Things you miss that don't exist anymore?
- Thread starter MichaelNadal
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travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
I miss phone booths and calling cards.
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
I miss playing high school singles matches with asphalt courts, chain link fences for nets, and cheerleaders on the grassy knoll.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
I forgot about calling cards lol
Permitlady
Professional
When the girl you're dating is just dating you
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Going to the state fair and the little local ones too
the green god
Professional
My midsection from 15 years ago.
happyandbob
Legend
my volkswagen corrado
Russeljones
Talk Tennis Guru
I miss people being able to shrug off disagreement and criticism. Most now act entitled to be always right, always surrounded by others in agreement. Not my cuisine.
Kralingen
Talk Tennis Guru
Prolonged eye contact, people finishing sentences without using 'um' and 'like, and a general night out without constant documentation via snapchat, IG story, video, etc.
I watched a video of people in a bar around closing time in the early 90s the other day and the energy was so palpably different than it is today. People really enunciated back then, there were very few filler words, people were actively listening and engaged at every moment.
I watched a video of people in a bar around closing time in the early 90s the other day and the energy was so palpably different than it is today. People really enunciated back then, there were very few filler words, people were actively listening and engaged at every moment.
mixtape
Professional
Cassette Tapes 
, MiniDiscs, Walkmans, Ipods
Brick and Mortar stores especially the ones that carried premium Hi-Fi audio equipment.
Walking into an Arcade, Toys R' Us, Tower Records/Wherehouse/Music Plus/Sam Goody/Musicland/Camelot Music/Licorice Pizza
McDonaldLand Cookies, McNuggets w/ dark meat, Fried Apple Pies (in the Continental US)
Sears Catalog
K-mart's Superman Ice Cream
Casey Kasem's voice on the radio
Saturday Morning Cartoons
The Benny Hill Show
Elvira's Movie Macabre
Disneyland Skyway from Fantasyland to Tommorrowland and vice versa
Wilson Tennis shoes made with Goodyear rubber outsoles
Nike Court Tech 1 Bag
Wimbledon on HBO
MTV: Yo! MTV Raps/ Headbangers Ball/120 minutes
The old TW website...?
, MiniDiscs, Walkmans, IpodsBrick and Mortar stores especially the ones that carried premium Hi-Fi audio equipment.
Walking into an Arcade, Toys R' Us, Tower Records/Wherehouse/Music Plus/Sam Goody/Musicland/Camelot Music/Licorice Pizza
McDonaldLand Cookies, McNuggets w/ dark meat, Fried Apple Pies (in the Continental US)
Sears Catalog
K-mart's Superman Ice Cream
Casey Kasem's voice on the radio
Saturday Morning Cartoons
The Benny Hill Show
Elvira's Movie Macabre
Disneyland Skyway from Fantasyland to Tommorrowland and vice versa
Wilson Tennis shoes made with Goodyear rubber outsoles
Nike Court Tech 1 Bag
Wimbledon on HBO
MTV: Yo! MTV Raps/ Headbangers Ball/120 minutes
The old TW website...?
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
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Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
You will be ordering your drinks on Instagram in the future. No talking at all unless it is on some device.
Would you like a mixer with your broccoli icecream?
max
Legend
Very solid observation.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
This is an underrated reply lol. Unless you had that VCR timer set lol
Mongolmike
Hall of Fame
True, but that wasn't a good thing. Now l can record and skip thru commercials.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
It was good in a way that moments were more special and everyone saw everything together and would talk about it the next day etc. A lot of moments where "the world was watching" and interviews, awards shows etc, had millions of views....... But I definitely don't miss it at the same time lol. If im in a hotel without a smart TV and just have to watch what's on, I go insane.
Mongolmike
Hall of Fame
One word: Binge watching
Not to mention timing bathroom breaks to ads
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
The sky strikers. No , I ain't talking about some cartoon.
''6. The Sky Strikers
Not all of Sky Sports attempts to revolutionise TV football coverage have proved to be successful.
One of their most misguided early ideas was the Sky Strikers, a group of cheerleaders given the unenviable task of entertaining the notoriously intimidating crowds with a half-time routine.
The group somehow managed to last the entire first season of Sky’s Monday Night Football, despite reactions which ranged from completely apathetic to downright hostile.
But it seems like they were just simply ahead of their time – both Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient have since assembled their very own cheerleading squads.''
''6. The Sky Strikers
Not all of Sky Sports attempts to revolutionise TV football coverage have proved to be successful.
One of their most misguided early ideas was the Sky Strikers, a group of cheerleaders given the unenviable task of entertaining the notoriously intimidating crowds with a half-time routine.
The group somehow managed to last the entire first season of Sky’s Monday Night Football, despite reactions which ranged from completely apathetic to downright hostile.
But it seems like they were just simply ahead of their time – both Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient have since assembled their very own cheerleading squads.''
happyandbob
Legend
manual transmissions
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
I could never learn lol, it's too much. I just wanna drive without having to worry about all that mess.
TTMR
Hall of Fame
I still have one!
USMC-615
Hall of Fame
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Could make the car hop and jump like crazy though lol. Its way too complicated
USMC-615
Hall of Fame
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
USMC-615
Hall of Fame
Clutchaphobia…lolThen you gotta worry about the clutch and parking on hills
chrischris
G.O.A.T.
A halfdescent old option.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
I've always had one. In the US and in India.
It's only a pain in slow traffic. We've grown up with it. I don't think the AT has done well here.
TTMR
Hall of Fame
Keep your head down.
I saw a video blog by a foodie in Delhi that I follow in which he showed off his new Kia SUV with automatic transmission. It used to be that only disabled people could buy autos in India because they were supposed to be less fuel efficient, but now those rules have changed.
TTMR
Hall of Fame
This is interesting. Right now I can communicate with almost anyone in the world. At the same time, the communication is perfunctory and trivial.
Making a phone call over long distance (time-limited and planning it at certain times to avoid surcharges) was really meaningful and special. So was writing and mailing a letter to someone. If you received a letter or a long distance call (minus collect calls, lol), you knew the person cared about you because of the time and/or money it took. So we had fewer friends, but the friendships we had seemed deeper. It used to be a huge deal when a long distance friend or relative visited. For some reason it seems trivial now.
I wonder if this explains the rising sense of loneliness so many have.
