The bad old days - things that were crap
Discussion
Lots of threads with nostalgia about the past - but what about the things that were rubbish?
Coffee was awful. I actually thought I didn’t like coffee. It was just I had never had a proper one!
Sundays. No shops open. Rubbish TV. Knowing you had school again on Monday!
Parmesan. It used to come in little tubs and smelt of sick. I hated it…but real Parmesan is one of my favourite cheeses. It must have been what they swept off the floor where they made proper Parmesan.
Coffee was awful. I actually thought I didn’t like coffee. It was just I had never had a proper one!
Sundays. No shops open. Rubbish TV. Knowing you had school again on Monday!
Parmesan. It used to come in little tubs and smelt of sick. I hated it…but real Parmesan is one of my favourite cheeses. It must have been what they swept off the floor where they made proper Parmesan.
Precision engineering...
CNC mills with a pathetic 3 horsepower spindle that only went to 3000rpm, rapid traverse rates of 3 M/min and you had to change the tools manually.
Soluble coolant that was little more than liquid cancer
Cutting tools made from high speed steel
Health and Safety being little more than a couple of signs on the wall
CAD meant a highly toxic plating process
CAM was something you used to move the tools on an automatic lathe long before CNC was invented
CNC mills with a pathetic 3 horsepower spindle that only went to 3000rpm, rapid traverse rates of 3 M/min and you had to change the tools manually.
Soluble coolant that was little more than liquid cancer
Cutting tools made from high speed steel
Health and Safety being little more than a couple of signs on the wall
CAD meant a highly toxic plating process
CAM was something you used to move the tools on an automatic lathe long before CNC was invented
t.Cars without air conditioning: Rolling down the windows was your only option, and you still arrived sweaty and uncomfortable on hot days.
Smoky public places: It’s easy to forget how everywhere smelled of cigarettes — restaurants, pubs, even public transport. Non-smokers just had to deal with it.
Dial-up internet: The agonisingly slow speed, not to mention the screeching noise when connecting. And god forbid someone picked up the phone while you were online.
Maps for navigation: Planning a road trip meant unfolding giant paper maps, trying to figure out where you were, and hoping you didn’t miss a turn. GPS has been a huge upgrade.
Home entertainment systems: VCRs that needed constant rewinding, cassette tapes that got tangled, and even the early DVD players where you'd often have to restart the whole movie because of a scratch.
Smoky public places: It’s easy to forget how everywhere smelled of cigarettes — restaurants, pubs, even public transport. Non-smokers just had to deal with it.
Dial-up internet: The agonisingly slow speed, not to mention the screeching noise when connecting. And god forbid someone picked up the phone while you were online.
Maps for navigation: Planning a road trip meant unfolding giant paper maps, trying to figure out where you were, and hoping you didn’t miss a turn. GPS has been a huge upgrade.
Home entertainment systems: VCRs that needed constant rewinding, cassette tapes that got tangled, and even the early DVD players where you'd often have to restart the whole movie because of a scratch.
Single glazing, woke up to puddles of water on the window cills most mornings for 4 months a year. See also inadequate or non-existent central heating too.
Rotary phones, having either memorised or looked the number up beforehand.
I remember rubbish collection being pretty bad. You just chucked all your rubbish bags on the pavement. That said it was every week and they didn't quibble over what they took. I remember seeing the landfills though and even as a kid thinking is this the best we can do.
Leaded fuel, smelled nice though.
The most anyone ever did about peado's was your mum telling you never to go near certain people in the village.
Rotary phones, having either memorised or looked the number up beforehand.
I remember rubbish collection being pretty bad. You just chucked all your rubbish bags on the pavement. That said it was every week and they didn't quibble over what they took. I remember seeing the landfills though and even as a kid thinking is this the best we can do.
Leaded fuel, smelled nice though.
The most anyone ever did about peado's was your mum telling you never to go near certain people in the village.
Edited by ChocolateFrog on Friday 11th October 19:34
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