Things that have changed since you've been here
Jun 29th 2011, 4:23 pm
#1
Peace onion
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Things that have changed since you've been here
Some things I remember from the recent past, things that are no more:
- $1.67 gas
- Candice Bergen Pin Drop ad
- Dialing down the center 1-800-CALL-ATT
- Pagers/Beepers
- Cell phones with an extendible flexible antenna
- Must see TV on Thursdays
- Answering machines
- 900 Mhz cordless phones
- Morning Zoo radio (99X in Atlanta, with Barnes, Leslie and Jimmy)
- X Files on a Sunday night
- You Don't Know Jack PC game
- Paying 96c per minute to the UK, then 36, then 24, then 12, 6, 3, 2
- Thetimes.co.uk
- $1.67 gas
- Candice Bergen Pin Drop ad
- Dialing down the center 1-800-CALL-ATT
- Pagers/Beepers
- Cell phones with an extendible flexible antenna
- Must see TV on Thursdays
- Answering machines
- 900 Mhz cordless phones
- Morning Zoo radio (99X in Atlanta, with Barnes, Leslie and Jimmy)
- X Files on a Sunday night
- You Don't Know Jack PC game
- Paying 96c per minute to the UK, then 36, then 24, then 12, 6, 3, 2
- Thetimes.co.uk
Jun 29th 2011, 4:27 pm
#2
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
A degree of cooperation in politics. Now we are infested by the nastiness exemplified by the birther movement.
Jun 29th 2011, 5:00 pm
#4
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
I don't recall Bush being subject to the coded racism of many of the birthers. Just sayin'
Anyway, my point was to contrast the current nastiness of the political environment with the degree of cooperation that existed between the parties, say 25 years ago.
Anyway, my point was to contrast the current nastiness of the political environment with the degree of cooperation that existed between the parties, say 25 years ago.
Last edited by Giantaxe; Jun 29th 2011 at 5:02 pm.
Jun 29th 2011, 5:48 pm
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
-Waist line
-Cost of groceries, eggs, milk and honey especially
-Games being released before being fit for consumption and crappy DLC added to make them appear better value for money and the shear about of online tat
-Brit stores now shipping to the US
-Cost of a stamp has gone up loads
-Kids, they've appeared out of no where, the crafty little shits
-Cost of groceries, eggs, milk and honey especially
-Games being released before being fit for consumption and crappy DLC added to make them appear better value for money and the shear about of online tat
-Brit stores now shipping to the US
-Cost of a stamp has gone up loads
-Kids, they've appeared out of no where, the crafty little shits
Jun 29th 2011, 6:02 pm
#6
Peace onion
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
When I was in Chicago recently, they were putting in a Top Man and a Top Shop. Wasn't that stuff just tat?
Jun 29th 2011, 6:32 pm
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
- 99c gas
- the neighbourhood where I first moved here
- we now have casinos
- the decline of the road system round here (Memphis)
- the number of people that now assume that if you don't agree with them you are unpatriotic.
- the family run eateries... now all cookie cutter chains
- neighbours in our new area that care
- in laws that still think I talk funny
- quality of local drivers
- the neighbourhood where I first moved here
- we now have casinos
- the decline of the road system round here (Memphis)
- the number of people that now assume that if you don't agree with them you are unpatriotic.
- the family run eateries... now all cookie cutter chains
- neighbours in our new area that care
- in laws that still think I talk funny
- quality of local drivers
Jun 29th 2011, 6:33 pm
#8
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
Mmmmm...... Black IPA! 
Jun 29th 2011, 6:36 pm
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
It was...but it was cheap stuff that lasted longer than the same over here like Old Navy etc....and Top Man at least had decent mens clothes...it's just a token corner in Old Navy and the like over my way here.
Jun 29th 2011, 6:51 pm
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
- Old Navy having decent quality stuff most of the time
- When I came here I spent $40/wk on groceries, now it's $150/wk (but I got married, so maybe that's unfair)
- It actually used to rain here
- Most local restaurants have raised prices by about 20 - 35%
- My 18-year-old students kept getting younger and younger
- More shops, so now it's easier now to find decent socks and underwear
- More upscale shopping also
- Now that I have a better job I can live in a nicer neighbourhood, and I hear fewer gunshots
- When I came here I spent $40/wk on groceries, now it's $150/wk (but I got married, so maybe that's unfair)
- It actually used to rain here
- Most local restaurants have raised prices by about 20 - 35%
- My 18-year-old students kept getting younger and younger
- More shops, so now it's easier now to find decent socks and underwear
- More upscale shopping also
- Now that I have a better job I can live in a nicer neighbourhood, and I hear fewer gunshots
Jun 29th 2011, 6:52 pm
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
My waist.
People on BE used to complain about bread, bacon and sausages, now it is nothing but moaning because their can't get a passport.
We no longer have a baseball team in town but do have MLS.
My grandson can talk.
The local Walmart no longer has a greeter.
People on BE used to complain about bread, bacon and sausages, now it is nothing but moaning because their can't get a passport.
We no longer have a baseball team in town but do have MLS.
My grandson can talk.
The local Walmart no longer has a greeter.
Jun 29th 2011, 7:25 pm
#12
Peace onion
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
I used to think Suburbans, Tahoes and Yukons looked cool... Now they just look really dated. Like the Ford Sierra, when that came out in the UK, looked very futuristic. Now it just looks silly.
Ha, I brought over a Sony stereo with tape player with detachable faceplate to put in my POS Mustang. And I remember apprehensively wondering whether it would work over here because all the radio stations have odd numbers (99.7), while in the UK it was even (98.2).
Ha, I brought over a Sony stereo with tape player with detachable faceplate to put in my POS Mustang. And I remember apprehensively wondering whether it would work over here because all the radio stations have odd numbers (99.7), while in the UK it was even (98.2).
Jun 29th 2011, 7:29 pm
#13
WTF?
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
Everybody has become so hostile :curse:
Jun 29th 2011, 8:22 pm
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Re: Things that have changed since you've been here
Some things I remember from the recent past, things that are no more:
- $1.67 gas
- Candice Bergen Pin Drop ad
- Dialing down the center 1-800-CALL-ATT
- Pagers/Beepers
- Cell phones with an extendible flexible antenna
- Must see TV on Thursdays
- Answering machines
- 900 Mhz cordless phones
- Morning Zoo radio (99X in Atlanta, with Barnes, Leslie and Jimmy)
- X Files on a Sunday night
- You Don't Know Jack PC game
- Paying 96c per minute to the UK, then 36, then 24, then 12, 6, 3, 2
- Thetimes.co.uk
- $1.67 gas
- Candice Bergen Pin Drop ad
- Dialing down the center 1-800-CALL-ATT
- Pagers/Beepers
- Cell phones with an extendible flexible antenna
- Must see TV on Thursdays
- Answering machines
- 900 Mhz cordless phones
- Morning Zoo radio (99X in Atlanta, with Barnes, Leslie and Jimmy)
- X Files on a Sunday night
- You Don't Know Jack PC game
- Paying 96c per minute to the UK, then 36, then 24, then 12, 6, 3, 2
- Thetimes.co.uk
our has gone up to about 3 times the cost is used to be and the coverage has gone down!