PINK!

[Anonymous]

the cta is on the wrong track with this plan.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by farmer03

Antonio:

Looking back, the trends of the 70's and 80's turn my stomach. Bell bottoms, mullets, big hair and movies like "Footloose"....Yikes! I'm 25 and glad I'm not really old enough to remember much of the 80's.

Ahh shut yer trap ya young whippersnapper! [;)]

Yer too young to be whining when you were in diapers during the 80s!

Us old folks in our 40's were right there in the trenches from the first of the New Wave music movement right up the the death of 80s music with the Seattle Grunge movement. You just have to watch the DVDs of the 80's, we lived the Horror![:0]

Big goofy puffy hairstyles, Cindy Laupner, Madonna as Virgin/***, Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr as teenage female love interests (Hurl!), all we got was Molly Ringwald, and really really ugly fashion statements!

We got some good music, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads, The Cure, and some really really bad bands, Duran Duran, Bananarama

If any of you young-un's out there want to see the horrors of life in the 80's check out the following (now very dated) films, Back to the Future (80's bad fashion and big hair) Weird Science (same), Breakfast Club (whiny preachy kids who never ever talk like us real kids did), and Top Gun ( the Brokeback Mountain of its time if you look carefully enough)

Never ever mention F*rtloose to a survivor of that era, triggers Post Tramatic Stress Syndrome
[:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith
and Top Gun ( the Brokeback Mountain of its time if you look carefully enough)

LMFAO!!

[Anonymous]

lol. Sorry, I don't look too carefully for that sort of thing.

I was out of diapers by '83. I can remember my mom jammin out to Huey Lewis and the News when she was cleanin house.

"Th th th th they say the heart of rock 'n roll is still beatin, from what I can see I believe 'em..."

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by farmer03

lol. Sorry, I don't look too carefully for that sort of thing.

I was out of diapers by '83. I can remember my mom jammin out to Huey Lewis and the News when she was cleanin house.

"Th th th th they say the heart of rock 'n roll is still beatin, from what I can see I believe 'em..."

Ohh Ooooooohh Stop Please, My ears are BLEDDING!!!!!

[zardoz]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by farmer03

lol. Sorry, I don't look too carefully for that sort of thing.

I was out of diapers by '83. I can remember my mom jammin out to Huey Lewis and the News when she was cleanin house.

"Th th th th they say the heart of rock 'n roll is still beatin, from what I can see I believe 'em..."

Ohh Ooooooohh Stop Please, My ears are BLEDDING!!!!!

[(-D][(-D][(-D]

[AntonioFP45]

Hmmm. The "horrible" 1980s. For me guys, it was very sweet.

1. Amtrak just had the Heritage Fleet cars rebuilt and were they nice! Very clean! Silver Meteor and Silver Star were at times running 15 cars long! The F40 was the young hot shot passenger engine. SDP40fs, though, hung on until 1981.

2. Discount fares on Amtrak were often available, often cheaper than Greyhound!

3. Operation LIfesaver was at full swing. The Chessie 614 was alive and kicking! So was the Nickel Plate 765! Lot's of railfan trips galore around the U.S!

4. Oh, did I mention that Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Norfolk & Western, Conrail, Southern, and Family Lines all had public railfan type trips going on at various times? Oh, you don't believe it....... O.K, just look through some back issues of TRAINS from those "old days". Sure don't see that today!

5. Hmmmm. Oh yeah! Cab rides to polite (not rude) railfans with 35mm camera were still possible in my neck of the woods. Geez.....I'm sure glad I had that camera!

6. Did I mention that I also got to ride an Amtrak SDP40f and blow the horn on a Family LInes GP38-2 on a fan trip in which the engineer let me ride with him? Got the photos to prove it!

You young guys on this forum. I like you but with all due respect: When you say you're glad that you were not around in the 80s.............YOU have ABSOLUTELY no idea or clue, or hint what you missed or what you're talking about!!!!

I was having way, way, way, too much fun to be listening to Duran-Duran and I never even saw Footloose. My fond memories include cruising the beach in my TRANS AM with the glass T-Tops off, paying $1.01 a gallon for gas, driving right into big railroad yards and receiving friendly waves from workers, and turning on the tv and actually watching tv shows that were funny and made some sense.

It was a fun time to be alive!

[CSXrules4eva]

Oh man are we discussing the 80s here? Well, unfortunitly I can't really say to much about that time period I was born in 1986 but, I will say that I am very much so glad that the 80s music did away with that annoying disco stuff from the 70s. I'm sorry but, songs like "Ring My Bell" nope, I can't stand much of that "booooo" stuff which is repeated over and over like a broken record. Oh and don't get me started on those goodness aweful clubs back in the 70s like TechNoir and stuff. AAAAAAAAAaa I can't stand it!!!!!

[CSXrules4eva]

Oh man are we discussing the 80s here? Well, unfortunitly I can't really say to much about that time period I was born in 1986 but, I will say that I am very much so glad that the 80s music did away with that annoying disco stuff from the 70s. I'm sorry but, songs like "Ring My Bell" nope, I can't stand much of that "booooo" stuff which is repeated over and over like a broken record. Oh and don't get me started on those goodness aweful clubs back in the 70s like TechNoir and stuff. AAAAAAAAAaa I can't stand it!!!!!

[vsmith]

Sarah you have absolutley no idea how bad the 70's were or how bad the disco era was or how pervasive it was, like fungus it got into EVERYTHING, every TV show ended up disco oriented, almost every radio station, even band you would NEVER think could sell out DID (did you know KISS did a disco album?) horrid era to be a teenager.

Disco muzak on the grocery store PA and in every elevator, every girl trying to be Donna Summer (I'd tell exactly where I would shove that [censored] dam melting cake of her's [song reference] but Bergie would nuke my reply! [:O] ) and every guy trying to be John Travolta. TV shows sucked big time (Charlies Angels, Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Dallas.. Oh the Horror!)

Be glad you live in a time where alot of the cardboard thin fakeness and shallowness of the ME generation (yes, thats what they called the 20somethings back then) I grew up as a teen with has been swept into the garbage pile of history.

[chad thomas]

I for one grew up in the 80s and I dug it. I grew up listening to Iron Maiden,Ozzy, Priest, Motley Crue, Metallica, Scorpions, Van Halen (not Van Hagar but I liked Sammy when he was solo) and of course my favorite Rush. I even ran a bootleg FM station from my closet for a couple years. I ran my own bussiness installing and serviceing home satellite dishes and made a gang of money. Back then it seemed it was all about fun, but that might be the care free age I was. By the time the 90s rolled around and that whole whiney grunge thing came along I lost the interest in music that I once had. I used to know all about every band member in the bands I listened to. Now I probably couldn't name the artist on half the songs I listen to. At least that's the way I remember it, I was high most of the 80s. We did some serious partying back then. Rolling around in our hot rods, jammin the tunes, picking up chicks, those were the days.[;)]

[chad thomas]

Vic, The KISS album you mention is Dynasty, And I have a vinal copy in my collection. Not because I particularly like it but I had (and still have most) all of the KISS albums.
I was just a kid in the 70s but I remember bands like Bad Company, KISS, Black Sabbath, Ten Nugent, ect more than the disco. Mabee that's just because the people around me were not disco fans at all, thank God!!!

[vsmith]

Chad same for me. When I was in high school 77 to 81 I was into rock with KISS, Ozzy, Nugent, Zeppelin, The Who, and into the earliest New Wave like DEVO, B-52's, Talking Heads and punk via the Dead Kennedy's, Clash, Iggy Pop, and Sex Pistols. Never did any weed, the dam stuff always gave me a monster migraine whenever I was around it for very long.

I was just relating to Sarah how everywhere you went during the late 70's and into the very early 80's the disco-blight was everywhere like kudzu on a bayou. I remember hearing it stores, elevators, barber shops, restaurants, just everywhere! It all kinda died off in the early 80's when AIDS and crack epidemic put an end to the endless party of the 70's.

Dynasty...the only Kiss album I will never buy again, I think I used my vinyl for target practice with my bow.
PS there are only 3 essential KISS albums, ALIVE 1, ALIVE 2, and ALIVE 3[}:)][:p][;)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45


Anti-Gates, I'm surprised by your response, especially since you seem to be one of the forum members that engages in research and reading.

Yes, you are correct! However, you're not making the connection. There is that minority out there. THINK: What group has the largest concentrated group of single mother households in metropoliton areas in the U.S? I could also give you the detailed info as to why ultra-baggy jeans and tatoos are favored, but "Nuff" said! We could talk off list.

With all due respect, I think we are talking about seperate issues , and seperate minorities.

[Clutch Cargo]

Pink.....?? You gotta be kidding me.
Chi-Town boys have always been a little bit fariee...
But Pink??? The mind boggles.

Kurt
AKA "Snozzy from Detroit".

[Anonymous]

i would have thought they would put the pink line up on the north shore

[Clutch Cargo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kurtconi

Pink.....?? You gotta be kidding me.
Chi-Town boys have always been a little bit fariee...
But Pink??? The mind boggles.

Kurt
AKA "Snoozy from Detroit".

[Clutch Cargo]

Thats where I would put it. :-)

Kurt

[Anonymous]

If they ar e in Chicago the shade has to be Hot Pink, not Pastel Pink. Hot Pink constrasts well with the Chicago Cubs Electric Blue.

Andrew F.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45

QUOTE: Originally posted by Green Machine

Man, you guys are all pansies.

- So now it's time for name calling? Uncalled for cheap shot.

QUOTE: Don't be so ready to fulfill the stereotype.

- You can make that weak argument, but think realistically and research modern Sociology.

For the last 60 years, with the help of "Hollywood" pink has been associated with "The Stereotype" you're referring to.

Pink is in style today because Hollywood, along with "high end" fashion adverstisers have "made it cool". This is the same group that for years has pushed that the ideal woman is 5 foot 7, weighs an anorexic 100 pounds, and the ideal "man" shows some "feminine" characteristics. [:I] You can do the research yourself and see this is being pushed by persons in positions of influence.

QUOTE: I like the color pink

- Yes, many do, for the reasons above.

QUOTE: You guys are just hating on it because you associate the color pink with being gay or with being "girly".

"hating on it"? Quit fronting? Sausage party? What's with the ghetto" speak?.

O.K, fine........Let's "Keep it Real: [8D]

It's not the 1950s, it's the 21st century. Since you obviously were not around 20 or 30 years ago, you have not seen the changes that those of us over 30 have seen. You can justify and argue all you wish, but we've seen society sliding in some very sad directions. Broke Back Mountain?? That is the tip of the iceberg.

O.K, more info; One of the reasons "pink" has been adapted by many males today:

From the 1980s thru today an overwhelming number of households have become single parent.....in most case single mom. Over the years many boys have not had many male role models in their lives, including a number of celebrities like Tupac. While maintaining "masculinity", many youths started adopting the traits of their mothers, which was to be expected. Mommy has been forced to become "daddy" as well.

Most didn't become "gay" as some are trying to insinuate, but nevertheless the acceptance of pink and other traditionally feminine traits by males is one of the effects of this. Again, do the research

QUOTE: Long Live the pink line.-GM

It may. Again, an unsurprising sign of the times. But it's important the we know why instead of being ignorant of the rapid changes ocurring in society.

"Keeping it real".[;)]

HA HA! Yes! Thank you for fulfilling my stereotype of you even further. Way to make yourself sound like an old, paranoid cranky white man. And "sausage party" is not "ghetto speak", you frigging cartoon. I hope you've honestly convinced yourself that you're happy, walled off in your bombshelter out in the suburbs somewhere, terrified to death of "the godd-mned liberal onslaught". If people like you take your ever-present bad moods out in public, it's a danger to us all.

[AntonioFP45]

Hmmm. Man! You're really way out in cucamonga, LOL!! [:D] Paranoid, cranky, white man? Wow! What a riot! You are really funny, and even racist! Thanks for the laugh.

QUOTE: old....

Actually most people tell me I pass easily as an Arab, though I'm a 245 pound Black Hispanic that enjoys model railroading, railfanning, martial arts, and helping kids.

Anyway........Yes, I'm pretty happy as a railfan. No.....I'm not a frigging cartoon, (what's a frigging cartoon? ) Though you sure sound like an angry little cartoon! Quite comical. Now think about it.....have you noticed in life or on this forum that not too many people take you seriously? Wonder why?

BTW: Nope, never seen a bombshelter in my life.....except of course in cartoons, such as bugs bunny.

Actually my ever present moods are usually outgoing, fun and encouraging! Based on your heated response, it seems that your mood is a danger to us all, as your angry little tantrum above indicates.

With respect to you, I understand where you're coming from........But instead of spewing your acid, try what I did......get to know people of various ages and cultures a bit.....I have. Try going to the library in your college or city and do some research. Get a job that allows you to interact with people of various cultures and age groups. Then come back with something tangible instead of hurling dirty vinegar!

Your previous post makes you appear like an insecure tough talking brat, that while passionate, shows no common sense, manners, or a willingnes to "talk out" disagreements like reasonable men, instead of like a thug that settles issues with lots of mouth, fists, (or worse) and acts like a trapped rabid rat in a cage. [:0][B)]

You're probably a sharp intelligent young man, but that's what YOUR posts make you sound like. [B)]

If you use respect and common courtesy, you will receive the same and will be taken seriously by a lot more people instead of just your own peers.[:)][:D]

Anyway, I'll stay cool............hope you do the same! [;)][8D]

Peace out Green Machine. [;)]

[Anonymous]

Just because a thought or idea is a stereotype is no guarantee that it's not accurate.

I find them to be true more often than not...

[Kevin C. Smith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45

Hmmm. The "horrible" 1980s. For me guys, it was very sweet.

My fond memories include...paying $1.01 a gallon for gas.

Fond? I remember how upset people were when it went UP to $.50 (if you could get it)! Ooooo, I feel old now.