OT: Is the old way better?

[Excalibur]

You must have crappy farms and/or buy the wrong seeds because we get delicious tomatoes out here. The 6-8 weeks of BLT season is something I really look forward to. And yes, I read the link to the story. I do not agree.

We used to successfully grow 3-4 heirloom varieties on our own but past three years animals/bugs are getting to them before we are. Even with "rabbit proof" fencing.

If you're growing your own from decent seeds, the flavor is likely not much different than it was. But you won't get a ton of yield, and blight is a much bigger problem.

 

[storrsroars]

Have you considered the possibility that either your memory or your tastebuds are shot?😊

Given I've actually had my palate trained for professional coffee tasting, didn't really enter my mind.

 

[Waquoit]

Remember when real hate existed in baseball and this Yankees Red Sox

That was back when the Red Sox were still trying to win World Series championships

 

[bendm]

Charles Bediako gets TRO for Alabama return in NCAA lawsuit

Charles Bediako, a former Alabama standout who entered the NBA draft in 2023, has been granted a temporary restraining order to return to the team, a judge ruled Wednesday.

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The old way was def better when it comes to this crap. Where’s the line? It doesn’t matter if a player got drafted or not or signed a contract or not. As long as they aren’t currently under contract and didn’t exhaust their eligibility before leaving college they can come back? Can we we bring back Sanogo next year?

 

[ctchamps]

Started out with 0 mens championships. 6 > 0 so present is better.
Started out with 0 women's championships. 12 > 0 so present is better.

Started out listening to bb games on radio with signal going in and out. Very few games were broadcasted for tv.
Now can stream every game for both men and women and watch live or recorded on tvs that are in color and 55 inches or greater.

When I started driving I hated having to crank windows open to use hand singles for turns. At least I started after the period where you had to get out of the car to crank the engine.
Survived a black ice head on collision because of safety features not available when I first started driving.
Miss the days when I payed 31 cents a gallon for gasoline and someone pumped it for you, checked your oil and cleaned your windows.

Love the option of texting because certain people I communicate with can't stop talking and texting allows me to decide when and how much I read. Which is a lot more polite than hanging up on them.

Love the ability to make playlists, play entire albums or shuffle my playlists. Easier to search my options than looking throw a cabinet of records.

 

[JohnFSilver]

The portion of the yard over age 35 (myself included) often shows their age when we fall into pleading for things to go back to the way the were. But sometimes we may be justified. Im thinking sports first, but there may be other areas of life where the new is just not as good (i.e. vacuum cleaners)

Was college bball better before NIL?
NFL better before the rule changes ( qb/wr protection)?
NBA better before 3 point revolution?
Golf better before LIV?

Music consumption better before streaming?
TV better before streaming?
Movies better before CGI?


Where are the old timers justified?
Is the new era better?

College hoops quality is better now that it was 15 years ago and certainly 10 years ago.

 

[Chin Diesel]

It's really astonishing how accurate this song was.

Or this one.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yesterday I replaced the power button ($16) on my fairly expensive Braun S9 shaver and thought of this thread.

Something that is absolutely better now is the ability to (a) buy damn near any kind of component parts on Amazon or EBay and (b) learn how to fix or repair almost anything on YouTube or the web. I can’t tell you how often YouTube has enabled me to do things myself that might have required professional help in the past. It’s truly a game changer.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Yesterday I replaced the power button ($16) on my fairly expensive Braun S9 shaver and thought of this thread.

Something that is absolutely better now is the ability to (a) buy damn near any kind of component parts on Amazon or EBay and (b) learn how to fix or repair almost anything on YouTube or the web. I can’t tell you how often YouTube has enabled me to do things myself that might have required professional help in the past. It’s truly a game changer.

So true. But i also feel that process is made possible by the cheap way things are made. Everything breaks now.... my Sicilian grandmother had the same panzer tank toaster-oven through two world wars and the era when Prince was just a symbol.

 

[dennismenace]

This could be like 8 different threads.

1) College sports was dying. Players needed some form of compensation. That said, there was something about getting a freshman and watching him 4 years that you rarely ever get anymore.

2) Football was way better. But not healthy so some rules changed there. And when the money got so big, you needed to protect the investments.

3) The 3 pointer has killed the sport of basketball.

4) This is the one I'll sound like a boomer on. Getting your paycheck or allowance, riding your bike to a record store, looking through the stacks, coming home and listening to a classic album start to finish, reading the liner notes. That's something kids will never experience.

5) TV was definitely NOT better before streaming. Streaming, non-network services have given us Breaking Bad, Sopranos, Game of Thrones, etc. Nothing before streaming compares to that level of product.

Digitalized recording was a great improvement. I remember the first time I heard CD recordings that had been digitally remastered. Clarity was incredible. I have music from all eras. There is a You tube channel called Wings of Pegasus where the musician/podcaster (PHIL) goes through some remarkable electronic displays of songs from a lot of eras. He comments on the musical aptitude of the artists and it gives you a great appreciation how truly great were many of the voices from past and present. He has a lot of artists so you might find one or more of your favorites there.

 

[dennismenace]

I agree about UConn sports and air travel. I have watching UConn sports for 50 years but the 90!’s brought them much success.

Back in the mid 80’s a buddy and I took pictures with two flight attendants in the cockpit on a trip to Florida. Stuff like that impossible after 9-11. I also miss the inflight meals.

But back then we didn’t have wheels on our luggage and had to carry them around. Of course, I don’t remember so many people cramming the overhead bins.

LOL my parents once took a connecting flight in the 70's from Tweed on a propeller driven or prop jet. When they were getting on the plane they just had like a shower curtain barrier between the passengers and pilot/copilot. When they opened the "curtain" at one point my mother said they had two young guys in their early twenties and they were throwing/ catching popcorn with their mouths. She always took a valium for a flight and when she saw this I think it set her back ten years.

 

[husky8273]

before cell phones you could do stupid things without worrying about someone posting it online