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  1. What is the smell of the 80's? Or the smell you most associate with the 80s? 

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      20ohm20

      Polo cologne.  I bathed in it when I was a senior in high school.

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  2. Who remembers Scotch VHS blank recording tapes. I found one out of my closet and remember 1988-1989 all over again!

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      20ohm20

      My Scotch VHS tape of MTV's Friday Night Video Fight's from 1983-1984 has held up well over the years.  

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  3. Just watched the original Boogeyman... so bad, it's kinda okay. lol Loved the synth music though. :P

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      20ohm20

      My older brother took me to a double feature of Dawn of the Dead and Creepshow when I was 10 or 11. Messed me up for life.

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  4. Gas could soon hit $5 in California

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      20ohm20

      Gas is already $4.19/gallon or more at most stations near me. If I drive four miles and pay cash, I can get it for $3.92.

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  5. Anybody here ever know anyone named Wendy?

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      20ohm20

      I went to my junior prom with a girl named Wendy.

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  6. Bracing for the obligatory April shit storm we're to anticipate. But thankfully, may be some Atari in the forecast later!

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      20ohm20

      I'm going back to western NY for a few days late next week. I hope the weather isn't hideous.

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  7. Devo's Smooth Noodle Maps has been remastered and given the deluxe re-issue treatment. Sounds excellent, huge improvement from the original '90 release.

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      20ohm20

      I saw Devo on this tour at the old Perkin's Palace in Pasadena.

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  8. I see the last video rental store is closing in our town: Family Video. Can't be the only location they're doing away with.

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      20ohm20

      There's still one on the west side of Rochester, NY. I passed by it twice a day and there was always people in it.

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  9. Frankie goes to Hollywood is THE most overrated band ever. The music is lost in its own remixes.

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      20ohm20

      I've never seen a band that had more remix 12" releases in my life (besides Depeche Mode or maybe Erasure). I love the Annihilation remix of Two Tribes.

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  10. -24 in our town. The moonswamp across the way reads -38.

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      20ohm20

      49 here right now with a high today of 70.

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  11. What was the first 8-bit game you purchased? Mine was Protector II for my Atari 400 because it came in a 16k cartridge.

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      20ohm20

      I got Hunt the Wumpus and Tombstone City for the TI-99/4A and Radar Rat Race for the VIC-20 about the same time. Didn't own an Atari 8-bit until the late-90's.

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  12. So.. Did you disrupt your family gatherings to participate in the black friday frenzy?

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      20ohm20

      I've barely left my house since Wednesday night. But I'm driving up to Ojai in a couple hours to visit family I haven't seen since 1996.

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  13. What is the best flyid to clean records with that's cheap and readily available? I've heard Windex, sparkle, or isopropyl/distilled water mix.

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      20ohm20

      I've been using Mobile Fidelity Super Record Wash for 15+ years. Even when manually washing, it gets records cleaner than anything I've ever made/mixed myself.

       

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  14. All your debts are paid and you have 150,000 in your savings account paying a whopping 0.01%. What do you invest it in?

  15. How many Combat carts do you own?

  16. Who is more annoying/douchey: Audi drivers or BMW drivers? Hard to tell sometimes..

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      20ohm20

      I'm going to name my Audi A4 Massengill. Now get out of my goddamned way.

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  17. Wish my favorite FM oldies station would quit playing The Cure. Didn't like them in the 80's and don't like them now. I'll take Culture Club over them any day and yet, you never hear CC on this station. :-(

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      20ohm20

      17 Seconds-Faith-Pornography my favorite three album run by any band ever. Still have my ticket stub from their Dodger Stadium show in 1989.

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  18. It’s gorgeous outside. The sky is a dark blue and the temperature is a comfortable 70 degrees. How’s the weather where you live today?

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      20ohm20

      62 and cloudy. Much better than the freezing rain we had last week.

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  19. Somebody here is insisting on calling SD cards "Wafers" and I have no idea why.....now that is some foolishness.

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      20ohm20

      My dad used to call Atari 2600 carts "tapes" because when we got our 2600 in '79 he still had an 8-track player in his '72 El Camino.

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  20. lol, this "factory error" C64 has been up on ebay for 5 months already, does this dude really think someone would pay that much for a mismatched box when other people are listing cib breadbins for less than $100? https://www.ebay.com/itm/FACTORY-ERROR-Vintage-1980s-Commodore-64-Computer-w-Hookups-Manual-Box-CIB/282688385241?_trkparms=aid=555017&algo=PL.CASSINI&ao=2&asc=20150817211623&meid=cab8abd7aa6640cab96d737bbd71e39c&pid=100505&rk=1&rkt=1&...

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      20ohm20

      Super rare to find a mistake like this! WOW! AMAZING!

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  21. braved the snow (actually everything is calm now) to check out the thrift stores and 2 things boarding on words Qberts Qubes

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      20ohm20

      I remember paying 99 cents each for Atari 2600 and Intellivision carts in 1996-1997, regardless of title from the VoA or Goodwill. I haven't seen any 2600 carts in a thrift store in at least 4-5 years, and even then they were $5 each for Pac-Man, Combat, etc.

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  22. so... who got the very last CX40 fire button from Best Electronics within the past day or so? I was able to buy *one* recently. They're officially sold out now.

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      20ohm20

      I bought four of them on January 5th. I've only used two of them - I should put the other two on eBay for a $50 BIN.

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  23. I didn't like Rush's "Hold Your Fire" when I was a teenager - not heavy enough. Now, though, with older and wider ears I really, really like it. I may even put it in my top 5 Rush albums.

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      20ohm20

      I saw them for the first time on that tour at the San Diego Sports Arena. Didn't see them again until 2002.

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  24. Found out today I could volunteer for a package at my work. I was planning on leaving anyways, but an extra $50,000 never hurt anyone!

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      20ohm20

      I took a buyout package from my previous employer of 14 years. It ended up being one of the best decisions I've made in my life.

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  25. Warming up to 28 F today. I don't know how you people up north with the negative F temps do it.

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