By Published On: January 19, 2018
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What was your fashion style at age 18?

[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”15″][vc_column_text]While many of us were unwilling to claim that what we were wearing at age 18 could be called “fashion”, we did have a few things in common. Including two people who used to sport the coveted Farrah Hair.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”15″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”15″ bottom_padding=”5″][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Accent-Color” number=”80″ symbol=”%” subject=”JEANS (whether that’s flares, ripped, or brand name depends on the decade)”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Accent-Color” number=”5″ symbol=”%” subject=”Grunge was a style”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Accent-Color” number=”2″ subject=”FARRAH HAIR”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Accent-Color” number=”15″ symbol=”%” subject=”As long as I was comfortable”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”0″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” interval=”3″ images=”3513,3506,3516,3514,3515,3508″ layout=”fullwidth” gallery_style=”3″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” constrain_max_cols=”true”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” bg_image=”3474″ bg_position=”left bottom” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” top_padding=”60″ bottom_padding=”60″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ animation=”none” column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”all” font_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text]

What kind of car were you driving at age 18?

[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”15″][vc_column_text]There are such great car names: Monte Carlo, Tempest, Valiant, Impala. Then there are your “Smurf-mobiles”, “Fastivas”, and “Damn Sams”.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”15″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”25″ bottom_padding=”25″][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-1″ number=”42″ symbol=”%” subject=”Chevy”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-1″ number=”16″ symbol=”%” subject=”each Ford and Pontiac”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-1″ number=”8″ subject=”each Mazda, Buick, and Plymouth” symbol=”%”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-1″ number=”1″ subject=”Bronze Monte Carlo”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”0″ bg_color=”#95aabf”][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” interval=”3″ images=”3519,3517,3510,3507″ layout=”fullwidth” gallery_style=”3″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” constrain_max_cols=”true”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” bg_image=”3475″ bg_position=”right bottom” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” top_padding=”60″ bottom_padding=”60″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ animation=”none” column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”all”][vc_column_text]

What were your plans for the future at age 18?

[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”15″][vc_column_text]Most of us were planning on college, with about an even split between people who had no idea what they were going to be, people who were very clear about it and are in fact doing it, and people who are doing something completely different than they thought they would.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”15″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ animation=”none” column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”all” font_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”25″ bottom_padding=”25″][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-2″ number=”67″ symbol=”%” subject=”College”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-2″ number=”2″ subject=”Get an office job”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-2″ number=”1″ subject=”each: Doctor, Astronaut, Accountant”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-2″ number=”41″ subject=”Work in Advertising, Marketing, or Design” symbol=”%”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” bg_image=”3476″ bg_position=”right bottom” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”60″ bottom_padding=”60″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ animation=”none” column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”all”][vc_column_text]

What’s your best memory from age 18?

[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”15″][vc_column_text]Most people credit their friends with giving them the best memories of their 18th year on earth. Though one of us did spend the summer in Europe, and it was made clear that some of us lived in places where the legal drinking age was 18.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”15″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ animation=”none” column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”all” font_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”25″ bottom_padding=”25″][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-3″ number=”50″ symbol=”%” subject=”Spending time with friends”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-3″ number=”1″ subject=”So much camping!”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-3″ number=”1″ subject=”Performing at graduation”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-3″ number=”1″ subject=”Dinner in Hawaii with Miss Teenage America”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”0″ bg_color=”#95aabf”][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” interval=”3″ images=”3520,3512,3518,3509″ layout=”fullwidth” gallery_style=”3″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” constrain_max_cols=”true”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” bg_image=”3477″ bg_position=”right bottom” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”60″ bottom_padding=”60″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ animation=”none” column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”all”][vc_column_text]

What did you do on your 18th birthday?

[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”15″][vc_column_text]For those of us still in high school at the time (and not in a state where alcohol was legal at 18), there seems to be somewhat inconclusive results to this question.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”15″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ animation=”none” column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”all” font_color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”25″ bottom_padding=”25″][vc_column width=”1/3″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-1″ number=”41″ symbol=”%” subject=”Beer”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-1″ number=”41″ subject=”School stuff” symbol=”%”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][milestone symbol_position=”after” color=”Extra-Color-1″ number=”18″ subject=”Hung out with my family” symbol=”%”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” bg_image=”3478″ bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” top_padding=”20″ bottom_padding=”20″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ animation=”none” column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”all”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ animation=”none” column_padding=”padding-10-percent” column_padding_position=”left” font_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1516633298156{padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}”]

What was your favorite movie or TV show when you were 18?

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  • Murder by Death
  • Movie: The Departed or Lucky Number Slevin (or Kung Pow: Enter The Fist) TV Show: Scrubs or Heroes
  • Rocky, M*A*S*H
  • Three’s Company
  • Family Ties. Or Cheers. Or The Cosby Show.
  • Happy Days
  • Knotts Landing
  • Cheers
  • Liquid Television on MTV
  • Scrubs
  • Days of Our Lives
  • Country western music video channel
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