The Nostalgia Thread: What do you miss about the past? (Non-SW related)

[AnthonyAnderson]

We all know we tend to romanticize the past, but frankly, when we look around us, it really seems like things were better before. For the purpose of this thread, I will define the "past" as years 1960-1995.

I'll go first: the joy of pen and paper communication. Writing a letter, maybe even a love letter, to a loved one. Or sending a postal card while on vacation. (All of this still being very much possible, but forgotten by almost everyone.)

Let's Go! What do you miss the most?

P.S: nothing related to the sex industry allowed in this thread

 

[urquell]

Music.

TV now is better than it used to be, and you can make arguments for and against movies being better/worse, but music is objectively much less interesting now, at least commercial radio music. You can always find good independent music no matter what era.

 

[AnthonyAnderson]

An easy one:

Tim Hortons.

Remember when donuts were made in the back and that it was a smiling grandma working part-time who poured your coffee?

 

[lurkerjoe]

Sip-saks from Perrette’s.

 

[urquell]

Sip-saks from Perrette’s.

You'd have a hard time finding people who even remember Perrettes now, never mind the sip sacks! lol. I liked the orange ones.

 

[Mature Andee]

We all know we tend to romanticize the past, but frankly, when we look around us, it really seems like things were better before. For the purpose of this thread, I will define the "past" as years 1960-1995.

I'll go first: the joy of pen and paper communication. Writing a letter, maybe even a love letter, to a loved one. Or sending a postal card while on vacation. (All of this still being very much possible, but forgotten by almost everyone.)

Let's Go! What do you miss the most?

P.S: nothing related to the sex industry allowed in this thread

I have a travel companion who is older than me and he loves to send postcards from wherever we are visiting and do you realize it is extremely difficult to find actual physical paper postcards nowadays? I have friends that say to me if you come across a postcards please send it to me because I never get any real mail so that’s what I miss.

I had to scour Byward market in Ottawa for postcards for my friend and they ranged anywhere from $.88 for real cheap flimsy ones to $4 each. I managed to find some for $2.50 but when you add the parking to Park downtown and then the postage to actually send the postcards, it’s crazy.