*Nostalgia*

[Lilith]

So all this talk of way back when has me wondering what you are missing?????

What is it that you used to have, that you don't now, and miss?????

Maybe someone knows how to help you find it......


Mine is space bars or space food...back in the early 70's you could buy them in boxes at the grocery. They were cylindrical and individually packaged ...

[Prophet Reality]

$100 Grand candy bar.

[big_yin]

My innocence!!

Anyone want to help me look??

[Murphy]

Originally posted by Lilith
Mine is space bars or space food...back in the early 70's you could buy them in boxes at the grocery. They were cylindrical and individually packaged ... [/B]

I think you might find it at a really well stocked sporing goods store...especially one that specilises in hiking and camping. I know that Bass Pro Shops carries it, and Maybe Gander Mountain.

I love the Freeze dried Ice cream!

[Boru]

Try the National Air and Space museum in Washington, D.C.!!!
Last time I was there (1982) they had all that stuff and astronaut ice cream too...it's been a long time but still worth a call to see if they still have it.

This marks the first time I have ever been able to personally respond to a request by the Great Goddess Lilith, and I am humbled by the experience. I have commented previously on her wit and wisdom but never have been able to offer her anything. I hope my 2 cents worth is worth something!!!

Cheers Lilith!!!!

BORU

[Lilith]

Boru~ keep talking to me like that and I wil have a set of cuffs engraved with your name in the dungeon;)

[nikanik]

Im missing the kind of fun we used to be able to have with out our parents worrying too much about something bad happening to us. You know like during the summer when you could leave in the morning come home for lunch then leave again and come home right before the street lights came on. What happened to those days?

[PantyFanatic]

Originally posted by Lilith
.....Maybe someone knows how to help you find it.........[/COLOR]

She already has!:)

[PantyFanatic]

Originally posted by Prophet Reality
$100 Grand candy bar.

Just the $100,000! :cool:






(not joking:( )

[Steph]

Originally posted by nikanik
Im missing the kind of fun we used to be able to have with out our parents worrying too much about something bad happening to us. You know like during the summer when you could leave in the morning come home for lunch then leave again and come home right before the street lights came on. What happened to those days?

I didn't think I'd have anything to be nostalgic about but nikanik made a great point. We didn't have to wear 10 pieces of safety equipment to get on our banana seat bikes back then.

I'm also nostalgic for the days before we because so litigious. Once that woman sued McDonalds for spilling hot coffee on herself (!), I knew there was no turning back.

[Lilith]

Romper Room???????

[Oldfart]

Play School anyone? "She's bare in there......"

[Murphy]

Originally posted by Lilith
Romper Room???????

Romper Bomper Stomper Boo
Tell me , Tell me Tell Me do....

[Sugarsprinkles]

Right, Murphy...

Now tell us do...

Are you a Do-Bee or

A Don't-Bee???


:D :D :D :D

[Prophet Reality]

The Eletric Company. Anyone remember this show?

[Lilith]

sh~it shit........loved electric company...
Wasn't Morgan Freeman on that show??????

[MilkToast]

I was curious if he had been, and sure enough he was... I was also very surprised at a lot of the other people that were in the cast of the show....

Luis Avalos (I) .... Roberto; Dr. Doolats; Igor; Pedro (1972-1977)
Jimmy Boyd (I) .... Andy; J. Arthur Crank; Paul the Gorilla; the Blue Beetle; the Wolfman; voice of Loreli the Lightning Bug (as Jim Boyd)
Lee Chamberlin .... Brenda; Vi; Madame Rosalie; Gladys Glow-Worm (1971-1973)
Bill Cosby .... Hank; the Milkman; Ken Kane; the Ice Cream Man (1971-1972)
Morgan Freeman .... Mark; Easy Reader; Mel Mounds the DJ; Count Dracula; Mad Scientist; the Cop
Judy Graubart .... Winnie; Jennifer of the Jungle; Julia Grownup
Skip Hinnant .... J.J.; Fargo North, Decoder; the Clam; Frankenstein
Rita Moreno .... Carmela; the Director; the Little Girl; Millie the Helper; Pandora the Brat
Danny Seagren .... Spider-Man (1974-1977)
Hattie Winston .... Sylvia; Valerie the Librarian; the Fox (1973-1977)
June Angela .... Julie; member of the Short Circus
Gregg Burge .... Dwayne; member of the Short Circus (1973-1975)
Irene Cara .... Member of the Short Circus (1971-1972)
Todd Graff .... Jesse; member of the Short Circus (1975-1977)
Douglas Grant (IV) .... Zach; member of the Short Circus (1971-1973)
Melanie Henderson .... Kathy; member of the Short Circus (1971-1975)
Bayn Johnson .... Kelly; member of the Short Circus (1973-1975)
Steve Gustafson .... Buddy; member of the Short Circus (1971-1975) (as Stephen Gustafson)
Rodney Lewis .... Charlie; member of the Short Circus (1975-1977)
Réjane Magloie .... Janina Mathews
Janina Mathews .... Rejane Magliore
Denise Nickerson .... Allison; member of the Short Circus (1972-1973)
Ken Roberts .... Announcer (1971-1973)
Joan Rivers .... Narrator of 'The Adventures of Letterman' (1972-1977) (voice)
Gene Wilder .... Letterman (1972-1977) (voice)
Mel Brooks .... Voice

[Radies]

I know this is supposed to be a lighthearted thread....but i have to say, i miss my father the most out of everything.....

[GermanSteve]

I am missting that innocent fun that only a child can have.

[Irish]

Nikanik has a point.My grandson wears 10times as much safety
equip.;when riding his bicycle;as his mother did;when riding behind me;on my motorcycle.I can't figure her out!It must be in the blood.He now has a motorcycle!(He's 9)His sister has a 4-wheeler!(She's 7)Go figure! Irish
P.S.I miss all of the great cars&motorcycles that they used to make.Example:'57 chevy;55&56 ford,48-50 mercury;'39 Harley-
Davidson knuckle-head motorcycle,etc.I had all+.Do you know what they'd be worth now?Especially;my black '57 Chevy!

[Saddaddy]

I miss those Carefree Days of my youth .

Irish , they would be worth a fourtune! I miss the old musle cars too.

[Bilbo]

Originally posted by Radies
I know this is supposed to be a lighthearted thread....but i have to say, i miss my father the most out of everything.....

Agree Radies, 110%

:(

[Murphy]

Originally posted by Sugarsprinkles
Right, Murphy...

Now tell us do...

Are you a Do-Bee or

A Don't-Bee???


:D :D :D :D

:p Mmmmm...Could Bee....:D

[legend]

i have to agree with Steph about the litigation issue.


But what i really miss is THE GUMMY BEARS!!! Bring them back, it was the greatest cartoon ever!

[Iam2evil]

well since the 4th of July is right around the corner here in the USA, i thought i would toss my 2 cents into this thread...
I miss the "old fashoined" sparklers, the ones with the metal not these dopey ones they have out now.....i hope there is someone else out ther who knows what im talking about as im having trouble describing them....
*kisses*
Mrs.Evil

[Murphy]

MissEvil:
The REAL sparklers are still around....but many urban and suburban aeas have banned them...out here in the Ozarks - where the fireworks tents are popping up like mushrooms - we get 'em free with every armload of fireworks.

[Iam2evil]

well Murphy looks like you can expect company soon then im on my way...LOL
*kisses* Mrs.Evil

[Coach Knight]

The Electric Company ... Coool! Especially the cheesy, live-action Spiderman skits.
But how many of you remember ZOOM!!!
Zoom, zoom, zoom-a, zoom, we're gonna zoom-a, zoom-a, zoom!

[Lilith]

I still can not zoom talk...dammit!!!! btw it is back on...new episodes!!!!

[Clint]

I've been looking for these trading cards. They are called "Garbage Pail Kids". .......I think. Anyways, they are kind of a knock-off of the "Cabage Patch Kids", and they are really creepy looking. If anybody has any idea of what the hell I'm talking about, let me know. :gld:

[Iam2evil]

OMG Clint...LMAO
I Still have my garbage pail kid collection!!!!!LOL how funny is that?

[Aqua]

Originally posted by Lilith
So all this talk of way back when has me wondering what you are missing?????

What is it that you used to have, that you don't now, and miss?????

Maybe someone knows how to help you find it......


Mine is space bars or space food...back in the early 70's you could buy them in boxes at the grocery. They were cylindrical and individually packaged ...

OMG Lilith... Astronaut sticks!!! I loved those when I was a kid... haven't had one since I was 6 or 7. Maybe even 5. I think they were about 4-5 inches long. And pretty slim from what I remember, like a pencil or a little bigger maybe. Nice to know I'm not the only one that remembers those things... ;)

[Prophet Reality]

Clint I have the entire card series. My brother worked at 7-11 and got tons of cards for us. Now if only I could find their movie?

[Coach Knight]

My favorite toy growing up.
Rock Em Sock Em Robots and
Super Toe Football, that's where you hit the kicker on the head and he kicks the ball.

[Lilith]

Aqua~ that is exactly what I am talking about..........you and me to the moon baby


Coach~ I totally loved Rockem Sockem Robots....our Nintendo:D

[Aqua]

When I was a kid we called it "Super Jock Football"! I also miss my Phantom 4 hovercraft... :rolleyes:

[Clint]

Glad I'm not the only one who remembers the Garbage Pail Kids. I had some of the cards when I was like five or six and I ended up throwing them away because they gave me nightmares :)
I'm going to get on E-BAY to see if I can find any.

[Irish]

Does anyone remember;when Playboy magazine;was considered
pornographic;BECAUSE they even showed bare breasts?Big difference;between then and now.I used to steal my uncles;and
hide them;in the saddlebag;of my english bicycle so that I could
jerk off in the woods. Irish

[Clint]

Nice to know Irish :)

[vgavoy]

When my grandfather died, we got his 1959 Studebaker. I learned to drive a stick shift on that car. It had what they called a hill-holder brake. Once you had the clutch in, you could take you foot off the brake pedal and the brake would hold until the clutch was released. Great for starting out on a hill so you dodn't roll back.

It had a bench seat and a "three on the tree" shifter. Every girl I dated learned how to shift gears for me so I wouldn't have to take my arm from around her to shift.

[Clint]

That's really cool vgavoy :) Wish I drove a stick. LOL

[Prophet Reality]

How about the Original G.I.Joe action figures. The ones that stood 11" tall and came with all kinds of accesories. I used to have two of them and they had enjoyed the pelasures of every Barbie doll that we came across. Now those were the days.

[Clint]

Hey Prophet....I actually still have one of the G.I. Joe action figures. My cousin gave it to me when he was cleaning out his attic :)

[souls_cry2000]

I miss my friend Beth. She overdosed a few years back. We had some great times even with all the blank spots in between. At moments like these I miss my mind the most.

[Clint]

Originally posted by souls_cry2000
I miss my friend Beth. She overdosed a few years back. We had some great times even with all the blank spots in between. At moments like these I miss my mind the most.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I, too, had a friend that passed on not too long ago. If you need anybody to talk to, I'm here :)

[GermanSteve]

And because we are talking about lost friends:
From time to time I am still thinking about a friend that I lost around 21 years ago. Gosh, so much time...
He died in an avalanche. A strange, almost disgusting imagination about how he died and a nice remembering what we did together. He was my bench neighbour at primary school and we spent lots of time together.

[Clint]

The loss of a loved one is probably the most drastic emotion that we will ever have to face. There are so many things that are going through your head at once when a loved one passes. You want to hate them because they left you. You are also happy that they went to a better place. You grieve because it feels like they took a part of you with them. Losing a loved one is hard and I'm sure that we've all felt it at one time in our lives. I'm only 18 and I've lost more than I care to list. It really is a good thing that we have a family like we do here to share our thoughts and feelings with. :)

[Irish]

Clintx3x3---You really make me feel old!When I was 18;I had already been through Basic Training&Tech School.I graduated High School at 17.When I was honorably discharged at 21;I had
4yrs in already.I could have retired at 37 but I hated military life!
Irish

[Sugarsprinkles]

Well,,..speaking of feeling old...

If you want to feel real old real fast..here's something that should do it:

Ringo Starr is 62 today!!

What a thoroughly depressing thought!!:(

[Irish]

At least it isn't SIR Ringo Starr!It's SIR Paul McCartney! Irish

[dicksbro]

10 cent comics (giving away my age aren't I?)

Speaking of comics ... remember when Mad was a comic book :D

[Lilith]

yep...and if I could have gotten that damn page folded right I am sure there was something magical to see:D:D:p

[vgavoy]

Originally posted by dicksbro
Speaking of comics ... remember when Mad was a comic book :D

"25 cents...CHEAP!" (or maybe cheaper when it started. I used to buy them for a quarter.)

Mad put all their old issues out on CD ROM a few years ago. I wish I had the uncommitted cash at the time to get it.

[dicksbro]

Vgavoy ... "25 cents cheap" was after Mad turned into a magazine-like format. Originally, Mad was truly a comic book published by "EC" (Entertaining Comics) and cost a dime. Some 15 to 18 issues were produced before the format was changed.

[Irish]

Dicksbro---I remember those$.25 Mad magazines.My cousin was
within 2hrs of my age.He used to get every Mad that came out.
I remember sitting on my Aunts front steps;and reading them;with my cousin.Until then;I had never heard;of Alfred E. Neuman.I think that we were 14/15 then. Irish
P.S.Maybe younger!

[GermanSteve]

Ice cream balls at 20 Pfennig each (around 10 US-Cent), sweets for 2 Pfennig each...

[rabbit]

First off, ditto nikanik...

2) playing high school football
3) lazy Miami summers
4) the ice cream man and those wacky screwball ice creams
5) going across the street to fuck my high school girlfriend
6) my 1979 Datsun 280ZX
7) deck parties at my fraternity house on Friday afternoons

I could go on and on...I'm a nostalgia sap....

rabbit

[fooie]

1) Carmen. Breast cancer, 1996.

2) A great body

2) Black Jack chewing gum.

[PantyFanatic]

I just have some nouns and pronouns I want to say out loud again as it’s been a while and few here will recognize.

Schwine & Roadmaster
Flub-a-dub & Mr. Buster
Phluger & Eagle Claw
Captain Video
Humphrey Bogart & Anthony Quinn
Continental kits, Bubble & Turnpike Cruiser skirts
Wizard, Cushman & Indian (gate shift)
T-10, M1, M1-A1, M1911-A1, C-130, Cocheran
Mr. Wizard (Don Herbert)
TR-80, 5-1/4”

[Sugarsprinkles]

Originally posted by pantyfanatic
I just have some nouns and pronouns I want to say out loud again as it’s been a while and few here will recognize.

Schwine & Roadmaster
Flub-a-dub & Mr. Buster
Phluger & Eagle Claw
Captain Video
Humphrey Bogart & Anthony Quinn
Continental kits, Bubble & Turnpike Cruiser skirts
Wizard, Cushman & Indian (gate shift)
T-10, M1, M1-A1, M1911-A1, C-130, Cocheran
Mr. Wizard (Don Herbert)
TR-80, 5-1/4”

I'm sure some are technical things that I'd have no way of knowing about, but I do remember

Flub-a-dub & Mr. Bluster
Captain Video
Bogart & Quinn
Mr. Wizard.

For all you nostalgia "freaks" check out
http://www.yesterdayland.com
It's a great site with message boards, TV listings, toys, games, etc. all broken down into '50s, '60s, etc.
It's really a neat website!!!

Hey PF...how about Sky King? Kukla, Fran & Ollie?

[darkmanx]

Punky Brewster, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(damn that was a good cartoon)

althought i will say im happy the 80's are gone...too cheesy for me

[Scarecrow]

Panty i remeber to many of those nous & pronouns

M1, M1-A1, M1911-A1, C-130 and how about the old C-47, also remember the TR-80 and I haven't seen a 5-1/4 in a while.

[roxanne916]

I miss my stepdad's 1967 Chevy Impala SuperSport

I keep telling him that because he sold MY car, this is why I never learned how to drive and I am almost 32 LOL

[biggreenwave]

What great memories from reading these posts! Lilith...I too remember my lunch sack filled with those little cylindrical treats, I think marketed as "Space Food Sticks".

Fooie and your Black Jack gum...my favorites from the same company, Beemans, were "Pepsin" & "Clove".

Some of my first fumbling sexual attempts, feels, fondling, and panty peeks; while playing "Twister" at friends homes after grade school was out for the afternoon.

I absolutely miss GOOD MUSIC. Yeh, I know there is still a lot of great material out there, but you have to really dig around for it. I'll never forget my sister taking me to The Hollywood Bowl on July 5, 1968 to celebrate my 10th birthday by seeing my first "rock" concert - The Doors, Steppenwolf, & The Chambers Brothers : ) To quote another "well known" band, ever since "what a long, strange trip it's been"!!!

[Nice Guy]

I must say that I do miss good saturday morning comics. The stuff they have today is just garbage.

And for those of you who really miss the previous decades check out www.yesterdayland.com

[IAKaraokeGirl]

*bump*


Misses the nights my sister, Mom and Dad turned off the TV and played board games.

[fzzy]

7-up candy bars -- had seven individual chocolate covered treats all in one candy bar.

[PantyFanatic]

Originally posted by Lilith
.....What is it that you used to have, that you don't now, and miss????? .....
"Of all the things I've lost in life,
I miss mind the most.";)



Movie theaters with a 30 ft. screen and a balcony.

Cars that you didn’t have to look for the logo to tell apart.

Elevator operators that called off the floors.

Serials and Bank Night at the movies.

Street cars on rails where the conductor called out the streets.
(and what’s worse is Steph is riding on MY street car.:eek: )

Wooden phone booths and two piece telephones.

Ten cent hot dogs that were sold through a neighbos window.

The “paper-rag” man with his horse wagon that collected junk.

The photographer with the pony that made at least one trip up your street every summer.

When hearing a group play live was intimate enough that the quality was better than the recordings.


(Just thought I’d make some of the other REAL old fucks smile.) ;)

[IAKaraokeGirl]

my sister and I, pre-teens, being able to hop onto our bikes and roam the streets without too much worry

[IAKaraokeGirl]

*bump*

[cherrypie7788]

Well, I don't remember the 80's, and there's nothing much to remember about the 90's (that's positive)

But I get nostalgic about my childhood, when I would spend my summer days out in the hot southern sun in the pool with my mom and stepsister, just having fun and not giving a damn about anything. Then we would spend nights between the pool and catching lightening bugs, with my mom threatening to whip us to make us come inside around eleven PM.

THOSE were the best days of my life so far.

[Lilith]

So all this talk of way back when has me wondering what you are missing?????

What is it that you used to have, that you don't now, and miss?????

Maybe someone knows how to help you find it......





*shrugs*

[east]

i miss alot, but mostly the people that are gone.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

*shrugs*



<---knew ^^^ was coming...and bumped accordingly.

[Oldfart]

We now have so much more, we must leave behind some of the old, dammit.

[Lilith]

sorry...I try not to say it...not to schmear my misery all over the place but I'm just not able to keep it inside. It's almost been a year and I can't believe I'm still so raw.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

((Lilith))

No apologies needed, dear. You are completely understood here.

[Aqua]

*shrugs*
/me shrugs with ya and then hugs you real tight

[jennaflower]

I don't visit here often anymore... just doesn't seem the same without him here... he changed me... and his passing changed me in ways I still can't come to terms with... I do miss so many here tho.. you know who you are... and I hope that you realize that all of you tread softly on my mind from time to time... and each of you play a part in pulling me back here...

Love you all...

[IAKaraokeGirl]

<----misses the innocence of her childhood...I spent the evening keeping an eye on my daughter as she wandered around at her brother's Little League game, worried that someone might spirit her away, even though we live in a small community where people usually keep an eye on each other's children.

[wyndhy]

after packing the car the other night i found myself feeling nostalgic for those late-night/asscrack-of-dawn family road trips. i'd get woken up and climb into the car with my teddybear while it was dark out, still dressed in my jammies, all sleepy anticipation for the trip.