The Friday Fives

Quick right off the top of my head. (I am sure more will come to me and this will be amended)

1. What were 5 great things about the 1970s?

  • Morning television cartoons; 
  • Koolaid®
  • The Six Million Dollar Man
  • Cub Scouts
  • My Dad’s Jeepster Commando

2. What were 5 great things about the 1980s?

  • Driver’s license
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Army service
  • Apple Macintosh SE
  • Hugh School Graduation

3. What were 5 great things about the 1990s?

  • College graduation
  • Moving to Denver
  • Working as a reporter
  • Caution, Slow Children At Play
  • Slim Cessna shows

4. What were 5 great things about the 2000s?

  • Y2K didn’t happen. (Remember when that was a thing?)
  • The digital revolution (does anyone even use CDs or cassette anymore? Rember DVDs and VHS?)
  • Obama!
  • Hickenlooper!
  • The Sopranos

5. What were 5 great things about the 2010s?

  • Kentucky Derby Trip
  • Surviving the heart attack
  • Netflix
  • Spotify (All the Grateful Dead Dick’s Picks? That is now one huge rando playlist, kiddos.)
  • And most recently, Letterkenny (It’s on Hulu, go forth and find it – it is extraordinary. No spoilers but lots of hockey and Canadian jokes.)

One Reply to “The Friday Fives”

  1. 1) 70’s : my birth, Star Wars, Led Zeppelin, the end of the Vietnam war, the big wheel.

    2) 80’s : camp, the go go’s, empire strikes back, the breakfast club , ferries buellers day off

    3) 90’s : graduated high school, went to Russia, moved to Gunnison, became a paramedic, started @ DG

    4) 2000’s : got married, bought a house, got hired at the fire department, Obama elected, met my future wife

    5) 2010’s : left the fire department, left DG, moved to Florida, will be moving again to Ft Lauderdale, starting the masters program for anesthesiology assistant

    Roy Letterkenny is the best!

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