What a time to be alive, the 80s were wild

Why did seeing this feel so good. Life was so simple and good back then

All you can eat for $ 3.29

Grandpa showing the kids how it was done in the 80s

Despite their popularity, the Von Erich family was marred by tragedy. David died in 1984 while on tour in Japan, and Mike, Chris, and Kerry later died young under tragic circumstances. The Von Erich family consisted of father Fritz Von Erich (Jack Adkisson) and his sons, Kerry, Kevin, David, Mike, and Chris. Fritz was a well-known wrestler and promoter, and he was instrumental in pushing his sons into the spotlight.

So wild. Everything is changed now. I don't know how to describe the world we are in currently.

Dunkin Donuts in the 80s

I remember going to watch the Von Erichs wrestle at the Dallas Sportatorium as a kid. Good times! 👴🏻

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's, 1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's and Early 80's !!! First, you survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, your baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints. You had no childproof lids on medicine ..medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode your bikes, you had no helmets, not to mention, the risks you took hitch-hiking .. As children, you would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun. You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. You ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOU WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!! You would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach you all day. And you were OK. You would spend hours building your go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out you forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the problem . You did not have Play stations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and found them! You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents you played with worms(well most boys did) and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. You made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although you were told it would happen, you did not poke out any eyes. You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Local teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing you out if you broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and you learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were

"What a time to be alive." That's Mike, Kevin, and Kerry Von Erich. Mike took his own life in 1987. Kerry took his own life in 1993. Kevin is the only one of the six brothers who is alive today. Sad.

“He won’t bite.” Steve Irwin's casual reaction to being bitten by a python on Australian TV in 1991