Sweet Jane 61 Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 USA Today is celebrating it's 25th anniversay. They are dong weekly lists. Here is the top ten list of things that have left us. 1-indoor smoking 2-service stations 3-the Soviet threat 4-typwriters 5-vinyl records 6-new coke 7-carbon paper 8-betamax 9-phone booths 10-leaded gasoline Ok I do miss number 5 of course!! Nothing will replace vinyl! I also miss phone booths and service stations.
Farin Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 would anyone seriously miss #1, #3 or #10? I don't :wacky: and what's a service station? the same as a filling station?
Sweet Jane 61 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Posted June 5, 2007 Yes it is Farin and the service station man would put the gas in for you, check the oil, and clean the windsheild. Was nice!
Farin Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 ah, the full service, eh? I think I remember hearing that this is slowly coming back here, at least in some stations in the big cities...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Posted June 5, 2007 Not around here, I don't think. I hate pumping gas, I am a chick though!
blind-fitter Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 I miss indoor smoking already, and they haven't even banned it yet. As for #7 : Carbon paper sux. I'll be glad to see the back of it. Am I alone in missing the Cold War?
The Seeker Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 I don't really like the thought of sitting in my car watching some guy do all the work for me.
Kevin Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 Am I alone in missing the Cold War? Nyet , comerade . I liked Putin's feisty words the other day too , so all is not lost .
Farin Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 Am I alone in missing the Cold War? it's funny that you mention that just after I browsed through my main internet news source US-RUSSIAN TENSION OVERSHADOWS G-8 -- Bush Says Russia has 'Derailed' Democratic Reforms
blind-fitter Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 I don't really like the thought of sitting in my car watching some guy do all the work for me. No, I don't like that thought either.
edna Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 I miss the Cold War too, Mary Quant, Trafalgar Square, Salut Les Copains, The Beatles, my grand-parents, etc...
Uncle Joe Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 Am I alone in missing the Cold War? Apparently not since it seems someone is Putin the badmouth on us.
TheLizard Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 I don't think I'm old enough to miss any of these things. I believe the Berlin Wall was torn down 19 days before I was born. So I suppose even the Cold War was pretty much done by the time I came around.
Rayzor Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 I miss indoor smoking. It's thereason I don't go to restaurants and bars anymore. Well, that and the fact that I'm always broke!
Shawna Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 Carbon paper sux. I'll be glad to see the back of it. that was clever.
skybluesky Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 I miss record players. I have several records and can't play them.
Shawna Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 I miss turntables, too. When I was a mobile DJ, it was right when things were switching over to CDs, and I was a year-long hold-out on that one.
RonJonSurfer Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 I don't miss 4-typwriters because of spell check!
Foolonthehill Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 I hate the fact that I was born too late for all these things.
skybluesky Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 Not on the list-dial telephones, esp. the harvest gold one my family had on our kitchen wall when I was growing up, and our big cabinet TV with a dial and NO remote
Rayzor Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 I still use a TV with a dial. I don't have a remote
skybluesky Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 In my house I was both the remote and the TV Guide. I had to know what channel all our shows were one, what time they came on, and turn the tv accordingly.
Blue Fish Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 Indoor smoking... oh how I miss it...My ciggys get all wet and the lighter flame flikers and burns my thumb now-a-days...Bring it back i say! a few Smokers only restaurants, bars and clubs ect wouldn't go a miss...then the "Pro Clean Air" persons can go to smoke free ones...
The Seeker Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 I'm very happy about the ban of indoor smoking.
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