Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
Stupid coffee. At one time, coffee was coffee, but now.....
New things. The anti-nostalgia thread
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We collect recycling from some houses where we wonder if the mains have been turned off, as they get through a dozen 2lt bottles a week.
Still, there are some where they get through that much cheap cider, so maybe the water is better.
Night Train
Maker of Things
I remember the days when you had to go the chemist, to buy .....
.... olive oil
And I remember the first baker in the Aberdeen area to bake croissants and French bread.
Hey - I can even remember garlic starting to become a "normal" everyday ingredient.
[As in ...
Bless him - he did become much more adventurous in food, but his first steps were SLOW!]
- Week 1 - Dad, "That's nice!" Mum, "It's a new recipe I found."
- Week 2 - Dad, "Now that really is good! I like this recipe." Mum, "I thought it sounded good - glad you like it so much."
- and so on, until Week 7 - Dad, "So what's in the recipe that makes it taste so good?" Mum, "Garlic and ...." Dad, "I'm not eating that smelly muck ..."
I remember 27 years ago, when I first came to live in Scotland: the supermarket had nothing to eat that wasn't tinned
There was only cheddar cheese on offer
You could only get bread good just for for making toast
You forgot the Californian wines. Italy and France are sooo passe' in their wine making!
Christopher
Über Member
Fresh pasta in the supermarket - decent bread too (I was a child in 1970s America and remember how both items just could not be bought at the time)
Friends (the camming device for climbing) - you now have a reasonable chance of not cratering when falling off a flared crack climb
LED lights
Fleeces - remember what we had to put up with before?
Waterproof tents that don't weigh 350 pounds
Friends (the camming device for climbing) - you now have a reasonable chance of not cratering when falling off a flared crack climb
LED lights
Fleeces - remember what we had to put up with before?
Waterproof tents that don't weigh 350 pounds
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
I remember 27 years ago, when I first came to live in Scotland: the supermarket had nothing to eat that wasn't tinned
There was only cheddar cheese on offer
You could only get bread good just for for making toast
To be fair though, you were in Pound Stretcher at the time!
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
I remember when the Internet was text only.
No, I was in .... what was the name before Morrisons? Safeway?To be fair though, you were in Pound Stretcher at the time!
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
Seriously, how many different names for the same bloody stuff can you HAVE!!??
Marshmallow_Fluff
Guest
Seriously, how many different names for the same bloody stuff can you HAVE!!??
As many as different blends, aromas, strenghts and qualities.. Btw.. how many different blends (and names) for teas are there?
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
Out of topic,but what we should realise is............Laptops are getting smaller,Mobile are becoming bigger
Akin to a similar phenomenon predicted by Nicolas Negroponte that wired communication devices become unwired and unwired devices become wired - look at TVs and phones
