Stuff from the past that you miss!

[Jada59]

I was just thinking about some ice cream that was common at parties when I was a kid. I don't like eating ice cream but this stuff was sooo pretty! It came in squares that were wrapped in thin, see through, paper, I think. Each square had a picture in it. Not painted on but through the ice cream. My favorite was the white one with the pink ballerina in it. Was totally made of ice cream. Not sure what flavor they were as I refused to eat them.

These things had to be specially ordered. Not sure from where. They were sent on dry ice. At parties the, dry ice was usually put into a punch bowl or other large container and the ice cream displayed all around and on top of it. The dry ice let off a mist and made it all look very cool!

I also miss Carnation Instant Breakfast bars although I only liked two of the flavors. They did have a weird texture and unusual flavor. Not like a candy bar or cookie and not like a granola bar either, but they had vitamins in them and were filling. I used to be able to get them for next to nothing with coupons.

This is going to seem very food related. Also miss the cool prizes in Cracker Jacks. I loved getting a ring. I would wear it for weeks before I lost it or it broke. Only liked the prize though. And the nuts. The popcorn didn't taste very good to me.

What do you miss?

 

[Kantarii]

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[Kantarii]

Homemade hand churned peach ice cream. Kant

 

[Jada59]

Homemade hand churned peach ice cream. Kant

We made that on my grandparent's farm. Old crank type ice cream maker. The younger kids sat on the top while the older ones cranked. And ever the party pooper, I didn't eat any but the others sure seemed to like it. Peaches right off the tree. Peaches scared me. A food with fur?

 

[SpeareChucker]

The cars.

They used to have style. Now they all look like the same stiff designed them.

 

[bbx56]

My youth

 

[Salacious_B_Crumb]

The Cracker Jack prizes for sure. Used to be real stuff but now it's just a temp tat or some shit.
Those rectangle school pizzas. I liked those. Nowadays they get real shit from a pizza place nearby. Sure it's technically better but just not the same.

 

[SpeareChucker]

I remember that grease-floating shit on a shingle.


I refused to eat it. I refused to eat any pizza for years upon years because of that stuff. It wasn't until I was stationed in New Jersey that I was willing to try pizza again, and I was pretty damned drunk when I took that leap of faith.




Crackerjack had a cool car toy or two back in the day...

 

[Salacious_B_Crumb]

I miss when you could eat whatever you wanted and nobody knew it was killing you.
No wonder people seemed happier then.

 

[SpeareChucker]

There were more things back then that would kill you than food.
Things we had no medicines or technology for.
Cancer was a death sentence.



Sorry to be that dark cloud.
I need to lighten up.

~~ sunshine ~~

 

[bbx56]

women were younger when I was young

now they are all old

 

[Salacious_B_Crumb]

I actually miss TV that wasn't trying to be edgy. No swearing, only implied sex and nudity, comedy that didn't rely on pissing someone off. There's something to be said for The Brady Bunch and Gilligans Island and most certainly I Love Lucy and Carol Burnett.
The older I get the more I'm like "why do they have this trash on TV!?!"
But then I think Happy! is fucking hilarious so whatever.

 

[SpeareChucker]

Tiny tube
One channel
Black and white
5-minute commercials

I'm not sure I miss that one little bit.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I also miss Carnation Instant Breakfast bars although I only liked two of the flavors. They did have a weird texture and unusual flavor. Not like a candy bar or cookie and not like a granola bar either, but they had vitamins in them and were filling. I used to be able to get them for next to nothing with coupons.

I think I might have been married to you at one time. Carnation Instant Breakfast bars were the only thing my ex ever ate for breakfast the entire time we were married.

In retrospect, that should have been a sign....

 

[Jada59]

The cars.

They used to have style. Now they all look like the same stiff designed them.

Oh yeah. Love old cars!

 

[Jada59]

I think I might have been married to you at one time. Carnation Instant Breakfast bars were the only thing my ex ever ate for breakfast the entire time we were married.

In retrospect, that should have been a sign....

Hehehe. I did eat other things. Was only married once and it wasn't to you. You can breathe a sign of relief now.

 

[oggbashan]

The sound of a family member playing the piano.

 

[TontoedRanger]

That Linda babe. Maybe Equinox? Definitely never a dull moment.

And then there's Maude!

 

[TontoedRanger]

I was just thinking about some ice cream that was common at parties when I was a kid. I don't like eating ice cream but this stuff was sooo pretty! It came in squares that were wrapped in thin, see through, paper, I think. Each square had a picture in it. Not painted on but through the ice cream. My favorite was the white one with the pink ballerina in it. Was totally made of ice cream. Not sure what flavor they were as I refused to eat them.

These things had to be specially ordered. Not sure from where. They were sent on dry ice. At parties the, dry ice was usually put into a punch bowl or other large container and the ice cream displayed all around and on top of it. The dry ice let off a mist and made it all look very cool!

I also miss Carnation Instant Breakfast bars although I only liked two of the flavors. They did have a weird texture and unusual flavor. Not like a candy bar or cookie and not like a granola bar either, but they had vitamins in them and were filling. I used to be able to get them for next to nothing with coupons.

This is going to seem very food related. Also miss the cool prizes in Cracker Jacks. I loved getting a ring. I would wear it for weeks before I lost it or it broke. Only liked the prize though. And the nuts. The popcorn didn't taste very good to me.

What do you miss?

My bad Jada. I misread the title as Staff from the past that you miss.

 

[silver gurl]

Walking through an airport right up to the gate. No security, no ID, no taking off shoes and packing whatever you wanted. And people used to dress up.

I loved Carnation Breakfast bars!

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

I don't look back. There are ghosts there.

 

[Comshaw]

Homemade hand churned peach ice cream. Kant

Oh fuck no! Anything peach flavored (especially artificially flavored) is pig piss IMO. While I was in Korea I got drunk on a local beverage, Peach Oscar. It is an artificially peach flavored carbonated wine. Sweet, sticky and made me so god damned sick for three days I haven't been able to stomach anything close to that flavor for the last 44 years.


Comshaw

 

[TontoedRanger]

I don't look back. There are ghosts there.

Jack Reacher said that.

 

[Comshaw]

I miss when you could eat whatever you wanted and nobody knew it was killing you.
No wonder people seemed happier then.

Yea, some of that was bullshit. Remember the bacon scare?

"Oh my god! Bacon is chock full of carcinogens! It will kill you in a heart beat (no pun intended)! force feeding three hogs worth of bacon to mouse in a week killed it!"

It twern't very long after came," Oh, our bad. It ain't so bad after all."

Fuck a buncha' "We think it's bad for you" bullshit.


Comshaw

 

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