Friday Flashback -- 1981

The Year Is 1981...

• Federal spending: $678.25 billion
• Median Household Income (current dollars): $19,074
• Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.15
• President Reagan's gave his first inaugural address
• The Royal Wedding - Prince Charles and Diana Spencer marry
• The birth of MTV, the 24 hour-a-day music television station
• Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice
• Atari releases home version of Pac-Man in the US and sparks a huge craze
• The first IBM-PC's begin to roll of the lines
• Top grossing film: Raiders of the Lost Ark -- $242 Million

The Twins are two and Jeff is a year old.

Kiki, Justin, and Megan (I'm 7).
Life seemed a lot simpler then.