-The Big Four
-QR Roadshow
-PNF domination
-Puntous twins
-Tinley tri wear
-Ironman wasn't trademarked
-Kona spots at St. Anthony's O-distance and Gulf Coast Half-Ironman
-Results were mailed to you
-The terms Tinman and biathlon
-Lots of trial and error in training
-Squeezy Leppins (sp)
-IM souvenirs and t-shirts at the Wal Mart in Kona
-Nylon helmet covers
-Huddle and Frey's 'Ask a Coach' column
-Races with individual flavors, no cookie-cutter crap yet
-Fred Sommers (CFT sports) bringing tris of all distances to Floridians and crazy growth to Clermont
-Joe Bonness racing the Great Floridian IM distance a week after Kona, usually wailing on his ag in both
-Swims weren't cancelled cause the water was rough
-Crop tops and speedos for guys
-high waisted bathing suit bottoms and jog bras for girls
-Neon
-Kenny Souza pin-up poster (someone at work tore his pic out of my magazine and hung it up in her office)