Things kids born in 2011 won't know
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DVINNY
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^^ They will have to have one of those SIT DOWN Ms. PACMAN machines that could always be found in your finest PIZZA HUT's
Master slacker
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^^^ A local bar about a mile from my house still has one.
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My favorite pizza establishment as a kid was there when I was 5 and moved to town and went out when I was 8 or so. The building is still there and has been a revolving door of restaurants ever since. Even though it's on the main drag of a reasonably affluent town, and never gouemet cuisine, the series of pizzerias, Mexican restaurants, sports bars, sit-down Italian restaurants, etc. Nothing has ever lasted for more than a couple years there at a time. I never got that one.
They had a Mr. Do! machine there which did, and would still, kick ***. I'd save my quarters and beg to go with my dad to pick up the pizza so I could play.
Ooooohhhhh.... that's one of my favorite memories. We had a Pizza Hut right next door to the junior high I went to. It had sit-down "regular" pac man (Mr. Pac Man?), and I think also sit-down Galaga, and my favorite, the old Atari vector graphics Star Wars. I remember being so impressed with that, and the similar Tank game (Battlezone??), because they were "3-D".
Those neighborhood Pizza Huts were just awesome. I saw several across the west and south, and they ALL were the same. Dr. Pepper, filled by yourself from the fountain (years before fast food restaurants let you do this), in those textured, heavy, transparent red cups.
I'd love to go back in time for just a day to see all of that stuff again (but as an adult and not a nerdy kid, although that might not be so bad...)
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I hear PE-ness plays the pipe organ rather well.
wilheldp_PE
PE, LEED AP, SPAM KING
We had the Pizza Huts with arcade games, but my favorite pizza was Godfathers. The only one we had in town closed down a LONG time ago, but I have seen them elsewhere in my travels. I'm not sure if it is the same pizza, and I can't even remember what it tasted like, but I sure did like it as a kid.
TouchDown
Is it Friday yet?
space invaders
Holy crap!!! We had one of those places in Denver. It was called "The Organ Grinder", IIRC. I am pretty sure the last time I went there was in the - wait for it - 1970s. I am almost certain it isn't around anymore. But thanks for reminding me - that place was awesome.SapperPE said:
One of my roommates in college was a Godfathers Pizza delivery guy, and we had a LOT of Godfather's pizza that year. This was in the late 80s and he used to get tipped in cocaine by certain customers, but he always refused (or so he said).
Master slacker
Something awesome.
Something else the 2011er's will not know... EB.com! 
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RIP - VTEnviro
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Well give them 20 years until they start getting ready for the EIT and we'll see.
NCcarguy
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I don't think this was listed, but it's something I think about all the time, and quite frankly...it's sad.
Kids born in 2011 won't know getting on your bike in the morning, disappearing through the woods, and not coming back home until dark. When I was a kid that's exactly how life was. We had a series of trails all through the woods behind my house that led to several other friends houses, and we stayed out there. I bet I wore out, or outgrew 10 bicycles in my childhood, and now...my G/F's kids don't even own one. It's a tough thing to even get them out of the house, much less ALL day....I wish we could go back to that. The biggest problem I see is either crime, drugs, or physho's that prey on kids.
Kids born in 2011 won't know getting on your bike in the morning, disappearing through the woods, and not coming back home until dark. When I was a kid that's exactly how life was. We had a series of trails all through the woods behind my house that led to several other friends houses, and we stayed out there. I bet I wore out, or outgrew 10 bicycles in my childhood, and now...my G/F's kids don't even own one. It's a tough thing to even get them out of the house, much less ALL day....I wish we could go back to that. The biggest problem I see is either crime, drugs, or physho's that prey on kids.
cableguy
Has never sniffed a stink bug
I hear ya man. When I was 10 (living in Illinois), I was nowhere to be found around the house. I was off in the woods, with my bike stashed in a ditch somewhere and my Daisy strapped to my back.
I look back (on Google Maps) to where I used to go off to the woods, it's been cleared and is now tract housing. I spent a lot of time in those woods. Winter time was the best - the swampy area would freeze over and it'd all become a huge sheet of ice. Imagine a half dozen 9-12 year olds with woods full of icy patches. Good times, good times...
Would I let my kids do that? Maybe, maybe not. But here in Texas, we have too much barbed wire and "private property" around us.
I look back (on Google Maps) to where I used to go off to the woods, it's been cleared and is now tract housing.
I spent a lot of time in those woods. Winter time was the best - the swampy area would freeze over and it'd all become a huge sheet of ice. Imagine a half dozen 9-12 year olds with woods full of icy patches. Good times, good times...Would I let my kids do that? Maybe, maybe not. But here in Texas, we have too much barbed wire and "private property" around us.
NCcarguy
Well-known member
Didn't they have "Florida wins world series!!!" shown on a billboard in one of the movies, which were filmed before they actually had a team in Florida, and the year was the actual year the Marlins won the series?
wilheldp_PE
PE, LEED AP, SPAM KING
Yeah, but if the Cubs beat the Marlins in 2015, you'll **** bricks.SapperPE said:
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