Prove to me that you were alive in 1983

Salazar did not really have the wr then because that course was later shown to be short (not sure by how much but not an insignificant amount). However, Deek's 2:08:18 at Fukuoka was the legit wr at the time and Derek Clayton's wr from 1969 was finally broken.

I remember Bear Bryant died and Alabama fans were convinced he knew he was going to die when he retired several months prior.

Also remember NC State upsetting Phi Slamma Jamma and Jimmy V running around on the court afterward just wanting to hug someone. Crazy to think that NC State beat Olajuwon and Drexler.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Some things that happened more or less around that time were Yuri Andropov, Cold War tension, Michael Jackson, The Day After, Amerika, Tron, John McEnroe, the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64.

There were massive anti-nuclear weapon protests in Europe. TV advertisements showed an amazing product, the plastic 2-liter soda bottle, falling and not breaking. Tennis racquets were made of wood. IBM PC monitors were pretty much all monochrome. Cars made by Nissan were still known as Datsun.

Most people and nearly all pros used a carbon or "graphite" racquet by 1983. They had come out in 1980 and were in wide use by 1983.

I had a Dunlop Max 200g for example in 1983.

Can you tell me why it is clever to misspell Wiggins' name?

"more or less," I said. And who the hell is Wiggins?

Celebrated 25th anniversary of sex with the girl from the 1964 thread.

Jeff Slater won VA AAA XC Championships with a then course record 15:49 on the old Piedmont CC course in Charlottesville. I'm on this list:

http://va.milesplit.com/meets/82158/results/144529

I'm not on this list, but I did beat 7 of the 10 listed here in the 1984 race in the 1983 race above. I didn't run well in 1984:

http://va.milesplit.com/meets/27398/results/50169

The Professional world wrestling title was unified and thee greatest victory speech was given May 21st 1983 the matches happened at the summit in Houston. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdcnErW9hpM

webby wrote:

Stop making sense.

great album.

yes an "album."

someproof wrote:

Oh ya got an atari 2600 for Christmas with the game super breakout.

Which was just called Atari before the Atari 5200 came to compete against Intellivision.

Look at the high tech graphics that Intellivision had vs. Atari:

My Dad brought home this vinyl album called "Meat is Murder"

I was 16, it was a look into a world in knew nothing of at the time

Speaking of steeple in 1983, there was this epic fall by Marsh at the World Championships.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X6na0U3UwM

outsiderunner wrote:

Yes, Uncle Floyd! What a long-lost memory.

THIS!

I learned that Karen Carpenter had died of anorexia while listening to Howard Stern's afternoon radio show on WNBC New York.

Oogie wrote:

I learned that Karen Carpenter had died of anorexia while listening to Howard Stern's afternoon radio show on WNBC New York.

I'm sure many have died while listening to him.

Besides if Mama Cass had given Karen her ham sandwich, they both would still be alive.

ditchwater wrote:

Besides if Mama Cass had given Karen her ham sandwich, they both would still be alive.

I think the sandwich would have been a little stale...

ditchwater wrote:

Oogie wrote:

I learned that Karen Carpenter had died of anorexia while listening to Howard Stern's afternoon radio show on WNBC New York.

I'm sure many have died while listening to him.

Besides if Mama Cass had given Karen her ham sandwich, they both would still be alive.

The ham sandwich myth survives!

She died of a heart attack brought on by obesity. There is some speculation that she may have had a heart conduction condition because she had a history of 'fainting spell' but the official autopsy report says heart attack.

-----https://www.themedicalbag.com/story/mama-cass-elliot

The ham sandwich myth was fueled by the report of Dr. Anthony Greenburgh, the physician who first examined Cass after her death. Greenburgh reportedly told the Daily Express that “she appeared to have been eating a ham sandwich and drinking Coca-Cola while lying down—a very dangerous thing to do,” and continued, “she seemed to have choked on a ham sandwich.” He came to these conclusions from his first impression upon entering the scene, and he believed she died of asphyxia. Dr. Greenburgh completely overlooked the fact that the ham sandwich sitting on the table had not been touched.

The facts about Cass Elliot’s death were documented shortly after she died by Keith Simpson, one of Great Britain’s leading forensic pathologists at that time. The forensic autopsy showed there was “a heart problem leading to heart failure; there was no sandwich or any other item lodged in her throat or trachea; and she had had very little to eat the day before she died.” A routine drug screening showed no drugs were in her system. The cause of death was “heart failure due to fatty myocardial degeneration due to obesity.” That conclusion was controversial and disputed by American pathologists at that time. The theory exists that Cass had a cardiac conduction deficit. She frequently suffered fainting episodes that went unexplained.

Mama Cass also had an eating disorder and was constantly starving herself in a desperate bid to lose weight.

If only xfit had been around to coach her.

My friend Irleis (Cubanito) Perez fought the then hottest star in boxing, I thought my friend won, but they robbed him. See for yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mQuMGL816M

WildCowboy wrote:

My Dad brought home this vinyl album called "Meat is Murder"

I was 16, it was a look into a world in knew nothing of at the time

You win for coolest dad of 1983. My family owned about four 8-track tapes that were rotated mercilessly on every road trip - Kenny Rogers, The Carpernters, John Denver and some other one.

Luckily I met some Smiths fans in high school a few years later and learned what a great year 1983 was after all.