I'm curious to hear what everyone else misses from the olden days, or what you could live without today. I'm about to throw this iPad out the window because you can't uninstall this game from the cloud*
Nintendo 3DS is something else I could live without. Maybe it's because I've got long fingers, or because the thing is designed for children, but after more than an hour of playing I get really sore thumbs. And 3D is rubbish.
So if anyone else is having a bad time with technology please rant along with me, might make me feel better.
*I'm trying to reset the game because I'm at level 30 and it's boring and I want to start over. Delete the game, reinstall, still lvl 30. Delete from cloud storage, reinstall, still level 30. I've checked all the forums and such and there seems to be no way to delete it. You can hide it, but not delete.
The robotic self-checkout stations at pharmacies never work, they don't trust you're putting the things in the bag and stuff! The damn machines are going to rise against us...!
Quote from: Supreme Pizza Of The DPRK on 20 April, 2017, 01:59:54 AM
Modern Life is Rubbish
I wasn't a big fan of
Blur, either.
Quote from: PsychoGoatee on 20 April, 2017, 05:01:50 AM
The robotic self-checkouts...
They're great! Not only do they remove people from work you also have to wait for an
Appropriate Adult to come over and authorise your alchol purchases! Fantastic stuff!
Cheers
I don't like the self service either. I am basically doing the cashiers job for a minute or two while they supervise.
Best thing about today is probably the web though. You can find out just about anyuthing without leaving your home where as in the old days you would have to get a book from a shop or library, and finding the book could be difficult.
Answering my own question here, but films used to be better in the olden days too. Star Wars, Citizen Kane, Alien.... these days you get More Fast More Furious, Alien Vs Predator 2 (to be fair I don't know if it was crap or not since I couldn't see anything) and Pod Racing!
Pod-racing was last seen 18 years ago, chief: your intergenerational gripe is a whole generation out. And I don't know where to start with Citizen Kane, except to say that impressive as it is, it's no Zootropolis.
My biggest problem with this modern life is our disconnect from the chaine operatoire of the material world, and conversely our close integration with that of the media.
Welcome to the forum, Pizza.
I've had a naff 2001 nokia all week whilst my Iphone has been in for repairs, same week i've been on holiday in Jersey. Haven't missed the dumb apple phone one bit, it's actually be refreshing not feeling the need to reach for it every few second.
Quote from: Supreme Pizza Of The DPRK on 20 April, 2017, 07:29:52 AM
Answering my own question here, but films used to be better in the olden days too. Star Wars, Citizen Kane, Alien.... these days you get More Fast More Furious, Alien Vs Predator 2 (to be fair I don't know if it was crap or not since I couldn't see anything) and Pod Racing!
And now we have Star Wars and Alien and...anything else being rebooted these day?Other then...everything?
My gripes
Facebook, people having to say publically if they farted(thats a joke but its not too far fetched) or private stuff what should say private, and sharing every detail of there life, and it makes people antisocial, or maybe im just antisocial lol, im glad i dont use it anymore.
people recording with massive smart phones at concerts, the need to record something instead of just watching and enjoying, and they get in the f****** way.
People driving and using phones at the same time, and also people using there phones while walking and not looking where they are going.
having to pay 20p to go to the bog
remakes of remakes of remakes
self service checkouts, just give someone a till job instead of using technology and being greedy.
Quote from: Suede1971 on 21 April, 2017, 10:40:43 PM
having to pay 20p to go to the bog
I don't mind paying. The loos you have to pay for are normally nice and clean because they have someone on site all the time keeping them that way. Rather that than have skanky, shit stained toilets with broken doors and no loo seats.
Quote from: Mattofthespurs on 22 April, 2017, 07:27:19 AM
Rather that than have skanky, shit stained toilets with broken doors and no loo seats.
Luxury!
(https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/the-monty-python-team-try-001.jpg?w=300)
Back when ar was a lad skanky shit stained toilets was a luxury! we was lucky to even have a toilet!
Toilets at Victoria rail station are now free!
Don't all queue there at once now....😋
Quote from: Supreme Pizza Of The DPRK on 20 April, 2017, 07:29:52 AM
Answering my own question here, but films used to be better in the olden days too. Star Wars, Citizen Kane, Alien....
There's an almost 40 year gap between those two and there was fair amount of shite produced in that time that has conveniently been forgotten and a fair amount after that too. The 80s and 90s were nowt much better.
It might seem like there are more less good films now than ever but more content is produced and we do get to see more than our parents ever had the chance to.
There's also more good stuff from the past because there's simply more 'past' to choose from.
I'll say what I always say whenever a thread like this pops up - no, things weren't better in the past, you were just younger and more impressionable, so things seemed more vital to you then. There's just as much - if not far more - creativity around now than there always was. It's very easy to cherry pick the very best music/films/games from years past and ignore the vast swathes of crap that there has always been.
I also don't understand why people moan about social media - if you don't want to engage with it, you don't have to. And if you're complaining about people posting mundane shite, it probably says more about who you're following and engaging with than the medium itself.
I also get a little tired of all the griping about smartphones and how they're making people 'antisocial'. That's ignoring the literally thousands of ways that they facilitate communication and engagement with others.
Having said all that....
In some very specific ways I kind of miss the pre-internet era, when you had to have your finger on the pulse and really seek stuff out when it came to stuff like music and films, and there was something really special about discovering a new band, or tracking down a copy of Watchmen for the first time, whereas now it's almost too easy. There's no barrier to entry and geek culture has now swallowed mainstream pop culture whole, and I find myself feeling a little disconnected from it as a result.
As far as I can tell, there isn't really an 'alternative' music scene anymore because as soon as an artist builds any underground buzz, they'll have a Wikipedia page and be profiled in The Guardian a week later. Patton Oswalt wrote a really great article about this phenomenon a few years back.
https://www.wired.com/2010/12/ff_angrynerd_geekculture/ (https://www.wired.com/2010/12/ff_angrynerd_geekculture/)
Not that I'd go back to how things were, mind. The advantages of a connected world still vastly outweigh the disadvantages.
Quote from: radiator on 25 April, 2017, 05:24:34 PM
I'll say what I always say whenever a thread like this pops up - no, things weren't better in the past, you were just younger and more impressionable, so things seemed more vital to you then. There's just as much - if not far more - creativity around now than there always was. It's very easy to cherry pick the very best music/films/games from years past and ignore the vast swathes of crap that there has always been.
You have just saved me the trouble of typing a long response saying exactly this!
The good stuff is still out there, we're just old farts who are no longer part of the "scene"
Very much in agreement.
And as a sequel come counterbalance to my intitial post re: old mobiles vs. smartphones, got my Iphone back at last and really did miss the instant nature of it all.
There's definitely a lack of occasion caused by the ease in which our entertainment is now available.
I can remember being incredibly excited when the Xmas Radio (for BBC) and TV Times (for ITV) came out. My brother and I would go through and mark out all the films we wanted to watch. When Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark were first on TV it was an incredible family event. You don't get that now. Whatever the big Xmas film is (this year on BBC1 it was Frozen) you can almost guarantee that the kids already have the DVD.
And internet porn has almost certainly killed the thrill of a new Freemans or Kay's catalogue coming through the door.
Quote from: JamesC on 25 April, 2017, 08:49:35 PM
There's definitely a lack of occasion caused by the ease in which our entertainment is now available.
I can remember being incredibly excited when the Xmas Radio (for BBC) and TV Times (for ITV) came out. My brother and I would go through and mark out all the films we wanted to watch. When Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark were first on TV it was an incredible family event. You don't get that now. Whatever the big Xmas film is (this year on BBC1 it was Frozen) you can almost guarantee that the kids already have the DVD.
And internet porn has almost certainly killed the thrill of a new Freemans or Kay's catalogue coming through the door.
I read an article about this sort of thing a little while ago. On demand viewing is fragmenting society. They reasoned that since television in the past was scheduled and only on the one time people came together to watch these events and programmes. Watching them at the same time made people feel more like a community.
Now we watch what we want, when we want and there is no sense of coming together over a particular show. Observe the rise of the spoiler tag.
They made no mention of women's underwear in catalogues however.
Quote from: von Boom on 26 April, 2017, 02:37:58 PM
Now we watch what we want, when we want and there is no sense of coming together over a particular show. Observe the rise of the spoiler tag.
Maybe this is true within the home and in the moment, and the monopolistic heyday of stuff like The Fugitive or Peyton Place is long gone, but I'd argue that there is FAR more lengthy and widespread community discussion of shows like Whatever Talent Show Is Big Now, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Game of Thrones and Walking Dead than I can recall as a kid when we only had two channels in common. If anything the 'long tail' of the boxset mentality embeds shows in a particular cohort more than before.
Everything has its good and bad sides;but in a weird way,I miss the filter TV provided.You watched what was on and you were happy with it.Now that you can watch ANYTHING at any time,you don't really feel like watching anything.Or that's just me.
Quote from: Smith on 26 April, 2017, 03:57:46 PM
Everything has its good and bad sides;but in a weird way,I miss the filter TV provided.You watched what was on and you were happy with it.Now that you can watch ANYTHING at any time,you don't really feel like watching anything.Or that's just me.
There are so many wonderful films that I've only watched because they were the only thing on tv at the time. I worry that I now just basically watch things that I know will appeal, rather than challenging myself.
Quote from: Mardroid on 23 April, 2017, 11:19:06 PM
Toilets at Victoria rail station are now free!
Don't all queue there at once now....😋
Worth remembering (I work in the area, so theoretically it's easier for me to visit the toilets at work, but you never know).
Quote from: radiator on 25 April, 2017, 05:24:34 PM
I also get a little tired of all the griping about smartphones and how they're making people 'antisocial'. That's ignoring the literally thousands of ways that they facilitate communication and engagement with others.
I sort of agree, though it's undeniable that there are unprecedented numbers of people walking around paying no attention to the world around them, even while interacting with it (for example, eyes down on the screen, earphones in, all while crossing the road or bumping into people, saying 'sorry', then carrying on doing exactly the same behaviour, so not sorry at all).
Quote from: radiator on 25 April, 2017, 05:24:34 PM
In some very specific ways I kind of miss the pre-internet era, when you had to have your finger on the pulse and really seek stuff out when it came to stuff like music and films, and there was something really special about discovering a new band, or tracking down a copy of Watchmen for the first time, whereas now it's almost too easy. There's no barrier to entry and geek culture has now swallowed mainstream pop culture whole, and I find myself feeling a little disconnected from it as a result.
As far as I can tell, there isn't really an 'alternative' music scene anymore because as soon as an artist builds any underground buzz, they'll have a Wikipedia page and be profiled in The Guardian a week later. Patton Oswalt wrote a really great article about this phenomenon a few years back.
You're contradicting yourself there, I'm afraid. If you don't think there is an alternative music scene now (or then) it's because you don't have your finger on the pulse. Even with the internet, underground and alternative scenes remain difficult to find unless you already know about them.
Plasters. The individual plaster packets used to have a little thread along the side to help open them. And they really, really stayed in place.
Now I struggle to open the packet without tearing the damned thing and if I wave it in the general direction of a glass of water it falls off.
I agree with Radiator - I don't necessarily think that life was 'better' when I was a kid. Modern life can be quite amazing.
What I do miss, was the relative simplicity of life in the mid to late 70's. I'll try and cast my mind back to New Zealand in that period...
There were only two types of milk. Blue top (homogenised) and silver top (non-homogenised). Both came in a pint bottle - which was amazingly delivered right to your house. 2 litre and 3 litre plastic milk bottles (and the countless dietary options we now have) would've been considered an extravagance.
Tea? Bushell's - either black, or with milk.
Coffee? It was instant - or nothing.
Video games? Essentially, the 2600 ruled. Plug and play - and your imagination filled in the rest. Same went for the Nintendo 'Game & Watches' when they appeared.
Mum made dinner. Meat and three veg. No expectations that she had to be a 'Masterchef'.
I remember my Mum and Dad would throw the odd party. Even though we didn't have a lot of money, there was an air of grace about parties in the 70's. Even getting drunk, people would still have some class about them. :)
International phone calls were an 'event'.
Only two TV channels in New Zealand. If Mum/Dad wanted the channel changed - it was our job as kids to run up and do just that.
And as much as I use the internet now - I'm soooo pleased it held no place in my childhood.
Visiting second-hand bookshops (and music shops for that matter) were also an 'event'.
Rant over.
One thing I'll never complain about - the advances in science/medication. Truly amazing times we live in. I'm currently suffering from a number of ailments - and it always amazes me what is on offer to fix my ills.
You say 'simplicity', I say 'straitjacket of imposed gender roles and dietary choices'. Stepping outside the glow of nostalgia, our romanticised past of nuclear families looks suspiciously like a 20th Century version of Leviticus.
That said, if I could wrestle any one of a half dozen screens out of my kids' hands I'd probably put up with Mrs Slocum's pussy and liver for tea again.
There were good and bad aspects to the Good Old Days. There are good and bad aspects to these here Modern Times. Some of the goods we had then are bad now and some of the goods we have now were bad then. Of course, some of those old goods are still good today and some of the bads remain bad. Then again, some of the goods we had then are even better today and some of them not quite as good as they used to be. Many of the old bads are less bad now and some of them are worse. A few of the old goods seem to have turned bad and some of the old bads are now good. Then again there are some things which haven't changed at all, some bads that didn't exist then that do now and some goods which are also new.
It's all a bit of a mixture, really.
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 03 May, 2017, 06:33:37 AM
It's all a bit of a mixture, really.
You're like a cartilaginous Rumsfeld.
Most people don't know they know that...
I miss original flavour Monster Munch .. although I could not tell you what that was .. spicy?
I'd have to say, as a gay man i'm unequivivly going to say theres never been a better time to live. It's still fucking dreadful in most parts of the wirld, but we're collectivly getting there.
Quote from: Rara Avis on 03 May, 2017, 03:51:23 PM
I miss original flavour Monster Munch .. although I could not tell you what that was .. spicy?
Beef. The ones in the yellow packet, the originals, were beef.
Quote from: Mattofthespurs on 04 May, 2017, 08:01:05 AM
Quote from: Rara Avis on 03 May, 2017, 03:51:23 PM
I miss original flavour Monster Munch .. although I could not tell you what that was .. spicy?
Beef. The ones in the yellow packet, the originals, were beef.
Not to worry though, as pickled onion (scientifically proven to be the best) are still available.
Quote from: I, Cosh on 04 May, 2017, 08:32:04 AM
Quote from: Mattofthespurs on 04 May, 2017, 08:01:05 AM
Quote from: Rara Avis on 03 May, 2017, 03:51:23 PM
I miss original flavour Monster Munch .. although I could not tell you what that was .. spicy?
Beef. The ones in the yellow packet, the originals, were beef.
Not to worry though, as pickled onion (scientifically proven to be the best) are still available.
So are Beef, so all is right with world. Science knows nothing though as MM rankings are clearly Spicy > Pickled > Beef .
MM is still massive, unlike most crisps / chocolate bars which have shrunk alarmingly as I've got older (esp. Curly Wurlys)
Quote from: Pyroxian on 04 May, 2017, 02:49:52 PM
So are Beef, so all is right with world. Science knows nothing though as MM rankings are clearly Spicy > Pickled > Beef .
MM is still massive, unlike most crisps / chocolate bars which have shrunk alarmingly as I've got older (esp. Curly Wurlys)
Maybe the bars just look smaller because you're bigger?
Anyway- it's definitely Pickled Onion > Beef > Spicy.
:)
Aside from Beef being the superior flavour, it has by far and away the best monster. The big pink fella is the true icon of the Munch.
Quote from: Pyroxian on 04 May, 2017, 02:49:52 PM
/ chocolate bars which have shrunk alarmingly as I've got older (esp. Curly Wurlys)
You're not wrong! I've worked in a Cash and Carry for the last 15 years and chocolate bars have been decreasing in size and gaining in price - the chief culprit being Cadbury's (Kraft Foods).
Now Haribo have jumped on the band wagon by making all of their £1.00 bags smaller.
Big business is great!
Cheers
There's a Monster Munch factory in Skelmersdale - the stink that comes out of it sometimes is awful. It smells like warm vomit on a bed of rancid fat. (Doesn't stop me snaffling my way through MM multi-packs, though.)
The original spicy flavour was the best. They changed in sometimes in the 90s and they just don't taste the same.
I'm not 100% sure it was called spicy flavour though. I'm not sure I've had the beef or pickled onions ones.
If you want pickled onion crisps it's Meanies all the way. My absolute favourite crisps are Hot Lips though and they remain unchanged thank Grud.
Quote from: Rara Avis on 04 May, 2017, 06:11:43 PM
The original spicy flavour was the best. They changed in sometimes in the 90s and they just don't taste the same.
I'm not 100% sure it was called spicy flavour though. I'm not sure I've had the beef or pickled onions ones.
If you want pickled onion crisps it's Meanies all the way. My absolute favourite crisps are Hot Lips though and they remain unchanged thank Grud.
You're in Ireland, aren't you?
I think there are two different versions of Monster Munch being discussed here.
Flamin' Hot was the technical term.
Yes I'm Irish. So did you guys not have the Flamin Hot one? (Thanks You, Cosh)
The trick was to close your eyes and pretend you were wearin the Face of Dirk Benedict.
Quote from: I, Cosh on 04 May, 2017, 06:51:20 PM
Flamin' Hot was the technical term.
Famin' Hot and Pickled Onion are the only two valid choices for Monster Munch flavours.
Saucy Tomato was one of the old flavours according to wikipedia.
After reading Scarred for Life, I'm missing Horror Bags - the racist sweets, less so.
Lol in Ireland 'wearin the face' has another meaning.
Quote from: Link Prime on 04 May, 2017, 08:10:09 PM
The trick was to close your eyes and pretend you were wearin the Face of Dirk Benedict.
I've been listening to the Spacespinner 2000 podcast - two Americans trying to make sense of the prog (and 70s Britain) from the start - and they had a whole thing about British kids' weird obsession with savoury snack flavours - Pickled Onion flavour Outer Spacers blew their tiny minds; and they had to google Weetabix to find out what it is (I can't wait till they get to the skinhead ads!). And they're convinced that every British kid collected stamps in the 70s.
I remember having hours of fun with the Weetabix cut-out dioramas, even to the point of eating several breakfasts a day to empty the box so I could cut it up. Do they still do those or are they one of the many things to have grown "lame" over the years?
I remember those cut-outs Sharky. I recall the Dr Who scene one with Tom Baker, Sarah Jane Daleks Cybermen and Ice Warriors
Oh yeah! That Dr Who one was great - hours of innocent, imaginative fun.
Loved those Weetabix Doctor Who cut outs and cardboard standees.
My first crime was stealing them from the bottom of boxes in Tesco.
Also remember the Shreddies ones featuring Star Wars where you would get transfers to rub onto the scenes on the box.
Utterly hated Shreddies anh had to plow through boxes of the odious things.
Ended up pouring them into the bin straight from the box when my Mum wasn't looking.
Shreddies had Superman 2 scenes too (also with those scribble-on transfers). Any Jaws 3D ones that you had to look at through 3D glasses that were packed in the box (actually that might have been Sugar Puffs).
I think Weetabix had Flash Gordon stickers.
I tried the new Curry Pot Noodle. It was awful with hardly any taste at all let alone any curry flavour. Misery.
Somehow I've always considered Pot Noodles to be inherently depressing. They require too much faffing about to be a proper snack and not enough faffing about to be a proper meal. It's like artificial food for the borderline suicidal.
Quote from: Mattofthespurs on 05 May, 2017, 07:36:45 AM
Loved those Weetabix Doctor Who cut outs and cardboard standees.
My first crime was stealing them from the bottom of boxes in Tesco.
Also remember the Shreddies ones featuring Star Wars where you would get transfers to rub onto the scenes on the box.
Utterly hated Shreddies anh had to plow through boxes of the odious things.
Ended up pouring them into the bin straight from the box when my Mum wasn't looking.
Funny, I liked Shreddies and loathed Weetabix. Eating Weetabix was like eating the floor sweepings of a barn to me.
Weetabix are great and hot Weetabix are even better!
Wrong- cold milk and a generous spoon of sugar.
Eat quickly while still crunchy.
yum.
Hot Weetabix is just wrong - like a hot 99.
Quote from: IAMTHESYSTEM on 05 May, 2017, 09:29:02 AM
I tried the new Curry Pot Noodle. It was awful with hardly any taste at all let alone any curry flavour. Misery.
I don't know of the new one you speak...
But I am partial to a Bombay Bad-boy. Even with the silly name.
As for cereals, I never really took to weetabix but I didn't mind them in small amounts as a kid.
(Nowadays my cereal of choice is porridge or fruit and fibre.)
I've also been told the way I have cereal is strange, i.e. I like a bit of milk, but not too much as I like it all crunchy. Well, apart from porridge which is meant to be like that, but I'm not keen on that being liquidy. I have a vague memory of being with friends/colleagues and doing this, and the person opposite me grabbed the milk and splashed a load more on my cereal, assuming I was just taking a little to be polite.
No. I don't like it like that. (I still ate it though as I don't like to waste things.)
Quote from: Rara Avis on 04 May, 2017, 08:59:04 PM
Lol in Ireland 'wearin the face' has another meaning.
Quote from: Link Prime on 04 May, 2017, 08:10:09 PM
The trick was to close your eyes and pretend you were wearin the Face of Dirk Benedict.
Well I'm scarlet for both of us!
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 05 May, 2017, 11:15:25 AM
Somehow I've always considered Pot Noodles to be inherently depressing. They require too much faffing about to be a proper snack and not enough faffing about to be a proper meal. It's like artificial food for the borderline suicidal.
The last time I ate a Pot Noodle was a particular low point in life;
At the age of 19 me and my best mate quit our jobs to go work in Jersey for the summer.
Instead of looking for a job or permanent place to stay, we just went out drinking every night.
Instead of budgeting our cash, we splashed out on a hangover cure in British Home Stores every day.
By night 8 we had exactly enough money left for a return flight to Dublin and a Pot Noodle dinner- which we ate using our toothbrushes as we didn't have any forks in the guesthouse.
Quote from: Link Prime on 05 May, 2017, 03:50:03 PM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 05 May, 2017, 11:15:25 AM
Somehow I've always considered Pot Noodles to be inherently depressing. They require too much faffing about to be a proper snack and not enough faffing about to be a proper meal. It's like artificial food for the borderline suicidal.
The last time I ate a Pot Noodle was a particular low point in life;
At the age of 19 me and my best mate quit our jobs to go work in Jersey for the summer.
Instead of looking for a job or permanent place to stay, we just went out drinking every night.
Instead of budgeting our cash, we splashed out on a hangover cure in British Home Stores every day.
By night 8 we had exactly enough money left for a return flight to Dublin and a Pot Noodle dinner- which we ate using our toothbrushes as we didn't have any forks in the guesthouse.
Low point?
Sounds like a right laugh for a 19 year old.
This thread reminded me on something from Bloom County.
Anyhow,we all long for some simpler times one way or the other;even if we know the golden age wasnt quite as golden as it looks from this perspective.Its how humans are hardwired,I guess.
Nostalgia is nowhere near as good as it used to be. ;)
In my days,nostalgia goggles were built to last.
Quote from: Mardroid on 05 May, 2017, 02:54:10 PM
I've also been told the way I have cereal is strange . . .
Porridge oats with cold milk, superior both in taste and texture. People take great offense to this, however.
Don't be :)
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But it also kinda made me think of this:
https://youtu.be/JAi0sM1kqNA?t=62 (https://youtu.be/JAi0sM1kqNA?t=62)
By the way these get my vote for the best instant noodles:
(http://images1.mysupermarket.co.uk/ProductsDetailed/41/455441.jpg?v=1)
As a kid I used to eat Weetabix with butter spread on them.
Don't know why.
It was vile.
Probably all we had in the house.
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Quote from: Link Prime on 04 May, 2017, 08:10:09 PM
The trick was to close your eyes and pretend you were wearin the Face of Dirk Benedict.
He'll always be Starbuck to me!
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 05 May, 2017, 02:53:40 PM
Hot Weetabix is just wrong - like a hot 99.
The latter sounds like something on offer at Kings Cross...
{edit} though as KX is increasingly gentrified, perhaps a different region is the new RLD{/edit}
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 05 May, 2017, 11:15:25 AM
Somehow I've always considered Pot Noodles to be inherently depressing. They require too much faffing about to be a proper snack and not enough faffing about to be a proper meal. It's like artificial food for the borderline suicidal.
Mmm, pot noodles = pour in boiling water, stir for a bit, eat - is that faffing about? Or have I made mine wrong?
Quote from: Mardroid on 05 May, 2017, 02:54:10 PM
I've also been told the way I have cereal is strange, i.e. I like a bit of milk, but not too much as I like it all crunchy.
Sounds good to me - not dry crunchy, but not soggy either.
Quote from: JamesC on 05 May, 2017, 04:12:08 PM
Quote from: Link Prime on 05 May, 2017, 03:50:03 PM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 05 May, 2017, 11:15:25 AM
Somehow I've always considered Pot Noodles to be inherently depressing. They require too much faffing about to be a proper snack and not enough faffing about to be a proper meal. It's like artificial food for the borderline suicidal.
The last time I ate a Pot Noodle was a particular low point in life;
At the age of 19 me and my best mate quit our jobs to go work in Jersey for the summer.
Instead of looking for a job or permanent place to stay, we just went out drinking every night.
Instead of budgeting our cash, we splashed out on a hangover cure in British Home Stores every day.
By night 8 we had exactly enough money left for a return flight to Dublin and a Pot Noodle dinner- which we ate using our toothbrushes as we didn't have any forks in the guesthouse.
Low point?
Sounds like a right laugh for a 19 year old.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought that sounded like a great laugh, and a good use of a teenage summer!
Quote from: sheridan on 06 May, 2017, 11:56:24 AM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 05 May, 2017, 11:15:25 AM
Somehow I've always considered Pot Noodles to be inherently depressing. They require too much faffing about to be a proper snack and not enough faffing about to be a proper meal. It's like artificial food for the borderline suicidal.
Mmm, pot noodles = pour in boiling water, stir for a bit, eat - is that faffing about? Or have I made mine wrong?
Ready meals from Sainsbury's make you peel lid and stir halfway through microwaving - that's not a ready meal, that's cookery
Anything that you can't eat straight out of the packet requires a level of faff.
Penny sweets that all tasted the way acetone smells. They were great.
Little square bags of sherbet. We used to save them until dinner time then mix it with our water to liven up our school dinners.
Ooh - school dinners, specifically school dinner puddings like spotted dick and jam roly poly with that yummy, thick, bright yellow custard you could lay bricks with...
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Somehow I've always considered Pot Noodles to be inherently depressing. They require too much faffing about to be a proper snack and not enough faffing about to be a proper meal. It's like artificial food for the borderline suicidal.
The last time I ate a Pot Noodle was a particular low point in life;
At the age of 19 me and my best mate quit our jobs to go work in Jersey for the summer.
Instead of looking for a job or permanent place to stay, we just went out drinking every night.
Instead of budgeting our cash, we splashed out on a hangover cure in British Home Stores every day.
By night 8 we had exactly enough money left for a return flight to Dublin and a Pot Noodle dinner- which we ate using our toothbrushes as we didn't have any forks in the guesthouse.
Low point?
Sounds like a right laugh for a 19 year old.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought that sounded like a great laugh, and a good use of a teenage summer!
All fun and games till I was back home penniless and having to make eye contact with the friends and family members who shared a tearful goodbye the week before. :lol: