The Place Time Forgot.

As a child of the 80's I loved roller skating, like, so much! There were two skating rinks nearby, one was in Clawson and only the really trashy people went there. But it was pretty close to my house and my parents preferred driving us 10 minutes rather than 20, so if it was a choice between skating or not, we'd go to the trashy skating place.

But sometimes, if my parents were feeling really generous, they'd drive us to Skate World! Which was, like, the best place to skate if you weren't a trashy Clawson girl. (What a disturbing sense of false pride I had.)

I honestly thought places like Skate World died out a long time ago. I thought there was some sort of War On Relics From The 80's that caused the collapse of all skating rinks.

I realized I was wrong last night when I saw a horrible commercial for Skate World. I swear to God, people live there. I think they haven't left, I think they've been there since 1985 waiting for their favorite song to come on during 'Couples Skate' and they never learned that stirrup pants and feathered hair isn't cool and they've been eating roller rink food for the last 20 years and they still think it's, like, totally cool to skate!

Also, they celebrate their birthdays there at Skate World, so they think they're getting older and they think it's perfectly normal to invite these scary animals to the party.

If anyone ever thinks of inviting Madison to a party with Roller Roo, we're going to have a huge problem on our hands.

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[pinky]

Is it the drugs, or are you really referencing *Troy* in your post today? How totally bizarre. Whenever I visit the folks we usually stop by Somerset, and then I have to give the finger in the general direction of my ex-boyfriend's house. Well, his parents' house.

[alyssa]

oh this was very funny to read. i was very much into the 'skating crowd' when i was aged 11-14. this would have been during the years 1981-1984. so, where i left off, you began! lol! we also had two skating rinks: skate inn west (where I had to go, also trashy) and skate inn east (where my mom only took us if she was going out on that side of town that night. this is where the kids from 'nice families' went! lol!

when i first started, those huge ass pompoms were the in thing, along with a comb in your back pocket,that had to be visible. then, by the time i quit, i had black racing skates and was on the 'speed team'.

dorky dorky days in deed. i still cant listen to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" without remembering 'couple skate' and how terribly i felt if i didnt get asked to couple skate.

thank god a teen club, called 'the edge' opened up so we could sneak in alcohol in mason jars and dance to Shakka Kahn.

good times.