Small things you miss.

[jesse_custer]

This thread is about the small things that used to happen that you wish would happen again.

Also, it is OK to take this idea a step further to bitch and whine, but expect to be made fun of for doing so.

The No. 1 small thing I miss:

Getting ketchup with my fries in a drive-thru without having to ask and specify the number of packets.

[Thadeus Thunderwinkle]

I ordered from Pizza Hut the other day and, while on the phone, I realized how much I missed the Big New Yorker.

[Athena Bast]

The Big Xtra was the only burger I ever really liked from McDonald's.

[Mac Danny]

This thread is about the small things that used to happen that you wish would happen again.

Also, it is OK to take this idea a step further to bitch and whine, but expect to be made fun of for doing so.

The No. 1 small thing I miss:

Getting ketchup with my fries in a drive-thru without having to ask and specify the number of packets.

You need to go to a Fast food place in a richer area then. The poorer the area the tighter they are on condiments. Otherwise people will use McDonalds as a Grocery store. In affluent Suburbs they have Ketchup out for you to take!

Small thing I miss..

getting a lollipop when you go to the Doctor.

[Matthew E]

Lettercols in comic books. (We are allowed to mention things that aren't related to fast food, right?)

[jesse_custer]

You need to go to a Fast food place in a richer area then.

Well, I don't live in the Delta. The city I live in isn't poor or average by Mississippi standards.

In affluent Suburbs they have Ketchup out for you to take!

Haha, there is maybe a handful of cities in Mississippi that could be called suburbs.

Lettercols in comic books. (We are allowed to mention things that aren't related to fast food, right?)

Yo. I didn't intend this to be only about bad food.

[Puma]

Drivers using their turn signal indicators.

[jesse_custer]

A cop waving to me and saying, "How's it going, citizen?"

Oh wait, that never happened.

[The Confessor]

I miss making mix tapes...these days it's all mix CDs or custom .mp3 playlists.

[Kees_L]

I miss Michael.

And rhubarb for desserts, although I never liked it that much.

Am I living a lie?

[Slam_Bradley]

A cop waving to me and saying, "How's it going, citizen?"

Oh wait, that never happened.


I remember when the cop would just bring you home and let your parents beat your ass for small stuff. Now everyone has to go to court, because parents won't or can't beat their kids asses.

[howyadoin]

Drivers using their turn signal indicators.And understanding how stop signs work.

[Slam_Bradley]

And understanding how stop signs work.

Or better yet, uncontrolled intersections.

[Matt Algren]

I miss Pepsi in 16 ounce glass bottles.

I miss being the skinny one.

I miss sneaking out onto the roof outside my bedroom window for no good reason.

I miss sleeping horizontally, parallel to the floor. (acid reflux)

I really, really miss the sound of my grandmother saying my name.

[Matt Algren]

I miss new Calvin and Hobbes.

[schwamp]

Food sticks. They looked like they should have tasted like Tootsie Rolls, but they didn't. In fact, they weren't very good at all. Just a childhood memory from the 70's...

[Athena Bast]

You need to go to a Fast food place in a richer area then. The poorer the area the tighter they are on condiments. Otherwise people will use McDonalds as a Grocery store. In affluent Suburbs they have Ketchup out for you to take!

Small thing I miss..

getting a lollipop when you go to the Doctor.

there was one guy who came in every night just before close to steal all our sugar packets when I worked there. His timing was predicable enough that when I worked backshift we started cleaning it before he came in.

[Athena Bast]

And understanding how stop signs work.

The understanding that playing Grand Theft Auto ends when you turn the console off.

[Nick Soapdish]

Drivers using their turn signal indicators.

I don't ever remember drivers being that good about that. It seems like they use them about 2/3 of the time around here which is better than the "almost never" in Georgia, but it's still not that impressive.

[Puma]

I don't ever remember drivers being that good about that. It seems like they use them about 2/3 of the time around here which is better than the "almost never" in Georgia, but it's still not that impressive.

Perhaps I am older than you, and from the Northwest, but not using a turn indicator was so rare as to be commented on (and not in today's "c'mon loser, use the turn signal!" growl).

[mgs]

Getting ketchup with my fries in a drive-thru without having to ask and specify the number of packets.
I agree, this IS quite annoying!!

The Big Xtra was the only burger I ever really liked from McDonald's.
*doesn't remember what that is/was* :confused:

You need to go to a Fast food place in a richer area then. The poorer the area the tighter they are on condiments. Otherwise people will use McDonalds as a Grocery store. In affluent Suburbs they have Ketchup out for you to take!

Small thing I miss..

getting a lollipop when you go to the Doctor.
that's not always true. and I used to live in a very bad part of Brooklyn and there was an asian-muslim run chinese food place that had boxes, BOXES of soy, mustard and duck sauces out for the people to take. And I think McD's are franchises, so the individual owners decide.

As for the lollipops, I think they still do that, but it's an age thing. :wink:

Lettercols in comic books. (We are allowed to mention things that aren't related to fast food, right?)
yeah, some still have them, but most don't. :frown:

Drivers using their turn signal indicators.
ha! :biggrin:


Me, I miss the days where I did not have to take a breath before opening every bottle or can of Coca-Cola and think, 'I wonder what this will taste like?' before I take that first sip.

[Athena Bast]

*doesn't remember what that is/was* :confused:



I think in the States it was akin to the BigNTasty.

Quarter meat on a quarter bun, ketchup on the bottom, McChicken sauce, lettuce and tomato and big onions on the top. It had it's own spices for a while too. I got extra spices and the meat well done.

For some reason quarter meat just tasted better in a Big Xtra than in a Quarter Pounder.

[mgs]

I think in the States it was akin to the BigNTasty.

Quarter meat on a quarter bun, ketchup on the bottom, McChicken sauce, lettuce and tomato and big onions on the top. It had it's own spices for a while too. I got extra spices and the meat well done.

For some reason quarter meat just tasted better in a Big Xtra than in a Quarter Pounder.
oh. Sounds better than a QP, was it bigger too? :smile:

[Athena Bast]

oh. Sounds better than a QP, was it bigger too? :smile:

Nope. Same size. A little messier but better.

[The Black Guardian]

getting a lollipop when you go to the Doctor.
Yes. Well, tbh, as a kid, my doctor was very anti-candy. He gave boxes of raisins. Also, lollipops at the bank.

Hmm... speaking of the bank: when I was younger, not only were there no fees at the bank, but... at the bank where my first account was held, they even gave free lunch to people in the bank. Every day, from 11:30am to 1pm, they had a buffet of hotdogs, hamburgers, and coffee/iced tea. I really miss that.
Drivers using their turn signal indicators.
Or better yet, uncontrolled intersections.
I tend to think it's far too easy for people to get driver's licenses these days, because a good 50% don't deserve to have the ability to drive because of their incompetence and discourtesy.

The other day, we had a blackout from the heat, and people didn't know what to do when the traffic signals didn't work (or didn't care). Some people were flat-out ignoring them, flying through at 35mph, and the other half just stopped and stayed there.

Today, no less than 5 people I encountered in cars were blocking traffic for no apparent reason. They were just sitting there in the middle of the street with their engine running, looking stupid. Egads, it pissed me off.
I miss new Calvin and Hobbes.
Yes. And Bloom County. I really miss Bill the Cat.
I think in the States it was akin to the BigNTasty.

Quarter meat on a quarter bun, ketchup on the bottom, McChicken sauce, lettuce and tomato and big onions on the top. It had it's own spices for a while too. I got extra spices and the meat well done.

For some reason quarter meat just tasted better in a Big Xtra than in a Quarter Pounder.
Around here, the Big Xtra had a Thousand Island-like condiment (ketchup-mayo combination) instead of separate ketchup and mayo. Yeah, that seasoning was yummy.

[StoneGold]

I miss Jimmy James.


http://inthelyonsden.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/jimmymoustache0lp31.jpg

[Fabian]

I miss the time people were not glued to their phones.

[vcassel]

foil and hologram comic covers

[Kusanagi]

Looney Toons on regular tv, or even basic cable.

[StoneGold]

I miss Phil Hartman.

[Gilda Dent]

To add to the list of car items, being followed at a safe distance, cars in motion with no phone in sight.

Movie theaters being treated more like live theater and less like living rooms.

Stories that are paced to the needs of the story rather than the number of issues needed for a trade paperback.

Stories in which continuity is used to enhance the story being told rather than the story being used to explain continuity.

[Spike-X]

foil and hologram comic covers

Come on, be serious.


I miss being young and fit enough to be able to ride a single-speed bike everywhere I wanted to go.

[StoneGold]

I miss your mom's snatch before it got all dried up.

[Sir Tim Drake]

I miss pillows on airplanes. They used to be provided as a basic amenity, but nowadays they're hardly ever provided.

Actually, I miss the pre-9/11 days when I actually sort of enjoyed and looked forward to air travel.

[StoneGold]

Actually, I miss the pre-9/11 days when I actually sort of enjoyed and looked forward to air travel.

I miss the pre-9/11 days period. Although I guess that's not really one of the small things.

[Paul McEnery]

foil and hologram comic covers

Hell is too good for you.

I miss turn signals that actually swing out from the side of your vehicle.

[Paul McEnery]

I miss the pre-9/11 days period. Although I guess that's not really one of the small things.

Your girl used to PMS for 9-11 days and you miss it?

[StoneGold]

Your girl used to PMS for 9-11 days and you miss it?

I just said I missed the days before your mom's snatch dried up.

[Paul McEnery]

I just said I missed the days before your mom's snatch dried up.

I don't.

At least nobody's stealing my breakfast any more.

[Spike-X]

Actually, I miss the pre-9/11 days when I actually sort of enjoyed and looked forward to air travel.

You mean before the terrorists won?

[Michael P]

I miss not knowing what utter freaks some of my fellow fans are.

[Paul McEnery]

I miss there always being one smart magazine to buy with intelligent writing in it.

[Serik]

Egghead Software and the other now-defunct ultra-geeky stores. Also computer shows and sales that were held in convention centers where people would sell cheap parts and pirated software :D

[Athena Bast]

People spelling words correctly.

[StoneGold]

People spelling words correctly.

People never did that.

[Paul McEnery]

People spelling words correctly.

Correctly correctly correctly correctly correctly correctly, correctly correctly correctly correctly correctly correctly.

















(i.e. If people spelt all words correctly, it might get a bit boring.)

[Athena Bast]

People never did that.

Properly then?

[Paul McEnery]

Properly then?

What, with like a pinky extended?

[darkkeeperjr]

I miss real cable access, with real people having real shows. not that junk that's shown now.

[Nick Soapdish]

Perhaps I am older than you, and from the Northwest, but not using a turn indicator was so rare as to be commented on (and not in today's "c'mon loser, use the turn signal!" growl).

I think we're about the same age, but it could be regional or have to do with the size of the city.

It seems like drivers in Florida are better about it than those in Georgia or North Carolina, but I do most of my driving in Florida in a mid-size city and most of it in Georgia around Atlanta or in small towns. Same with North Carolina except it's all small towns there.

I think in the States it was akin to the BigNTasty.

Quarter meat on a quarter bun, ketchup on the bottom, McChicken sauce, lettuce and tomato and big onions on the top. It had it's own spices for a while too. I got extra spices and the meat well done.

For some reason quarter meat just tasted better in a Big Xtra than in a Quarter Pounder.

McChicken sauce? All McDonalds puts on the McChicken sandwich is mayo and lettuce. Unless I'm in the wrong era. This would've been the early 90s.

[vcassel]

michael jackson

[Rallura]

We had a bank that gave away boxes of chiclets.

[Athena Bast]

McChicken sauce? All McDonalds puts on the McChicken sandwich is mayo and lettuce. Unless I'm in the wrong era. This would've been the early 90s.

Mayo is McChicken sauce.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2362/2251855690_f04a2746a2.jpg

Like Mac sauce goes on the Big Mac but it's essentially Thousand Island dressing.

[Thadeus Thunderwinkle]

Mayo is McChicken sauce.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2362/2251855690_f04a2746a2.jpg

The hell?

Some Burger Kings have pre-made french fry sauce which you can make yourself by combining mayo and ketchup.

I miss Sega Channel.

[Nick Soapdish]

Mayo is McChicken sauce.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2362/2251855690_f04a2746a2.jpg

Like Mac sauce goes on the Big Mac but it's essentially Thousand Island dressing.

Ok.

Ours actually said mayo. I think that we used it on other sandwiches sometimes like the McDLT (keeps the hot side lukewarm and the cold side not quite as lukewarm).

[GozertheGozarian]

Channels going off-air instead of six hours of infomercials.

[Athena Bast]

The hell?

Some Burger Kings have pre-made french fry sauce which you can make yourself by combining mayo and ketchup.

I miss Sega Channel.

Ok.

Ours actually said mayo. I think that we used it on other sandwiches sometimes like the McDLT (keeps the hot side lukewarm and the cold side not quite as lukewarm).

Score one for Canada then.

The caulking tubes the stuff comes in is labeled as McChicken sauce. I guess everyone asked for cups of sauce so much they put it into packets.

[howyadoin]

Ours actually said mayo. I think that we used it on other sandwiches sometimes like the McDLT (keeps the hot side lukewarm and the cold side not quite as lukewarm).Speaking of small things, I wonder if Jason Alexander misses his hair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSdUOC8Kac

[Donald M.]

I miss Sega Channel.

What's to miss?

Xbox Live (Or Playstation Network if you've a PS3) is basically what the Sega Channel was.

I miss Night Flight. Introduced me to so much great music plus all sort of other great, trippy stuff.

[Thadeus Thunderwinkle]

What's to miss?

Xbox Live (Or Playstation Network if you've a PS3) is basically what the Sega Channel was.



True. I just had so many good memories with that unit before I made the leap to PSX later that year.

[Donald M.]

True. I just had so many good memories with that unit before I made the leap to PSX later that year.

You're lucky you had the Sega Channel. I remember wanting it so bad, but they didn't have it in my area.

Anyone else remember Night Flight?

Such a great show.

[Athena Bast]

The Galaxy channel.

[Thadeus Thunderwinkle]

You're lucky you had the Sega Channel. I remember wanting it so bad, but they didn't have it in my area.

Anyone else remember Night Flight?

Such a great show.


I seem to recall that the monthly price of Sega Channel was cheaper than renting games at Blockbuster (before the days of Netflix and Gamefly) which factored into the decision. As a Sega kid growing up, Sega Channel was pretty much the coolest thing available to people who couldn't get a Saturn.

That would be the precursor to Up All Night, right? That was a nice little show to watch when I tried to pull all-nighters as a wee little Thad.

[Donald M.]

I seem to recall that the monthly price of Sega Channel was cheaper than renting games at Blockbuster (before the days of Netflix and Gamefly) which factored into the decision. As a Sega kid growing up, Sega Channel was pretty much the coolest thing available to people who couldn't get a Saturn.


Oh yeah, the Saturn was awesome . . . right up until I bought one. D'oh! :frown:


That would be the precursor to Up All Night, right? That was a nice little show to watch when I tried to pull all-nighters as a wee little Thad.

Yeah. Up All Night was okay when Gilbert Godfrey hosted it, but it was never as much fun as Night Flight.

[Thadeus Thunderwinkle]

Oh yeah, the Saturn was awesome . . . right up until I bought one. D'oh! :frown:



That reminds me, Donald. I miss the availability of certain Saturn titles. I bought a functioning Saturn in December, 2007 for a reasonable price...but the five games I bought set me back like $200! There is also a game called Guardian Heroes that runs anywhere from $70-$200.

[Donald M.]

That reminds me, Donald. I miss the availability of certain Saturn titles. I bought a functioning Saturn in December, 2007 for a reasonable price...but the five games I bought set me back like $200! There is also a game called Guardian Heroes that runs anywhere from $70-$200.

Worth it if you're a fan with cash to spare I guess, but not long after buying my Saturn I played all the games for it that interested me and realized that very few games that looked good to me were on the way.

I bought into the early hype that with Sony apparently disinterested in RPGs, Saturn would be that genereation's RPG machine.

Then the FF VII news hit . . .

I ended up trading in my Saturn and games for enough credit to buy a Playstation and a couple of games.

[StoneGold]

Speaking of small things, I wonder if Jason Alexander misses his hair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSdUOC8Kac

It's not small, it's shrinkage!!!

[StoneGold]

Speaking of which, do you think Costanza was confused when the tabloids started saying Jason Alexander had married Brittney Spears?

[howyadoin]

Speaking of which, do you think Costanza was confused when the tabloids started saying Jason Alexander had married Brittney Spears?I hope he was just waking up from a bender when he heard.

[thehod]

Arcade games.

Computer games that cost £3, took five minutes to load, and were all about the gameplay because the graphics were shite

Being able to flirt with someone and not feel guilty (but I can live without that one I suppose)

Being able to go out on a Leo Sayer without needing three days to recover.

British anthology comics.

[berk]

Arcade games.

Computer games that cost £3, took five minutes to load, and were all about the gameplay because the graphics were shite

Being able to flirt with someone and not feel guilty (but I can live without that one I suppose)

Being able to go out on a Leo Sayer without needing three days to recover.

British anthology comics.I had to look up what Leo Sayer meant in rhyming slang.

[howyadoin]

I had to look up what Leo Sayer meant in rhyming slang.That's definitely going in the Dictionary.

[thehod]

That's definitely going in the Dictionary.

Its a good one that, isn't it.

I suprised you've not heard it before, as its been used around my way for years, so I'm sure I've used it here before.

[howyadoin]

Its a good one that, isn't it.

I suprised you've not heard it before, as its been used around my way for years, so I'm sure I've used it here before.I keep an eye out for this kinda thing, so I'm sure I haven't seen it before.

Or maybe I was drunk.

http://bigblogofbooze.blogspot.com/2005/12/dictionary.html

[The Black Guardian]

Another thing car-related that I miss: wing vent windows.

Most probably won't remember them, but before we became so addicted to cars with air conditioning, cars used to have these small, triangular windows that canted outward to allow the wind to flow into the car.

This is a wing vent window:
http://www.reid.org/~dreid/Coupe/sale/83jetta_27.jpg

[StoneGold]

I miss vans. Real ones. You know that commercial they've been running, respect the van? Except then all they show are minivans?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myzwHDf3NhY


I grew up with my folks having a full-sized van.

[Paul McEnery]

Channels going off-air instead of six hours of infomercials.

Six hours of infomercials.

Instead of youtubing the thing that was like the thing that was a bit like the thing that I was kind of interested in but not really but oh look maybe that'll be nah but the other thing that could be good oh look lets watch that.

[Paul McEnery]

Arcade games.

Computer games that cost £3, took five minutes to load, and were all about the gameplay because the graphics were shite

Being able to flirt with someone and not feel guilty (but I can live without that one I suppose)

Being able to go out on a Leo Sayer without needing three days to recover.

British anthology comics.

Ooh ooh ooh.

Sidescrolling Sonic.

That was great.

[berk]

Another thing car-related that I miss: wing vent windows.

Most probably won't remember them, but before we became so addicted to cars with air conditioning, cars used to have these small, triangular windows that canted outward to allow the wind to flow into the car.

This is a wing vent window:
http://www.reid.org/~dreid/Coupe/sale/83jetta_27.jpgHah - haven't thought about those for years. I can't remember how well they worked, but I know I hate trying to talk over the roar of the wind when you going down the highway with the window open. And I also hate being closed up inside a car on a hot day. And I'm not too fond of air-conditioning either, so I'd like to give the wing-vent windows (didn't remember the term for them) another try.

[howyadoin]

I miss vans. Real ones. You know that commercial they've been running, respect the van? Except then all they show are minivans?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myzwHDf3NhYNothing like using your competitors' vehicles to advertise your own product.

[Donald M.]

Ooh ooh ooh.

Sidescrolling Sonic.

That was great.

Yes indeed.

Mario seems to have adapted, but the move to 3D hit Sonic like a ton of bricks.

Poor little blue bastard hasn't produced a decent game in ages.

Sort of like his parent company.

It's like losing the console wars crushed Sega's spirit and they just don't care any more.

[Thadeus Thunderwinkle]

Yes indeed.

Mario seems to have adapted, but the move to 3D hit Sonic like a ton of bricks.

Poor little blue bastard hasn't produced a decent game in ages.

Sort of like his parent company.

It's like losing the console wars crushed Sega's spirit and they just don't care any more.

My uncle actually worked for CD-i in the early 1990's and I got to play all of the games for free. I think Nintendo managed to adapt because the games the company marketed to that system sucked BALLS, Mario and Zelda alike. CD-i was a system that virtually no one purchased and I like to think Nintendo used it as an experiment; one in which they learned from their mistakes.

I suppose I should list something else I miss. Hmm. Buying strategy guides for video games. Nowadays, the internet is there to offer walkthroughs.

[thehod]

Ooh ooh ooh.

Sidescrolling Sonic.

That was great.

Sod Sonic.

Where's the perserverance in trying to get a game like Sonic to work. You just plug it in and away you go.

I was think more about games like Manic Miner.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/Manic_Miner_Screenshot.png

This game loaded from a tape and took five minutes, and if you were lucky it'd work first time. If not you'd rewind, fiddle with the volume, adjust the plug in the mic socket, cross your fingers, not look at the TV, pray and try not to breathe in another attempt to get the damn thing to load.

All that time and effort just for a fairly simple, if highly challenging game. Once it did load, you played the damn thing to death, because you didn't want to go through the whole rigmorole of trying to load something else.

It would've been so much simpler if you'd have actually bought an original copy, but in the desire to save a fiver you copied the game from a mate on your Dad's tape to tape deck in the front room.

Now that was when gaming was gaming.

[Sabrina_Fried]

The Big Xtra was the only burger I ever really liked from McDonald's.

Same here!

And yes, I miss it....that and McD's fries fried in tallow or whatever it was they were using before the "healthier" oil....which tastes like crap.

Oh and when you could order fries and they would come with a light dusting of salt, these days when I order fries I have to specify NO salt or else I will get more salt crystals than potato.

Non-food things:

- Clean streets: Toronto's city garbage collectors are on strike now and the streets look AWFUL. It's almost to the point where I kind of don't want to wear my sandals around town because of all the broken glass everywhere which brings me to another point:
-Litterbugs: Seriously, is it really that tough to carry your garbage HOME with you? Honestly, people in this city are so lazy!
- Cellphones: I miss the days when people didn't have to be constantly blabbing away on one of these. Really is the story of your pedicure really THAT important that it can't wait until you see the person face-face?
-Movie theatres: I miss the days when I could get into a movie for $2...and it was a movie worth paying to see in theatres. And the audience behaved.


I feel old now.


Sabrina

[Cloudman]

I miss the famous Rollover hot dogs at my school cafeteria. Curse you Jamie Oliver.

I also miss Jacko.

[Serik]

The "salsa carts" that would sell high-end salsa dip in the local mall throughout the late 1990s. Don't ask me why it was high-end; I think the labels just make it looks fancier than it was.

[GozertheGozarian]

Watching the news without hearing about Michael Jackson.

[Slam_Bradley]

Watching the news without hearing about Michael Jackson.

Watching news. With real news. And real newsmen like Walter Cronkite, Eric Severied and David Brinkley.

[Nightstar1441]

Sitting on the porch with a beer and just talking to your neighbors on a warm summer night

[Serik]

Watching news. With real news. And real newsmen like Walter Cronkite, Eric Severied and David Brinkley.

Most real newsmen were before my time, but I remember watching CNN Headline News about 10 years ago, back when it showed real news updates. Today it's 95% "true crime" exploitation shows and Nancy Grace's ravings.

[mgs]

I miss some of the innocence of yesteryear....

Being able to have a newspaper delivery BOY on a bike, not some old dude who runs around the neighborhood in his car, have local landscapers who are teens or locals trying to make some cash for college or whatnot, not having Halloween be the MOST protective thing in the neighborhood now, and basically kids can't just run around. Just the neighborhood has changed, kids don't ride around on their bikes or big wheels. When it's nice out, you can hardly tell anymore, with no one enjoying it. Kids don't run to the local stores anymore for comics, candy or baseball cards...

[Matt Algren]

Sod Sonic.

Where's the perserverance in trying to get a game like Sonic to work. You just plug it in and away you go.

I was think more about games like Manic Miner.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/Manic_Miner_Screenshot.png

This game loaded from a tape and took five minutes, and if you were lucky it'd work first time. If not you'd rewind, fiddle with the volume, adjust the plug in the mic socket, cross your fingers, not look at the TV, pray and try not to breathe in another attempt to get the damn thing to load.

All that time and effort just for a fairly simple, if highly challenging game. Once it did load, you played the damn thing to death, because you didn't want to go through the whole rigmorole of trying to load something else.

It would've been so much simpler if you'd have actually bought an original copy, but in the desire to save a fiver you copied the game from a mate on your Dad's tape to tape deck in the front room.

Now that was when gaming was gaming.
A lot of those games are online now (sans tape) as flash or java games. (Here's Manic Miner (http://www.bigredswitch.co.uk/games/mm/).) We had Dog Daze, and it was as awesome as it sounds.

[The Black Guardian]

I also miss Jacko.
If you mean this guy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfDySidMhdE), then I agree!

"I'm An Individual!"

[howyadoin]

Clean streets: Toronto's city garbage collectors are on strike now and the streets look AWFUL.We had a garbage strike here a few years back, and it was at least a month before you could even tell. Between the private recycling firms and the homeless people, anything of any value is scrounged almost immediately.

[jessecuster3]

From another thread, I miss Matt Pinfield and 120 minutes.

I miss the West Wing something terrible.


there is a whole host of just deodorants/anti-perspirants that once I started using them, they effectively went out of business.
No Sweat
Adidas (their new style is just different)
Gillete Invisible solid (they only have invisible gel now)

[Athena Bast]

Dickie Dee's

You might see on once or twice a whole a summer when they used to be everywhere.

[howyadoin]

Dickie Dee's

You might see on once or twice a whole a summer when they used to be everywhere.I got a kick out of the "upscale" version of the ice cream - Richard Dee's.

[Spike-X]

I miss the famous Rollover hot dogs at my school cafeteria. Curse you Jamie Oliver.

I also miss Jacko.
If you're young enough to still be in high school, though, there's no way you would remember Michael Jackson when he was actually good.

And at least somewhat normal.

[Athena Bast]

I got a kick out of the "upscale" version of the ice cream - Richard Dee's.

Oh, you've got to be shitting me.

[Sabrina_Fried]

We had a garbage strike here a few years back, and it was at least a month before you could even tell. Between the private recycling firms and the homeless people, anything of any value is scrounged almost immediately.

Oh anything of value IS long gone....whats left is all the fast food garbage that is neither recyclable nor valuable. All over the place. Usually with rotten "leftovers" inside (yuck).

Another thing I miss: In-depth reporting shows where they spend most of the time talking about the TOPIC and not the reporters. Example: I'm watching an episode of The Nature of Things (a science/environment/nature hour-long show on CBC) the other night that is supposed to be about Green energy use in Europe. So how do they spend most of the episode:

- David Suzuki gets sick so his daughter takes us sightseeing for the day. No, she doesn't interview anyone about green anything on her own
- David Suzuki and daughter love riding the trains in Europe. Half the episode is them sleeping and/or playing on their computers on the train. No discussion as to WHY they are taking the train so much, which would have been a very timely piece of information for Canadians.
-The film crew takes a break to shoot some tourist pictures. You know, so we can tell we are in Europe. There is no discussion about the environmental impact of tourism.

When they finally get around to talking business it's "look the Reichstag is almost completely self suffient, isn't that cool!"

Used to be a time that just explaining the "coolness" of the green Reichstag would be an episode to itself because they would go into THAT much detal.

Sabrina

[Rob Allen]

I miss usenet, back before it was overrun with spam.

[howyadoin]

Oh, you've got to be shitting me.I shit you not.

With the trend toward gourmet ice cream treats, the Richard D's ice cream bar was developed five years ago. Similar in appearance to the American Dove and Haagen-Dazs bars, the popularity of Richard D's has been "phenomenal," according to Barish.

http://www.allbusiness.com/wholesale-trade/merchant-wholesalers-nondurable/252339-1.html

Oh anything of value IS long gone....whats left is all the fast food garbage that is neither recyclable nor valuable. All over the place. Usually with rotten "leftovers" inside (yuck).Heh. In Vancouver even the winos are environmentally friendly.

- David Suzuki gets sick so his daughter takes us sightseeing for the day. No, she doesn't interview anyone about green anything on her own
- David Suzuki and daughter love riding the trains in Europe. Half the episode is them sleeping and/or playing on their computers on the train. No discussion as to WHY they are taking the train so much, which would have been a very timely piece of information for Canadians.
-The film crew takes a break to shoot some tourist pictures. You know, so we can tell we are in Europe. There is no discussion about the environmental impact of tourism.I can't say I'm surprised. David Suzuki's had his head up his ass for decades.I think he's pretty convinced of his own divinity.

[jade_nova]

I miss the business district here in town being full of local self owned stores and not national chains.

[Donald M.]

Heh. In Vancouver even the winos are environmentally friendly.


They're certainly biodegradable.

[RolandJP]

I miss Glaciers.

[Davideaux]

I miss being able to take an afternoon nap, especially during the summer

[Donald M.]

I miss being able to take an afternoon nap, especially during the summer

So then take one, I'm sure your boss won't mind.

[jdwrocks]

I miss frosty A&W root beer mugs delivered to my car window.

[Donald M.]

I miss frosty A&W root beer mugs delivered to my car window.

Are there no Sonic Drive-Ins in Minnesota?

[jdwrocks]

Are there no Sonic Drive-Ins in Minnesota?
There's one about 2 hours one way from me. A hell of a drive for a cold drink.

[StoneGold]

There's one about 2 hours one way from me. A hell of a drive for a cold drink.

Yeah, I always see them advertised, no idea where one is.

[Donald M.]

There's one about 2 hours one way from me. A hell of a drive for a cold drink.

You could always get your wife/girlfriend to put on some rollerskates and bring you a rootbeer in the driveway.

Mind you, that'll probably mean tagging along to carry the bags on shopping trips until you die, but surely the small pleasures are worth sacrifice.

[Donald M.]

Yeah, I always see them advertised, no idea where one is.

I think they just advertise everywhere to make sure no forgets they exist.

I see ads for them all the time and the nearest is 150 miles away.

[StoneGold]

I think they just advertise everywhere to make sure no forgets they exist.

I see ads for them all the time and the nearest is 150 miles away.

I just checked, not that far, but they are in the next county.

[jdwrocks]

You could always get your wife/girlfriend to put on some rollerskates and bring you a rootbeer in the driveway.

Mind you, that'll probably mean tagging along to carry the bags on shopping trips until you die, but surely the small pleasures are worth sacrifice.
Aw christ, she's such a clutz, the root beer would either end up in my face or she'd break her neck halfway to the car.

[howyadoin]

I miss frosty A&W root beer mugs delivered to my car window.Now there's a golden memory. I remember being able to do that up until the early 80s.

[Athena Bast]

Now there's a golden memory. I remember being able to do that up until the early 80s.

Carhops at the Chicken Burger.

[The Black Guardian]

I don't think anyone's mentioned these yet. I know it's a huge oversight on my part: Drive-In Theatres!

Buck Rogers was among the last of the movies I saw before our last local drive-in died.

[jdwrocks]

I don't think anyone's mentioned these yet. I know it's a huge oversight on my part: Drive-In Theatres!

Buck Rogers was among the last of the movies I saw before our last local drive-in died.
The drive-in, I grew up around would always show cheap, horror films. I liked it for bringing a girl to when I just got my drivers license.

[Serik]

Being able to drive on and otherwise visit dams without everything being fenced off or blocked. My grandpa took me to see just about every dam in Northern California when I was a kid.

Or allowing kids to sit in the cockpit of jetliners.

Say Joey, you ever been to a Turkish prison?

[howyadoin]

I don't think anyone's mentioned these yet. I know it's a huge oversight on my part: Drive-In Theatres!
The drive-in, I grew up around would always show cheap, horror films. I liked it for bringing a girl to when I just got my drivers license.No kidding. That's how I got laid the first time.




... thirty years ago. Jeezus...

[Gary_B]

Movie theaters being treated more like live theater and less like living rooms.

I very, very much agree.

[Gary_B]

I miss buying a whole ounce of decent Mexican weed for $25.00. The great Paraquat scare in the seventies ended that.

Good affordable pot, what happened to you?

[howyadoin]

I miss buying a whole ounce of decent Mexican weed for $25.00. The great Paraquat scare in the seventies ended that.

Good affordable pot, what happened to you?Prices here just went up to $65 a quarter.

Mind you, the quality is fucking mindblowing, and it's no more outrageous than the recent hike in whiskey prices. But still...

[Gary_B]

Prices here just went up to $65 a quarter.

Mind you, the quality is fucking mindblowing, and it's no more outrageous than the recent hike in whiskey prices. But still...

I think there was a huge shift in prices back in the late 70's, and since then weed prices have been pretty stable and predictable. But I miss the days when smelly old wild home-grown cost $15.00/ounce, Mexican cost $25 and Colombian cost $60.00. There is no denying that today's hydroponic stuff kicks all kinds of ass in the potency, flavour and smoothness departments but, dammit, I'm nostalgic for the affordability!

[howyadoin]

I think there was a huge shift in prices back in the late 70's, and since then weed prices have been pretty stable and predictable. But I miss the days when smelly old wild home-grown cost $15.00/ounce, Mexican cost $25 and Colombian cost $60.00. There is no denying that today's hydroponic stuff kicks all kinds of ass in the potency, flavour and smoothness departments but, dammit, I'm nostalgic for the affordability!Twenty-five bucks an ounce. Jesus, I'd like to buy a pound.

[The Black Guardian]

Or allowing kids to sit in the cockpit of jetliners.

Say Joey, you ever been to a Turkish prison?
I'll never forget the time the Concorde made a visit to New Orleans, and I happened to be at the airport. Must have been around 7-8. Even though I wasn't a passenger and didn't know a passenger, they let me have a look around.

[Gary_B]

Being able to drive on and otherwise visit dams without everything being fenced off or blocked. My grandpa took me to see just about every dam in Northern California when I was a kid.[/I]

I agree. My friends and I used to go swimming at the dam outside of the small town I grew up in. You can't get anywhere near it now. The water flowing off the bottom of the the sloped run-off formed a low tunnel and we loved hunching down and running along under it. Good times.

[Loren]

I miss summer vacation.

[Masterbasset]

To go with the earlier talk of fast food: I miss that burger Burger King had when they were promoting the Simpsons movie.

What was it? ..The Ultimate Double Whopper, I think.

[jessecuster3]

I miss buying a whole ounce of decent Mexican weed for $25.00. The great Paraquat scare in the seventies ended that.

Good affordable pot, what happened to you?

I can play that game. I miss when Ecstatsy was really MDMA and was about $15 a pill.

[cactusmaac]

I miss petrol costing less than a £1 a litre.

[crazyredlady]

I miss my sanity

oh wait....never had it....
nevermind

[Bergman]

When the majority of TV programs used up the full screen on my TV.

[The Once And Forever]

Not knowing what comes next.

[Spike-X]

When the majority of TV programs to up the full screen on my TV.
You do realise, don't you, that with widescreen picture, you're actually getting...

Ah, forget it.

[Sabrina_Fried]

I miss the summer vacation I had when I was a student: Two months where I had no formal obligations. No job, no classes, etc. Of course, I was a kid back then.

That's another thing I miss: Being a kid. And yes, I was pretty small as a kid.

Sabrina

[Spike-X]

Having an attention span.

[Loren]

After going to a symphony concert tonight, one struck me:

I miss the days when a standing ovation was the exception, not the rule.

[Serik]

I miss the days when a standing ovation was the exception, not the rule.

So I take it you're not a fan of State of the Union addresses?

[Davideaux]

So then take one, I'm sure your boss won't mind.

Thanks for reminding me why I got fired.

[LewMoxinsghost]

I miss the days when television was entertaining, and I actually looked forward to certain days of the week because of a show.

[The Black Guardian]

I miss petrol costing less than a £1 a litre.
So true... I remember paying $0.35/gal. Well, my mom actually paid it back then, but ya know.

Then came the oil embargo... then the BS energy crisis...

[MarvelKnight]

I miss fruit rolls. So far, I have only been able to find that is close to them are Trader Joe's Flattened Bananas.

[The Lobster]

I miss some of the innocence of yesteryear....

Being able to have a newspaper delivery BOY on a bike, not some old dude who runs around the neighborhood in his car, have local landscapers who are teens or locals trying to make some cash for college or whatnot, not having Halloween be the MOST protective thing in the neighborhood now, and basically kids can't just run around. Just the neighborhood has changed, kids don't ride around on their bikes or big wheels. When it's nice out, you can hardly tell anymore, with no one enjoying it. Kids don't run to the local stores anymore for comics, candy or baseball cards...

Really? The kids in my town are always outside and going to the local store and buying candy (Not baseball cards or comics though, unless you count pre-teens and teens).

[schwamp]

The Z channel. Cable in its raw, beautiful infancy....sigh

[Athena Bast]

Not being nervous at the slightest idea/possibility that the fire alarm is going to go off because someone is an idiot.

[Donald M.]

Rosebud Frozen Peas, full of country goodness and green peaness . . .

I miss The Critic.

Speaking of which I also miss Siskel & Ebert at the Movies.

It was never the same after Gene Siskel died. Now it's just a shambling husk.

[Serik]

When cable programming reflected the network's name. When was the last time you saw something worth learning on The Learning Channel? Remember back when you could see real history (mostly of the WWII variety) on the History Channel? And then there's the sad case of Sci, err, SyFy.

[Donald M.]

When cable programming reflected the network's name. When was the last time you saw something worth learning on The Learning Channel? Remember back when you could see real history (mostly of the WWII variety) on the History Channel? And then there's the sad case of Sci, err, SyFy.

SyFy is supposedly Polish slang for syphilis, which is appropriate as I'll now be avoiding that channel like syphilis.

[Sabrina_Fried]

When cable programming reflected the network's name. When was the last time you saw something worth learning on The Learning Channel? Remember back when you could see real history (mostly of the WWII variety) on the History Channel? And then there's the sad case of Sci, err, SyFy.

Agreed, but I miss the days when I could see something OTHER than WWII history on the history channel. Like history from other time periods too.

Sabrina

[Athena Bast]

Agreed, but I miss the days when I could see something OTHER than WWII history on the history channel. Like history from other time periods too.

Sabrina

You have actual history? We have reruns of JAG and NCIS.

[Super-Skrull]

I miss Count Dracula Theater on UHF channel 29, with a guy dressed up like Dracula hosted and introduced old horror flicks. It came on from 10pm to midnight every Friday night. I remember watching the original Little Shop of Horrors and The Raven on it.

I miss Jim Henson doing Kermit the Frog's voice.

I miss paying $4 for a cup at a party for UNLIMITED beer. And thinking it was very expensive.

I miss the novelty and excitement of staying up super late, rather than the inconveienience it presents now.

[Sabrina_Fried]

You have actual history? We have reruns of JAG and NCIS.

Well, it's been awhile since I have watched the History channel, but we used to get some awesome archaeology shows on there...oh and Ancient Warriors...I loved that show.

Is there ANY channel that doesn't show reruns of JAG and NCIS and/or CSI these days?

Sabrina

[mgs]

From another thread, I miss Matt Pinfield and 120 minutes.
Matt still does radio here, I think. I hear him once in a while. Forget which station.

Really? The kids in my town are always outside and going to the local store and buying candy (Not baseball cards or comics though, unless you count pre-teens and teens).
Yeah, where I am is still safe, it's just that times have changed. Places where I used to go for candy either no longer sell it, are limited in their choices, or have become something else.

I'm thinking LI is very different from Canada though. :wink:

Agreed, but I miss the days when I could see something OTHER than WWII history on the history channel. Like history from other time periods too.

Sabrina
Yeah, I know it's weird, plus around here, the history channel is right next to the Military channel, so I can switch to either for almost all-out military coverage! O.O

[darkhanamaru]

You need to go to a Fast food place in a richer area then. The poorer the area the tighter they are on condiments. Otherwise people will use McDonalds as a Grocery store. In affluent Suburbs they have Ketchup out for you to take!


The whole foods i frequently shop and eat lunch at has free condiments and all the old asian ladies in the area go in (there is a lot of senior housing in the area) and steal the forks, knives and napkins they have upfront.

what i miss?

gas at the dentist

baseball games for free on the ny indie stations

hell, free tv in general with kungfu movies

[jdwrocks]

Even though I gave up buds a while back, I always missed the "3 Finger" quarters in high school. No weighing, just measure the sack by your fingers. 3 fingers = a quarter.

[RolandJP]

I miss PKD and Mel Blanc


Oh..and people that use ash trays in their cars. Now a'days they just throw their spent butts out the window.

[Buried Alien]

I miss pillows on airplanes. They used to be provided as a basic amenity, but nowadays they're hardly ever provided.

Actually, I miss the pre-9/11 days when I actually sort of enjoyed and looked forward to air travel.

One thing I miss about the pre-9/11 era is being allowed to just loiter at an airport terminal and check out the planes even if you weren't waiting for a flight.


Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[Serik]

One thing I miss about the pre-9/11 era is being allowed to just loiter at an airport terminal and check out the planes even if you weren't waiting for a flight.


Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

Many airports have designated viewing areas (http://www.vegas4locals.com/freeairportrunways.html). McCarren Airport, for example, allows you to park your car and listen in on air traffic control. Gerald R. Ford Int'l has one (http://www.grr.org/Viewin.php), too. Not quite as nice as watching up close from inside the terminal, but at least the airports haven't been totally shut off...

[MarvelKnight]

I miss Looney Toons and the Three Stooges on weekend mornings. I miss watching hockey on ESPN.

The biggest thing I miss, though. Is, being able to go to the store and not be asked if I know how to speak English. Especially, after me asking for assistance, in very clear Native-Californian English.

[Chris N]

Drivers using their turn signal indicators.

I never knew even knew this used to happen. I learned young that:
a) a person not signalling may be about to turn
and
b) a person signalling may not be about to turn


My favorite signalling story:
The light was backed up past the previous intersection, so I stopped before the intersection as you're supposed to to wait. This was unnecessary as it was clear nobody would come down that random side street before the light turned green, but why not?

Well, the person behind me wanted to make a right turn, and I was in his way. Had I known this, I'd have just pulled up into the intersection.

He decided to signal to me he wanted to turn by honking at me. After a bit of confusion, I interpreted his honks to mean, "I want to turn right". Too bad cars don't have any other way of indicating this as the honking got annoying.

[StoneGold]

I miss when it was socially acceptable for me to shit myself.

[howyadoin]

I miss when it was socially acceptable for me to shit myself.If you wait long enough, that'll come back around again.

[StoneGold]

If you wait long enough, that'll come back around again.

It's still not exactly socially acceptable, more just a fact of life.

[Athena Bast]

Has anyone mentioned Ed yet?

I guess no one misses him. :frown:

[mikekerr3]

buttermilk

[moonknight11]

Toonami. Oh god. I promised not to cry.

Also the Crusades.

[Typo Lad]

Most of the stuff I was going to say has been said.

I miss not having any real responsabilities, mostly.

[Slam_Bradley]

I miss Looney Toons and the Three Stooges on weekend mornings.


I had to go out and buy the Looney Tunes Golden collections because my kids were growing up without basic knowledge of Warner Brothers cartoons. They just aren't on tv anymore.

[DubipR]

A few things I miss:

Comics sold on a spinner rack at the local 7-11
Gum in baseball card packs
Watching Tom Hatton host Popeye cartoons on Sunday mornings on KTLA

[Mac Danny]

Has anyone mentioned Ed yet?

I guess no one misses him. :frown:

Ed isn't a small thing..

[jade_nova]

Prizes in cereal boxes.

[Matt Algren]

Prizes in cereal boxes.
I was just thinking about that yestserday as I opened a box of Golden Grahams.

[Matt Algren]

Ed isn't a small thing..
But he has one, so it still works.

[Typo Lad]

I've seen prizes in my kid's cereal.

My "seen" "I mean fished out early and kept for myself", of course.

[Mac Danny]

But he has one, so it still works.

You can miss Ed's Small thing, but not the whole Ed.

[mgs]

It's still not exactly socially acceptable, more just a fact of life.
so you miss the times when you had a miniature penis, a barely functioning brain, hardly any hair and the physical ability of a 2 month old puppy? :confused: