THE GOOD OLD DAY'S

[daytonalo]

I remember a when gas was cheap , girls weren't materialistic , never heard of bin laden  , and CHRYSLER MADE MUSCLE CARS  WITH 2 DOORS AND 4 DOORS WERE FOR GRANDPOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When a pickup truck was for work and didn't have a wing on the back , WING'S WERE FOR MUSCLE CARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  BY THE WAY WHEN CAN I BUY A CHALLENGER , I HOPE CHRYSLER DOESN'T FUCK UP THIS GO AROUND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[TK73]

 have another one... 

[rt green]

i agree. i miss the good old days. i've grown use to a lot of the modern things, but could do without a lot of them.

[rare69]

i agree! i also miss the good old days, and have grown accustomed to many of todays moder conveniences. but i would gladly trade them for a buck a gallon for 99 octaneleaded  regular,5 bucks for a case of lucky lager,and no shortage of young honeys with no vanerial disease. and a quarter of the traffic on he streets.

[daytonalo]

Well said , I think were on a path to self destruction

[hemihead]

I'll go with that and add - when muscle cars were owned by guys who knew how to work on one.The cars were cheap to buy used and parts were too.And when nobody but Mopar guys owned Mopars.

[69_500]

I just long for the days of these muscle cars being owned by the people who love them, not just by those who have money. I remember when my dad used to pick up plenty of big block cars for cheap just because nobody wanted those big old cars with big blocks.

[daytonalo]

Well cheap cars are gone forever , although I hope to see a second go around with muscle cars with the big three ! From what I read It just might save Detroit ! By the way are they taking orders for the new challenger ?
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[Ghoste]

I'm sure your local dealer would gladly accept a deposit.  I'm wondering if the dealers will try and make people bid on the initial run of Challengers.  That should really help things out.

[CaptMarvel]

Oh, you mean back when you could actually take your 5 yr old to any Disney flcik and not be worried that they would be subjected to an endless stream of fart and barf jokes?

Me (singing Merle Haggard): I wish a buck was still silver and a joint was a bad place to be, back before Elvis, and before the Vietnam war came along. It was back before Clinton lied to us all on TV, when a girl could still cook and still would. Are the good times really over?

[Silver R/T]

i miss a lot of things, .99c gas is one of them

[TruckDriver]

i agree. i miss the good old days. i've grown use to a lot of the modern things, but could do without a lot of them.

[Lowprofile]

i miss a lot of things, .99c gas is one of them

What did you put it in, your Big Wheel? 

[rt green]

i worked in a gas station in high school. we had the old cash register where you had to punch in the gallons and the price of every gas purchase. people that didnt fill up always bought gas with  5 bucks, 10 bucks ect. after your first day of course you knew this by hart. 7.5 gallons for 5 bucks, 15.0 gallons- 10.00 !!!  ahh.......the good old days.  the prem gas was eathel, and was pink in color, and had a way diferent smell to it.                            bruce

[blackcharger]

Oh, you mean back when you could actually take your 5 yr old to any Disney flcik and not be worried that they would be subjected to an endless stream of fart and barf jokes?

Me (singing Merle Haggard): I wish a buck was still silver and a joint was a bad place to be, back before Elvis, and before the Vietnam war came along. It was back before Clinton lied to us all on TV, when a girl could still cook and still would. Are the good times really over?

[chrisII]

i miss a lot of things, .99c gas is one of them

What did you put it in, your Big Wheel? 

lmao!  i remember filling my 73 dodge van at .99 an thinkin "geesh i hope this crap in the mid east dont make gas go up much more, an desert storm gets over quick"...aaah the good ol days.. Ive got a few years on silver, he may have ben old nuff fer a mini bike around that time? im sure he had graduated from big wheel to a banana seat 2 wheeler at least

[Orange_Crush]

Yup...the good ol' days.

Back when pneumonia and the flu could (and often did) kill you.  When polio scares shut down schools, gyms, swimming pools, and other public places all over the country.  When  "duck and cover" meant you had to dive under your desk and await impending nuclear annihilation and nuclear was a threat as real as some crazy Muslim blowing himself up in a public place.  When being black meant you were not even good enough to be a second-class citizen (that spot was reserved for women).  When your teenaged daughter got raped, it was because she was dressed provocatively and "boys will be boys."  When a man could beat his wife and kids to bloody pulps and others would look away because "that was his right."  When you actually had to carry a spare distributor cap, rotor, condenser, fuel filter, and points in your car because you could almost be guaranteed that one of those would give out on a long trip (if, that is, the car didn't vapor lock).  When any type of surgical procedure left you with a scar at least 7 inches long that took months to heal.  When a broken hip or any tumor was practically a death sentence.  When the mentally handicapped would get locked in institutions...sometimes without parents' consent.  When one of your co-workers could go to your boss and tell him you were a homosexual (or worse) a communist and basically end your career.  When interracial marriage would get you arrested...or, if you were a black man with a white girl...LYNCHED!

Yep...sure do miss those good old days.

[hemihead]

And I'm sure we could all pick out what is wrong in today's society.To name just a few : The threat o Terriorists with above mentioned Nukes,
HIV,AIDS,Avian Flu,Hijackers,Car Bombings,Religious Wars,African tribes trying to commit genocide ( That is Black vs. Black btw),America attacked Overseas and at home,the right to privacy being taken away,taking a long trip and hoping your head gasket doesn't blow or head crack,taking a gun with you on a long trip in case you break down in a bad neighborhood,having to go back to work too early after surgery because of the ever rising medical costs,the mentally disturbed that kills or molests a group of innocent people because we are afraid to lock someone up who needs it,the coworker who goes to the boss and tells him/her that you smoke and ruins your career,the insane rate of divorce because 2 adults both want everything their way,can't let your child to walk home from school or play in the yard,can't correct your child without someone screaming abuse,drive by shootings,Crack, Crysal Meth,X,Steroids. Oh, and lots of people are still racist.And not just the whites either.Just nobody says it out loud anymore, it's whispered now.Ever hear how African Americans talk about a Black woman and a white man together?African Americans are just as racist as whites, don't fool yourself.The list just goes onand on and on.Too much greed and the idea that everyone has that they are right and if you don't think the same as them you are wrong.I'll take the good old days anytime.

[41husk]

20 years ago my grandpa was crying about the good old days!  We got to live in the present, improve the future and honor the past

[Johnny SixPack]

20 years ago my grandpa was crying about the good old days!  We got to live in the present, improve the future and honor the past

Well said, Allen.

[Orange_Crush]

And I'm sure we could all pick out what is wrong in today's society.To name just a few : The threat o Terriorists with above mentioned Nukes,

How is one crazy arab with one dirty bomb any more scary than the one of the most powerful nations on earth (which is our enemy) aiming its entire nuclear arsenal at us?  We are all pretty sure that our nation would survive a terrorist attack, but even as recently as 1981, we all knew that, at the push of a button, life on earth could be anninilated.

HIV,AIDS,Avian Flu

Medical advances have allowed us to bring HIV/AIDS under control, flu is not a new thing.  In the early nineteen hundreds, a massive flu epidemic wiped out approximately 1% of the world's population.  Influenza is, and has always been a danger.  In fact, in 1904, influenza was one of the top five causes of death in the US (along with Diahrrea).  Because of the advances in medical science, we are working on a vaccine (another advancement of medical science) to prevent bird flu.  WHile we're at it, lets talk about polio, smallpox, bubonic plague, cholera tuberculosis, etc.  WHen's the last time you met someone who had tuberculosis?

Hijackers,Car Bombings

Been happening for many years.  Car bombings have been around as long there have been cars.  They were one of the favorite weapons of Marxist groups trying to take control of governments in third world countries as far back as the fifties...the same is true for hijackings.

Religious Wars,African tribes trying to commit genocide ( That is Black vs. Black btw)

Been going on for all of recorded history.  Slave traders used African tribes to collect slaves from rival tribes.  Religious wars?  Think back to the crusades.

America attacked Overseas

Again, been going on for A LOT longer than you or I care to imagine.  America is NOT viewed as a shining beacon of freedom by most of the world...in fact...they hate us.

and at home

Yes, this is new...but it was only a matter of time...besides, I sure as hell wouldn't trade off all the great advances of the last three or four decades for it

the right to privacy being taken away

That's been eroded over the past several years with the final blow being the patriot act (though the courts at least had some balls)

taking a long trip and hoping your head gasket doesn't blow or head crack

You're joking right?

taking a gun with you on a long trip in case you break down in a bad neighborhood

Thank the media for your paranoia...there is now a smaller chance of you becoming a victim of violent crame then there was 5, 10, 15, 20...even 30 years ago.

having to go back to work too early after surgery because of the ever rising medical costs

What is your solution?  Technology has a price.  Medical help costs more because it costs a lot to give you medical care.  Never mind the malpractice insurance that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year brought on by a sue-happy populace.  What would be your solution?  Socialized medicine?

the mentally disturbed that kills or molests a group of innocent people because we are afraid to lock someone up who needs it

So your solution would be to lock them up so they don't do anything bad?  Hell, lets put EVERYONE in jail as a preventative measure.  Mentally hadicapped and or mentally ill people can be viable, contributing members of society.

the coworker who goes to the boss and tells him/her that you smoke and ruins your career

Please give me ONE concrete example of that happening...and I'm not talking about "my brother's friends sister's cousin's husband" either.  In any case, smoking decreases productivity (due to the stupid amount of "smoke breaks) and increases health care costs to all company employees.  If one of my employees smoked, I'd say "quit smoking or look for another employer."

the insane rate of divorce because 2 adults both want everything their way

As opposed to the happy home created when one adult demands his way and the other is not allowe an opinion about it?  

can't let your child to walk home from school or play in the yard

Yes you can.  I see it all the time, once again, you've fallen victim to the media and all the Amber Alerts that take place (don't get me wrong, Amber Alerts are a good thing).  Pedophiles, kidnappers, freaks, and general weirdos have always been around.  You just hear about it a lot more now.  My dad told me a story about the janitor at his elementary school who fondled the little boys all the time.  When a couple of boys told their teachers, they got in trouble for lying and got kicked out.

can't correct your child without someone screaming abuse

"Correct" or "Beat the shit out of?"  I see you pop your kid on the ass for misbehaving, I don't have a problem with it.  I see you punch your kid and I'm gonna take a baseball bat to you.

drive by shootings

Going on since the twenties...its just the color of the people doing it that has changed.

Crack, Crysal Meth,X,Steroids

Opium, Heroin, Cocaine, acid, morphine, hash....the names are the only things that change

Oh, and lots of people are still racist.And not just the whites either.Just nobody says it out loud anymore, it's whispered now.Ever hear how African Americans talk about a Black woman and a white man together?African Americans are just as racist as whites, don't fool yourself.

Not fooling myself at all...racism will go on as long as there are races....but in the "good ol' days,"  racism was not only government sanctioned...it was the law.  

The list just goes onand on and on.Too much greed and the idea that everyone has that they are right and if you don't think the same as them you are wrong.I'll take the good old days anytime.

Greed is not a new thing, corporate greed is not a new thing, self-righteousness is not a new thing.  And being overly nostalgic about "good ol' days" that were not that good is DEFINITELY not new...it just means that you're getting old.

[Orange_Crush]

20 years ago my grandpa was crying about the good old days!  We got to live in the present, improve the future and honor the past

Well said, Allen.

In one phrase, you said said it all.

[hemihead]

I guess this is just another example of" you are right and everyone that doesn't agree with you is wrong"?

[hemihead]

BTW Hitler wanted a ban on smoking also.He did manage to get gun control.

[hemi68charger]

Yeap, the Good Ole' Days; When Orange_Crush had something Positive to say........ 

Troy