Children of the 80's

[~*Ashiee*~]

To my Trini friends

 If you're a child of de 80s , reminisce on this. Hope it makes you Smile today.

Remember what it was like when T.V. used to sign off ? Remember

watching the last few minutes of signed off T.V. waiting for Sesame Street to begin?

Remember when one T.V. channel was all you needed, and a remote was

unheard of and you used to be happy when yuh picking up channel nine.

 

Remember when Dominic Kalipersad was the man on TV from 7pm and you

used to wish news was never a show.

Remember when Judy Alcantara and Allyson Hennesey used to come on the TV every day around lunch time. What about de weatherman Robin Maharaj.

 

Remember when Channel 6 come on de air, how that was like the biggest

thing on TV.  

Remember when a donky kong or an Atari game was cool.

 What about yuh walkman, everybody wanted a walkman.

 Remember When chicken and chips was Kentucky and you always wanted a

Kentucky kids pack to get a Jo Jo dollar.

 Remember when a milk moustache was the only reason you drank milk ?

Remember when a popsicle was "ah ice lolly". Remember pitchin' marbles, pickin'

mangoes, peltin' stones, shooting caps guns, checkin' guavas for worms,

flyin' kite, lightin' flambo, bussin bamboo, runnin' races and peein yuh pants 'cause yuh couldn't leave the game for a minute ?

 Remember home work ?

Remember crying during a haircut ? Remember sibling fights? Could you

remember now what any of them were about ? Remember sleep overs ?

 Remember when as soon as you reach on the beach you want to run in de

water fast fast. Remember when yu wanted to see how deep yuh could dig a hole

in de sand and if yu could reach water  


Remember when walking arm in arm (sober) with a guy wasn't gay?

Remember when it was no big deal to kiss your father and your mother's lipstick

stayed on your face for the whole day of school ? Remember alladin lunch kits

and Trinpad copy books that had the national anthem and I solemnly pledge

on the inside cover ?

Remember when you always had a friend who had better lunch, nicer shoes and more toys than you did? And he thought the same thing about you. Remember snakes and ladders, ludo, chinese checkers, go to pack, suck the well, rounders, ladders, red light green light one two three, I spy, scooch and, kiss catch- girls catch the boys (never wanted to get caught, but deep inside wanted to get kissed.

 Remember Star Wars, Buck Rogers, Star Trek, MacGyver, Sting Ray, Hunter,

Equaliser, Hart to Hart, Simon and Simon, Dukes of Hazzard, Super Friends, the adventures of Batman and Robin, Teen Talent, Scouting for Talent, Twelve and Under, Gayelle, pick a pan and Mastana Bahar, No Boundaries, Turn of the Tide. What about Ralph Maharaj in Cross Country. Remember Wendell Constantine in Party Time. G-Force, Terror Hawks, Super Gran, Star Fleet, He-Man, Street Hawk, Fall Guys. A-Team, even the old people shows like Knots Landing, Falcon Crest and JR and Bobby in Dallas and as much as I hate to admit it- Circle Square ? Good time to sign off now.

 What about when Kiskidee Caravan was the biggest concert out. Dan it up, Shot call, Ambush and Edoo Edoo pom pom.

 Remember when an RX 7 was de coolest car. When yuh see a black RX 7 it was always de Knight rider car. What about those Knight rider lights.


Remember when Cinema was the big lime, south people remember going Gulf City

to go in de cinema upstairs. What about the Bowling Alley.

 Remember when Chinese Laundry dub tapes or rhythm nation, Dr Hyde was most wanted. Remember when Papa Rocky was a big time DJ. What about the Michelle parties.

 Remember when de only soca tune yu liked was "Dey say ah too young for soca, oy yoo yoyy dey making joke" and roll up de tassa, and Sparrow's never eat a white meat yet. Oh gawdd, what about bump and wine. Wait Wait, what about Nelson's Soca Daddy She fall and ........... she uh uh


Remember when the only two ladies yu knew who used to sing Calypso was Denyse Plummer and Drupatee. Never did you think about oyyy we going to see a sexy woman on stage.

 What about acid wash or stone wash jeans or hood tops with malcolm x on it. Girls what about jeans with all dem fancy patches on it and yuh wearing big belt too and shoes with fancy colour lacing.  

Remember when shorts for girls used to reach all by they knee and you would be like she looking nice.

 What about Ricky Ticky and Uncle Ian who used to draw all kind of lines and say this is the sun and that is the forest.  


Remember when goin Intercol was the biggest lime after school. Either yuh looking to go Skinner Park or in de Stadium. Remember when Benedict's used to play Pres in de park and that is when you going to see all the girls and then when they have to go up in town to play one of the north schools like ORC and they horn men, how it was the biggest lime after school open back.

What about those two to eight limes. Or when hanging by the video arcade was cool. What about the Penal Convent bazaars or the Fatima College dances

 Remember when going in the direction after hilton was like going on some hike in some weird area. Never heard about Coconuts then? The only reason you going around the savannah was to go in the zoo or by de botanic gardens.

 Remember wanting to catch the maxi with the biggest sounds. Remember when "race" was a word used to describe a running competition, "colour" was used to describe yuh water paints or yuh drawing book and religion was remembering the "our father" and "thank you for the food we eat". Remember when a fight was a few hard cuff and ended with a simple sorry. Remember when disease was the cold, starvation was a belly ache,

a cold drink was a big red, a solo or a tall pepsi and how high you got depended on who was pushing the swings.  

Remember when the Prime Minister was just a name in Social Studies and politics was just a word in your spelling book. Remember when guns were full of water and knives were made of plastic. Do you remember....... my Trini people

 

A Trini for real!!!                    

[CRaZyAnGeL]

big thread here ppl
doh spam it up
yea i remember about half of dem ting in serius,...good memories mostly an dat iz a good ting

btw rx-7 iz still d baddest car!!                    

[Bob]

ah yes my childhood

sweet memories indeed                    

[perfectdrug]

...i was born in the 80's...
...doh remember much...                    

[New Era Outlaw]

But you just described my entire childhood there, SplitPsycho!
Up to the 'Kentucky Jo Jo Dollar' and all....lol.

I remember every darn thing on that post, Splits....
From those Trinpad copy books right up to those arcade limes!
Ah, those were the days.

I remember going bonkers when the clock hit 11 on Saturday mornings, cause that is when Transformers does show!! Bwah!
And I remember all the times I spent my lunch hours at the Nintendo Outlet....Lord, those were de days.                    

[~*Ashiee*~]

Those were TRULY the days
too bad
they have to change
as with change comes good and bad
i remember my roll up d tassa was the hitt
hoss them was the days                    

[unforgiven]

ah memories....nice time indeed                    

[Waggy]

:-(
*longs for time machine now*                    

[Rommel]

but remember
there was no GATT in them days

cost of growing up

but there are some things that would never get old :afro:                    

[KillZone]

them was the days. u goin to school early to play marbles and u running round the school  like a race horse sweating like madd. and the bell ent even ring to start school                    

[shivadee]

man that was a real nice memory trip. real real nice. I remember GI JOE as well, just liek He-Man i used to collect all the toys and ting.

Remember the KLICK KLICK Radio control cars? the ones that used to have this button to click.the car could only do 2 things. It would go forward and reverse in a circle. And its controled byt he click of the controler, like the clapper light.

remember AMERICAS TOP 10 and SOLID GOLD? ...........yes man them was the days.                    

[SPK]

Aye Splits, for old Soca tunes, how u could forget Crazy - Nanee Wine (spelling correct? :?), and the ever legendary "Dollar Wine" by Colin Lucas?

God chile, u call back too many damn memories there                    

[Flippant]

casey casum owz j00...

remember mj when  he was the hottest thing since bread, and he wasnt a ped.... never mind.                    

[Ice]

ah yess i remember those days .... well very little of it                    

[ARCH_ANGEL]

hmmmm JORDACHE and BRitish KNIGHT hmmmm How about some FLAME and Trojan.... How about 50.c cool and sucka bag and how about being the only kid on your street with ah ATARI and running arcade home for the august vacation then the first with a nES which i think was in the 90s dohh and running an arcade too                    

[SPK]

No Arch, when the style in shoes was the L.A. Lights, with the whole flashing bit in the base of them...

And also when the biggest shows to look out for on a morning was Galaxy Rangers, and Thundercats, etc, etc, etc...                    

[~*Ashiee*~]

ahh boy flame
i remember flame
and washi kong
hoss, KNIGHT was a bad shoe
man feel he pimping wid them shoe on                    

[snake_eater]

dem was de dayz but that waz so long ago buh still ghood reminice.....                    

[Computerman]

I remember Gulf with the two cinemas.  I remember Kentucky, but what about Chicken Unlimited remember that?  There was a Sesame Street at Cross Crossing remember?  I thought the '80's shoe' was 'Batta Bullet!'                    

[Evangelion_01]

I STILL have my Atari.
I STILL have my old pair of Bata Bullets.
I STILL have my VERY FIRST pair of Nikes.
I STILL have my bag of marbles from primary school that I win off fellas for playing for keeps.
I STILL have my Jo Jo doll that yuh had to SCRUNT for the Jo Jo dollars to buy. Bad part he lost all of his velcro clothing
I think I still have my Kiskidee Jams casette somewhere around in my room if I look hard enough.

*sighs* I was born at the right time, just before all this era done  Waggy have the right idea, who gonna help me build a time machine?