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My full head of brown hair & not his thin graying mass that has replaced it

 

 

I really miss that 

Bingowings said: Do you want to see the project finished as a playable film or a flick book?

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ABC's coverage of the Olympic games.

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Leonardo said:

TUC with bacon. I tasted them once on a scout trip, but I was never able to find them again in any store. Ohhhhhhh they were so tasty, finally I had found a cracker that also tasted like bacon!

Do they still produce/sell them? Surely there must be some around :(

I reply to myself. They still produce them, thank heavens!

My sister, that otherwise behaves exactly like Lucy Van Pelt, surprised me with a package of these wonderful crackers.

I was so happy I did the Snoopy Dance!!

.........Yes, I've been reading lots of Peanuts, lately. Why do you ask?

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Narrow mouthed soda cans.

That plastic cap that went on the bottom of 2 litre soda bottles.

That long blue communal hand towel in public restrooms that we all got to share.

Okay, not really... but sometimes it's amusing to think of what has disappeared and you haven't had cause to think about for a while.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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"That long blue communal hand towel in public restrooms that we all got to share."

 

Still have those in hotels here in ireland, used one last monday

Bingowings said: Do you want to see the project finished as a playable film or a flick book?

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Warbler said:

Clovers(yet another long gone store,  it was kind of like Walmart, but much much better)

 

Yes, I miss that store.

"The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won’t last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition], and you’ll be able to project it on a 20’ by 40’ screen with perfect quality. I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s to go back and reinvent a movie." - George Lucas

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Just the "make you think" factor of thread makes it the best ever!!

I miss how important the TV was. Back in the day, when I was a kid, that dang TV was the centerpiece of our house for information, news, learning, and entertainment. We watched Sesame Street and learned some of what we needed. We plugged our Atari and Nintendo into it and had fun, watched the evening tv shows that entertained us (A-Team & Knight Rider), then finished out the day with the 10 o'clock news for our information. Nowadays, everything is spread out and crazy. I get some news from the TV, some from the interwebs, some from the newspaper, some from here, some from there. I get my entertainment from the interwebs, some from playing the Xbox, some from here, some from there. It's just all crazy these days. My learning from the interwebs, some from work, some from here, some from there.

I miss the good ol' days of one box, one place.

This was my drunken post of the day. Thank-you.

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I miss having to actually go to a friends house to see if they are in.

Bingowings said: Do you want to see the project finished as a playable film or a flick book?

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xhonzi said:

That plastic cap that went on the bottom of 2 litre soda bottles.

I don't remember 2 liter soda bottles having any sort of cap on the bottom.

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Warbler said:

Clovers(yet another long gone store,  it was kind of like Walmart, but much much better)

 

Yes, I miss that store.

Yeah, There was one in my town within walking distance of my house and school.  I used to walk there from school and do my Christmas shopping there.   I have fond memories of it.  Btw, are you from the Philly area? 

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I searched for a picure of the cap... but I can tell you it was thin plastic and it was black for Coke and Green for Sprite.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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Go-Bots (I don't miss them, but i miss the competition when your friends used to bring go-bots to your house and i knew deep down my transformers were better)

 

That robot that could get you drinks, i think it was called the Omnibot 3000. looked like the robot from Rocky IV's retarded baby. i wanted one so bad!

 

The NES Advantage controller (the actual joystick one. loved that thing)

 

Photon! (poor man's laser tag, but looked HELLA cooler!)

 

Ecto Coolers... (you know you miss'em)

 

Coke II (yea, just a knockoff of new coke after it epic failed in the 80s, but still... it was different!)

 

And, of course, Captain Power! (google it. f'ing awesome)

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ferris209 said:


Just the "make you think" factor of thread makes it the best ever!!

I miss how important the TV was.
This was my drunken post of the day. Thank-you.

Interesting post... I get where you're coming from, actually. When I was little we had two TV's, one for the parent's bedroom and one for all of us to share. And, as I got older, we accumulated more - to the point in which we each had our own and then some (I'm an only child for the record). Gone were the days we'd sit together and watch Jeopardy religiously at 7 o'clock, or sometimes even the news. What once could be used to bring a family together can now isolate them - much like the computer, actually.

Or maybe I'm just spouting nonsense because I was a bit spoiled.

A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em

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Ah, 2-XL, the sarcastic toy robot that would teach you things and call you names. These kinds of cool toys don't exist anymore...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-XL

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Warbler said:

xhonzi said:

That plastic cap that went on the bottom of 2 litre soda bottles.

I don't remember 2 liter soda bottles having any sort of cap on the bottom.

EyeShotFirst said:

Warbler said:

Clovers(yet another long gone store,  it was kind of like Walmart, but much much better)

 

Yes, I miss that store.

Yeah, There was one in my town within walking distance of my house and school.  I used to walk there from school and do my Christmas shopping there.   I have fond memories of it.  Btw, are you from the Philly area? 

No, we had one in Glasgow KY when I was a kid.

"The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won’t last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition], and you’ll be able to project it on a 20’ by 40’ screen with perfect quality. I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s to go back and reinvent a movie." - George Lucas

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You're welcome, xhonzi:

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- Pro Stars cereal
- Cracklin' Oar Bran (still made, apparently, but I haven't seen it in a coupla decades, and pics online don't look quite right)
- Chipopities
- Code Red Mountain Dew
- Cherry and/or Vanilla and/or Cherry Vanilla Coke (if you put a couple of drops of almond exrtract in a glass of regular Coke, it sorta tastes like Cherry Coke)
- Holiday Spice Pepsi
- Sprite Ice

Something that should never--and probably will never--come back:

- Pepsi Blue

 

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vote_for_palpatine said:

You're welcome, xhonzi:

I certainly do remember the plastic thingies (and are actually glad they're gone... not aesthetically pleasing), but I did not remember that "Lymon" had been coined so long ago!

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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EyeShotFirst said:

No, we had one in Glasgow KY when I was a kid.

huh, I hadn't realized they had branched out that far. 

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Ripplin said:

- Pro Stars cereal
- Cracklin' Oar Bran (still made, apparently, but I haven't seen it in a coupla decades, and pics online don't look quite right)
- Chipopities
- Code Red Mountain Dew
- Cherry and/or Vanilla and/or Cherry Vanilla Coke (if you put a couple of drops of almond exrtract in a glass of regular Coke, it sorta tastes like Cherry Coke)
- Holiday Spice Pepsi
- Sprite Ice

Something that should never--and probably will never--come back:

- Pepsi Blue

 

Mountain Dew Code Red is still available here.

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Ripplin said:

- Pro Stars cereal
- Cracklin' Oar Bran (still made, apparently, but I haven't seen it in a coupla decades, and pics online don't look quite right)
- Chipopities
- Code Red Mountain Dew
- Cherry and/or Vanilla and/or Cherry Vanilla Coke (if you put a couple of drops of almond exrtract in a glass of regular Coke, it sorta tastes like Cherry Coke)
- Holiday Spice Pepsi
- Sprite Ice

Something that should never--and probably will never--come back:

- Pepsi Blue

 

 Cherry Coke, Code Red, and Cracklin' Oat Bran are alive and well in Minnesota...

As for me, I'd love to have some 1989 Batman cereal again.

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xhonzi said:

Narrow mouthed soda cans.

 ... No no no

CANADA DRY cans !!!

ESB AUDIOPHILE EDITION

 

The EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Score: "All-Sourced" Restoration & Sonic Achievement.

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vote_for_palpatine said:

You're welcome, xhonzi:

 Oh yeah!! I didn't know what you were talking about at first, but I do now. I miss those things myself, they were awesome for do-it-yourselfers like me, these things could all sorts of Macgyver type stuff. Especially the one's with no holes on the bottom. Anyhow, great pick!!