Reminicing: The 90's

[johny]

Yeah, the nineties were awesome for me.

I was in college from 1990 to 1995, which was a fun time.

I worked at a really great "internet job" from 1998 until 2003.

Life is cool now, but it was really bangin' the previous decade.

At least I take better care of my car now. But I must admit that I sometimes miss the days when I didn't know what I was doing ... it took like a tenth of the time for me to "detail" my car.

I hope that last comment doesn't get me banned.

[Accumulator]

OMG..nostalgia for the '90s Man do you guys make me feel a zillion years old!

Heh heh, I was teaching college back then so I get a bit of a that so many of you were college students! I still remember when Cobain died and so many of my students were all bent about it.

OK..they were good for me too, but I like today better Even if I *am* that much closer to my own check-out time (sorry, been to lots of funerals lately).

Ya know, honestly...most of the great cars from back then (including the ones I had) could get smoked by a lot of today's grocery-getters.

[Bunky]

Originally Posted by Pennypacker

yeah, thank goodness Bush Jr. took over because since then we haven't had anything to worry about.

The early 90's were tough due to the economy until Clinton was elected (raised taxes abd worked on the deficit) and the Fed then relaxed the money supply. Now, you want the Clinton days back.

[shine]

Chicago Bulls!!! They were great to watch back then.

[Holden_C04]

I miss:

The Leafs...when they had Doug Gilmour in his glory days.

[Picus]

Originally Posted by LouisanaJeeper

80's > 90's

Oh my God, it even has a watermark.

[PrinzII]

Originally Posted by todd@bsaw

Haha... I had a pair of those headlight blackout covers on my '88 Pontiac Grand Prix! I was (pre) ballin'.

I had those on my 1994 Maxima.

[PrinzII]

Originally Posted by Accumulator

OMG..nostalgia for the '90s Man do you guys make me feel a zillion years old!

Heh heh, I was teaching college back then so I get a bit of a that so many of you were college students! I still remember when Cobain died and so many of my students were all bent about it.

OK..they were good for me too, but I like today better Even if I *am* that much closer to my own check-out time (sorry, been to lots of funerals lately).

Ya know, honestly...most of the great cars from back then (including the ones I had) could get smoked by a lot of today's grocery-getters.

I know my '02 Maxima cheesed off a couple of Impala SS owners.

[Accumulator]

Originally Posted by PrinzII

I know my '02 Maxima cheesed off a couple of Impala SS owners.

Heh heh, yeah I bet it did...but you never ran into a few 9C1s I can think of either

[Spilchy]

I remember the early 90's in high school with the emergence of grunge and death of glam rock like the group Warrant. Anyone remember the video "Cherry Pie?!" My friends loved her. I remember arguing with them that the girl from Chris Isaak's video "Wicked Games" was 10 times hotter! I drove my parent's 1986 Saab 9000s.

College was a blur - too fast (among other reasons!) I can write a book on my time away from home there. I graduated in 1996 (fortunately debt free) and worked in NY City. I remember making insane amounts of cash due to what Alan Greenspan called "irrational exuberance" in the stock market with the dot com companies - buying $9 stocks and selling them for $120. I remember getting in on eBay when it went public (long since sold). My friends and I would rack up $1,200.00 steak dinner bills and then roll over to the premier NY City strip clubs and get the "VIP treatment." I would see celebrities like Howard Stern. We would drive to Atlantic City, eat, drink and play black jack and then drive back up (no sleep) and go to work in the same clothes only to go out again the next night somewhere else outrageous. It was crazy. I was plied with cash. It was like funny money. I had my expenses covered and blew the rest. If only I saved it. I spent all of it. It would have made a nice down payment on a home.

We'll never see that again. I remember my father telling me to relax and save, think long term; that what was occurring was not normal and its going to bite me in the arse hard.

EDIT: check it out boys! Remember this?

YouTube - Warrant-Cherry Pie

Now this is who *I* loved!

YouTube - Wicked Game

[weekendwarrior]

I remember in either '96 or '98 I was at a gas station with my buddy. The price was 99.9 cents/gallon for regular. The guy next to us said, "Enjoy it boys, you'll never see the gallons out number the price on a pump again." That was a pretty smart man.

Cars I remember from the 90's:
Mean Sleeper Sedans:
Taurus SHO
Nissan Maxima
Impala SS
Mitsubishi Galant VRX

Others:
The debut of the C5 Vette
Mitsubishi Eclipse turbo
Toyota Supra
Nissan 300Z Twin Turbo
Mustang 5.0 (the notchback was awesome)

[BigAl3]

Originally Posted by Spilchy

I remember the early 90's in high school with the emergence of grunge and death of glam rock like the group Warrant. Anyone remember the video "Cherry Pie?!" My friends loved her.

i remember seeing her on an episode of married with children where they were in the frozen food aisle (they didn't have AC) in the supermarket, and that girl was shopping and Al would purposely drop something behind her so he could see her bend over...

YouTube - Married with children