Word: plastics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sometimes being the first in your dorm to own a computer isn't such a neat idea. Take it from the Happy Hacker whose dinosaur Radio Shack TRS-80 (circa. 1980) keeps getting offers from museum curators and plastic scrap dealers...
...Happy Hacker, I'm still trying to get a plastic dealer to take my prehistoric dataprocessor out of my dorm room. It'll be a while before I purchase a Mac, let alone get it upgraded...
...eatery is also in a cage, its chairs bound in plastic wrap, its table umbrellas strewn with fake $100 bills, and its dust-covered tables laden with plastic grapes as well as real Perrier bottles...
...cabin of the shrimp boat, bound for the Gulf of Mexico, are these: one Sunbeam Master Chef charcoal grill, three spatulas hanging from eye hooks, a slicker, half a dozen greasy life jackets, a pan full of plastic dishes, a box of Zatarain's crab boil (since 1889), a bottle of Hunt's All Natural barbecue sauce, a bottle of Seven Seas Viva Italian dressing, a bottle of Formula 409 all-purpose cleaner, a can of Bush's Best whole-kernel golden corn, a can of Shurfine early harvest sweet peas, a can of La Choy meatless chow mein...
Surrounded by pine trees, the 15,000-seat arena's traditions included a field-goal-kicking contest at halftime (part of an airline promotion) and cheerleaders who hurled dozens of miniature plastic footballs into the stands during breaks in the action...