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  • Stuff you miss
     OP - July 05, 2009, 06:49 PM
    Could be from childhood or last week. As much stuff as you want. Mine, in no particular order:

    --My maternal grandparents

    --My friends who I've lost through death, nasty fights, or just moving away and losing touch

    --Christmas before I knew there was no Santa

    --Large family gatherings

    --Cap-gun and water-gun wars with my uncles and my friends

    --Bottle-rocket and BB gun wars with my friends

    --Conducting "experiments" such as: putting batteries into cardboard tubes and smashing them with a sledgehammer, putting a D-cell battery into a lamp socket, making gunpowder and other homemade explosives with my grandpa

    --Freshly prepared "Bambi-que" from my uncles' deer hunting trips

    --GI Joes

    --When staying up late for Saturday Night Live was a thrill

    --When Saturday Night Live didn't totally suck

    --The futuristic angst of early to mid 1980s Cold War culture that created such things as Red Dawn, Blade Runner, Sigue-Sigue Sputnik and a lot of other great movies and music.

    --Playing hide-and-seek, king of the hill, British Bulldog, and "fugitive". The latter was a game me and my friends made up, where 3-5 kids were the "Feds", tasked with chasing and capturing the "fugitive", who got a head-start. The fugitive could do anything they had to in order to "escape" (run, hide and physically resist). No time limit on the game so it ended when the Feds pinned the fugitive to the ground or when the Feds just got tired and went home for dinner. Also boxing with my friends, that was fun too.

    --Backpacking/camping

    --Lazy Sundays in Boston/Cambridge

    --Lazy Sundays at the Irish pub down the road from my home in Hartford, Connecticut, which had a "Kegs and Eggs" Sunday brunch, thus providing a justification besides football for getting drunk and gorging yourself in the middle of a Sunday. That and my upstairs neighbors are about the only thing I miss about that shithole.

    --Uncle Pete's Hickory Ribs in Boston-- best BBQ North of Baltimore. Pete died a few months back.

    --Local 186 and the Rat/Rathskeller in Boston (music venues/bars)

    --Kenmore Square, Central Square and other areas in Boston Metro before they were ruined by gentrification

    Okay, so give it up, I know ya'll have to have some long-ass lists yourselves of shit you miss. Please share.
    fuck you
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #1 - July 05, 2009, 07:25 PM
    My optimism = I do try to see good in the future, but it's a loop I'm stuck in right now that I can't shake off just yet.

    My best friend "K" (no need for full names) = she moved to spain 5 years ago and we lost contact, I went to the refuge after and I just wish she could see me now.  I miss her very much, and look for her online often, but so far she has yet to join any social network.  I hope she is ok.

    Buffy the vampire slayer = it was a good show

    Charmed = also a good show lol

    My figure = damn I miss my 21 year old body

    The family I never had = for awhile in my head we were happy

    The first months of my relationship with my ex = they were amazing and I miss who he was then, even if I realise now that he never existed.

    A woman who used to care for me in a childrens home.

    Robert jordan - sadly your son will never fill your shoes well enough to complete your books to my satisfaction.

    Epic dramas = just not enough gladiator type films these days.

    I will think of more.

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #2 - July 05, 2009, 07:26 PM
    Nice idea for a thread Q-Dawg

    The days before this cruddy internet

    the days before we had to rely on this cruddy internet for all our personal affairs

    The economic boom (the invincible feeling the UK as a nation had when spending: "Who cares bout my credit card debt? The govt got ma back!")

    Black Michael Jackson

    Food that was full of hydrogenated fats

    Food that was full of transfats

    food that was full of all kind of fats

    Bread and dripping

    Fish and chips cooked in animal fat

    London in the 70s

    Punk Music

    Real Punk Music

    Real Music period

    Real TV (before all this Americanized shit)

    Eating Kabsa or Jareesh in Saudi Arabia (the only good part to it)

    The days when a horror movie was scary because it had someone dying in it

    The days when people didnt trust the banks.

    Schools in which pupils were scared of talking back to the teacher cause they would then come home with a sore bum

    My dog

    My cat

    A life expectancy of 58 (for males)

    Fruit n veg stalls.

    Bakeries

    The thought that eating bangers, mash and two bits of veg was healthy food.

    12 hour work days

    Oh yeah, forgot a few figures:

    John Cleese, Lord Denning, Old Labour (Howard Wilson), Princess Di.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #3 - July 05, 2009, 07:29 PM
    I miss visiting Mosque with my family and us getting into a fight on the way there and back.

    I miss some of my friends

    Walks in the rain with my ex

    Me and my sisters trips to Speakers corner

    Debating politics with my tutor, he was very good

    Messing around in science with acids (we used to mix it all together and run for it before we destroyed something)

    Picnicing with my Dad before he moved back to Africa

    Too many shows to name.

    I miss Sunny Delight! - I used to love that drink, where did it go?

    And last but not least, I miss Oakie Doke. My absolute favourite children show and yes i am not ashamed to admit i still watch it!
    (Some might remember it) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUz6oXmoTFM&feature=player_embedded
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  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #4 - July 05, 2009, 07:36 PM
    Astaghfirullah, I think you might be my long-lost British brother-- we think a lot alike.

    Berberella (pbuh)-- forgive my ignorance, but who is Robert Jordan? And don't we all miss our 21-year-old bodies?

    Meredith-- where in Africa is your dad from? And we still have Sunny D here (never liked the stuff myself).
    fuck you
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #5 - July 05, 2009, 07:40 PM
    Ethiopia
     i love Sunny D. Where is here?
    Blind faith is an ironic gift to return to the Creator of human intelligence

  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #6 - July 05, 2009, 07:42 PM
    USA
    fuck you
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #7 - July 05, 2009, 07:59 PM
    Quote from: Q-Man on July 05, 2009, 06:49 PM
    "fugitive". The latter was a game me and my friends made up, where 3-5 kids were the "Feds", tasked with chasing and capturing the "fugitive", who got a head-start. The fugitive could do anything they had to in order to "escape" (run, hide and physically resist). No time limit on the game so it ended when the Feds pinned the fugitive to the ground or when the Feds just got tired and went home for dinner.


    O M G ! We used to play that aswell! That was a wicked game! We didn't call it that though. But yeah, each game would last like at least an hour! That was so cool. We used to play all around the block as well so there were plenty of places to hide. Also, if one of the fugitives got caught, then they had to go to a "prison" and the other remaining fugitives could rescue the imprisoned fugitive(s) by touching the prison base, which was difficult cuz there was always one fed guarding the prison. You couldn't physically resist though, the feds just had to "tig" the fugitive and then the fugitive would have to walk back with the fed to the prison. That was one sick ass game man!
    The unlived life is not worth examining.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #8 - July 05, 2009, 08:01 PM
    Quote from: Astaghfirullah on July 05, 2009, 07:26 PM

    Black Michael Jackson



     Smiley
    The unlived life is not worth examining.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #9 - July 05, 2009, 08:06 PM
    Playing monopoly would be another.

    And singing hymes in Assembly.
    I still even remember my school creed

    This is our school
    Let peace dwell here
    Let the room be full of contentment
    Let love abide here

    Love for one another
    Love for mankind
    Love for life and God.

    As many hands build a house, as many hearts build a school

    I am good!
    I haven't been in my primary school for nearly 8 years and i still remember Afro
    Blind faith is an ironic gift to return to the Creator of human intelligence

  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #10 - July 05, 2009, 08:17 PM
    Quote
    Stuff you miss


    The intimate and loving company of a woman.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #11 - July 05, 2009, 08:48 PM
     Astagfirullah - I was right with you ( well ,apart from the 12 hour work days , some of us still have those ...) , until I got to the end - Princess Di ?!!! neurotic , egotistical , manipulative sociopath . And who was 'Howard' Wilson anyway ?

        I also miss the Trade Union movement , seven inch singles - the most perfect music medium ever ,Ivor Cutler , Luis Bunuel , Billy Mackenzie , the Scala cinema , my youth , my optimism , my ability to live on beer , whisky , chips and cakes without gaining a pound , Hammersmith Palais , the Lyceum , the Electric and the Everyman when they were proper rep. cinemas not poncey over priced middle class hang outs ,a whole tribe of cats and dogs , the Labour Party , Top of the Pops ....
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #12 - July 05, 2009, 09:02 PM
    Sorry, I always 'ad a softspot for Lady Spencer even though she might have been those things. I went obviously Harold Wilson of the real Labour Party, I was also thinking of putting down Newcastle United's Howard Kendall but I didnt wanna bring footie into it, that's where the mix up come from (was typin pretty quickly also as dinner was on the stove).

    Your stuff was ledgendary, specially the Unions, Singles, Beer Whisky Chips and Cakes without puttin on a pound, Cinemas when they werent overrun by twatty high school musical 4 wannabes or yobby little 14 year olds who throw popcorn and kick chairs, and of course Top of the Pops (what a ledgend of a show).
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #13 - July 05, 2009, 09:04 PM
    the freedom of being a child
    my best friends througout stages of my life
    trying things for the first time
    music, I dont appreciate it that much anymore
    5000 pounds that I spent betting, boy I'm an idiot
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  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #14 - July 05, 2009, 09:08 PM
    your not the first or the last. gambling appeals to our human nature, the thrill of the risk and the chance of winning a huge prize you didnt have to work for is something that many crave....
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #15 - July 05, 2009, 09:21 PM
    Quote from: Astaghfirullah on July 05, 2009, 09:02 PM
    Top of the Pops (what a ledgend of a show).


    !!!!! ^.^
    The unlived life is not worth examining.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #16 - July 05, 2009, 09:22 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on July 05, 2009, 09:04 PM
    the freedom of being a child
    my best friends througout stages of my life
    trying things for the first time
    music, I dont appreciate it that much anymore
    5000 pounds that I spent betting, boy I'm an idiot



    Tell us how you spent it!
    The unlived life is not worth examining.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #17 - July 05, 2009, 09:26 PM
    No thanks, the whole episode is embarrassingly stupid, and depresses me.
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  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #18 - July 05, 2009, 10:14 PM
    Quote from: J4m3z on July 05, 2009, 07:59 PM
    O M G ! We used to play that aswell! That was a wicked game! We didn't call it that though. But yeah, each game would last like at least an hour! That was so cool. We used to play all around the block as well so there were plenty of places to hide. Also, if one of the fugitives got caught, then they had to go to a "prison" and the other remaining fugitives could rescue the imprisoned fugitive(s) by touching the prison base, which was difficult cuz there was always one fed guarding the prison. You couldn't physically resist though, the feds just had to "tig" the fugitive and then the fugitive would have to walk back with the fed to the prison. That was one sick ass game man!


    That one sounds like fun too. I like the idea having a prison and being able to break the other folks out. In our game, though, there was never more than one fugitive. It could get pretty rough-- bruises from being tackled or falling off dumpsters you were trying to hide in, cuts from getting cut on chain-link fences you were scaling to get away. Loads of fun, though. This kid Joel was the best-- very fast and wiry-- could leap over shit parkour-style and even if you caught a piece of him he was often able to squirm out of your grasp. I remember a few times chasing him when I was exhausted and just decided "fuck it" and went home.
    fuck you
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #19 - July 05, 2009, 10:45 PM
    Quote from: Q-Man link
    Could be from childhood or last week. As much stuff as you want. Mine, in no particular order:

    --My maternal grandparents


    Me too.  Because mine were immigrants they were always a little 'different' to my friend's All-American grandparents.

    Quote
    --Christmas before I knew there was no Santa

    --Conducting "experiments" such as: putting batteries into cardboard tubes and smashing them with a sledgehammer, putting a D-cell battery into a lamp socket, making gunpowder and other homemade explosives with my grandpa


    Oh, yes!  My big bro & I used to get up to all kinds of stuff like blowing up eggs in the microwave or setting fires at the school playground!  Although it was usually my bro & his friends who was up to these antics, I just looked on innocently or covered for them when they got caught out.

    Quote
    --When staying up late for Saturday Night Live was a thrill

    --When Saturday Night Live didn't totally suck

    --The futuristic angst of early to mid 1980s Cold War culture that created such things as Red Dawn, Blade Runner, Sigue-Sigue Sputnik and a lot of other great movies and music.


    That was a very interesting and, IMO very f**ked up time to be a kid but Red Dawn is definitely classic!

    Quote
    --Backpacking/camping


    Growing up in Oregon I used to go on camping trips all the time with my family and I became a pretty decent fisher for a goofy kid who didn't have an athletic gene in her.

    Camping and a decent knowledge of woodworking & cabinetry are a couple of the things I have to thank my step-dad for although we are not on speaking terms at present.

    Oh!  A few more things!

    The original Nintendo.

    The first Game Boy

    Video arcades

    Great after-school shows like You Can't Do That on Television, Mr Wizard, Mr Belvedere and all the cartoons which were really mindless plugs for new toys we were supposed to convince our parents we couldn't live without like Transformers, Masters of the Universe, etc...
    Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

    The sleeper has awakened -  Dune

    Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish!
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #20 - July 05, 2009, 11:10 PM
    Quote from: Q-Man on July 05, 2009, 10:14 PM
    That one sounds like fun too. I like the idea having a prison and being able to break the other folks out. In our game, though, there was never more than one fugitive. It could get pretty rough-- bruises from being tackled or falling off dumpsters you were trying to hide in, cuts from getting cut on chain-link fences you were scaling to get away. Loads of fun, though. This kid Joel was the best-- very fast and wiry-- could leap over shit parkour-style and even if you caught a piece of him he was often able to squirm out of your grasp. I remember a few times chasing him when I was exhausted and just decided "fuck it" and went home.


    Haha! Yeah, to be honest jumping over and off things was the fun part. Although I had a particularly painful accident where I jumped off a wall from one person's garden into the next... one minute I was in mid-air and the next minute my vision just went funny like the world had just been shaken up pretty violently. Next minute I was on the floor wondering what the hell had happened... I had basically clotheslined myself after jumping off a wall... :/ It kinda killed the game off and I had a nasty red streak accross my neck and couldn't move my head round for a few weeks. Tried hiding it from mum but of course she realized pretty much straight away and gave me a bollocking  grin12
    The unlived life is not worth examining.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #21 - July 06, 2009, 10:18 AM
    I used to get my kicks out of being dragged around the house on my back whilst being held  by the ankles by my brother.  It stopped being fun when he decided to drag me over the marble coffee table and the chairs, and the sofa...  We played hard and I usually ended up pretty bruised up which lead some of my schoolteachers to believe that I was being abused.  They never really seemed to believe me when I told them I was just horsing around with my brother.

    Another one of our favourits was 'the Rag Game'.  It was basically tag but with a wet dishcloth and it was usually my brother, myself and one of my brother's friends chasing each other around the house and up and down the stairs trying to sock each other with the wet dishcloth.  Whoever was 'it' had the dishcloth and whoever they hit then became 'it'.  Man!  Those were some good times!
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    The sleeper has awakened -  Dune

    Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish!
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #22 - July 06, 2009, 02:00 PM
    Q man - Robert jordan was a writer (pbuh) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jordan

    Who never had the chance to finish a book series that I was very much a fan of.


    May I just say, I miss sex.  :'(

    I really do think it's time to have some casual sex and fuck the "bad bad girl" attitude about it all.

     
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #23 - July 06, 2009, 02:03 PM
    I miss sex too - strange for a married bloke really but such is the nature of dull Muslim marriages.
    Take the Pakman challenge and convince me there is a God and Mo was not a murdering, power hungry sex maniac.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #24 - July 06, 2009, 02:06 PM
    Ooh that's crap pakman lol The only reason I would even contemplate another long term commitment is for the regular sex.  Tongue

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #25 - July 06, 2009, 02:10 PM
    Believe me Berbs - long term relationships kill regular sex, its only exciting in the first few months hence sex with strangers being the best.  Also I find that girls who have been raised in conservative Muslim households are so boring in bed, they do the bare minimum and don't know how to enjoy themselves or explore their sexual being. So sad but thats is what Islam does to people.
    Take the Pakman challenge and convince me there is a God and Mo was not a murdering, power hungry sex maniac.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #26 - July 06, 2009, 02:19 PM
    Well I was having very regular sex in my marriage, even at the end of it after 8yrs. 

    If anything I found him far more prudish than me and it ruined sex at times for me because he wasn't open to new things.

    I was raised in a muslim household, and I love sex, so much so that my ex told me I wasn't a proper muslim woman inside because my sex drive was too high.
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #27 - July 06, 2009, 02:24 PM
    In which you are the exception and look where you have ended up. I know Muslim women from the sub-continent think their role is to lie there and take it, hoping it won't hurt too much. The men think their job is just to ram it in. I think this is a result of being raised in a society which is too immature to talk about sex or to explore anything remotely different when it comes to this subject. But good on you for enjoying yourself, I try too but its not always easy.
    Take the Pakman challenge and convince me there is a God and Mo was not a murdering, power hungry sex maniac.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #28 - July 06, 2009, 03:51 PM
    Quote from: pakman on July 06, 2009, 02:03 PM
    I miss sex too - strange for a married bloke really but such is the nature of dull Muslim marriages.


    Your married to a Muslim woman?! What's that like? I guess your ex-Muslim, right? So does she have a clue, do you think?
    The unlived life is not worth examining.
  • Re: Stuff you miss
     Reply #29 - July 06, 2009, 03:54 PM
    Pretty clueless really and full of all the old stereotypes
    Take the Pakman challenge and convince me there is a God and Mo was not a murdering, power hungry sex maniac.
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