i need interesting facts on the 80's. I Have a Huge report that is due in a couple of weeks and i need something to make it look good

In the 80s, we had to do all our assignments without benifit of the internet. We couldn't log on to a website and leave a message for someone else to do our research for us.

It's true, youth IS wasted on the young. Sigh...

Now, Lester, we don't want to turn into the kind of codgers that end up using the phrase, "...both ways! Uphill! In the snow!" Apparently little Leaf found nothing to his/her liking in any of the posts already on this board so obviously he's/she's looking for very specific information. I for one would like to help the kid, so here are some ideas. There was that Toupee Cartel that really did a number on our relations with Bavaria around '82. Also, local communities in the Southern States were rocked with a brief plague of, of all things, penguins in 1985, but you better belive that got hushed up pretty darn quick. And of course, we can't forget the secret service fiasco when an undercover reporter discovered that half a billion dollars had been allotted to secure and interrogate the presidential 'continental breakfast' in the wake of the Cold War.
If all else fails, I'm sure a clear plastic binder will make the report 'look good'.

: Now, Lester, we don't want to turn into the
: kind of codgers that end up using the
: phrase, "...both ways! Uphill! In the
: snow!" Apparently little Leaf found
: nothing to his/her liking in any of the
: posts already on this board so obviously
: he's/she's looking for very specific
: information. I for one would like to help
: the kid, so here are some ideas. There was
: that Toupee Cartel that really did a number
: on our relations with Bavaria around '82.
: Also, local communities in the Southern
: States were rocked with a brief plague of,
: of all things, penguins in 1985, but you
: better belive that got hushed up pretty darn
: quick. And of course, we can't forget the
: secret service fiasco when an undercover
: reporter discovered that half a billion
: dollars had been allotted to secure and
: interrogate the presidential 'continental
: breakfast' in the wake of the Cold War.
: If all else fails, I'm sure a clear plastic
: binder will make the report 'look good'.

I offer my sincerest apologies for being an old fuddy duddy. I don't know what I was thinking... not enough bran with my breakfast, no doubt.

And, hey, I remember the penguin plague very well. We couldn't leave our homes when things were at their worst... in fact, I still wake up screaming some nights. The Horror!!

And what about the "National Night Out" from back in '82? That was when President Reagan had everyone in the nation spend a night under the stars so we would better appreciate how good we had things. There was a run on calamine lotion the next day that is still spoken of in awe at drug stores all over the country. Hard to believe that was almost 20 years ago...

...National Night Out. Good times. Back when each and every one of us knew we were cared for by our leader. "Tough Love" indeed, the chigger bites were worth it!

Sorry to hear you actually saw the plague up close and personal, though. I think they have a 1-800 number still set up for unexpected penguin-related PTS attacks. Let me know if you want me to hunt it down.

I so need to get a life...

: ...National Night Out. Good times. Back when
: each and every one of us knew we were cared
: for by our leader. "Tough Love"
: indeed, the chigger bites were worth it!

: Sorry to hear you actually saw the plague up
: close and personal, though. I think they
: have a 1-800 number still set up for
: unexpected penguin-related PTS attacks. Let
: me know if you want me to hunt it down.

: I so need to get a life...

What about the penguins? Who else, but you, could hunt these incorrigible, yet adorable, critters? Unless - they got to ya! Sigh. Ditto on the life thing, but all I can do about it is shrug.

Tarzan Boy

: I so need to get a life...

Nah, you're doing just fine. ROTFLMAO!!