Something "kids" today wouldnt know about....

[once_upon]

Having a meal on airplanes! I don't count a bag of nuts as a meal.

They don't do peanuts or nuts anymore. You might get Graham crackers aka cookies.

Sometimes only water, no juice or coffee or soft drinks.

 

[moebius]

Slam books
Dial up internet
Reel to reel
walkman
pager
flip phone
AOL
Lycos
Ask Jeeves
Mosaic
Netscape
Friendster

 

[Private Citizen]

They don't do peanuts or nuts anymore. You might get Graham crackers aka cookies.

Depends on the airline. British, American, Qatar, and Emirates definitely still serve nuts, though I think not peanuts.

 

[ballettmaus]

Having a meal on airplanes! I don't count a bag of nuts as a meal.

You still get a meal on (international) long-haul flights.

 

[taf2002]

That's what I read, too. And that aerating the flour by loosening it up/stirring it with a spoon is enough.

You use less flour when it's sifted so it's not the same. Not sifting when the recipe calls for it results in a cake that has a too dense & heavy texture esp a white cake. Sometimes when I'm in a hurry I measure a little less flour & hope I got it right. And sifting powdered sugar on something looks prettier than applying it any other way. My very old sifter still gets a workout. But I suspect when my generation dies out it will be a thing of the past.

 

[Judy]

do people still use mercurochrome?

I never heard of it!

 

[Judy]

You still get a meal on (international) long-haul flights.

Free drinks too although I limit booze.

 

[just tuned in]

Slam books
Dial up internet
Reel to reel
walkman
pager
flip phone
AOL
Lycos
Ask Jeeves
Mosaic
Netscape
Friendster

Are slam books dead? I hope so.

I still use AOL and a flip-phone.

 

[once_upon]

Depends on the airline. British, American, Qatar, and Emirates definitely still serve nuts, though I think not peanuts.

I assumed Cachoo was referring to US domestic flights.

Flights that are longer than 2 5 hours have slightly better service than shorter ones.

International flights do serve meals, but I was really disappointed in Delta service on our last International flight. Meals were it. No coming around for drink (soda or water), no offering of a small snack. On the flight over, they told us there was a sort of snack set up in the back of the plane. Returning zip/nothing.

 

[Jenny]

You use less flour when it's sifted so it's not the same. Not sifting when the recipe calls for it results in a cake that has a too dense & heavy texture esp a white cake. Sometimes when I'm in a hurry I measure a little less flour & hope I got it right. And sifting powdered sugar on something looks prettier than applying it any other way. My very old sifter still gets a workout. But I suspect when my generation dies out it will be a thing of the past.

I stand by my method of using a whisk to combine dry ingredients, but I do have a really handy little flour shaker that was a freebie back when my sister was on the home sales party circuit - use it all the time when rolling pizza or biscuit dough for example. I also use my long handled wire sieve all the time - often for presoaking rice so you can just lift it right out of the water, or for rinsing beans.

I assumed Cachoo was referring to US domestic flights.

Flights that are longer than 2 5 hours have slightly better service than shorter ones.

International flights do serve meals, but I was really disappointed in Delta service on our last International flight. Meals were it. No coming around for drink (soda or water), no offering of a small snack. On the flight over, they told us there was a sort of snack set up in the back of the plane. Returning zip/nothing.

A few years back (caveat in case they no longer do) I flew on several domestic Chinese and Thai airlines that amazingly served full hot meals on flights that only took an hour. Seems to be mostly the US and Canadian airlines (looking at you Air Canada ) that continue to find new and innovative ways to make the experience more miserable.

 

[MacMadame]

My very old sifter still gets a workout. But I suspect when my generation dies out it will be a thing of the past.

I'd be surprised. They still sell them in the baking section at Michaels and I think serious bakers will continue to use them.

 

[Vagabond]

Dial-up Internet still exists in the United States, especially in rural areas.

I would imagine that the same is true in other countries.

 

[Cachoo]

I stand by my method of using a whisk to combine dry ingredients, but I do have a really handy little flour shaker that was a freebie back when my sister was on the home sales party circuit - use it all the time when rolling pizza or biscuit dough for example. I also use my long handled wire sieve all the time - often for presoaking rice so you can just lift it right out of the water, or for rinsing beans.




A few years back (caveat in case they no longer do) I flew on several domestic Chinese and Thai airlines that amazingly served full hot meals on flights that only took an hour. Seems to be mostly the US and Canadian airlines (looking at you Air Canada ) that continue to find new and innovative ways to make the experience more miserable.

I wondered about other countries. Not that airplane food was good though I once had a delicious meal on Braniff.

 

[PRlady]

Lufthansa hands out fresh rolls for breakfast. Which upsets me greatly now that I can’t eat them. But if you think regular airline food is bad, try the inedible GF variety.

 

[Taso]

I stand by my method of using a whisk to combine dry ingredients, but I do have a really handy little flour shaker that was a freebie back when my sister was on the home sales party circuit - use it all the time when rolling pizza or biscuit dough for example. I also use my long handled wire sieve all the time - often for presoaking rice so you can just lift it right out of the water, or for rinsing beans.




A few years back (caveat in case they no longer do) I flew on several domestic Chinese and Thai airlines that amazingly served full hot meals on flights that only took an hour. Seems to be mostly the US and Canadian airlines (looking at you Air Canada ) that continue to find new and innovative ways to make the experience more miserable.

This! Also I just want to give a huge shout out to Air China of 2018

I flew JFK-PEK [which was comfortable and had unlimited beverage and wine service mid aircraft], then overnight services expenses and services (shitty service by the bus driver, but otherwise decent hotel with kind staff and fabulous breakfast). Then the next day fkew PEK to HND which is 4 hours and had a full meal plus a snack.

Then flew the whole thing in reverse.

All of this cost $505. In 2018.

 

[Private Citizen]

Re nuts, I had them on American domestic within the past year.

Seems to be mostly the US and Canadian airlines (looking at you Air Canada ) that continue to find new and innovative ways to make the experience more miserable.

European airlines, too, even the flag carriers. Many went to full buy-on-board in the late 2010s, with not even water for free.
Some of them are now slowly bringing back free snacks, water, and coffee.

Asian and Middle Eastern carriers often still serve hot meals even in short haul economy -- e.g., Turkish Airlines.

 

[once_upon]

Target and Walmart sell flour sifters
As does Crate and Barrel and others.

I'm just not that picky of a baker. My kitchen aid mixer does ok for me

 

[once_upon]

We upgraded to first class from Paris to Copenhagen and Air France had an excellent meal of smoked trout

I dont remember who we flew from Detroit to Barcelona and Venice to Detroit, but we had excellent service with snacks and such. Meals were so so

Same on our San Fran to Syndey and Auckland to Fort Worth. Meals were so-so. We did premium economy on those trips and our friends who did first Class had salmon

 

[skategal]

I stand by my method of using a whisk to combine dry ingredients, but I do have a really handy little flour shaker that was a freebie back when my sister was on the home sales party circuit - use it all the time when rolling pizza or biscuit dough for example. I also use my long handled wire sieve all the time - often for presoaking rice so you can just lift it right out of the water, or for rinsing beans.




A few years back (caveat in case they no longer do) I flew on several domestic Chinese and Thai airlines that amazingly served full hot meals on flights that only took an hour. Seems to be mostly the US and Canadian airlines (looking at you Air Canada ) that continue to find new and innovative ways to make the experience more miserable.

Unfortunately Thai Airways has gone the way of US and Canada airlines and joined the Starve Alliance.

Really gone downhill in 4 years.

 

[liv]

I first realized how things were changing when ( I was in my 30s), the girl I worked with (in her early 20s), had no clue what a TV aerial was. I was shocked. She thought I meant Ariel from The Little Mermaid.

The big satellite dishes from the 80s (before the small dish and ppv) where you'd move it around using a remote in the house and find random satellites with raw feeds... the day I hit a new satellite while turning it and it was showing an orgy on a porn feed in the middle of the afternoon... my friend and I (about 12 or 13) were fast forwarded sex Ed that day, lol. I can still see her jaw dropping open !!!!

Pencil sharpeners at school (the hand crank kind)
Cord attached to the VCR remote... heck, even VCRs in general
Rotary phones and party lines
Waiting to record songs from the radio on your mixed tape

I worked as a young teen at a gas station, filling up cars...so a gas tank opening behind the license plate, haven't seen that in decades... showed my 12 y.o. nephew a car like that and he was stumped about where to fill it up... add to that, a FULL service gas station... I think they exist still but they're rare...

Ditto machines at school... we'd all smell each new page they handed out... damn, that smell was goooood

Roller skates that strapped to your shoes and you'd use a metal key to tighten or expand them

Playground equipment... merry go round? That you'd push around and around and kids on it would fly off and hurt themselves... spent hours on that. We loved it. And teeter totters aren't that common anymore either. We'd hit the ground as hard as we could to bump off the person on the other end

 

[pp55]

Yes, I remember many things listed in this thread.
Adding a couple new ones.

Gas street lights/lamps - early evening employees from the gas company used bicycles, to drive from lamp to lamp, and manually lighten lamps. Then early in the morning they went the same route and stopped the lights.

My first car, with a 2-stroke engine, had a function to turn on the choke to start the engine. And I had to remember to push that button back after some time. Otherwise, my car would "produce" lots of smoke.

I remember that we had to go to a laundry across the street. They washed our stuff and then they used a linen press or laundry press. No ironing at that time.
Also remember that my mother had a pedal sewing machine.

 

[gkelly]

a FULL service gas station... I think they exist still but they're rare...

Still required in New Jersey (and in Oregon until last week?):

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/business/new-jersey-gas-station-self-service-ban/index.html

 

[my little pony]

some enterprising young person could make a fortune with a ditto machine candle or room spray

 

[Cachoo]

I first realized how things were changing when ( I was in my 30s), the girl I worked with (in her early 20s), had no clue what a TV aerial was. I was shocked. She thought I meant Ariel from The Little Mermaid.

The big satellite dishes from the 80s (before the small dish and ppv) where you'd move it around using a remote in the house and find random satellites with raw feeds... the day I hit a new satellite while turning it and it was showing an orgy on a porn feed in the middle of the afternoon... my friend and I (about 12 or 13) were fast forwarded sex Ed that day, lol. I can still see her jaw dropping open !!!!

Pencil sharpeners at school (the hand crank kind)
Cord attached to the VCR remote... heck, even VCRs in general
Rotary phones and party lines
Waiting to record songs from the radio on your mixed tape

I worked as a young teen at a gas station, filling up cars...so a gas tank opening behind the license plate, haven't seen that in decades... showed my 12 y.o. nephew a car like that and he was stumped about where to fill it up... add to that, a FULL service gas station... I think they exist still but they're rare...

Ditto machines at school... we'd all smell each new page they handed out... damn, that smell was goooood

Roller skates that strapped to your shoes and you'd use a metal key to tighten or expand them

Playground equipment... merry go round? That you'd push around and around and kids on it would fly off and hurt themselves... spent hours on that. We loved it. And teeter totters aren't that common anymore either. We'd hit the ground as hard as we could to bump off the person on the other end

Yes! We spent a lot of time waiting for our favorite songs. Or Kasey Kasem telling us weekly: "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars." Or listening to AM radio for rock....we lived in a very flat state so tuning in Chicago or Denver (or LA) at night was not that unusual. WLS is the one I remember most.

 

[myhoneyhoney]

Southwest gives free sodas and juice, even on the 1 hour flights

 

[Sparks]

Yes! We spent a lot of time waiting for our favorite songs. Or Kasey Kasem telling us weekly: "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars." Or listening to AM radio for rock....we lived in a very flat state so tuning in Chicago or Denver (or LA) at night was not that unusual. WLS is the one I remember most.

On a good night I could listen to KOMA out of OKC on my transistor radio

 

[flyingsit]

I bake by weight rather than volume, so sifting wouldn’t make a difference.

 

[Vagabond]

On a good night I could listen to KOMA out of OKC on my transistor radio

When I lived in England, I could get stations at night from as far away as Sudan on Medium Wave, as they called A.M.

Ah, memories!

 

[Amy L]

We just defrosted our freezer! But only because the door didn’t get shut properly.

We need to defrost our freezer. The drawer hasn't been shutting properly because I guess we've overstuffed it Moving everything out and defrosting is going to be our weekend project.

 

[myhoneyhoney]

Not many exist anymore: the drive in movies