krzykraka
Don Corleone
The man who will break FLAIR'S 16x Record
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Post by krzykraka on Feb 18, 2009 9:08:10 GMT -5
The dollar movie theater. You could go and watch every movie that was playing for the price of one movie at today's prices. I know they played the movies about a month after the release date but you could go and see a movie and didnt care if it turned out to be crap, you could walk out and only lose a dollar instead of 9 dollars.
80's NWA Wrestling, exspecially on Saturday mornings on NBC at 11 am.
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Post by Failure & Onions on Feb 18, 2009 9:24:50 GMT -5
Space Shooter video games like Super R-Type, Gradius, Xevious, and even Star Fox and X Wing. Game systems have the potential now to make mind blowingly amazing Space Shooters but I think the consensus is that the genre is dead, which is a shame. Seconded. I recommend trying Aegis Wing on XBox Live Arcade if you haven't yet. It's a nice throwback to that genre, and it's free to XBox Live members.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Feb 18, 2009 10:26:50 GMT -5
Space Shooter video games like Super R-Type, Gradius, Xevious, and even Star Fox and X Wing. Game systems have the potential now to make mind blowingly amazing Space Shooters but I think the consensus is that the genre is dead, which is a shame. I miss these type of games too.
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Post by Loki on Feb 18, 2009 11:33:59 GMT -5
Kids being kids, and not mini-adults
Girls being "innocent-yet-strangely-and-inexplicably-hot". Now they're either sluttish at 12, or stuck-up "where's my O.C.-style preppy-badass Prince Charming?"
Having own thoughts and a working brain not being totally demodè.
Kids playing with their friends in a park, from after lunch to dinner time.
Kids and teens having to call their friends (and "gf/bf") home, thus learning to deal with parents, instead of using their brand new mobile.
Respectful attitude
My town not having like 2 kebab shops/chinese restaurants per block
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mason
Mike the Goon
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Post by mason on Feb 18, 2009 13:14:27 GMT -5
16-bit video games on the Genesis or SNES UHF/VHF band stations
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Klutch
Unicron
Not so good at that whole noticing thing.
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Post by Klutch on Feb 18, 2009 13:17:46 GMT -5
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Post by Aceorton on Feb 18, 2009 20:06:04 GMT -5
- Old NFL team logos - The Houston Oilers altogether - The Muppets the way they were before Jim Henson died - Those Panini sticker albums where you'd buy packs of stickers for a quarter at the grocery checkouts and try to fill out your book - The old-school M&M color lineup: brown, light brown, green, yellow and orange. NO BLUE. NO RED. - 90% of working women and actresses wearing tan pantyhose
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Post by Loki on Feb 18, 2009 20:24:14 GMT -5
- Those Panini sticker albums where you'd buy packs of stickers for a quarter at the grocery checkouts and try to fill out your book We still have them... Only problem is a pack costs now, if I'm not mistaken, 50 cents (Euro-cents, that's around 60-65 cent$) and it only contains 6 stickers...
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Feb 18, 2009 20:32:03 GMT -5
- 90% of working women and actresses wearing tan pantyhose
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Feb 18, 2009 20:43:09 GMT -5
The Champ Car World Series. I know even at its best moments, it was just a shadow of the CART glory years, but it provided better racing and the second fastest open-wheel monocoque cars in the world for significantly cheaper than the current IndyCar chassis/engine deal is doing (and at about 100 HP better and for far less than the F1 cars). The 2007 season saw some great racing, even with all the faults in Forsythe & Kalkhoven's business model.
But hey, it's okay, right, because now the IRL has a revolving door of talent, no money to help teams, a butt ugly, underpowered, 6 year old chassis/engine combo, puny race purses, and increasingly the same problems as Champ Car did. IndyCar racing is back!
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Post by The Unknown Wilson on Feb 18, 2009 20:45:09 GMT -5
I wish they would bring back Lipton's Cajun Rice and Long Grain Rice flavors. It's f'd up that it's not in the stores anymore because it always sold well.
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Post by Aceorton on Feb 18, 2009 22:31:53 GMT -5
Oooh, I thought of another:
The original "flavor" of Alpha Bits. That cereal was awesome, and about 10 years ago they tinkered with the recipe and totally messed it up.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Feb 18, 2009 22:32:06 GMT -5
The dollar movie theater. You could go and watch every movie that was playing for the price of one movie at today's prices. I know they played the movies about a month after the release date but you could go and see a movie and didnt care if it turned out to be crap, you could walk out and only lose a dollar instead of 9 dollars. 80's NWA Wrestling, exspecially on Saturday mornings on NBC at 11 am. We still have one here. They play movies about a month or two before release date on DVD. It did for a while became the two dollar movie but I passed it a couple weeks ago and it was a dollar again.
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Joie De Vivre
Hank Scorpio
There's always next year.
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Post by Joie De Vivre on Feb 18, 2009 23:04:13 GMT -5
MTV. Wrestling shows on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
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Goldenbane
Hank Scorpio
THE G.D. Goldenbane
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Post by Goldenbane on Feb 18, 2009 23:41:02 GMT -5
While we're kinda on this subject... Pepsi Clear (aw, c'mon! I liked it...the way it was originally at least) Magic Middles (not the Disney Oreo wannabes, these were made by Keebler and they had like a chocolate pudding type stuff in the middle. Oh, they were so good!)
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Post by Aceorton on Feb 19, 2009 0:41:17 GMT -5
BUGS BUNNY GRAHAM COOKIES. Anyone else remember these? My grandparents bought these for me all the time in the early '80s when I was little. There was a character checklist on the side of the box, and I'd mark them off as I ate them. Only once in a great while would you actually have every single character in one box. Usually you'd get like six Road Runners. I haven't seen them since the mid-90s. Oh, man, these were GREAT.
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@TenaciousBe
Hank Scorpio
Guess who's back... back again
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Post by @TenaciousBe on Feb 19, 2009 1:00:41 GMT -5
I miss mid-90's NBA basketball. Me and a college buddy of mine used to always talk about it during the recent all-star games. We'd reminisce about Chris Webber's commercial dunking on Barkley, Grant Hill's tuxedo commercials, and of course those Penny Hardaway commercials with Lil' Penny. I just miss being a kid and watching all those moments during the 1990's. THIS. It saddens me that at one time, I could have named just about every player on every roster of the NBA, and nowadays I watch a game and have no idea who 3/4 of them are. I lost much of my interest in basketball when I left high school, I guess.
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Post by Melissalicious on Feb 19, 2009 1:09:08 GMT -5
Sit-and-Spins. Skip-Its. They should make these for adults to enjoy.
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Post by Melissalicious on Feb 19, 2009 1:10:57 GMT -5
New Episodes of Legends of the Hidden Temple. OH MY GOSH THIS x6000! I always cheered for Barracudas. Just 'cause I liked how they said it.
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Post by King Fox -1017 Bricksquad on Feb 19, 2009 4:30:51 GMT -5
Damn where do I start
The Genesis and SNES era
WWF circa 1996-1997
Rushing home from school to find out who the Green Ranger was
Playing Ninja Turtles in my backyards with friends
Waking up at the ass-crack of dawn to watch cartoons on Saturday morning
Playing with Toys
Staying home all day during summer break and watching Nickelodeon till Disney Afternoon started
Being excited about Christmas Morning
Coming home from school and watching TRL in 1999 (yes I used to love that show)
Samurai Pizza Cats
The Original Nicktoons
Remembering the first time Cartoon Network was on the air
The Simpsons from 1993-1997
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