Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

[Gregg Axley]

That is the nly way you actually got your money out of a Yugo. Insurance money.

:eusa_clap
:drum:

 

[Zombie_61]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/4494704282.html

lol lol $500

A scrap yard would probably give them that much for it. lol

 

[jamespowers]

A scrap yard would probably give them that much for it. lol

But it still is a running $500 car.

 

[Zombie_61]

But it still is a running $500 car.

A '96 Cadillac with 196,000 miles on it? Not for long it isn't.

 

[Stanley Doble]

Does anyone play crokinole anymore? When I was a kid we would go to grandmother's house for Thanksgiving or Christmas and she would get out the crokinole board for us youngsters.

Anyone remember Crokinole?

 

[jamespowers]

A '96 Cadillac with 196,000 miles on it? Not for long it isn't.

They last forever----Ask Tom.

 

[Zombie_61]

They last forever----Ask Tom.

Yeah, but that's only 'cuz Tom keeps 'em running. For the rest of us schmoes that land yacht is already headed for the iceberg. lol

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Traffic cops regularly stationed at intersections directing traffic.

7th Street & Broadway, Los Angeles 1976

 

[CaramelSmoothie]

Independently owned bakeries.

This recent article discusses a bakery in Astoria that closed due to changing tastes:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/independent-bakeries-are-a-dying-breed-185447965.html

 

[jamespowers]

Yeah, but that's only 'cuz Tom keeps 'em running. For the rest of us schmoes that land yacht is already headed for the iceberg. lol

They aren't THAT hard to keep running. Preventative maintenance is the key to making anything run a long while. Change the fluids and it will last.

 

[dnjan]

They aren't THAT hard to keep running. Preventative maintenance is the key to making anything run a long while. Change the fluids and it will last.

Keep telling yourself that, James. Especially when you are "changing the fluids" 3 or 4 times overnight ...

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Independently owned bakeries.

This recent article discusses a bakery in Astoria that closed due to changing tastes:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/independent-bakeries-are-a-dying-breed-185447965.html

Changing tastes! Can you say Hipsters?

 

[jamespowers]

Keep telling yourself that, James. Especially when you are "changing the fluids" 3 or 4 times overnight ...

THAT is another problem entirely. lol lol

 

[jamespowers]

Changing tastes! Can you say Hipsters?

Cupcakes and gluten free!? :rofl:

 

[LizzieMaine]

I can remember when "gluten bread" *was* health food.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Independently owned bakeries.

This recent article discusses a bakery in Astoria that closed due to changing tastes:

Independent bakeries are thriving here. Which is a good thing. And I have no clue what a "cronut" is.

 

[jamespowers]

Independent bakeries are thriving here. Which is a good thing. And I have no clue what a "cronut" is.

A croissant/donut thingy:

Purportedly created by Chef Ansel---this nutbar:

 

[LizzieMaine]

Pffft. I'll take a Spudnut any day of the week.

 

[jamespowers]

Pffft. I'll take a Spudnut any day of the week.

lol lol Ok, I'll bite. What the heck is a Spudnut?

 

[LizzieMaine]

A doughnut made with potato flour instead of wheat flour. Surprisingly fluffy and dunkable!