Besides friends and family and simpler times, I miss being able to buy land that would pay for itself through cattle or crops, or at least not be for sale at 5 figures per acre.

I also miss being skinny with good knees, but I digress.

I miss the days when it was universally understood that the left lane was not for the speed limit on cruise control.

JD05AG said:

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I'll start. Bench seat manual transmission trucks. Nothing beat having your girl and your truck going down a dirt road.

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My first truck was an 82 GMC Sierra Diesel. Didn't get my first manual until a few years later. Have been telling my wife for 2-3 years that I want an old manual box truck again. My current "dream car".....

my dad. wouldve loved to have been a part of my small business growth and see the birth of his first grandson.

I know hes watching, but I sure would've enjoyed him being here.

Really good thread….

Miss the days when we could get the boys together for a beer or fishing trip real easy. Everyone is too busy now or interest changed.

Miss my Dad and some others at the deer lease around the campfire at night telling stories.

Miss playing sports and not needing to stretch and recover all the time.

Growing up in the 90s was the best.

I miss College and all the friends I had in CS. I am happy I was one of the last generations to go to college before smart phones, social media and ring cameras became very popular. I had a flip phone all of College.

Can't believe Affordable brisket hasn't been mentioned.

.25 to .50 cent a lb.

Now you need to take out a small loan for a decent one.

How about a water sprinkler made of metal that was produced in the USA and actually lasted multiple years

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I wish a buck was still silver
It was back when the country was strong
Back before Elvis
Before the Vietnam war came along

Before The Beatles and 'Yesterday'
When a man could still work, still would
The best of the free life behind us now
And are the good times really over for good?

Are we rolling down hill
Like a snowball headed for Hell?
With no kind of chance
For the Flag or the Liberty Bell

Wish a Ford and a Chevy
Could still last ten years, like they should
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

I wish Coke was still Cola
And a joint was a bad place to be
It was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV

Before microwave ovens
When a girl could still cook and still would
The best of the free life behind us now
Are the good times really over for good?

Are we rolling down hill
Like a snowball headed for Hell?
With no kind of chance
For the Flag or the Liberty Bell

Wish a Ford and a Chevy
Could still last ten years, like they should
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?

Stop rolling down hill
Like a snowball headed for Hell
Stand up for the Flag
And let's all ring the Liberty Bell

Let's make a Ford and a Chevy
Still last ten years like they should
The best of the free life is still yet to come
The good times ain't over for good

-Merle Haggard

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I used to sit on an ottoman most Sundays just off to the left and listen to him and my Dad (in the background) describe life in the late 19th and early 20th century, Indian skirmishes, selling whiskey to the Indians, growing u p in the Depression, 1920/1930's baseball, WW1, WW2, etc....he'd set there and spin yarns, spit his Blood Hound chewing tobacco into a High-C can cuspidor and entertain all my questions,,,. I loved that old man....

pfo said:

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My dad

Living in a safe America full of patriots where unsupervised kids could roam free and come home at dark without fear of crime.

I miss an America devoid of Muslim terrorists and where democrats at least loved America and didn't want to destroy her.

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Great post! Especially the bolded part.

oragator said:

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Farm ponds.
I'm sure they still exist but I'm not near them anymore… basically stocked with whatever the owner wanted, no catch limits, no one else there, no rules or laws. It was awesome anarchy.

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Are you talking about a tank?

Martin Cash said:

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oragator said:

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Farm ponds.
I'm sure they still exist but I'm not near them anymore… basically stocked with whatever the owner wanted, no catch limits, no one else there, no rules or laws. It was awesome anarchy.

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Are you talking about a tank?

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Depends on whether you are in east or west TX.

Pretty much a "pond" or "pool" east of I-35 and a "tank" west of it.

Great thread…damn near teared up a few times.


I miss riding all across town on our bikes with my older brother and our neighborhood buddies. I miss going to Winn's (a local, small scale Walmart) and buying candy for 10 cents each. We'd load up for a week with just a dollar. Skittles, starbursts, bottle caps, pop rocks, chicklets, nerds, blow pops, just to name a few.

I miss baseball card packs with a stick of bubblegum inside.

I miss drinking from a hose, and then never having to find a bathroom to take a piss.

I miss roaming the citrus fields by the house and hunting black birds and morning dove with our BB guns.

I miss roman candle fights.

I miss being a 10 yr old and just enamored with our HS football team. There was nothing I wanted to be more than a football player for Mission HS.

I miss making mix tapes for whatever girl I was crushing on at the time.