Don't be sad. Everything at some point ends. I usually write about things that piss me off, or bother me, or upset me, or make me wonder, but right now after a few too many drinks I have to concentrate on other stuff. I am thinking about things that are not Ridiculous, not cynical and certainly not pathetic...... Actually, all they really are.....................are gone.........or almost gone......
There are so many things in this category that I thought I would write about it every now and then. It really is something we don't think about every single day, but holy shit, when we do we say, "What The Fuck" that doesn't exist anymore....It seems like only yesterday there were phone booths everywhere and on every block in the city.. You put your dime or quarter in it and dialed your number. You never gave a second thought about the smell in the booth as that was part of the charm...There was no speaker so you jammed about 2 or 3 of your friends in there to hear the conversation... There was, however, a handful of cellphones around then....But try to find a phone booth now.
The Automat in NY was another great institution. (check out this blog all about it...
http://crapusa.blogspot.com/search?q=AUTOMAT ) This was wonderful growing up in NY. I would love when my parents took me there...Put some nickels , dimes, or quarters in the slots and out came the food...This was the treat of treats....
Can you imagine how much fun it was doing this ? Oh well, another wonderful thing gone.
Drive in Movies....What boy or girl couldn't wait to get to the Drive In to make out. Maybe we didn't get laid then, but we certainly made out and made the windows fog up. How many of you remember that ? How many of us learned how to become the best kissers in the neighborhood thanks to the Drive In..........RIP dear Drive In Movies.
Bathing Caps......Who doesn't remember seeing their mothers wearing these ugly things in the summer if you were lucky enough to be by a pool or lake ? Actually, this is one thing that I think is wonderful that it is gone.
We all worked back in the day. Actually there were plenty of jobs and no-one ever blamed any political party for anything. Either in school, work or wherever there was this thing called carbon paper. I guess that is because there was no computer or anything electrical to copy stuff. We had no scanners or copiers to use. Oh, the good old days of having that fucking black ink from the carbon paper allover your hands....Yuk.......Anyway gone is carbon paper.
Ah....The good old national pastime....Baseball....... Does anyone remember when a baseball player signed with one team and retired still playing for that same team ? Oh, the good old days of loyalty when players played for the love of the game.....That is also gone.
Blue Laws ????? Anyone remember that ? Not so long ago when you couldn't shop on Sundays and especially buy any alcohol beverages.... I even remember there were no baseball games on Sunday night.....That has certainly changed.
What about being able to beat the shit out of your kid ? Can't do that anymore.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this little trip down memory lane about shit that is no more.....If you think it was fun, please let me know and I will do this every now and then.. I have to admit and give credit to this wonderful book called Going, Going , Gone....It has a bunch of stuff that is no longer around......
As I type on my keyboard I think of fountain pens with bottled ink......How did they manage spell check back then ?
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