Not COVID related, just saying in general...
Maybe technology has eliminated, or companies have folded or processes have changed to save money.
Just a few examples....
- Friendly customer service, (is there such a thing anymore in retail?) (Budget cuts/greed)
- Video Rental Stores (Streaming killed)
- Toys R Us (Walmart and Amazon killed)
Really miss that process.
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Plenty of "healthy" cereal options heve been introduced sincce then; none compare IMO.
Really miss that process.
I'm nostalgic for how I used to interact with music, but I wouldn't trade it for having instant access to basically any song ever recorded via my phone.
I think it was channel 56 on the UHF dial
Uncle Floyd could be found on it in the afternoon before they scrambled the signal.
I used to like reading the movie listings in the back of TV Guide that were in alphabetical order, which network was airing them and when and a brief summary of the film. That way I could instruct dad when to set the VCR to tape something I wanted to watch
I love my kids but also miss having free time on the weekends to read newspapers, magazines and have the occasional night out on the town followed by a mellow Sunday of recovery.
And the mosquito coil on your dashboard!
The selection in video stores was much, much better than what you get from Netflix. Very few classics available.
I was actually just thinking about that Arena a few minutes before this thread started. I used to rag on that place all the time but I probably went to 70 - 75 events during its time there. I attended so many Nets, Rangers at Devils games, concerts and WWE event in my youth. Now that it's gone, I don't go to as many events as I did before it shuttered its doors.
It ain't like it used to be and it's never going to be ever again.
Also, speaking of customer service, I have one company that I love and probably not what you'd expect. Suburban Exterminating by me in Long Island is absolutely amazing. I actually enjoy calling them up. They are so friendly from the people who answer the phones to the people that come to your house. Highly recommend them.
I was actually just thinking about that Arena a few minutes before this thread started. I used to rag on that place all the time but I probably went to 70 - 75 events during its time there. I attended so many Nets, Rangers at Devils games, concerts and WWE event in my youth. Now that it's gone, I don't go to as many events as I did before it shuttered its doors.
It ain't like it used to be and it's never going to be ever again.
Plenty of "healthy" cereal options heve been introduced sincce then; none compare IMO.
Like Count Chocula!
A reasonable cost of living in areas that are reasonably affluent, so I might be able to retire before 70.
A sports world that was not obscenely overpaid while the rest of society is somehow falling behind over a period of 40 years.
I remember Silence of the Lambs was the hot rental at the time and you had to wait literally a year before you could rent a copy.
+1 ... I'll add common sense, ability to see the holes in conspiracy theories and rhetoric, compromise, working for the most part towards the greater good.
Pre-Cell/Smart Phone anything.
I think it was channel 56 on the UHF dial
Uncle Floyd could be found on it in the afternoon before they scrambled the signal.
Remember it well. It was on channel 68 here in Monmouth County Nj.
Really miss that process.
Music was the first thing I thought of too. I go back a little further to records. I was planning on going out, and looking at turntables yesterday, but the weather killed that idea. The last few releases I picked up have been on vinyl. Love the format.
Record Stores
Sally’s Apizza before the family sold
As Pjacs stated, life before cell phones. Not just for the lack of non-stop accessibility for me, but I also equally miss connecting with people through different channels than the over reliance today through mostly digital/technological means.
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+1 ... I'll add common sense, ability to see the holes in conspiracy theories and rhetoric, compromise, working for the most part towards the greater good.
I don't know what's on TV these days but I highly doubt that its anything like it was.
Lol, yeah. I want to laugh... not get some stupid lecture.
I would also be all for bringing back streetcars.
If you buy Jello chocolate pudding and freeze it, it tastes the same. I’ve done it! Lol
Miss the old time candy stores that had soda fountains and egg creams. Those were the days!
from a rotary phone?
Jerry Garcia
Talking to a human when I make a call to a business.
The Sunday NY Times sports section during baseball season when all of the hitters and pitchers stats were listed...I know I can get this online, but I loved reading those, as a kid!
Mimi's Pizza on the UES (maybe it's still there, I live in NH now).
The Allman Brothers Band.
Being able to run multiple miles without getting so sore.
Really miss that process.
100% agree!!! Downloading/streaming is not the same.
The smell of opening a new CD or cassette!! Actually reading the credits, who produced and wrote. The album art, etc.
I 100% miss Blockbuster. The appeal was the super movie-geek guys working there, who seemed to know something about every movie in the store.
I'd walk in with whatever girl I was dating and they'd ask what kind of movie we were in the mood for...we'd say comedy, drama, horror, whatever, and one of the guys would go pick out 3-4 options, give us a quick summary of each, and we'd pick.
If you went to the same one often enough, they'd have an idea of what you'd seen already and make new recs.
One time a girl I was with wanted to rent the English Patient, but the guy at the store talked her out of it, in favor of some mystery he said he thought we'd like.
I discreetly slipped him a $5 with a fist bump and an inaudible 'Thank you!!"
Sure we can look all that up online now, but I miss that kind of personalized customer service, at Blockbuster and a lot of other places too
Stick ball ( do today’s kids even know what stick ball is)
Neighborhood candy stores
My first car a Karman Ghia by Volkswagon( they were awesome)
-Madden & Summerall
-MLB trade deadline at midnight
-Baseball having national relevance
-NFL draft starting at noon on Saturday and running all weekend
Also, speaking of customer service, I have one company that I love and probably not what you'd expect. Suburban Exterminating by me in Long Island is absolutely amazing. I actually enjoy calling them up. They are so friendly from the people who answer the phones to the people that come to your house. Highly recommend them.
I agree with Blockbuster. There was something exhilarating about walking in and when you get to the new release that you’re after, you find that they have a copy or two left. It felt like a victory. On the other end it was infuriating when you had you mind set on a movie only to find all 40 freaking copies are all gone.
Ah, the good ole days....
Also miss all the divey old bars that have closed in DC ... especially Millie & Al’s.
I'd spend that hard-earned lawn mowing money first on a pizza with a friend and then pumping quarters into Tempest, Defender or Donkey Kong
In addition to the movies, it was looking at the dvd/vhs covers and reading the description and looking at the cover art. Definitely less convenient but a different experience.
I miss smoking a cigarette after a meal indoors. I haven't smoked in 20+ years but I'd eat late at a diner with friends and we'd grab a smoke, extremely satisfying. Part of the stupidity/care free ness of youth I guess. I hate smokers now naturally.
And one who can joke around with each other.
Instead, every single one-liner or commeny gets picked apart and you're getting roped into what you can and can't say. Loosen up, people!
Also. I miss the comment section on ESPN articles. Showed that not everyone thought just like the author and they might have been off about a few things.
Hell, I'd even take a time when Monday Night Raw was somewhat worthy of tuning into. I forget when the last time that was.
Miss the old time candy stores that had soda fountains and egg creams. Those were the days!
My grandparents owned a candy store in Whitestone in the past. I never saw it but stories make it sound like it was more of a hangout spot than just selling candy.
The same can be said for weather people too.
I'd spend that hard-earned lawn mowing money first on a pizza with a friend and then pumping quarters into Tempest, Defender or Donkey Kong
Well you're in luck because retro-arcades have been popping up in recent years all over the place. Google the closest one to you
Mobile phones do have that ability. I don’t experience what your describing, nor does anyone in my family. Sounds like you have a phone issue or a carrier issue.
Hell, I'd even take a time when Monday Night Raw was somewhat worthy of tuning into. I forget when the last time that was.
I used to watch RAW especially during the attitude era with The Rock, Stone Cold, etc etc and the years immediatly following. My interest in WWE fizzled out over time, it's just not interesting to me anymore.
The same can be said for weather people too.
SNOWMAGEDDON! ICY COLD DEATH IS COMING FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! TUNE IN NOW FOR WALL TO WALL REPETITIVE COVERAGE OF FIELD REPORTERS WRAPPED UP LIKE MUMMYS POKING YARDSTICKS INTO SNOWBANKS AND GESTURING TOWARDS EMPTY ROADS AND INTERVIEWING LOCAL DPW WORKERS IN SALT TRUCKS! WITNESS OUR WEATHERMAN WITH HIS SLEEVES ROLLED UP WORKING HIMSELF UP INTO A TIZZY OVER THE WEATHERMAP GRAPHICS!
Honest ?...did that ever even exist? Craziness here & abroad has been present my entire life, social media just amplifies it.
-NFL draft starting at noon on Saturday and running all weekend
I actually like the way they do it now better with the rounds spread out over three days. I spent way too much time back in the day sitting on the couch like a blob watching the names scroll across the screen for hours and hours and hours all weekend
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There as always something special about getting a new album that I thoroughly enjoyed. Riding to a Tower Records to get the new U2, REM, Springsteen work was a great thrill. Seeing the artwork of the cover, the lyrics, the first listen, etc...
Really miss that process.
100% agree!!! Downloading/streaming is not the same.
The smell of opening a new CD or cassette!! Actually reading the credits, who produced and wrote. The album art, etc.
Absolutely. I still love my CD collection and will still buy them. Never going full digital.
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So weird that mobile phones don't have that ability. If you start taking it just shuts down the audio from the other person.
Mobile phones do have that ability. I don’t experience what your describing, nor does anyone in my family. Sounds like you have a phone issue or a carrier issue.
Lol. I was thinking the same thing. No idea what he’s talking about but I guess I just assumed it was some kind of joke that went over my head
The selection in video stores was much, much better than what you get from Netflix. Very few classics available.
You do know there’s a world beyond Netflix? You can rent individual movies to stream from many sites - Amazon, Apple, Google, Vudu & more. No driving to the store, no sold out movies, no late fees.
I know...the cloud is hearing from me next.
I discovered O&A in '99 and became a big fan right up until the bitter end. Thankfully pretty much every show is archived on Youtube and one can revisit any of their favorite moments.
Yes sir JCJ
The same can be said for weather people too.
+1
Remember when the news media's purpose was primarily to keep you informed about what was happening, rather than telling you how you should feel about what was happening?
Now the news has to be presented with the clutching of pearls and the rending of clothes.
Really miss that process.
I used to spend hours in Tower Records listening to the new music.
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The original YS where left center truly was "Death Valley". 457 ft, dead center was 463. Also remember that the wall behind left field was so low that you could catch glimpses of the game from the platform of the 161st St station. When they rebuilt the stadium the first time they made the wall much higher that that view was blocked.
Miss the old time candy stores that had soda fountains and egg creams. Those were the days!
My grandparents owned a candy store in Whitestone in the past. I never saw it but stories make it sound like it was more of a hangout spot than just selling candy.
Don't know how often you are ever in Queens NY but we have a place in Forest Hills called Eddie's Sweet SHop. Its truly a time machine, the servers wear white with those little caps. You get the stools and the counter. Banana split in the steel bowl/cup specifically for sundaes.
Hanna Barbera, Space Ghost, Birdman, Dungeons and Dragons..
I don't know. It may have been 20-30 years ago but bragging to your friends you secured a copy of Terminator 2 when it was a rare opportunity to rent.
Yeah. It was a pain in the ass sometimes and its easier today but maybe some don't like the streaming process being ... too easy.
Yikes. I think people just getting out and doing something even if it may seem silly by today's standards.
but I don't miss them.
I don't even miss the early versions of Netflix, when they would mail you the DVD and you could only have a certain amount of the DVD's at home, and all the new releases had a long wait.
and then you'd forget to return one, or lose it.
Netflix (streaming) is one of the good innovations IMO.
Just wish my kids didn't live with Netflix constantly on their phones.
I miss sitting in front of my turntable, listening to an album...completely new and foreign to me...having not heard a single song. Deciphering the album cover and liner notes...reading the lyrics. Deciding which songs I liked most and replaying them over and over until I knew them.
I miss record stores.
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The original YS where left center truly was "Death Valley". 457 ft, dead center was 463. Also remember that the wall behind left field was so low that you could catch glimpses of the game from the platform of the 161st St station. When they rebuilt the stadium the first time they made the wall much higher that that view was blocked.
Miss the old time candy stores that had soda fountains and egg creams. Those were the days!
My grandparents owned a candy store in Whitestone in the past. I never saw it but stories make it sound like it was more of a hangout spot than just selling candy.
In Queens and Brooklyn (maybe Manhattan?) "Candy Store" is another term for 5 and Dime, Stationary Store or Corner Store.
When I moved to Queens and a friend said he was gonna stop at a candy store to pick up some cigarettes I was like "what the fuck are you talking about?!?"
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So weird that mobile phones don't have that ability. If you start taking it just shuts down the audio from the other person.
Mobile phones do have that ability. I don’t experience what your describing, nor does anyone in my family. Sounds like you have a phone issue or a carrier issue.
Lol. I was thinking the same thing. No idea what he’s talking about but I guess I just assumed it was some kind of joke that went over my head
Really? That's weird. I totally notice it. I assumed it was some sort of echo cancellation technology because cell phones don't look like this:
We still get the sunday newspaper delivered and read it every week.
Korvettes, at least the one in North Brunswick , the entire basement was the record dept. I'd go every payday (cash my check in Grand Union) and buy an album or 2 in Korvettes!
Defense & ball movement in the NBA
Smallball in baseball. The shift and the homerun or strikeout every at bat is bad
And my #1: I miss people being present. these phones are a real problem. look around in public/family gathering/at a restaurant... everyone's glued to their phone
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Atari Tank Battle
Good one Dave!
BOOM was showing it at 1am for a few months and it just stopped. Luckily, i have almost every Bugs Bunny cartoon on VHS
Requiem for the Big East..
It made both the NCAA and the NBA better, IMO.
I miss early and middle era George but not his final years when he became a deeply bitter cynical old crank who seemed to hate everything and wasn't even funny about it
Closest thing I'd seen to the Charlestown Chiefs.
Such a fun time going to Nighthawks games from the time I was a little kid, but it got really nuts when I was in my late teens.
They were a Colorado Rockies franchise when I was little, then the Rangers then the Kings, then the Senators not sure who else.
but when Ken Baumgartner was there (toward the end of the Nighthawks) the whole place took on the persona of boomer. Every night there were fights, they'd play welcome to the jungle and it was like the mental patients in strange brew - people in the stands would just start fighting each other.
And Ken would skate by with that twitch in his neck and salute the crowd, lol.
good times.
Also a good one!
Giants Stadium
Big East basketball as it once was
college hoops players staying all 4 years
and
Rizzuto and White
Madden and Summerall
Closest thing I'd seen to the Charlestown Chiefs.
Such a fun time going to Nighthawks games from the time I was a little kid, but it got really nuts when I was in my late teens.
They were a Colorado Rockies franchise when I was little, then the Rangers then the Kings, then the Senators not sure who else.
but when Ken Baumgartner was there (toward the end of the Nighthawks) the whole place took on the persona of boomer. Every night there were fights, they'd play welcome to the jungle and it was like the mental patients in strange brew - people in the stands would just start fighting each other.
And Ken would skate by with that twitch in his neck and salute the crowd, lol.
good times.
we had the Long Island Ducks at the Commack Arena.
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standpoint, I miss the New Haven Nighthawks.
Closest thing I'd seen to the Charlestown Chiefs.
Such a fun time going to Nighthawks games from the time I was a little kid, but it got really nuts when I was in my late teens.
They were a Colorado Rockies franchise when I was little, then the Rangers then the Kings, then the Senators not sure who else.
but when Ken Baumgartner was there (toward the end of the Nighthawks) the whole place took on the persona of boomer. Every night there were fights, they'd play welcome to the jungle and it was like the mental patients in strange brew - people in the stands would just start fighting each other.
And Ken would skate by with that twitch in his neck and salute the crowd, lol.
good times.
we had the Long Island Ducks at the Commack Arena.
The inspiration for Reggie Dunlop (from Slapshot).
The Eastern League (later the North American Hockey League) was the inspiration for Slapshot.
the Johnstown Jets.
Kind of a cool story if you ever read the history, cool in that a lot of Slapshot was based on a true story and a lot of the players were either in the movie or inspirational.
Ogie Oglethorpe is the writers brother.
And Reggie Dunlop's inspiration came from a player coach on the Long Island Ducks.
Athletes that don't taunt the opponent and don't have to celebrate every little thing they do. After all, getting that first down is why they pay you $10 million a year.
TV announcers that realized that you can see the action so they don't need to do play-by-play like they are on radio.
Realizing that shit happens and when it happens to you, demanding someone lose their job or running to a lawyer to sue them isn't your first reaction.
PC Gaming in the mid 90s. Very hard to organize and form your own groups. More convenient today, but don't form the same friendships with players online.
Letting kids be kids and not bombarded by social media, and an entertainment media that makes them grow-up far too fast.
Mostly I miss the world where everyone wasn't so afraid of getting sued.
But do you have those great mosquitoes we fought off at the S-3 Drivein?
Athletes that don't taunt the opponent and don't have to celebrate every little thing they do. After all, getting that first down is why they pay you $10 million a year.
TV announcers that realized that you can see the action so they don't need to do play-by-play like they are on radio.
Realizing that shit happens and when it happens to you, demanding someone lose their job or running to a lawyer to sue them isn't your first reaction.
Weren't sitcoms always like that?
Athletes that don't taunt the opponent and don't have to celebrate every little thing they do. After all, getting that first down is why they pay you $10 million a year.
TV announcers that realized that you can see the action so they don't need to do play-by-play like they are on radio.
Realizing that shit happens and when it happens to you, demanding someone lose their job or running to a lawyer to sue them isn't your first reaction.
You seem like you’d be fun at parties.
Please excuse me now while I get off your lawn. I don’t want to get yelled at...
Sports Illustrated when it was good was the best. As a kid I would read those magazines like crazy and I had a shit ton of them. Wish they were relevant still. I can’t read online articles like I could magazines.
I definitely miss the original culture of arcades. The retro ones don't really capture that. I also miss the regular rotation of games, the sheer amount of games you could choose from, the surprise of finding a game that really grabbed you instantly (for me it was and will always be the Sega vector graphics Star Wars game), people crowding around a game when someone was really crushing it, etc.
Other things I miss
-Sports Walkman
-the lost art of making a quality mix tape
-album art/liner notes
-Saturday morning cartoon block
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Watching TV sitcoms where the husband of the main characters isn't a total dufus.
Athletes that don't taunt the opponent and don't have to celebrate every little thing they do. After all, getting that first down is why they pay you $10 million a year.
TV announcers that realized that you can see the action so they don't need to do play-by-play like they are on radio.
Realizing that shit happens and when it happens to you, demanding someone lose their job or running to a lawyer to sue them isn't your first reaction.
You seem like you’d be fun at parties.
Please excuse me now while I get off your lawn. I don’t want to get yelled at...
Awwww. I hurt the poor asshole's feelings.
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Watching TV sitcoms where the husband of the main characters isn't a total dufus.
Athletes that don't taunt the opponent and don't have to celebrate every little thing they do. After all, getting that first down is why they pay you $10 million a year.
TV announcers that realized that you can see the action so they don't need to do play-by-play like they are on radio.
Realizing that shit happens and when it happens to you, demanding someone lose their job or running to a lawyer to sue them isn't your first reaction.
You seem like you’d be fun at parties.
Please excuse me now while I get off your lawn. I don’t want to get yelled at...
Awwww. I hurt the poor asshole's feelings.
You couldn’t hurt my feelings, cupcake. I actually feel quite sorry for your old miserable ass
That, and the McDLT
I'd say the same but mine isn't missing much chocolate for dinner. God bless Instagram.
That, and the McDLT
Haha! The McDLT was freaking fantastic!
Swimming (sometimes free of clothing) in a lake on a warm summer night.
Getting food for a party at Grand Union, knowing the cashier, and paying $1.87 for a whole shopping cart.
Fixing your first car yourself.
Having to call her house for a date and the father answers the phone...was it ever comfortable?
Running through the local Holiday Inn halls to get free ice for the keg.
Inhaling a sack of White Castles, fries, and a shake and not having your stomach hate you.
We had rules...there were just a lot less of them.
I look back fondly on my/our youth growing up in the 70's/80's. Music, cars, freedom, etc. My kids (in their 20's) think I lived on another planet when I tell them stories of my youth. Wouldn't trade my youth for theirs.
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Thats really it for me.
That, and the McDLT
Haha! The McDLT was freaking fantastic!
Plus the commercial for it had a young, thinner Jason Alexander (with hair!) singing and dancing about it.
Jerry, don't you hate it when the lettuce and tomato on your burger get hot? - ( New Window )
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Thats really it for me.
That, and the McDLT
Haha! The McDLT was freaking fantastic!
Plus the commercial for it had a young, thinner Jason Alexander (with hair!) singing and dancing about it. Jerry, don't you hate it when the lettuce and tomato on your burger get hot? - ( New Window )
Jewish Delis (even in NYC they are few and far between)
Diners are a dying breed also and the ones I went to in HS and college are almost all gone
Carvel - not a lot left
Old Yankee Stadium and the Meadowlands
The Knicks
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Thats really it for me.
That, and the McDLT
Haha! The McDLT was freaking fantastic!
How the hell did the McDLT fail and people wait with a frothed mouth for the return of the McRib??
Long live "Fudgie the Whale".
It is tradition to have Fudgie everytime my sister-in-law has a birthday. And now all the kids have begun to request it too.
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Thats really it for me.
That, and the McDLT
Haha! The McDLT was freaking fantastic!
How the hell did the McDLT fail and people wait with a frothed mouth for the return of the McRib??
I have to say, I haven't had McDonald's in over 20 years. I don't miss it with the odd exception when someone gets on an elevator or subway and you can smell the fried. And, every once in a while a Big Mac commercial will leave me craving it.
My kids have never had it and they have no interest.
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Thats really it for me.
That, and the McDLT
Haha! The McDLT was freaking fantastic!
How the hell did the McDLT fail and people wait with a frothed mouth for the return of the McRib??
McDLT would probably have a similar cult following today as the McRib - I mean putting lettuce and tomato on a burger and keeping them separate from the burger is as revolutionary as putting BBQ sauce on fake meat and calling it a rib sandwich and only making it available for limited periods of time making it seem special, but the McDLT relied on styrofoam to keep the lettuce and tomato separate so sadly the environment won.
I bet the McDlt exists in some corner of the world where they still allow styrofoam packaging.
But, I also loved the Flying Saucers, parfaits, soft serve with sprinkles. It was never the best ice cream, but damn did I love it.
May seem like an odd combination, but Fudgie was a great chaser to the Sambuca.
their problem (in the northeast at least) was the winter months no one wanted ice cream. Some of the dairy queens when I was growing up would close from November to April.
Dairy queen evolved and created a fast food menu.
the teenagers in my town are at dairy queen practically every day.
it's the same soft serve ice cream as Carvel I think and the cakes are the same with the chocolate crunch in the middle - just different shapes.
DQ was much bigger than Carvel in most of the country. I'm betting Carvel was less able to withstand market pressures. Like gelati places - they have been springing up like weeds over the past decade.
DQ was much bigger than Carvel in most of the country. I'm betting Carvel was less able to withstand market pressures. Like gelati places - they have been springing up like weeds over the past decade.
my teenagers eat the chicken tenders. my wife and youngest get blizzards. I'm not a huge soft serve or fast food guy, but no I never get soft serve either if I get something there.
and they adapted to market conditions - good call, I bet Carvel could have too with similar backing.
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Sitting on the stoop waiting for the stickball game to start, chips on the ball 25 cents. It was a little piece of heaven.
Yes sir JCJ
I never saw one of those. They only sold Spaldeens in my neighborhood
Got a Carvel's down the street from me. Does a great business. Been in business in the same place almost 60 years
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standpoint, I miss the New Haven Nighthawks.
Closest thing I'd seen to the Charlestown Chiefs.
Such a fun time going to Nighthawks games from the time I was a little kid, but it got really nuts when I was in my late teens.
They were a Colorado Rockies franchise when I was little, then the Rangers then the Kings, then the Senators not sure who else.
but when Ken Baumgartner was there (toward the end of the Nighthawks) the whole place took on the persona of boomer. Every night there were fights, they'd play welcome to the jungle and it was like the mental patients in strange brew - people in the stands would just start fighting each other.
And Ken would skate by with that twitch in his neck and salute the crowd, lol.
good times.
we had the Long Island Ducks at the Commack Arena.
The inspiration for Reggie Dunlop (from Slapshot).
The Eastern League (later the North American Hockey League) was the inspiration for Slapshot.
the Johnstown Jets.
Kind of a cool story if you ever read the history, cool in that a lot of Slapshot was based on a true story and a lot of the players were either in the movie or inspirational.
Ogie Oglethorpe is the writers brother.
And Reggie Dunlop's inspiration came from a player coach on the Long Island Ducks.
Yes. My first game there was at 5yrs old. no heat in the building.
Also, Sal "Red Light" Messina played for the Ducks. As did John Muckler (also was a coach) and that crazy Maple Leafs Coach John Brophy. When he coached the Leafs in the '80s my Dad pointed out that he was the coach at that first game I went to. And may have been the player/coach that Dunlop was based on.
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Thats really it for me.
That, and the McDLT
Haha! The McDLT was freaking fantastic!
Plus the commercial for it had a young, thinner Jason Alexander (with hair!) singing and dancing about it. Jerry, don't you hate it when the lettuce and tomato on your burger get hot? - ( New Window )
Wow, that commercial is a memory.
Can't think of anything less George...
Now HD has literally .... become the standard.
Everything is just too clear and those damn LED signs give me a headache. At least the one church by me isn't changing with the times and manually changes the messages on their signs. Even better, someone clobbered it with their car a few months ago and the church just got replaced it with the same exact one.
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standpoint, I miss the New Haven Nighthawks.
Closest thing I'd seen to the Charlestown Chiefs.
Such a fun time going to Nighthawks games from the time I was a little kid, but it got really nuts when I was in my late teens.
They were a Colorado Rockies franchise when I was little, then the Rangers then the Kings, then the Senators not sure who else.
but when Ken Baumgartner was there (toward the end of the Nighthawks) the whole place took on the persona of boomer. Every night there were fights, they'd play welcome to the jungle and it was like the mental patients in strange brew - people in the stands would just start fighting each other.
And Ken would skate by with that twitch in his neck and salute the crowd, lol.
good times.
we had the Long Island Ducks at the Commack Arena.
The inspiration for Reggie Dunlop (from Slapshot).
The Eastern League (later the North American Hockey League) was the inspiration for Slapshot.
the Johnstown Jets.
Kind of a cool story if you ever read the history, cool in that a lot of Slapshot was based on a true story and a lot of the players were either in the movie or inspirational.
Ogie Oglethorpe is the writers brother.
And Reggie Dunlop's inspiration came from a player coach on the Long Island Ducks.
Yes. My first game there was at 5yrs old. no heat in the building.
Also, Sal "Red Light" Messina played for the Ducks. As did John Muckler (also was a coach) and that crazy Maple Leafs Coach John Brophy. When he coached the Leafs in the '80s my Dad pointed out that he was the coach at that first game I went to. And may have been the player/coach that Dunlop was based on.
Yep, Brophy was the inspiration for Dunlop.
They actually even used his last name in homage as the player who was so drunk he was going to piss himself - he was named Nick Brophy
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standpoint, I miss the New Haven Nighthawks.
Closest thing I'd seen to the Charlestown Chiefs.
Such a fun time going to Nighthawks games from the time I was a little kid, but it got really nuts when I was in my late teens.
They were a Colorado Rockies franchise when I was little, then the Rangers then the Kings, then the Senators not sure who else.
but when Ken Baumgartner was there (toward the end of the Nighthawks) the whole place took on the persona of boomer. Every night there were fights, they'd play welcome to the jungle and it was like the mental patients in strange brew - people in the stands would just start fighting each other.
And Ken would skate by with that twitch in his neck and salute the crowd, lol.
good times.
we had the Long Island Ducks at the Commack Arena.
The inspiration for Reggie Dunlop (from Slapshot).
The Eastern League (later the North American Hockey League) was the inspiration for Slapshot.
the Johnstown Jets.
Kind of a cool story if you ever read the history, cool in that a lot of Slapshot was based on a true story and a lot of the players were either in the movie or inspirational.
Ogie Oglethorpe is the writers brother.
And Reggie Dunlop's inspiration came from a player coach on the Long Island Ducks.
Yes. My first game there was at 5yrs old. no heat in the building.
Also, Sal "Red Light" Messina played for the Ducks. As did John Muckler (also was a coach) and that crazy Maple Leafs Coach John Brophy. When he coached the Leafs in the '80s my Dad pointed out that he was the coach at that first game I went to. And may have been the player/coach that Dunlop was based on.
Yep, Brophy was the inspiration for Dunlop.
They actually even used his last name in homage as the player who was so drunk he was going to piss himself - he was named Nick Brophy
YES!! good stuff LOL
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Long live "Fudgie the Whale".
The Santa Clause cake was just Fudgie rotated with different decorations.
My LI hockey memories are when I was a little kid going to watch my day play pickup games at Marjorie Post on their outdoor rink at night. It could be sooooooo cold out there at night.
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hockey games with your friends? We did it many times in middle school and high school years. 1 or 2 in the morning for 2 hrs, $250. One time nobody told us to leave and we just kept playing, turned out the circus was coming in and the workers were in the stands drinking while the ice was melting laughing at us LOL.
My LI hockey memories are when I was a little kid going to watch my day play pickup games at Marjorie Post on their outdoor rink at night. It could be sooooooo cold out there at night.
Yes you must have froze, but I'll bet it was fun. We used to climb the fence around the storm sumps and play hockey on it all day. Getting back over was tough sometimes! Also didn't realize how cold it was until we stopped skating. The 3 block walk home seemed to take forever.
Kids just don't do, or aren't permitted to do that kind of stuff anymore. Everything is organized with parents involved.
Really miss that process.
Any music lover should miss this process whether they know it or not. Rock Music isn't the same and never will be.
Friendly's had an incredibly thick shake, the Fribble. one of those with a Friendly burger (always served on white toast) and fries was instant food coma LOL.
in MA at least where they were founded there are a few of them still open.
Awful food, good ice cream.
A video of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates doing a shift at DQ.
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Also a decade or more ago got a bug to try to find "PDQ" malted chocolate mix again. No go. Gave it up. That shit was the best. A childhood friend.
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standpoint, I miss the New Haven Nighthawks.
Closest thing I'd seen to the Charlestown Chiefs.
Such a fun time going to Nighthawks games from the time I was a little kid, but it got really nuts when I was in my late teens.
They were a Colorado Rockies franchise when I was little, then the Rangers then the Kings, then the Senators not sure who else.
but when Ken Baumgartner was there (toward the end of the Nighthawks) the whole place took on the persona of boomer. Every night there were fights, they'd play welcome to the jungle and it was like the mental patients in strange brew - people in the stands would just start fighting each other.
And Ken would skate by with that twitch in his neck and salute the crowd, lol.
good times.
we had the Long Island Ducks at the Commack Arena.
The inspiration for Reggie Dunlop (from Slapshot).
The Eastern League (later the North American Hockey League) was the inspiration for Slapshot.
the Johnstown Jets.
Kind of a cool story if you ever read the history, cool in that a lot of Slapshot was based on a true story and a lot of the players were either in the movie or inspirational.
Ogie Oglethorpe is the writers brother.
And Reggie Dunlop's inspiration came from a player coach on the Long Island Ducks.
Yes. My first game there was at 5yrs old. no heat in the building.
Also, Sal "Red Light" Messina played for the Ducks. As did John Muckler (also was a coach) and that crazy Maple Leafs Coach John Brophy. When he coached the Leafs in the '80s my Dad pointed out that he was the coach at that first game I went to. And may have been the player/coach that Dunlop was based on.
Yep, Brophy was the inspiration for Dunlop.
They actually even used his last name in homage as the player who was so drunk he was going to piss himself - he was named Nick Brophy
YES!! good stuff LOL
Ahhh...the New Haven Nighthawks. My dad used to take my brother and me on occasion. Also, I would win tickets almost every year from our local news paper, the Danbury News-Times in contests involving us paperboys. We'd take a bus to the game with one friend each. They'd get us tickets, and coupons for food/soda. Great memories.
120 Minutes and Yo MTV Raps on MTV
Playing in the dirt with Tonka Trucks
The Olympics being must-watch TV
Madden on Sega Genesys
Reading the newspaper daily - especially the Sunday Star Ledger Sports section during football season
“You are looking live...” - Brent Musberger on the NFL Today on CBS
And I agree with the others who’ve mentioned listening to Summerall and Madden calling NFC game and also getting new CDs and cassette tapes.
reminds me ... used to love when they featured a boxing match on Saturday's Wide World of Sports. Also miss that intro. :)
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Frank Gifford discusses covering Franz Klammer's Olympic race - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG - ( New Window )
Got a Carvel's down the street from me. Does a great business. Been in business in the same place almost 60 years
Majority of all games - including sports titles -- are just really intricate. Last title I enjoyed was the re-release of NBA Jam.
Just would love a set of MLB/NFL/NBA games that were pretty easy to pick up, but I just feel like it's a big learning curve on everything right now.
Now HD has literally .... become the standard.
Everything is just too clear and those damn LED signs give me a headache. At least the one church by me isn't changing with the times and manually changes the messages on their signs. Even better, someone clobbered it with their car a few months ago and the church just got replaced it with the same exact one.
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Thats really it for me.
That, and the McDLT
Haha! The McDLT was freaking fantastic!
How the hell did the McDLT fail and people wait with a frothed mouth for the return of the McRib??
Don't get it either "It keeps the hot side hot, keeps the cool side cool" -- what's better?
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There as always something special about getting a new album that I thoroughly enjoyed. Riding to a Tower Records to get the new U2, REM, Springsteen work was a great thrill. Seeing the artwork of the cover, the lyrics, the first listen, etc...
Really miss that process.
Any music lover should miss this process whether they know it or not. Rock Music isn't the same and never will be.
I definitely miss the process of lining up for midnight releases of new albums. I remember doing that for Achtung Baby and it was a great memory.
I nostalgically miss a lot of those events:
I remember standing in line on 3rd avenue for the Sega Dreamcast in front of the video game store at midnight -- just not a woman in site for a line 1/2 way round the block!
I also used to love going to Shea on the Saturday morning that single-game tickets went on sale. Pick up my opening day tix and subway series tix when that started in the 90s.
Can't deny that I like the easy access aspect of everything, to be honest. But it's part of being nostalgic for a shared general experience. Cyber life is so detailed now that entertainment/news content must be 1,000 times more accessible (at a minimum) than it was in the early 90s. it's really easy to insulate in very niche corners of the internet, tv, movie, music, sports, politics, that you end up having very few points of common experience.
Even news -- an event that happens on film -- for example -- gets put through hundreds of lenses and agendas and there ends up being a shockingly low agreement on what the facts of any given situation are.
I don't like it. Sure, I like having instant access to millions of genres of tv shows and films - -but I miss having consistent talking points with many other people.
Super Bowl, Oscars -- those type of things that a lot of people casually watch and that you can talk about at work or a bar the next day -- there just isn't a lot of them, and I find that isolating.
DQ was much bigger than Carvel in most of the country. I'm betting Carvel was less able to withstand market pressures. Like gelati places - they have been springing up like weeds over the past decade.
Dipped cones are where it's at DQ.
Just to miller for a second -- best dipped cone I ever had was at the Red Rooster in Brewster NY. Actually the best burger as well. When I was a kid we used to drive up a couple times a month to my mom's boyfriend's place in the Berkshires. Favorite part of that was stopping for burgers and dipped cones at the Red Rooster.
Man, I'd love some of that right now!
120 Minutes and Yo MTV Raps on MTV
Playing in the dirt with Tonka Trucks
The Olympics being must-watch TV
Madden on Sega Genesys
Reading the newspaper daily - especially the Sunday Star Ledger Sports section during football season
“You are looking live...” - Brent Musberger on the NFL Today on CBS
And I agree with the others who’ve mentioned listening to Summerall and Madden calling NFC game and also getting new CDs and cassette tapes.
Never the local teams or even a cool team like the Dodgers or Pirates. Cool to a kid at least.
I don't know how those places ever went out of business. Above average fried chicken and burgers...and fantastic roast beef sandwiches.
OHHH The Chocolate egg cream, I tasted it as soon as I read it.
Also the glass of coke in the bar of your fathers choice, mine was The VFW.
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in candy stores. They were already dying out in the late 70s/early 80s when I was a kid. Most became Te Amos and the fountains were gone. Nothing beat getting a chocolate egg cream there, especially if you drank it there in the fountain glass.
OHHH The Chocolate egg cream, I tasted it as soon as I read it.
Also the glass of coke in the bar of your fathers choice, mine was The VFW.
2 years ago, we went to Sammy's Roumanian Steakhouse in the Lower East Side and for dessert they made chocolate egg creams at the table using seltzer from the old fashioned jars and Fox'. He left the milk, seltzer, and syrup at the table and my kids went to town to polish them off.
One late night in college we went to a diner outside Albany for sustenance. I asked for a chocolate egg cream. When the waitress asked what it was and I told her, she asked when you put the egg in. I changed my order to a chocolate milk shake
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I don't know how those places ever went out of business. Above average fried chicken and burgers...and fantastic roast beef sandwiches.
I am no longer a fast food eater, except in the rarest of occasions, but the Double R Bar Burger at Roy Rogers was probably the best fast food sandwich - better than the McDLT (and the McRib).
Thanks for that clip. Very cool.
Where did you grow up in NJ - assuming it's that RT 22?
They didn't go out of business. Hardee's bought Roy Rogers in 1990 and proceeded to convert hundreds of RR locations to Hardee's, and then sold off 350+ more to Boston Market, Wendy's, and McDonald's. There are only 48 locations left, and almost all of the ones outside of MD/VA are in travel plazas.
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I remember Wendy's used to be much different as well, they had the tables with the newspaper collages and the cash registers with the auto change dispensers. Those were cool as a kid to see.
Using Road Atlas/Mapquest/Google Maps
Kids these days will never know what it's like to be lost and hear your parents argue about whether to stop and ask for directions...
Using Road Atlas/Mapquest/Google Maps
Kids these days will never know what it's like to be lost and hear your parents argue about whether to stop and ask for directions...
No sir. Harrisburg PA. How ironic though on the names and memories
Better chicken than KFC (and Roy Rodgers. Sorry guys)
Scalding hot fried pies
Over-salted fries
Man I miss that place
and then trying to read directions while driving and shit just not being obvious.
I definitely do not miss pre-GPS days.
GPS, ATM, Cell Phones, Wi-Fi, Remote controls, streaming services, all solid innovations of the 21st century (Some of these were end of the 20th century innovations but they became prevalent in the 21st and obsoleted their predecessors).
I still always keep an atlas. I may use a gps when traveling, but I still like to be able to take out an atlas and game plan, or gauge where I am in relation to where I want to go. There is a ton of good information on a good map.
Just thought of this one today while looking at Ars Technica's Youtube series called War Stories where they examine the programming/design challenges of famous classic computer games.
I absolutely loved going to that store as a kid with my father. I remember spending like at least an hour looking at all the titles to see if there were any new PC games that looked cool. It was barely organized into genres and the only advertising I was exposed to beforehand was maybe a few pictures in a computer gaming magazine. The box design played a large factor in whether or not I'd buy a game. It was just pure chance if you found a good game. Even the so-so ones upon reflection I was happy to have tried out.
It's funny how a few mediocre reviews today will prevent people from trying to experience new things that aren't all that bad.
Also weird to think back now on the rows and rows and rows of software in those big cardboard boxes the way they used to sell them. Long gone now.
Also weird to think back now on the rows and rows and rows of software in those big cardboard boxes the way they used to sell them. Long gone now.
And video games.
I had to listen to my buddies 15 year old son explain to me why it is so much better to not have to physical games to put in your game console. And he's right.
but they had rows and rows of games at CompUSA near the software section (I think - I know Circuit City and Best Buy did)
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I think the last time I went to one I was in my teens and was disappointed when the one on RT 22 closed. How the hell did they go out of business and KFC and Popeyes excelled? Was it more money?
Where did you grow up in NJ - assuming it's that RT 22?
Berkeley Heights.
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They didn't go out of business. Hardee's bought Roy Rogers in 1990 and proceeded to convert hundreds of RR locations to Hardee's, and then sold off 350+ more to Boston Market, Wendy's, and McDonald's. There are only 48 locations left, and almost all of the ones outside of MD/VA are in travel plazas.
That’s actually interesting considering Hardees seems nothing like Roy Rogers was, but I was young. Just remember fried chicken and possibly a salad bar. I loved their fried chicken.
I got a DVD player for a Christmas gift years ago that I never opened so I have that as a backup. I do this because I don't want to depend on streaming services for movies 100%. They're cutting out scenes of shows and movies that some people find offensive and the further time goes on - the more they will do this. Then, pretty soon the intention of the show or film will be completely different because some kid born after the show was produced will chop it up into confusing nonsense to fit their liking.
I think in the UK they had a warning message in the description saying "this movie contains outdated norms" and a whole bunch of other junk and it was some movie made ... in 1986. I like to think for myself and dont need someone else's opinion to tell me something as if it's a fact.
Another thing to note, man, one of my favorite things about going into Walmart or Best Buy was looking at their display of movies, even if I wasn't purchasing anything. Now? The DVD section has been chopped into half of an asile. What once was a 20 minute look around in two or three different asiles now takes 10 seconds. Then, I don't know any of the movies, lol.
They're not hurting anyone.
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Old school Howard Stern. Opie and Anthony.
I discovered O&A in '99 and became a big fan right up until the bitter end. Thankfully pretty much every show is archived on Youtube and one can revisit any of their favorite moments.
I was always aware of them because they had something to do with the XFL when Vince launched it back in 2001. I think in 2004 or 2005 when H got SiriusXM for his car is when I was a big fan. I think part of me misses the fact that I knew somebody with a subscription and it felt like a more exclusive Club before YouTube came around and you can just look up everything as easy as it is.
I'm sure there were ways to find the show on the internet back then but it was just easier to listen to Opie and Anthony on the way to New York or whatever on the way to go see a Yankee game. Again like the streaming and Blockbuster comparison before, I think I just subconsciously liked the challenge of being at the right place at the right time and actually going out LOL.
These damn kids these days are just within easy reach of everything! The days of "rare finds" because of the internet are becoming more a thing of the past.
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Old school Howard Stern. Opie and Anthony.
I discovered O&A in '99 and became a big fan right up until the bitter end. Thankfully pretty much every show is archived on Youtube and one can revisit any of their favorite moments.
I was always aware of them because they had something to do with the XFL when Vince launched it back in 2001. I think in 2004 or 2005 when H got SiriusXM for his car is when I was a big fan. I think part of me misses the fact that I knew somebody with a subscription and it felt like a more exclusive Club before YouTube came around and you can just look up everything as easy as it is.
I'm sure there were ways to find the show on the internet back then but it was just easier to listen to Opie and Anthony on the way to New York or whatever on the way to go see a Yankee game. Again like the streaming and Blockbuster comparison before, I think I just subconsciously liked the challenge of being at the right place at the right time and actually going out LOL.
These damn kids these days are just within easy reach of everything! The days of "rare finds" because of the internet are becoming more a thing of the past.
Yeah, I was always a huge O&A and Ron & Fez fan (especially when Eastside Dave was involved). You could feel the tension in those last few months of O&A
At least, that's when he was making his discontent with his radio life obvious.
The show did lose a lot of its fun once Patrice died. Hard to believe that funny fuck has been dead for 10 years.