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1979 = dire, by 1981 = the yuppy boom

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  • torontoboy45
    torontoboy45 Posts: 1,064 Forumite
    kennyboy66 wrote: »
    I can just see you in your red braces with a phone the size of a house brick.
    not forgetting the filofax and the porsche 911.

    jesus, there were some real style crimes back then.
  • lemonjelly
    lemonjelly Posts: 8,014 Forumite
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    purch wrote: »
    Man was I 'buff' in those days :cool:

    Did you have a mullet?:cool:
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • Jonbvn
    Jonbvn Posts: 5,562 Forumite
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    purch wrote: »
    Being an ex-yuppy :o I can say with extreme certainty that you are out by about 5 years.

    Please tell me you didn't have Larry King braces......
    In case you hadn't already worked it out - the entire global financial system is predicated on the assumption that you're an idiot:cool:
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    Jonbvn wrote: »
    Please tell me you didn't have Larry King braces......
    he probably had ones with dollar symbols
  • Prudent
    Prudent Posts: 11,650 Forumite
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    I have to agree with Purch. I bought my Barbour jackets in 1985 & 1986 the Hunter wellies with the second Barbour. Although that was in scotland which was a bit behind.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    purch wrote: »
    Being an ex-yuppy :o I can say with extreme certainty that you are out by about 5 years.

    1986 would have been closer to reality.

    December 2006 icon7.gif

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXuRvthgn4U
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    Maybe Conrad was out on the dates of the recovery, but there is something else in his post which is interesting.

    The mood of the day was reflected in the media culture at the time. You could hear it in songs by UB40, Billy Bragg, amongst many others, and Not the Nine O clock news parodied the times extremely well.

    Is there a similar parallel today? I'm not so sure. The songs of today seem to dwell on your usual Love me Babe themes we always hear.

    When young people get fed up of extended periods on the dole in coming months and years, how will they rebel and make their feelings felt?
  • fc123
    fc123 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
    kabayiri wrote: »
    Maybe Conrad was out on the dates of the recovery, but there is something else in his post which is interesting.

    The mood of the day was reflected in the media culture at the time. You could hear it in songs by UB40, Billy Bragg, amongst many others, and Not the Nine O clock news parodied the times extremely well.

    Is there a similar parallel today? I'm not so sure. The songs of today seem to dwell on your usual Love me Babe themes we always hear.

    When young people get fed up of extended periods on the dole in coming months and years, how will they rebel and make their feelings felt?

    A lot of the 'feelings' are being fed/expressed online instead.

    In the olden days we didn't have internet etc and you couldn't 'lose' yourself in a fantasy world of telly as it was in the front room and the parents were sat there.
    No losing yourself in a fantasy world of PC games, no escaping with never ending DVD's as neither existed back then.

    So, people went out, met up and 'did' stuff either alone or together.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    kabayiri wrote: »
    When young people get fed up of extended periods on the dole in coming months and years, how will they rebel and make their feelings felt?

    A brick through the window of the local Curry's/off licence is the traditional way.
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    A brick through the window of the local Curry's/off licence is the traditional way.
    Have you found a use for Asherons' gold bricks? :)
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