Nice M1A there.

I was 8.

Awesome picture, thank you for sharing.

-Kyle

1984...wish I still had my nikon FE w/ motor drive, SIGMA 80-200 lens and SunPak potatomasher flash. >sigh<

M-11,
I use my FE2, MD-12 and SB-15 daily.
Film is NOT dead, still used everyday

Great prices at www.KEH.com for quality used cameras.

Para,thanks for posting that pic,i have #02638x.It is a shame the younger members did not have the chance to get these and enjoy them but it also sucks getting old.

very cool pic

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Originally posted by parabellum:
He and I worked for the same TV station. He was a reporter, I was a videographer, and I had a blast working with this guy.

So that was back when Beta SP and 3/4" tape was fresh??

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I saw this thread when it was first posted and felt a lot of nostalgia.

There's something about that time period--the early 80s--that always brings me back to some of the best times in my life. I was 11 in '84.

The pic has sort of a Stand By Me quality to it. It's almost like I can imagine I'm there experiencing it.

Now, that is coming from a 35-yr-old who just realized yesterday I might be entering an early form of mid-life crisis. All of this balls-to-the-wall stress and responsibility is wearing on me and I've been thinking back fondly more often to "the good ol' days" when time didn't matter much, which incidentally lasted until I was about 30. ROFL!

Thanks for the memories Para. It's a stirring pic.

I graduated from college with a BA in political science. That fall, I was working the towers, cell block or yard in a state prison.

Well, I am not sure why I missed this thread before - but I'm here now, and I'll kick in.

In 1981, I spent most of the year in Monterey, CA at the Naval Post Graduate School.

[ Hey Lunde - did you find any of my carvings on the pilings at Monterey bay harbour?]

In 1991 I was back attending the Monterey Photographic Institute "Masters-in-Residence Class" which offered some of the most memorable times of my life. Studied 3 days with Luciene Clergue at a mansion on the 17-mile drive around Carmel. Sang with Clint Eastwood at the Ranch once [got drunk several times].

Thanx for the memories -

Wasn't even conceived yet...

Fantastic photo though.

In 1984 I was either a junior or senior in high school depending on what month that was.

I was 36, and bought my first Harley in 1984.
A 1985 FXST. Already had a shit load of hand guns and rifles.
Today I still have a shit load of guns , with my Sig's being the newest addition. I now ride a 2003 FXST/D Deuce.
I still shoot 35mm film with a Minolta 9XI, and a Maxxium 9. Though, I longer use slide film. These days I'm using Kodak Ultra Color 100.

84 lets see.....I had just got back from doing three tours over seas in Okinawa, Japan....Then I went back in 86and 87.....Love it over there...

SGTMOE

great pic there!!

i wasnt born untill october that year though...

What a prize. To find old memories in a Kodachrome slide from a long ago summer.

That's about six months after my parents got engaged. I don't think I was even a concept.

Nice to see so many "youngsters" on here

My oldest son was already 13yo by that year.

I thought I was a young man until I read this thread...now I am depressed...well I am still young at heart.

Gee thanks Para for starting this landslide of member confessions to being younger than all my kids...Oh well at least there are a few of us "older" guys still enjoying this forum.

Oh Yea, I really like the photo Para...I am sure it brought back some very fond memories.

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Originally posted by Riesenfass:
I was born Thanksgiving day that year. Cool picture.

Thanksgiving 1984 was my birthday as well, although I was 24.

Spent 1984 in Diego Garcia and the Philippines.

Sweet photo!
It's one of those pictures that 'tells a story' just by looking at it.