From Days Gone By... What DON'T You Miss?

[Smith357]

Poor handling American cars.
AMF Harley Davidson
Leisure Suits
Dirty hippies that spit on US servicemen
The Iron Curtain
55mph speed limit

 

[yaktamer]

Having hair to comb.

 

[moosedog]

I don't miss jumper cables and a tool kit in the trunk of every car I owned that lastest about 3 years, until the final payment was made.

 

[sipowicz]

Typewriters...I wrote my first TV script on one in 1987. Total pain in the ***....right after that, got a computer (with 2 floppy drives)...and later, a 10 megabyte hard card....

 

[loutent]

I "don't miss" ...hard wired phones.

I dunno about that one - sometimes all 5 of our phones wind up in one room - usually on the floor where you ain't when it rings.

 

[yaktamer]

I dunno about that one - sometimes all 5 of our phones wind up in one room - usually on the floor where you ain't when it rings.

I didn't realize my wife has been hanging out at your house. I think I'd die of shock if she ever put the cordless back in the charger.

 

[DeadAye]

Homework.

Hanoi Jane - Well --- I still don't like that ^%$%& !

Whoever let her get away with it - he (most likely a he) should have been in an adjoining cell. Make that should still be in....

 

[Engineer1911]

Summer 1970, green fatigues, no stripes, and Texas.

After college graduation, said no to 3 jobs located in Texas. Six months was enough. Summer 1973, South Carolina, and staff sargeant stripes wasn't much better.

 

[Gunhacker]

My Grandmother's freaking "cure all" for many childhood ailments... enema's.

Weekly allergy shots, one TV household (and Dad rules), paper route in the winter, slooow speed dental (jack hammer) drills, Lifebouy soap (yes, it does taste terrible), and last but not least... rectal thermometers, although come to think of it, that was pretty good training for the **** I have to put up with at work sometimes.

Should I go into my teenage years now?

 

[Bat Guano]

1950s and 1960s dentistry. School--complete waste of valuable time and interfered with getting an education. Mustard plasters(!?) Beets on the menu. My mother was an excellent cook but those damn beets kept showing up on my plate.

Still a good time to grow up, though.

 

[Nimble Jack B.]

I'm sure I can think of some more but here's a short list of what I don't miss:

1. Lyndon Baines Johnson
2. Robert McNamara
3. Not having a TV remote with Mute for commercials
4. Not having a microwave oven
5. Having a biased big three television networks

 

[rcnixon]

I don't miss being a teenager. I don't miss going to school. I don't miss not having good medicine. I don't miss polio. I don't miss "The Great Society". I don't miss "urban renewal". I don't miss air and water pollution. I don't miss living in New Jersey. I don't miss bigotry of all kinds. This reminds me of a bunch of things I do miss so I'll be going back to the other thread.

Russ

 

[NA225]

Don't Miss

1. Working night shift
2. Wearing a ballistic vest, especially in the summer!
3. Patrol cars with underpowered engines and vinyl seats.
4. Cell phones. You are always expected to be available .
5. Janet Reno (although I would trade Eric Holder for her).

 

[ancient-one]

Mowing huge lawns for a quarter.
Delivering papers after dark in bad weather.
Working 12 hour days in a service station for a dollar.
Delivering gas and kerosene to farmers. Nearly all had tanks on high legs and you bucketed the fuel into the tank in a five gallon buckets.
This was included in the dollar a day.
Could think of a lot more but it gives me a headache and makes my back hurt.

 

[yaktamer]

Geez, how old ARE you guys?!?! I'm no kid (50), but suddenly I feel very young!

 

[Big Cholla]

My wife and I went out to breakfast at a large restaurant this morning. I got to remembering back when every restaurant table came equipped with an ashtray. I have never smoked and never will. We talked about how obnoxious it was to have people at the next table light up as soon as they finished their meal. Heck, my Dad would light up when he finished his meal with no thought about the rest of us. I sure don't miss those days. ........... Big Cholla

 

[11B Lifer]

Don't miss....

The inner German Boarder, monthly alerts, non-combatant evacuation exercises, boarder guard, exercises involving selective nuclear release.
The M16-with the forked flash suppresor.

 

[enfield]

Polio, the Draft, Viet Nam, dental fillings without anesthetic, B&W TV, S&H Green Stamps, mechanical valve lifters, High School, fiberglass fishing rods. Man, I could really roll if I gave it an effort.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

I don't miss smoking in reastaraunts, bars, or any public place indoors. Smoking near a person who is eating is not only completely selfish and rude, but it tells a lot about a persons personality and their lack of character when it comes to the health and preferences of other people ...

 

[6thtexas]

Polio

Corrosive Primers

My Dad smoking Lucky Strikes in the car in the winter with all the windows rolled up!