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Posted: 6/25/2019 11:17:27 AM EST
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Chalkboards in schools.
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Posted: 6/25/2019 11:34:07 AM EST
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Pioneer "Supertuners"...….and 6x9's to put in the rear "package shelf" of any 1960's-70's American car...…
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Posted: 6/25/2019 11:35:35 AM EST
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Them Duke Boys...
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Posted: 6/25/2019 12:52:20 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I went to the dump yesterday. Took my Dad's 20 year old grill, and 4 car batteries. We go about every two months. Also, old Weber grills can go for a few hundred dollars. I was blown away by the prices people were paying for some vintage grills. Insane what people pay for Webers |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 1:14:50 PM EST
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Car batteries are worth money if you take them to a recycler. I can't remember how many dollars per pound, but it's worth not throwing them away. You might have thrown away $40 or $50. Also, old Weber grills can go for a few hundred dollars. I was blown away by the prices people were paying for some vintage grills. Insane what people pay for Webers Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: I went to the dump yesterday. Took my Dad's 20 year old grill, and 4 car batteries. We go about every two months. Also, old Weber grills can go for a few hundred dollars. I was blown away by the prices people were paying for some vintage grills. Insane what people pay for Webers I really don't care about the batteries. I was just happy the dump accepted them. Our city dump drop-off pit is only 4 miles from my house. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 1:17:51 PM EST
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Buying rifles from Sears and having the post office deliver it to your door.
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Posted: 6/25/2019 1:19:45 PM EST
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Youth
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Posted: 6/25/2019 1:20:02 PM EST
[#8]
Fountain pens.
Rotary phones. Party lines. Milk and eggs delivery. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 1:20:53 PM EST
[#9]
America!
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Posted: 6/25/2019 1:23:59 PM EST
[#10]
Because feels
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Posted: 6/25/2019 1:27:03 PM EST
[#11]
Montgomery Ward’s
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Posted: 6/25/2019 1:30:05 PM EST
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Being able to listen to EVERYTHING on scanners (local, state, federal, voice pagers and even cell phones). The Realistic Pro-2005 came out around 1988:
My first scanner I got in 1975, RCA 16S100 four-channel just like this one (still have it): 
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Posted: 6/25/2019 1:30:12 PM EST
[#13]
The concept of discretion and value of privacy, i.e., not needing to vomit all the details of your life on social media.
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Posted: 6/25/2019 2:47:55 PM EST
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The loud stereo thing has been gone here for at least a decade. I very rarely hear a ridiculous loud stereo. What I miss is a much simpler way of life. My favorite memory is back when I was 12 on a warm summer day in 1983. My Dad had been TDY and was coming home in the afternoon. The chores were done, and in a couple of hours I would have to take a shower so that we could pick him up at the airport. Until then, I could ride my go kart though the fields by my house. No cares. No worries. Its hard for me to believe that 36 years ago. I remember it crystal clear like it was yesterday. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 3:05:08 PM EST
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I think something I miss more than anything is the notion that gun ownership is normal and expected and that there's something wrong with you if you don't recognize this.
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Posted: 6/25/2019 3:16:36 PM EST
[#16]
The last one cliosed a couple of years ago. 
Only four locations survive. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 4:07:10 PM EST
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Network sign-offs. TV Stations weren't always 24/7/365.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnchea6LHN0 National Anthem TV Sign Off Air Force - Remastered Audio |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 4:57:51 PM EST
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BAN yourself  
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Posted: 6/25/2019 5:30:54 PM EST
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My Hair...… |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 5:33:16 PM EST
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Quote History |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 5:39:23 PM EST
[#22]
AOL
MySpace Freedom? |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 5:40:33 PM EST
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Hot N Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgV-l3GoIZUOne left and it's in Sturgis, Michigan, about a little over of a two hours drive. I try to go once a year.  There was one on Gratiot which was a heavy Friday night cruising strip. Lots of drag racing and girls back in the early to mid 90's. Nobody cruises Gratiot anymore. Kinda sad. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 5:48:29 PM EST
[#24]
Saturday Morning Cartoons
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Posted: 6/25/2019 5:54:56 PM EST
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24.9 cent a gallon gasoline. 50 cent quarts of beer. 10 cent cokes. Freedom. A general patriotic feeling in this country. Joe McCarthy. Joe McCarthy is about twenty years ahead of my time but yeah. We need the commie hunters back in power. John Wayne Fox body Mustangs Second gen Trans Ams and Camaros. When gas cost the same as the octane. $13.00 would fill my '88 Mustang GT's tank. Colt with a complete product line. Pre lock S&W's. Pre-86 imported assault style rifles. FGHB. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 6:25:01 PM EST
[#26]
youth
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Posted: 6/25/2019 6:28:31 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Oh, man yeah. There was one on Gratiot which was a heavy Friday night cruising strip. Lots of drag racing and girls back in the early to mid 90's. Nobody cruises Gratiot anymore. Kinda sad. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Hot N Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgV-l3GoIZUOne left and it's in Sturgis, Michigan, about a little over of a two hours drive. I try to go once a year. There was one on Gratiot which was a heavy Friday night cruising strip. Lots of drag racing and girls back in the early to mid 90's. Nobody cruises Gratiot anymore. Kinda sad. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 6:29:16 PM EST
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Parents
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Posted: 6/25/2019 6:29:33 PM EST
[#29]
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There didn't used to be the huge number of pedophiles and other degenerates roaming the streets like there are now. I don't blame folks for keeping tabs on their kids. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This. Children are tied to their parents with a tether from their asshole these days. Parents at work literally need an hourly update from their children ago they know where they are and that they are alive. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 6:31:55 PM EST
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How about: Being able to work on your own vehicle without having to plug in a computer that costs more than the part you need? And you need to work on the cars much, much less. And they are faster and perform better. The new ways are far better than the old. Cars are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better now. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 6:54:27 PM EST
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Pretty much everything everyone else has posted, but for me I miss real Coca-Cola in the 6 ounce thick green bottles taken from one of those short little machines where you dropped a nickle (or dime) into turned the handle and pulled out an ice cold Coca-Cola. PS I'll argue with anyone until the end of time that the taste of Coke out of those bottles tastes totally different than it does today new Coke notwithstanding. Once they started using a corn based sweetener and not pure cane sugar, the flavor changed. You can still get the real deal though. The small glass bottle six packs that are made in Mexico still use cane sugar, and yes, you can taste the difference. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 7:03:30 PM EST
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Sure there was. You just didn’t hear about them 24/7. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This. Children are tied to their parents with a tether from their asshole these days. Parents at work literally need an hourly update from their children ago they know where they are and that they are alive. Plus, they all knew if they were caught, the police wouldn't be called. They'd wake up in a ditch with their teeth kicked in, and their ribs broken. Real justice. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 7:18:22 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Code readers exist that are just an app on your phone and a $10 cable. Or you can go to Pep Boys and they'll scan it for free. And you need to work on the cars much, much less. And they are faster and perform better. The new ways are far better than the old. Cars are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better now. Back in the 80's we HAD to look to the past for better cars. Today, I completely understand why the young guys aren't as into the muscle cars of the early 70's and late 60's. Today for around $10-15k they can buy a used car with 300-400 hp, handles better, is more dependable, and the odometer doesn't rollover at 99,999 miles, because it'll go longer than that without an overhaul. And on top of all that it gets better gas mileage. Cars today are better in every way. While I think most of them can expect at least a couple hundred thousand dependable miles, I think much beyond that, they're disposable. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 7:26:02 PM EST
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Posted: 6/25/2019 7:29:00 PM EST
[#35]
freedom from a police state and over reaching government.
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Posted: 6/25/2019 7:33:54 PM EST
[#36]
Porsche 944 and neighborhood block parties
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Posted: 6/25/2019 8:02:16 PM EST
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freedom from a police state and over reaching government. Some historical perspective is very handy when making that claim. Just look at gun laws. They're actually loosening and going constitutional in many areas of the country - something that wasn't around in 1950, or 1970. We win some, we lose some. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 8:14:27 PM EST
[#38]
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Rotary phones Party lines |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 8:16:40 PM EST
[#39]
Imported Chinese AKs for $159.
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Posted: 6/25/2019 8:17:58 PM EST
[#40]
Everybody not being connected to a device 24-7
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Posted: 6/25/2019 8:22:10 PM EST
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My soul.
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Posted: 6/25/2019 8:47:19 PM EST
[#42]
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You're 100% correct. Once they started using a corn based sweetener and not pure cane sugar, the flavor changed. You can still get the real deal though. The small glass bottle six packs that are made in Mexico still use cane sugar, and yes, you can taste the difference. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Pretty much everything everyone else has posted, but for me I miss real Coca-Cola in the 6 ounce thick green bottles taken from one of those short little machines where you dropped a nickle (or dime) into turned the handle and pulled out an ice cold Coca-Cola. PS I'll argue with anyone until the end of time that the taste of Coke out of those bottles tastes totally different than it does today new Coke notwithstanding. Once they started using a corn based sweetener and not pure cane sugar, the flavor changed. You can still get the real deal though. The small glass bottle six packs that are made in Mexico still use cane sugar, and yes, you can taste the difference. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 8:49:19 PM EST
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This is true. Back in the 80's we HAD to look to the past for better cars. Today, I completely understand why the young guys aren't as into the muscle cars of the early 70's and late 60's. Today for around $10-15k they can buy a used car with 300-400 hp, handles better, is more dependable, and the odometer doesn't rollover at 99,999 miles, because it'll go longer than that without an overhaul. And on top of all that it gets better gas mileage. Cars today are better in every way. While I think most of them can expect at least a couple hundred thousand dependable miles, I think much beyond that, they're disposable. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Code readers exist that are just an app on your phone and a $10 cable. Or you can go to Pep Boys and they'll scan it for free. And you need to work on the cars much, much less. And they are faster and perform better. The new ways are far better than the old. Cars are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better now. Back in the 80's we HAD to look to the past for better cars. Today, I completely understand why the young guys aren't as into the muscle cars of the early 70's and late 60's. Today for around $10-15k they can buy a used car with 300-400 hp, handles better, is more dependable, and the odometer doesn't rollover at 99,999 miles, because it'll go longer than that without an overhaul. And on top of all that it gets better gas mileage. Cars today are better in every way. While I think most of them can expect at least a couple hundred thousand dependable miles, I think much beyond that, they're disposable. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 8:56:52 PM EST
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Fucking clackers
Glass balls from Hell I still have bruises and glass chips in my arms ?? |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 9:51:54 PM EST
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Arcades, land lines, rotary phones, good music, newspapers, hypercolor, SUVs that were real trucks (v8s, frames, real transfer cases, solid front/rear axles), music stores, medium sized department stores...
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Posted: 6/25/2019 9:53:39 PM EST
[#46]
My virginity
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Posted: 6/25/2019 10:01:00 PM EST
[#47]
my compassion and sometimes my sanity
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Posted: 6/25/2019 10:01:41 PM EST
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I can still smell it. |
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Posted: 6/25/2019 10:02:47 PM EST
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All that time.
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Posted: 6/25/2019 10:30:56 PM EST
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The Panama Canal Zone
RIP The Zone.... Yep, I’m an old Zonie! |
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