Things that ain't the same from when you was a kid.

[evernoob]

I'll start: Saran Wrap. That shit does not stick anymore. I know you can get it in big Semi truck size rolls of it for shipping. It works good for boxes.

I remember when Saran Warp was like Duct Tape, better than modern duct tape. I suspect the chemical holocaust is present across all complex glues, mysteriously cyanoacrylate seems to be unaffected, apparently the molecule is easy to manufacture with EPA regulations.

That's what I've heard about Saran Wrap anyway. That the byproducts mean it's not the same. But when I was a kid, you Saran Wrapped something, it stayed wrapped. So did you, and the Saran Wrap box, and the dog, and small children who happened to be in the kitchen at the time you tried to use the Saran Wrap.

 

[Filthy McChevy]

DDT and Scotchguard

 

[Elwenil]

Glass soda bottles with metal caps and heat shrunk Styrofoam labels.

 

[woods]

Jncos.

 

[77fixer]

Candy cigarettes and rotary phones

 

[Rooney77]

Holidays, naps, time alone...

 

[Scooter]

Not that I was old enough to partake, but one for the road. My Dad used to get the oil cans of Fosters as his road soda.

 

[M92PV4U]

Candy cigarettes

Yep. The new candy sticks don't have the same flavor.

 

[Tin Roof]

Ice cold glass bottles of Pepsi. Glass bottles of just about anything was better than plastic.

 

[Add]

Work ethic

 

[Ksand]

People controlling their feelings and emotions like adults, the news use to be a legitimate thing

 

[landen300]

Tires, I wish you could still get some of the old school tread patterns

 

[kf4zht]

Clothes. I've got pants and shorts from the early 2000s still kicking. Tend to only go away when either I get them so disgusting I won't put them on the washer or they catch on fire. Now I can't find a pair of pants that the crotch or back of the knee lasts more than a year or two. Even the same brands.

 

[husslr187]

Jncos.

I use to have a pair you could make 5 or so normal pairs of jeans I wear now.

jeans. the material is much thinner than it was 25 years ago.

 

[Animalmother]

Saturday morning cartoons

 

[Deleted Member]

Food and America.

 

[Eric]

My high school had a shooting team and they practiced at a range in the basement of the grade school. Can you imagine a group of high school students walking into a grade school carrying rifles in this day and age?

 

[IGT]

Mr. Green Jeans

 

[KungFooMASTA]

Manual transmissions, no ac, am radio, bench seats and crank windows

 

[TiTRD]

I could take off on my bike all day. Do whatever I wanted, as long as I was home at dinner time.

I actually played outside. Street hockey (in the middle of the road). Football. I would always come home scraped or bruised. Built bike jumps, rode quads, ice hockey on the pond. We did shit and would get hurt.

 

[KungFooMASTA]

Manual transmissions, no ac, am radio, bench seats and crank windows

Check check check check and check

 

[evernoob]

Clothes. I've got pants and shorts from the early 2000s still kicking. Tend to only go away when either I get them so disgusting I won't put them on the washer or they catch on fire. Now I can't find a pair of pants that the crotch or back of the knee lasts more than a year or two. Even the same brands.

I use to have a pair you could make 5 or so normal pairs of jeans I wear now.

jeans. the material is much thinner than it was 25 years ago.

Tuffskin jeans from Kmart. Soft and thick and long-lasting. But that was peak Guess jeans time.

 

[TiTRD]

Check check check check and check

My dad had an 82 F250 on 35s. Back when 35s where big.

Same interior but auto.

 

[KungFooMASTA]

My dad had an 82 F250 on 35s. Back when 35s where big.

Same interior but auto.

I should add 235/85r16s to the list. Every farm truck in the county had 4 or 6 of them and a few dozen used spares behind the shed. Now you cant find a used 235/85r16 to save your life.

 

[Ransil]

I use to have a pair you could make 5 or so normal pairs of jeans I wear now.

jeans. the material is much thinner than it was 25 years ago.

But now they sell stretchy jens for those getting old & fat. I just buy the cheap Walmart George brand

 

[Ransil]

I could take off on my bike all day. Do whatever I wanted, as long as I was home at dinner time.

I actually played outside. Street hockey (in the middle of the road). Football. I would always come home scraped or bruised. Built bike jumps, rode quads, ice hockey on the pond. We did shit and would get hurt.

And have the scars to prove it.
I rarely see my neighbors kids outside.

 

[2big bronco]

Really everything is pretty much the same for me and I dont see why my kids wont have similar childhoods

 

[woods]

I use to have a pair you could make 5 or so normal pairs of jeans I wear now.

My Dad's buddy had a daughter that was like 8 years older than me. We'd hang out a bunch and all she wore were boy's Jncos. Gave me all her jeans when she grew out of them. I had like 15 pairs. I had some that were like 3' in diameter.

 

[woods]

...I dont see why my kids wont have similar childhoods

I am really aiming for this.

 

[bdkw1]