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Retro Ramblings

The Buffalo Bills in the Playoffs Takes Me Back to the ’90s

January 8, 2024 Mickey Lee 2

They made their fans sweat it out, but the Buffalo Bills are in the playoffs again this year with the Jacksonville Jaguars loss this weekend. Their season hasn’t been pretty, …

Retro Ramblings

The Christmas Eve Party

December 24, 2023 Mickey Lee 1

It’s early morning on Christmas Eve, and I’m sitting here with coffee in hand, watching the sun rise slowly over the hills. The day ahead is full. I’ll be making …

Hardees Fried Chicken
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Hardee’s Fried Chicken of the 90s

July 28, 2023 Mickey Lee 3

Like most other American households in the 1980s, when my family wanted fried chicken, we got it from Kentucky Fried Chicken. Not KFC, but Kentucky Fried Chicken. We weren’t all …

McDonalds Patty McMelt
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McDonald’s Patty McMelt of 1995

July 14, 2023 Mickey Lee 1

I have a deep nostalgic connection to the McDonald’s Taste of the Month promotion from 1995. Maybe it’s because I was driving and able to go get things for myself, …

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1990/1991 NBA Hoops Trading Cards

July 10, 2023 Mickey Lee 4

Somewhere in 1990, I really started getting into trading cards. Baseball cards mostly, and some non-sports cards that I thought were cool. In the fall of that year, I spotted …

Suddenly S'mores
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Suddenly S’Mores

July 7, 2023 Mickey Lee 4

In 1990, I was a fat kid with a sweet tooth and a radar for new junk food. If it was sugary, gooey, or came in a brightly colored box, …

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Wrestling in 1993

April 16, 2023 Mickey Lee 0

Recently, Jeff and I along with the help of Jason recorded and published a new episode of the Gnarly 90s podcast with a look at the year 1993. We touched …

Time Capsule

Suburban Commando Magazine From 1991

February 9, 2023 Mickey Lee 0

In this Time Capsule, we’re taking you back to the fall of 1991 and the debut of Hulk Hogan’s movie, Suburban Commando. This souvenir magazine is full of information on …

Time Capsule

Rollergames Yearbook From 1990

February 3, 2023 Mickey Lee 2

Rollergames was a U.S. television series that presented a theatrical version of roller derby. It was broadcast for one season from 1989 to 1990. The show took place in the …

Retro Ramblings

My Mall is Dead and These Are the Autopsy Photos

January 31, 2023 Mickey Lee 5

A few years ago my mall died. I know I’m not alone in this fact as numerous malls have closed all around the country in the last decade. For our …

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