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[bob]

1) Would have done anything for a Ladmo bag.
I was on the show but didn't win.
2) Tired to fry an egg on the sidewalk.
never tried, but now my brain's on drugs.
3) Can still remember the words to the hepatitis song.
can't wait for the swine flu song.
4) Spent way too many summer days in a mall.
i lived at metrocenter.
5) Remember KZZP.
and KUKQ, but that was the 90s.
6) Went ice skating at Metrocenter.
never did, even though i lived there.
7) Get irritated when people say "yeah, but it's a dry heat."
it's true. you ever been to new orleans in july? i'll take phx any day.
8) Have red burnt cheeks in ever childhood picture.
yeah, it was measles.
9) Had a pool in your backyard.
no, but you know i made friends...
10) Vacationed in San Diego or Rocky Point.
yeah
11) Know what it feel like to come out of an icy cold movie theater into 110 degree heat - I miss that feeling!
sure.
12) Saw your mom drive with potholders.
nope
13) Know what "tubing" means.
yeah
14) Have been "ice blocking."?
downtown glendale city hall.
15) Have a T-shirt that says "I survived the hottest day in Phoenix history" referring to that summer day in 1990 when it got up to 122 degree in the shade.
yeah, and there was the day my elementary school's power went out and we all got sent home because it got too hot without air conditioning.
16) Consider yourself a "Zonie."
oh man.
17) Ever put Christmas lights on a cactus.
no.
19) Burnt the bottom of your feet running out to get the mail because you were too lazy to put on shoes.
ouch
20) Know some Spanish even though you never studied it.
yeah, like san antonio and san diego
22) Enjoyed making song requests at Organ Stop Pizza.
no
23) Got in trouble for leaving crayons in the back seat of the car.
yeah
24) Are not intimidated by a Super Big Gulp.
but it was probably only 44 ounces. sodas have gotten bigger, and i read somewhere that americans are fat. hmm...
25) Your heroes were Kevin Johnson (KJ), Mark West, and Tom Chambers.
believe. hornacek, baby. sha-zam!
26) Had to pay full replacement price for the rented VCR tape you left in your car.
hmm
27) Shopped at Goldwaters, Broadway Southwest, Federated or Diamonds.
yeah
28) Remember Dave Pratt the Morning Mayor on 98 KUPD.
and had a red card.
29) Can count the number of times it snowed in Phoenix on one hand.
yeah, but there would always be frost on the grass walking to school in january
30) Stood in line to watch movies at the original Cine Capri.
too far away
31) Snow Cones and brain freezes made summer worthwhile.
sure
32) Cried when Wallace and Ladmo went off the air
i don' t think i cried. i was probably watching thundercats
33) Went to Pistol Pete's pizza, ShowBiz pizza, and can recall Tex Critters at MetroCenter/Westridge
yeah!
35) Remember Gemco
my dad was a butcher there, then it became lucky's, then it became abco...
36) Ate at Furr's Cafeteria
and luby's
38) Saw your first concert at the Arizona State Fair
ASU. close.
39) Remember the Madhouse Macdowell (Purple Palace)
yeah
40) Remember Suns Fever
yeah
41) Recall Thunder Dan
yeah
42) Mourned the loss of Cotton Fitzsimmons
yeah.
43) Believed in the 100 year flood
yeah
44) Did the hokey pokey at Great Skate/Rollero
no
45) Cruised Central, Metro or Mill Avenue.
not in the 80s
46) Worried about drive by shootings at school - ?????
kevin something got shot in the belly. he lived. it was during lunch. after that, we couldn't go anywhere for lunch.
47) Remember only TWO freeways either the I-10 or I-17.
yeah, they're the only routes I know. i got on the 51 for the first time a few months ago. of course i didn't learn to drive till i was 25.
48) Remember who Rose Mofford or Evan Mecham is.
yeah. impeach!
49) Know what Sonoyta Motors is.
Home of the Lone Arranger
50) Know what Price Club is (and when there was only 1).
yeah
51) Had Dimension Cable.
we had it at one house for free. i wasn't allowed to watch mtv. you know what that made me want to watch?
52) Know what the Phoenix Gazette is.
Yeah
53) Went to Legend City or Compton Terrace.
everytime i drive by compton terrace on the way to tucson, i think, 'lollapalooza'
54) Know what Yellow Front, Lucky's, Smittys, AJ Bayless, are.
yup, 35th and peoria. 4-corners, skate spot.
55) Suffered with a swamp cooler.
swamp cooler's all right. i like the way they smell.
56) Went boogie boarding on irrigation day.
in middle school, there were these kids that skim boarded. that was weird.
57) Fished in the canal.
no, that's pretty dumb.
58) Went to the hot air balloon races at Thunderbird.
sure
59) Thought 19th Ave and Cactus was in the boonies.
that's closer to 'civilization' than where i lived. man, that irrigation canal, cactus banks was super fun to skate
60) Speaking of the boonies - drank in the desert with the rest of your high school friends until the bright light of the helicopter came blaring down.
believe it. and in my super-hell raiser days, we'd drive out to developments just getting started and break windows with rocks. of course, again, that's the 90s.
61) Were ever excited about your appearance on "Pets on Parade."
i was on that show too. god, i didn't remember that till right now.
62) Suffered the consequences of leaving your sister's favorite vinyl record in the car.
tapes. we only had tapes
63) Remember your parents voting (or not voting for) for the monorail.
no
64) Thought Big Surf was Rad!
yes
65) Danced at Club Rio, Confetti's, ZaZoo
no
66) Remember Tex Earnhardt and his "No Bull commercials"
yeah. 'nobody beats mitch!'
67) Attended a birthday party in a railroad car at the McDonald's on Bethany Home and 23rd Ave.
totally, again, i have pictures of that, but i was too young to remember.
68) Remember the Dr. Demento show on KZZP every Sunday night.
yes
69) Burned your hand trying to open your locker at school.
no
70) Locking your car doors as soon as you got south of Bethany Home - ????
one of my best friends lived on bethany home. it was gnarly down there.
71) Wished you lived in California.
i don't know. i've always hated LA, till recently. the first time i went to san diego i just wnated to find gravity records.
72) Didn't believe that High schools actually had indoor halls and full size lockers like they do on TV.
that's true
73) Didn't go to the park until AFTER dark.
first time i smoked weed, which ended up having meth topping it off
74) thought sweatband were not just a fashion statement.
uh
75) Your Hypercolor T-shirt was permanently a different color under your arms.
i don't think i had a hypercolor shirt. i did have a z cavaricci outfit.
76) Knew not to shoot at a Saguaro because it could fall over on you and kill you.
shoot at it with what?
77) Thought Flagstaff was REALLY cold.[/quote]
it is cold, man.
[b]78) Always saw at least 10 people you knew on Mission Beach (San Diego)
uh...
79) Knew who worked on Van Buren. (I feel compelled to add the note "speak for yourself!" here)
sure.
80) Remember when the Roadrunners were the only hockey game in town
why does phoenix even have a hockey team. don't hate me, chad.
81) Remember when Buckeye was BFE
i remember the Phunk Junkees song, goin down to buckeye. wish i didn't, though
82) Wore jellies in the summer even though you had really bad feet sweat.
man, i'd love to get a pair of clear jellies to complete my 'dude' outfit
83) Went to see Santa @ Westridge Mall (that was the best one with the whole set up).
no
84) Remember when Ahwatukee was a retirement community half way to Tucson
is it not, now?
85) Remember 50 cent movie Tuesdays at Valley West Mall
ah, valley west. i was born in a hospital in that parking lot. then it became a mortuary. then a parking lot.
86) Have a scar on the back of your thighs from the 3rd degree burns sustained from the metal clip your seat belt clicked in to. ouch.
87) Remember the orange trees planted all the way down the middle of Black Canyon Freeway (Now called I-17
man, i remember all kinds of cotton and agriculture and shit
88) Ever get your butt and legs burned by metal slides at the Whataburger across from Metrocenter?
yeah
89) Remember when Sun City wasn't connected to the rest of the valley?
agriculture
90) Ever have brunch at Mother Tuckers
no
91) Remember when it only took 2 hours to drive to Flagstaff
ha ha! the joke's on me!
92) Going to slide rock in Sedona and hoping it wasn't closed due to high levels of bacteria in the water
fecal fall out!
93) Remember when Terminal 2 was the only passenger terminal at Sky Harbor and you had to walk on the tarmac
...
94) Got free tokens at the Valley West Mall arcade for good grades on your report card
yeah
95) Celebrated a birthday at Ed Debevick's
no
96) Thought Bobby McGee's was the coolest restaurant ever
no, i like the bob b q or whatever it's called
97) Ever rode the "crack the whip" ride at Encanto Park
no
98) Ever got attacked by a jumping cactus
no, thank goodness
99) Know what to do when you hear a rattle in the desert
oh, is it first friday, again?
100) Used to shop at LaBelles, eat lunch at Liberty Bell Pizza or get soda at the U-TOTEM on Cactus.
no
101) Remember the commercial about Valley Fever..."Dustyyyy, dustyyyy, dustyyyy
no
101) Remember when you could get 2 tacos and a small drink at Taco Bell for $2
i remember they had enchiladas
102) Had hot air balloons land in your backyard when you lived on 75th Ave and Bell by the orange groves known now as "Arrowhead Mall.
my dad lived at 88th ave and deer valley and i watched that whole neighborhood go up
103) Witnessed the shock when the "art" on the 51 when installed. (Referring to the lovely toilet and large silver sphere
yes, i do, that was definitely the 90s
104) Had the bell rung for their birthday at Farrell's (Christown
no
105) Remember going to the Phoenix Firebirds baseball games
yeah, and the arizona outlaws
106) Remember Dewey Hopper-the weather guy who always wore school t-shirts,
no
107) Watched World Beyond on Sat. mornings
no
108) Ate at Bob's Big Boy
yeah. ice cream buffet
109) Enjoyed three scoop ice cream cones at Thrifty's
yeah. dude...
110) Ever shopped at Pic n Save
yeah. now, mcfrugals
111) If you lived on the west side, and didn't have cable in 1984, this was how you got your music television!
You're Tuned to TV-61 - The Valley's Music Video Channel
no... but once i got the arsenio hall show on the radio



Here's more
112) you remember the original Rawhide!
no
113) You remember when they made a big deal about getting a gorilla at the Phoenix Zoo, and everything local had a gorilla logo!
no
114) You know what Pioneer City was.
no
115) You were on the west side if you know what Chicken Park was.
what?
116) You always got a Salt River Pete button and Sticker every year in elementary school.
this i remember
117) You know who Officer Ugg is.
poison control
118) Luke AFB was FAR!!
my dad would take me to watch planes take off.
119) You'd been down the slide at Rustler's Roost
no
120) You know what Restaraunt cuts your tie off, if you wear one!
huh?
121) You always knew someone, who Knew Someone who accidentally ran across some devil worshipers celebrating black mass out in the desert (usually near white tanks), and they were spotted and chased by them(and "barely escaped with their life")!
that does sound familiar. of course i was forced to attend a pentacostal church
122) Going to Colossal Cave and Old Tucson was a big deal.
what's not a big deal about it? seems like a pretty good day to me. remember when old tucson burned down or whatever?

this shit is fantastic!

[samothcoatl]

All that shit and more.

Does anyone remember the club at Osborn and Scottsdale Road? It went by a few names: The Blitz, Club 777, The Works...it was 16 and up and me and my high school goth buddies would go and dance to The Cure, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, Siouxse and the Banshees, etc. It's a parking lot now, but I was thrilled to have a place I could go and dance to the music I loved. This was about 88 to 91.


Kevin

the works!!! and The source.

Chicken Park! That was the one with the fighter jet, right? There was another park right across the street

World beyond was awesome. watched my first "giant ants" type movies. Channel 5!

The Works!

QFT!
World Beyond was Awesome!
Works was great (the original one) I went to the re-opened on down the street in 95-6, but wasn't the same.

Yup, that ws chicken park alright. The park with the Fighter jet was technically "Chicken Park Proper" and the "newer one," with the pond and ducks (Harry Bonsall park, I think) , also was called Chicken Park by a lot of people. Both are still there as far as I know.

I also remember Ev Mecham,

Ev used to live in a big house right by 67th ave and Sweetwaer. In the early 1990s, I once got drunk with a friend, and we threw an old TV in his yard. It shattered and we laughed our asses off and sped away. The next day I drove by, and saw Ev himself, on hands and knees, cleaning it up. I felt real bad, and I have not done something like that ever since.

[Quezo]

I also remember Ev Mecham,
Ev used to live in a big house right by 67th ave and Sweetwaer. In the early 1990s, I once got drunk with a friend, and we threw an old TV in his yard. It shattered and we laughed our asses off and sped away. The next day I drove by, and saw Ev himself, on hands and knees, cleaning it up. I felt real bad, and I have not done something like that ever since.

I would have felt better if Fife Symington was there with him, and they were shoving the broken pieces of television up each others asses. The fact that they were elected to office is sort of the same WTF! I feel with Joe Arpaio getting reelected.

But I digress.

Bob's Big Boy was my favorite! They all turned into JB's in the 90's. No bueno.

[differently biotic]

I remember having birthday parties at Thasherland too... trampolines are so much fun.

[fatguyaz]

back when i was in late elem or middle school, the local high school would always steal the bobs big boy statue from the restaurant and spray paint it the school colors and put it on top of the high school building. They got away with it 3 or 4 times.

[chadk]

80) Remember when the Roadrunners were the only hockey game in town
why does phoenix even have a hockey team. don't hate me, chad.

i'd like to think that because it's so hot down here it a nice escape into the cold, plus its like only the best game ever but i understand it's not for everybody

[differently biotic]

favorite player was Tyson Nash. I got hives before I met him in person. cuz I'm THAT much of a dork.