New things. The anti-nostalgia thread

[Mad Doug Biker]

Stupid coffee. At one time, coffee was coffee, but now.....

 

[Arch]

Mineral water. Who'd have thought that a bottle filled with water would over take water...... From.... A .... Tap.

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]

Kids not having rickets.

Oh, hang on......

 

[Pat "5mph"]

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 ...

• 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 ..."

Bless him - he did become much more adventurous in food, but his first steps were SLOW!]

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

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Decent Australian Wine.

Controversial I know, lets see how many wine snobs quote this one and laugh at my apparent boorishness.

You forgot the Californian wines. Italy and France are sooo passe' in their wine making!

 

[Christopher]

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

 

[Doseone]

Jus

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

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]

Good thread Tim. THE INTERNET FFS!

I remember when the Internet was text only.

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

Stupid coffee. At one time, coffee was coffee, but now.....

 

[Pat "5mph"]

To be fair though, you were in Pound Stretcher at the time!

No, I was in .... what was the name before Morrisons? Safeway?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

No, I was in .... what was the name before Morrisons? Safeway?

PRESTO!!


.... Then it was Safeway and then Morrisons. I need to get out more.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Seriously, how many different names for the same bloody stuff can you HAVE!!??

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

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]

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