Has it been THAT long?

NOTES
1 ... This is a "woa, can ya believe so many years have past since...?" topic/thread.
2 ... I'm not even sure exactly WHY I'm sharing this, but maybe we'll find out....
 

Every now and then, an anniversary will hit, and, when you realize just how many years have gone by and what all has happened since that event, you pause for a moment ... and wonder just where has the time gone.
 
Such is the case for me, December 27, 2007; because, 20 years ago, December 27, 1987, my original/then best friend, Josh, died of a severe asthma attack.  It was a shock to me ... a shy guy who had FEW friends and was so NOT popular.  Of course, as it most-often does, time has eased the pain ... and that experience has made me a better person.  It didn't "back then", but since I've come out of my shell, met many people during my road trips, become friends with many of you, and turned some things around, that experience has been there ... always ... shaping me, without me even realizing it fully.
 

Likewise, 2007 marks several other "milestones", including (but not limited to, of course)...
 
30 years ago:
November 1977, my 1st open heart surgery
#1 hits include...Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights", Kenny Rogers' "Lucille", The Kendalls' "Heaven's Just A Sin Away", and Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again"
 
25 years ago:
spring 1982, my parents bought '81 Monte Carlo SC, which became mine in 1999
#1 hits include...Juice Newton's "The Sweetest Thing", Oak Ridge Boys' "Bobbie Sue", Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind", David Frizzell's "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home", Sylvia's "Nobody", Jerry Reed's "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)", and Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You"
 
20 years ago:
March 1987, my 2nd open heart surgery
October 1987, stock market crash; the girl in Texas fell down the well; RFer Andre Dawson, with a league-leading 49 HRs for the last-place Chicago Cubs, was named NL MVP.
November 1987, Chicago's mayor Harold Washington died in office, the day before Thanksgiving
December 11, 1987, production ended for the Ch#$r%*et Monte Carlo, my favorite car
#1 hits include...Michael Johnson's "Give Me Wings", Restless Heart's "Why Does It Have To Be (Wrong Or Right)", Hank Williams Jr's "Born To Boogie", and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Fishing In The Dark"
 
15 years ago:
June 1992, I graduated HS
October 1992, I purchased my first car, a 1979 MC Landau, which I still have
#1 hits include...Collin Raye's "Love, Me", Reba McEntire's "Is There Life Out There?", Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart", Mark Chestnut's "I'll Think Of Something", Wynonna's "No One Else On Earth", and Alabama's "I'm In A Hurry (And Don't Know Why)"
 
10 years ago:
September 1997, I purchased my first brand-new car, since long gone
December 1997, we had to put our family dog, a silky-haired terrior named Fibber, to sleep 3 days before Christmas
#1 hits include...Kevin Sharp's "Nobody Knows" and Tim McGraw/Faith Hill's "It's Your Love"
 
5 years ago:
March 2002, I purchased my 1972 MC, completing my collection of one of each MC generation
October 2002, Gram (Mom's mom), with whom I was close, died.
December 2002, a stress test revealed that I needed a 3rd open heart surgery ... pronto
#1 hits include...JoDee Messina's "Bring On The Rain", Brooks and Dunn's "Long Goodbye", Kenny Chesney's "The Good Stuff", Darryl Worley's "I Miss My Friend", and Keith Urban's "Somebody Like You"
 

So ... how about YOU?  Did 2007 feature any milestone anniversaries?
 
 
 
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"Another year comes to a close" ... Sylvia ... 'Reflections'

the 2 year anniversary of the deaths of both my uncle and one of my best friends...one the day b4 my birthday and the other a month later

my 18th birthday.... September 1, 1989

New Year's Eve will be 31 years since my mom died.
 
Back on the topic of music:
Some songs that were popular, but now make you wonder why...
 
25 years ago:  "Mickey" by Toni Basil, "Puttin' On The Ritz" by Taco (written by none other than Irving Berlin), "I Want Candy" by Bow Wow Wow (better recognized by metro Detroit-ers as "I Want Stanley"), and the infamous "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners.
 
20 years ago:  "Respect Yourself" by Bruce Willis (yes, that Bruce Willis), and "Hot, Hot, Hot" by Buster Poindexter (how many people just heard Buster scream "YYYYYES SIR!!!" in their head?)
 
15 years ago:  "Jump Around" by House Of Pain, and "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred.
 
I'll leave ya with the song "I'm Too Sexy" playing in your head.

oh sure pick on mickey thanks Taz LMAO
 
here is one to make you feel old.
 
Someone born 20 years ago have no idea what life is like with out the internet and cell phones. or even corded phone. (yeah really the things we talk on used to have a cord and you had to go to them LOL )
 
cell phones were the size of the trunk of your car. (not really but close )
Comparied to todays cell phone they were thought to never be that small and be anything but a toy. Thanks Spock for the flip phones :-)

You mean these?
I remember these.


 
This guy reminds me of Buddy Ebsen.

my dad had this big phone in the 90's... it was black and had a big scren on it.  the numbers were on the "back" side of it guess... and it was actually on a cord and mounted in his 18 wheeler if I recall right.
 
the thing was about the size of a brick... you had to get someone else to hold it to your ear as you talked on it.

Hey Mickey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0qUExJjEJ8
Putin on the Ritz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG3PnQ3tgzY
I want Candy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNHcaIJETZo
Come on Eileen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9bPrUark4
Respcting Himself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni90iL81wTQ
Hot Hot Hot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrhf_zgtmAg
Jump Around http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZADbubu0Y
I'm Too Sexy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipZDG6__Zfc
 
Then there my Favorites (HA HA Songs)
Whip It - Devo  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxH39QlRuhg
Saturday Night - BCR - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cRxYKvTLgQ
Dizzy - Tommy Roe - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7naDUGne9A
 
Then some of my real favorites:
Age 4 - Charlie Drake - Please Mister Custard
Age 5 - Brian Hyland - Sealed with a Kiss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIkUiD8N81k
Age 8 - Mitch Ryder - devil with the blue dress
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Iyn5JAKZQ
Age 8 - Sgt. Barry Sadler - Ballad of the Green Beret
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RELWMKwci9U
Age 10 - Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcSxgOxjrT8
Age 11 - Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quhj6PEboCU
Age 12- Black Sabbath - Iron Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMmHX3WENHY
Age 13 - Deep Purple - Smoke on River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG1nv2zNBTM
Age 14 - Uriah Heep - Stealin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iikY_nJrmNo
Age 15 - BTO - Taking Care of Business
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-KepL8gRXA
Age 16- Was the year the WORLD's GREATEST ROCK SONG WAS EVER WRITTEN - Lynard Syknard's - FREE BIRD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIkQgmranw0
 
This only scratches the surface... But it gives you a taste of who and what Craig Baugher is all about!
 

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ORIGINAL: Cowboy6622

my dad had this big phone in the 90's... it was black and had a big scren on it.  the numbers were on the "back" side of it guess... and it was actually on a cord and mounted in his 18 wheeler if I recall right.

the thing was about the size of a brick... you had to get someone else to hold it to your ear as you talked on it.

 
you had to have them help hold up the wieght of it LMAO!!!!!!!
yeah i remeber them rather well and actually till a year or two ago. I still had one and used it in the big truck becuse they would have such better reception and power in low areas like in the mountians.

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ORIGINAL: mickey


you had to have them help hold up the wieght of it LMAO!!!!!!!

I was SEVEN!!!!!!!

I wasn't Coherent to notice the brick phones. But I did have one of those analogue phone in a bag things Motorola sold!

10 years ago. I got my first car. A 1989 Dodge Omni 2.2L...

6 years ago, I joined the service.

6 Years ago, daughter was born.

4 years ago, my son was born.

2 years ago, I got married.

The future.... A new monte is in the works. Beyond that.. Anyones guess.. (home is where the army sends you) lol

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ORIGINAL: Taz

I'll leave ya with the song "I'm Too Sexy" playing in your head.

 
Eee gads.
 
That song just never fit me :(.
 
 
Interesting the role music plays in showing the "timeline of life", which is why I love doing the radio show, which will return in January ... more later.  But, for me, cars do the same thing.
 
 
And ... one thing I forgot to include in the original post ... TV shows.  So, a bit late:
 
1977 TV shows included ... ABC's "Laverne & Shirley"; ABC's "Happy Days"; ABC's "Charlie's Angels"; CBS' "All In The Family"; NBC's "Little House On The Prairie"; and CBS' "Alice".
 
1982 TV shows included ... CBS' "Dallas"; CBS' "Magnum PI"; ABC's "The Love Boat"; and CBS' "The Jeffersons".
 
1987 TV shows included ... NBC's "The Cosby Show"; NBC's "Cheers"; NBC's "The Golden Girls"; ABC's "Growing Pains"; ABC's "Who's The Boss?"; CBS' "Murder, She Wrote"; NBC's "ALF"; ABC's "The Wonder Years"; ABC's "Moonlighting"; and NBC's "LA Law".
 
1992 TV shows included ... ABC's "Home Improvement"; CBS' "Murphy Brown"; CBS' "Murder, She Wrote"; NBC's "Cheers"; and CBS' "Northern Exposure".
 
1997 TV shows included ... CBS' "Cybill"; NBC's "Friends"; ABC's "Spin City"; CBS' "Touched By An Angel"; CBS' "Early Edition"; and ABC's "Home Improvement".
 
2002 TV shows included ... WB's "Smallville"; NBC's "Will & Grace"; FOX's "Boston Public"; ABC's "8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter"; CBS' "CSI"; and ABC's "NYPD Blue".
 
 
 
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"I shiver when I see the falling snow" ... Merle Haggard ... 'If We Make It Through December'

I know "Cheers!" went off the air in 1992.  But did Johnny Carson retire the same year?

Also something to think about, 2009 will mark 20 straight years of "The Simpsons" being on the air.  We now have an entire generation of people who have never known life without new episodes of The Simpsons. 
 
And the OJ Simpson low-speed chase in his Bronco was over 13 years ago!

Johnny Carson retired on May 18,1992 I think.  My parents got a 4 tape VHS set of Johnny Carson.. i've seen them all several times.  I don't understand some of his monologues, but it might jsut be wehre I didn't know what was going on at that particular time and waht the joke was really implying.  His skits were hilaroius though.

Taz, yes, as Cowboy noted, Johnny retired the same year.  Hard to believe, in some ways.
 
 
 
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"The story is between the lines" ... Dave & Sugar ... 'Golden Tears'

3rd year after the divorce....

which divorce?
 
if you're referring to Johhny Carson, I believe he had like 3 of them over the course of the show didn't he?

I think he was referring to his own.

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ORIGINAL: Taz

I think he was referring to his own.

 
Yup.  :(  I shouldn't really frown to that.  Over all in life it has been a good thing.  I've got more money now, more toys and less nagging.  Just pissed that I was with her for 5 years before we found out she could have kids and was cheating on me.