Where were you in '82? (reposted from alt.poly)

[firecat]

In 1982 I was 20-21, in my junior & senior years of college, I had one of the prime time slots at the university radio station; I lived in three different group houses; I pined and obsessed over the boy I loved who only liked me as a friend; I didn't go home for the summer for the first time; I worked on the university's summer paint crew; I endured the worst heat wave of my life; and I stole a lot of milk crates which I still have.

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[baratron.livejournal.com]

I don't think I remember 1982 at all.

Oh hang on - I have some badges in my collection from the (football) World Cup which was held in Spain that year. They came from Wimpy, which was a burger chain that were prevalent in the UK before McDonalds and Burger King really got a hold. [The good thing about Wimpy is that you sit at a table and someone takes your order, and you get given a knife and fork to eat it with. There are still some Wimpys around, but they're much fewer in number these days.]

I remember 1983 because of the Falklands War and Prince William being born on my birthday, also because I was 7 so I could join the Brownies. And we went to Scotland in the autumn, which I remember very well.

But I don't remember 1982 at all really.