re: Nostalgic Things You Miss From The Past?

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Stakes are much higher now

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Damn inflation

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Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done

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Rendon Inn $10 all you can drink Tuesday nights. Plastic pitchers of Crown and 7

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The Boot had penny pitcher night.

They would also deliver a chili burger, cheese fries, and 6 pack of beer to your dorm room. I miss being able to eat junk food and not feel like crap.

Having our own water fountains.

Now we have to share with the whites and [gasp]….the Js.

Shoot, I remember when we used to be able to clear an entire swimming pool just by jumping in.

Too much to list

Jello 123 at my Grandmother's house.

The local Godfathers Pizza place. Best damn pizza ever.

Lingerie shows
5 dollar lap dances
1 dollar beers at Saints New Orleans Center venues.

Being invisible,

Unlisted unpublished phone number and P.O.Box.

When few could really find out about your history or even find where you live, work etc.

My silver flip phone that could barely text and had no apps. A time when my friends and I would be outside playing sports all of the time instead of inside staring at screens, like so many nowadays (myself largely included).

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they all forget about you once you sign on the dotted line for Uncle Sam.

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Yep, but it’s a quick way to find out if you are important or just convenient. I kept one friend. The rest couldn’t give a frick less when I left.

Getting my unbiased news and reading from a paper news paper.

Grabbing a copy of the Advocate and the Reville to browse before starting a class in the quad at LSU is a core memory. The feel of the paper on your hands and the smell of the paper takes me back to the turn of the century.