Anything you look back on fondly that hasn’t aged well?

[Rico]

Vinyl records, compact discs, and DVD’s.

 

FM radio too.

[teef]

On 8/9/2021 at 7:24 AM, Another Fan said:

 

PEZ was a favorite of mine.  Haven’t seen that in ages 

oh...my 3 and 6 go ape ***** over them.  i don't know if they're making a come back, or my kids just found them...but they're around.

[ExiledInIllinois]

11 minutes ago, teef said:

oh...my 3 and 6 go ape ***** over them.  i don't know if they're making a come back, or my kids just found them...but they're around.

It's because you're a dentist! Like the one's that get in trouble... Always the cop's kids!  😏  😉 😜 

[teef]

1 minute ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

It's because you're a dentist! Like the one's that get in trouble... Always the cop's kids!  😏  😉 😜 

i blame it on my wife.  she let's them eat whatever, and i have to deal with it.

[ExiledInIllinois]

Just now, teef said:

i blame it on my wife.  she let's them eat whatever, and i have to deal with it.

😆... That will play real well in Peoria.  I died on that hill many times! 😆 

 

I admire your courage! 😉 

[The Jokeman]

I mentioned this an earlier thread but Nikki Cox and also Kelly LeBrock.

[Doc]

Miami Vice.  That show was the coolest thing back in the day, but I watched an episode a few months ago and it was terrible. 

[BillsPride12]

On 8/9/2021 at 7:24 AM, Another Fan said:

Fred Durst/Limp Bizkit

 

They had some good aggressive songs I liked as an angry teen.  But I’d never listen to them even for nostalgia purposes 

PEZ was a favorite of mine.  Haven’t seen that in ages 

Have you seen the documentary on Woodstock 99 yet?  What an interesting time 1999 was

[ExiledInIllinois]

The commercials were a lie!

Four foot ditch... ?? I could barely get him over the Scramble Van!

[ExiledInIllinois]

Somehow this dude mastered it! 😆 

 

[Another Fan]

11 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

Have you seen the documentary on Woodstock 99 yet?  What an interesting time 1999 was

No didn’t know it existed.

 

I do remember Fred’s performance of Break Stuff the crowd started getting out of hand.  That and In Together Now were my jams back then 

[May Day 10]

When I was a kid, I thought TV dinners were delicious.

 

 

Right now, the thought of eating one makes my stomach churn

[BillsPride12]

7 hours ago, Another Fan said:

No didn’t know it existed.

 

I do remember Fred’s performance of Break Stuff the crowd started getting out of hand.  That and In Together Now were my jams back then 

It's a pretty interesting look back at an interesting time in life.  It's on HBO Max right now but I would imagine it will be available on other platforms as well over time

5 hours ago, May Day 10 said:

When I was a kid, I thought TV dinners were delicious.

 

 

Right now, the thought of eating one makes my stomach churn

As a kid those Looney Tunes TV Dinners were fine dining 

[Chef Jim]

The Alexander Firemen's Carnival.  

[BillsShredder83]

Raw doggin' in high school, that end part was the bees knees. now im just tired and look like a raccoon all the time 😆

Edited August 11, 2021 by BillsShredder83

[Saxum]

The timeshares we bought.  In both cases the companies promised things but when they needed money they broke there promises.

 

Kuhio Banyan Waikiki informed us they leased land as most do in Hawaii and at end of lease we had a choice of paying and continuing to be owner of giving up timeshare.

Three years before lease renewal they wanted all owners to contribute to lease and if we choose to not renew they would repay us lease cost.

The company I heard had trouble raising money for lease.

We told them we are not planning on renewing lease and are not paying.

We also said there was language in contract saying we did not need to but they stated we were not interpreting it correctly (when we were in timeshare meeting buying this question was asked and they said explicitly we did not need to purchase it and could use our timeshare until lease became due.

They refused to let us use timeshare and stating if we did not pay timeshare fees they would put something on our credit report and take us to court.

I told them to go ahead for sooner you do so I can file dispute with credit report companies including documentation showing they are breaking contract.

They gave up on letters after a couple of years.  I pasted one of the SASE on a box containing garbage and that may have something to do with it.

 

Wyndham Star Island Resort & Club was bought to use in alternate weeks when we did not go to Hawaii. 

We deliberately bought a minimum point package which allowed us to reserve smallest unit.

We were told explicitly that owners have 1st priority and if we reserved when it became available we were guaranteed availability. 

First time we attempted to reserve I made sure I was ready to log in at time it opened - previous day I checked and we could not reserve that week but we could week before since the first reservation week passed.   When I attempted to reserve week all rooms were taken so I called customer support.  I was told that owners who had rented multiple weeks had taken up all of the rooms and I told them I checked and all were NOT reserved so it was impossible for all of them to have been reserved via extended reservations, something we were not told about in presentation.  He said his computer said otherwise and then gave a line about there to help me.

We needed to use a different resort a different week or lose our points.

Same issue happened for next 3 times we attempted to reserve.

We finally got access to our resort and went to owners meet & greet.   There were some people still asking question and again I heard one of them state 'Yes you are guaranteed access to your resort' and I spoke up loudly.  "That is a lie.  We tried 3 times on first day during first hour to reserve and we were shut out." I had several people asking me questions and I explained they still can cancel your purchase.   At one point we were asked to leave and I stated we only came because we were told we would be given a package including free tickets and some discounts which we have not been given.  He said please leave and we will have it sent to your suite and I said loudly "Once again you not going to keep your promise." and manager finally told someone to office, get a package and give it to us.  We opened package, one of the items had expired and waited for the person to bring replacement. 

We still own it for it has no resale value.  They have sent us several invitations to local owner meetings but every one has been useless if we are not willing to buy more points.  We are going to Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving.

 

 

I cannot see myself ever buying a timeshare again. No matter what the promises are the companies can change rules and nothing you can do about it.

 

 

[CLTbills]

I mean... I could say that about several former girlfriends 🤷‍♂️

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

On 8/10/2021 at 5:02 PM, Rico said:

Vinyl records, compact discs, and DVD’s.

 

FM radio too.

While this is true, the sonic quality of a well recorded CD played back on a quality system easily bests any of the compressed file formats of today… and vinyl is actually still coveted by many music lovers. 

Oh, and more currently,  Bobby Harts NFL career has not aged well either 

[Doc]

16 minutes ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

While this is true, the sonic quality of a well recorded CD played back on a quality system easily bests any of the compressed file formats of today… and vinyl is actually still coveted by many music lovers. 

Oh, and more currently,  Bobby Harts NFL career has not aged well either 

 

Most music files are "lossy," meaning they remove some part of the music, for size purposes.  You can record a CD in it's original format, but it will just take up more room on your playback device.

[EmotionallyUnstable]

That thread about the Yankees being toast