British Expatriate Network

SOME of the things that have disappeared in the last 25 years .some of them good riddance, some of them missed


http//www.usatoday.com/news/top25-disappear.htm


I could add a few more to the list

drive in theatres .
cheap hotels
comfortable airline travel .
telemarketers .
early morning and sometimes once more in afternoon post office letter delivery .
Free parking at events .
bong shops (drug paraphnalia)
seperate saloons for mens and ladies hairstyling
condoms sold in hairdressers .
foot rail in pubs .

We chose not to have the 'everything electric' option when buying the Focus, Thor just dicsovered the window winder the other day and thought it was cool.
I have heard from ther friends that when their children encounter the winding handles they have to ask what they do.

My Jeep have them as well. It's ok except if you have to lean over to put the passenger side window down.....................that's a real work-out stretch :wink:

Especially if you do it while driving :smile:

what about bin pickup. Hear that in the UK they are trying to push it out to two week pickup. Did we learn nothing the Black death etc etc lol

I thought this thread would be about Tony Blair. grin

My contribution; White dog poo.

Just though of another to add to the list

Pubic hair .... sad shock roll

Oh I miss the drive in movies!

We actually have a condom store on our beach though, they sell other stuff too. It's called Condom Knowledge. They opened one in town, but had to rename that one CK's Secrets.

In town more uptight than the beach. ;-(

I miss having gas pumped for you, that's one thing I hate doing.

Phone booths - there's a guy here in town has two red ones from England at his store, and the old geeser won't sell me one of them.

Manners have dissappeared too, people can be so rude for no reason.