the '70s; Puka shells?, those gawd awful wide neckties with the leisure suits for prom, complete with platform shoes.
In the '80s it was mullets, pastel colored tank-tops and 'Daisy-Duke' shorts! (On the guys!) Moto-X gear was also pastels and neons!
In the '90s we lost the mullets and just either cut our hair really short or shaved our heads. (Those of us with hair deficit!)
Some people went for the wild colored hair dyes. Our crotches got lower and our legs got baggier, and our shirts got bigger.
I think the turn of this Century became a free-for-all, just wear what ya brung era.
And that's just the styles we thought were cool. Our cars were hot-rodded, lifted in the back, then lowered all around; our stereo systems went from 8-tracks, to cassettes, then CD players, and now we've got freakin DVD players and TV sets in our cars. A 35W system just doesn't cut it any more!
And what about our haulers? Remember when you thought it was cool to plaster your back window with every sticker you acquired at the races? Now you see a truck like that and think, "what a dork". Yeh, we used to be that dork!
My first truck was lowered, then I lifted it when I got my first bike. My next truck was over-kill: F350 Supercab, 460, 4-barrell (Carter 625 CFM,) Lincoln heads, RV torque converter, shift kit, trans. cooler, and who knows what else I didto that beast. Now I'm on my second SUV! (The station wagon of the new millenium!)
What's this ramble about? It's because I'd like to hear some of the stuff you-all have done in the past that seemed cool at the time, but now looking back you're actually a little embarrassed. C'mon y'all, fess up! ;)
Now I know y'all know what I'm talkin' about: Elephant bell bottomed Levis', 'lamb chops' and shoulder length hair in the '70s; Puka shells?, those gawd awful wide neckties with the leisure suits for prom, complete with platform shoes.
In the '80s it was mullets, pastel colored tank-tops and 'Daisy-Duke' shorts! (On the guys!) Moto-X gear was also pastels and neons!
In the '90s we lost the mullets and just either cut our hair really short or shaved our heads. (Those of us with hair deficit!)
Some people went for the wild colored hair dyes. Our crotches got lower and our legs got baggier, and our shirts got bigger.
I think the turn of this Century became a free-for-all, just wear what ya brung era.
And that's just the styles we thought were cool. Our cars were hot-rodded, lifted in the back, then lowered all around; our stereo systems went from 8-tracks, to cassettes, then CD players, and now we've got freakin DVD players and TV sets in our cars. A 35W system just doesn't cut it any more!
And what about our haulers? Remember when you thought it was cool to plaster your back window with every sticker you acquired at the races? Now you see a truck like that and think, "what a dork". Yeh, we used to be that dork!
My first truck was lowered, then I lifted it when I got my first bike. My next truck was over-kill: F350 Supercab, 460, 4-barrell (Carter 625 CFM,) Lincoln heads, RV torque converter, shift kit, trans. cooler, and who knows what else I didto that beast. Now I'm on my second SUV! (The station wagon of the new millenium!)
What's this ramble about? It's because I'd like to hear some of the stuff you-all have done in the past that seemed cool at the time, but now looking back you're actually a little embarrassed. C'mon y'all, fess up! ;)