They were awesome...for the times

 

I was just going to say that when I went to My Aunt and Uncle's house which was in the big city of Longview Wa, 4 hours from home, back in 1983 I had bought these parachute/hammer pants before hammer was....well....hammer. I actually got them at a swap meet in Tacoma a few weeks earlier, well anyway I get down there to look for work, and I pull up in the driveway in my 71 Firebird, and my cousin and a friend of his who were probably 10 years old or there abouts, came out to see who was there and when I got out of the car they realized that all three of us were wearing the same pants. I don't mean parachute pants in general, I mean the exact same color and pattern, you know the wild green/black/yellow/white, and whatever color they felt like throwing in there at the time.. Here is the funny part, (as if that wasn't funny enough) see I bought mine new at a swap meet and my Aunt went to a fabric store and bought the same bolt (I think that's a roll of fabricand she actually got a pattern and made a pair for her son and his friend. What were the chances?

And thus ends another installment of back in the day by deej. Stay tuned next week for the story of how I added highlights to my hair to match my soon to be wife 15 years ago.[8D] We also used to do the dishes together before we got married. Funny how that works.


Oh P.S. I have a picture of me in those pants with the boys somewhere, now that would be funny to post.

 

I think parachute pants were a little different than hammer pants. Parachute pants were much cooler...lol. What were those terrible shorts we all usedto wear? Jams...is that right.

 

spandex?

 

No...not the "biker shorts", the baggy shorts with the really crazy designs all over them.

 

you guys are crazy i never wore that stuff.

 

You were 2 when I graduated, of course you didn't........wait that makes m old........

 

hey i grew up int he 80's if anyone should have been involved in those trends it was kids growing up inthe 80's and old fogies stick inthe 60's and 70's [8D]

 

Hey I'm not stuck in the 70's, I can come back anytime I want, I just don't want to right now.[8D]

 

I think we are almost the same age kb...you were just not as "hip" as we were.

...lucky bastard