Vapors Choice Contest Thread

[Reddhott]

dnc
yea the resp infection came back soooo more meds and hopefully enough to stay out of the hospital this time uggggg

 

[jj2]

DNC

dnc
yea the resp infection came back soooo more meds and hopefully enough to stay out of the hospital this time uggggg

Sorry it's been such a long haul and hope the meds kick .... this time!!

 

[liblue1]

8/5 #3
1980s Sneaker Roller Skates.......

 

[GreenLeaf]

8/6 #1

8/5 #3

Gary Numan, Metal (1980).
While previously a recording as Tubeway Army, Gary Numan's third album The Pleasure Principle--the first to be released under his own name--proved that synthetic sounds derived from synthesizers and other machines can be commercially successful. While the first single from the album, Cars, topped the charts in several countries and has become a staple of early electronic music, Metal has had a far larger impact, inspiring diverse artists such as Nine Inch Nails and Afrika Bambaataa, as well as remaining a fan favorite. (As a side note, one of his songs from an earlier release is titled, "Remember I Was Vapour.")

Gary Numan - Metal Video - YouTube

No joke, that song was my next entry...

His new stuff got dark, but there are still a few gems, imo.

1980.

 

[Reddhott]

love me some JIMI!

 

[RaceGun59]

#1 for 08-06-14
1959
1. I was born
2. The Kodak Browinie Twin was first produced.
3. This is the camera that took the photo of me on the right in May 1966
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[MoonLit_Water]

8/6 #1

G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro.[3][4] The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier (U.S. Army), Action Sailor (U.S. Navy), Action Pilot (USAF), Action Marine (USMC) and later on, the Action Nurse. The term G.I. stands, in popular usage, for Government Issued[5] and after the First World War became a generic term for U.S. soldiers. The origin of the term dates to World War I, when much of the equipment issued to U.S. soldiers was stamped "G.I.", meaning that it was made from galvanized iron.[6][7][8] The development of G.I. Joe led to the coining of the term "action figure". G.I. Joe's appeal to children has made it an American icon among toys.[9]

The G.I. Joe trademark has been used by Hasbro to title two different toy lines. The original 12-inch line that began in 1964 centered on realistic action figures. In the United Kingdom, this line was licensed to Palitoy and known as Action Man.

The conventional marketing wisdom of the early 1960s was that boys would not play with dolls, thus the word "doll" was never used by Hasbro or anyone involved in the development or marketing of G.I. Joe. "Action figure" was the only acceptable term, and has since become the generic description for any poseable doll intended for boys. "America's movable fighting man" is a registered trademark of Hasbro, and was prominently displayed on every boxed figure package.

The Hasbro prototypes were originally named "Rocky" (marine/soldier) "Skip" (sailor) and "Ace" (pilot), before the more universal name G.I. Joe was adopted. One of the prototypes would later sell in a Heritage auction in 2003 for $200,001.[11]

Aside from the obvious trademarking on the right buttock, other aspects of the figure were copyrighted features that allowed Hasbro to successfully pursue cases against producers of cheap imitations, since the human figure itself cannot be copyrighted or trademarked. The scar on the right cheek was one; another, unintentional at first, was the placement of the right thumbnail on the underside of the thumb. Early trademarking, with "G.I. Joe™", was used through some point in 1965; the markings changed once G.I. Joe was a registered trademark; "G.I. Joe®" now appears on the first line. Subsequently, the stamped trademarking was altered after the patent was granted (in late 1966), and assigned a number; 3,277,602. Figures with this marking would have entered the retail market during 1967.


i had a jeep and helicopter, and foot locker with a bunch of smaller accessories for mine to help save the world. Man it would be cool to still have these things

 

[CountBoredom]

8/6 #1
On to 1981...

Rick James, Super Freak (1981)
Before there was MC Hammer, there was Rick James. Super Freak was the second single to come from James's fifth album, Street Songs, and soon became his biggest smash. The song has, surprisingly, been remade in various styles, including metal and bluegrass, while parts of the original song have been sampled by several hip-hop artists, the first of which was Mr. Hammer.

 

[liblue1]

8/6 #1
You know you are a child of the 80's when....
your parents stood in line at midnight and risked life and limb to get you one of these with an authentic birth certificate?
1980s CABBAGE PATCH DOLL

 

[MoonLit_Water]

8/6 #2
Go-Go Dancers



Go-go dancers are dancers who are employed to entertain crowds at discotheques[1] or other clubs where music is played. Go-go dancing originated in the early 1960s, by some accounts when women at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City began to get up on tables and dance the twist.[2] It is also claimed that go-go dancing originated at, and was named for, the very popular South L.A. rock club Whiskey A Go Go which opened in January of 1964. [3] Many 1960s-era clubgoers wore miniskirts and knee-high, high-heeled boots, which eventually came to be called go-go boots. Night club promoters in the mid‑1960s then conceived the idea of hiring women dressed in these outfits to entertain patrons.

The term go-go derives from the phrase "go-go-go" for a high-energy person,[4] and was influenced by the French expression à gogo, meaning "in abundance, galore",[5] which is in turn derived from the ancient French word la gogue for "joy, happiness".[6]

 

[liblue1]

8/6 #2
You know you are a child of the 80's when...
You rode your bike around wearing these....
Jelly shoes

 

[CountBoredom]

8/6 #2

Kraftwerk, Computer World (1981)
Electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk released Computer World, their eighth, in 1981. While the first single from the album, Computer Love, became a hit in the UK and has been covered (or the melody borrowed) by other artists, the tone of the album--with a hint of prescience--is set by the title track.

 

[liblue1]

8/6 #3
You know you are a child of the 80's when...
you wouldn't go to sleep without this..
Gloworm

 

[CountBoredom]

8/6 #3

Genesis, Abacab (1981)
Taken from the Genesis album of the same name, Abacab was the second single off of the band's eleventh studio album.

 

[liblue1]

8/6 #4
You know you are a child of the 80's when...
You couldn't wait till Saturday morning to watch this......
The Smurfs

 

[CountBoredom]

8/6 #4

Billy Squier, In the Dark (1981)
Arena rocker Billy Squier continued his string of hits with this second single from his journeyman album, Don't Say No.

 

[Drottwiler]

50s had the best cars

 

[GreenLeaf]

8/6 #2

1985

 

[kathi17]

You know you're old when you got the original 1959 Barbie doll on your seventh birthday!

 

[GreenLeaf]

8/6 #3

1982