Things you like/need that they've discontinued — Page 2

Bingowings said:

the rag and bone man ... milk deliveries in bottles come to think of it

Agreed.  The Rag and Bone man always scared me a bit though...

Decent politicians that aren't out to fuck over the entire country so that a select few can wipe there ever inflating arses with €50 notes

BIFFO MUST GO!

Biffo is our primeminister

Big Ignorant Fucker From Offally

& is part of the main reason we are still neck deep in a recession/depression

Nanner Split said:

I remember them, but that was around the time my family was skinny and dieting.

That reminds me that we need bugles again. I miss those things, but I doubt I can put them on my finger tips anymore

Yes, I miss the days when the slimer was big amongst children.

I miss that show, I used to watch it everyday.

 

 

That's my childhood. Right there.

MINE TOOOOO!!!!!!!!

TheBoost said:

BarBar Jinkx said:

Is it me or are there alot of food products being mentioned

and on that note

 

Cherry Coke!

 

it was tested here (Ireland) for a couple of months, but ultimately didn't take off, I tried it once & was buying 1 bottle a day until it was taken off the shelves, when I was in the states back in 1999 I found that you could buy it absolutely EVERYWHERE so I spent every ¢ent I was given on the stuff,

The worst part is I recently found out that it is made 40 miles from where I live but there is an ingredient in it that prohibits sale in ireland so its all shipped over to the UK (could do with a smashing head against wall emoticon right about now!)

 When I spent a summer in Ireland, my one thought was that the country would be perfect if it just had Cherry Coke.

My parents took me to a bar when I was a little kid, they served cherry coke, but it was a coke with cherries in it. Best cherry coke of all time

Hey cool, a picture summary of childhood! Here's mine:

Ahhh, the good old days.

TV's Frink said:

C3PX said:

McDonald's Arch Deluxe - (not a big fan of McDonald's, but that was a great burger... as far as piss-poor quality fast food goes)

I already talked about the Arch Deluxe...except it was called the McDLT!

Not the same.  Not even close.  McDLT was one of my all-time favs (and don't try to sell me on the Big N Tasty).  As far as that whole "Arch" line goes, from the moment they announced it was forthcoming I knew it would be an epic fail (before "epic fail" was in the vernacular).  People go to McD's not to get "adult" food, or gourmet burgers, but to get burgers that taste nothing like what one could make at home.  Love it or hate it, it is the ultimate representation of fast food.  But I digress.

vote_for_palpatine said:

4. Taco Bell's Santa Fe chalupa/gordita. By far the best chalupa/gordita style TB ever made.

Yes. YES.  The Santa Fe Chalupa was beyond delicious.  When they got rid of this thing I went from going to TB maybe twice a month to once a year.  I end up getting another style of chalupa, and then wish they still had the sante fe.

The thing I need that they've discontinued is a battery for my Nokia 3588i cell phone.  Even though I got a new phone, I clung to my Nokia 3588i for an additional year, until the battery could no longer hold a charge and I could maybe get in 2 lengthy converstations per day, max.  This phone was designed mainly for making phone calls and not other things that I don't need to do.

I could easily feel all the keys and dial without even looking, unlike my new phone.  I didn't have to flip it open to get a name to the number that was calling me.  And the call-based features were easy to get to because there wasn't a lot of bloat.  <sigh> :^/

Stanley Kubrick

Star Wars pre-prequels, and in theaters.

James Bond

R.E.M. with Bill Berry (Although they've done some phenomenal stuff since 98 nothing is like the original.)

The Who with Moonie and The Ox.

Actually seeing film in a theater.

Film itself: 8, 16, and 35mm

70mm

Cinerama/Cinemascope/Technirama/Super Panavision 70/Ultra Panavision 70/

David Lean

Alfred Hitchcock

Francois Truffaut

Billy Wilder

Cary Grant

Jimmy Stewart

Robert Mitchum

Bogart

The New Hollywood movement from 1965-1977

The French New Wave

Lucas, Spielberg and everybody else before their lobotomies.

auximenies said:

  People go to McD's not to get "adult" food, or gourmet burgers, but to get burgers that taste nothing like what one could make at home.

That whole "adult taste" thing was just marketing, and dumb marketing at that. The thing tasted NOTHING like a sandwich you could "make at home" (however, if you are able to make a sandwich like the Arch Deluxe at home, please send me the recipe!) or like a gourmet hamburger (McDonald's and gourmet can't be used in the same sentence, it is like saying "down in outer space" or "up in the deepest depths of the Pacific Ocean". The thing simply tasted like a McDonald's hamburger on sourdough bread and with some fancy sauce, and it was absolute awesomeness! It was still the same old crap they had always sold, only it was about 100 times as awesome.

I don't think it failed because it tried to be something fancy when people only eat at McDonald's when they are in the mood for a mouth full of crap. A big part of why it failed may have had something to do with the fact they advertised it as something that any kid on earth would be horrified to have to eat. I remember huge billboards featuring various kids with disgusted looks on their faces while seated in front of an Arch Deluxe. Yeah, real brilliant marketing! Hey kids, guess what? You're absolutely going to hate this new sandwich we've created! So don't even think about ordering it! And I can't imagine too many adults thinking, "Gee, if kids are grossed out by it, then it must be one heck of a sandwich! I think I'll order one!" That said, I wasn't an adult during the poor thing's short life span, and I absolutely loved it.

Off topic, but the McDonald's angus burgers are legitimately good burgers - a clear step up from the rest of the menu.

Do you know how we call the "Royal Cheese" in France ?... Oh shit. I've just said it !

You know what i miss.  Films shot on real film. 

Films with real acting, real scripts and directing. Films without wall to wall greenscreen and cgi. Films without Shakey Cam and lens flares and quick cuts and some actual story and plot.

Films with real stunts and pyrotechnics.  Real Models, matte paintings and sets and location shooting.  Real technicians and craftsmen who were masters of their art and not raised on video games and music videos.

skyjedi2005 said:

You know what i miss.  Films shot on real film. 

Films with real acting, real scripts and directing. Films without wall to wall greenscreen and cgi. Films without Shakey Cam and lens flares and quick cuts and some actual story and plot.

Films with real stunts and pyrotechnics.  Real Models, matte paintings and sets and location shooting.  Real technicians and craftsmen who were masters of their art and not raised on video games and music videos.

 That's exactly what I was thinking and feeling watching to all the photos I can grab for a booklet I'm preparing the ESB Optimum.

Btw Skyjedi, your knowledge will be always welcome in my threads ;)

skyjedi, I generally agree, but I also believe a sparing and judicious use of things like CGI and shaky-cam can help tell a story effectively. Unfortunately, most film-makers seem to abuse the hell out of those kind of crutches instead of using their legs.

Sorry, we don't make it anymore.

Sorry Warbler, maybe you didn't read it very well... but Frink wants/needs this thread so we don't make it anymore.  Please edit your post.

You're making a big mistake.