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Things that aren't as good as they were

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I must be getting old, but a lot of things aren't as good as they were including:

Smoked hams - now hams are mostly made with liquid smoke and aren't as flavorful as they were.

Apples - Apples sold in stores are hard as hell, have a skin like leather and aren't much of a pleasure to eat.


Add anything to this list you would like.

CP
 
My complaint is bacon-- I can't find any in the area anymore that has the rind on it... That used to be the best part of bacon and eggs- chewing on the rind...
 
Buttermilk. It's no longer churned but "cultured" by adding bacteria. Doesn't have those hunks of butter in it anymore.
 
Mike said:
Buttermilk. It's no longer churned but "cultured" by adding bacteria. Doesn't have those hunks of butter in it anymore.
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Gag me with a spoon. The stuff should be fed to hogs anyway. Heck, I haven't drunk milk since I was about 12. The milkman would leave it in a gallon jug on the doorstep and Mom didn't pick it up until the end of the day - after it sat in the sun all day. Go in the fridge to grab some cold milk and nothing but sour lumps going to down the throat. Nasty stuff.

I haven't seen any good bacon in years. It's mostly fat now.

Jimmy Dean Sausage is still pretty good. Every notice how the fat in the Jimmy Dean sausage cleans right off your hands in water and other animal fats take sandpaper to get off? Never could figure that out.

Fruit cocktail in a can - remember when there used to be several slices of cherries in the can? Now your lucky to since a half slice.

Cracker Jacks - remember the prize was something worth diggin through the box for? Now what do you get?
 
Gum boots. Used to last for years unless you poked a hole in them. About a year now and the rubber breaks down, cracks and splits.
 
James T said:
Mike said:
Buttermilk. It's no longer churned but "cultured" by adding bacteria. Doesn't have those hunks of butter in it anymore.
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Gag me with a spoon. The stuff should be fed to hogs anyway. Heck, I haven't drunk milk since I was about 12. The milkman would leave it in a gallon jug on the doorstep and Mom didn't pick it up until the end of the day - after it sat in the sun all day. Go in the fridge to grab some cold milk and nothing but sour lumps going to down the throat. Nasty stuff.

I haven't seen any good bacon in years. It's mostly fat now.

Jimmy Dean Sausage is still pretty good. Every notice how the fat in the Jimmy Dean sausage cleans right off your hands in water and other animal fats take sandpaper to get off? Never could figure that out.

Fruit cocktail in a can - remember when there used to be several slices of cherries in the can? Now your lucky to since a half slice.

Cracker Jacks - remember the prize was something worth diggin through the box for? Now what do you get?
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Pork and beans in a can. Hellooooo, where's the pork????? Might as well call 'em vegetarian beans. :???: :???: :???:
 
Levi's denim blue jeans. They used to be a very good quality product. Not anymore. The fabric is not as good, nor do they last like they used to. I have also found that you can try on a particular size, several pairs, and 1 or 2 won't be/fit the same as the others.

I quit buying them a few years ago for that reason.

~K
 
Times arent as good as they were. I'd of loved to have ridden into Salt Lake city or Denver before there were buildings and roads. To have seen the west in the early 1800's would of been my cup of tea. Too many people is a bad thing to me. There are some fine folks, but big bunches of them tend to ruin things quick.
 
leanin' H said:
Times arent as good as they were. I'd of loved to have ridden into Salt Lake city or Denver before there were buildings and roads. To have seen the west in the early 1800's would of been my cup of tea. Too many people is a bad thing to me. There are some fine folks, but big bunches of them tend to ruin things quick.
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Yep I often thought the same thing... But then wondered if I could have kept from wearing an arrow shirt.... :wink: :lol:
 
All Round

Randolph Mulvahill rancher, bronc rider and rodeo stock provider was born in 1917 at Chezacut. He is the youngest son of ranchers Charlie and Martha. From an early age the Mulvahill boys worked with the livestock on the ranch and broke the colts. Every year the family took the four day trip on horseback to the Williams Lake Stampede. Randolph became a competitor in 1937 and dominated the saddle bronc event for several years (riders had to stay on for 10 seconds then). Knowing that a good bucking horse was essential for a high score, Randolph began bringing his own bucking stock to the Stampede in 1938. The Mulvahill stock was good and soon gained a reputation throughout the rodeo world. He also raised saddle horses and Hereford cattle on his ranch, which is part of his parent's original place. He sold his bucking stock in the 1960s to different contractors. One load of 350 head, to Dale Miller of Kamloops, was the largest bunch of horses shipped from the Chilcotin at one time. Randolph retired in 1989 and lives with his wife Kathy on Spade Ranch at Alexis Creek.

I knew Randolph in his later years and would stop to visit him on my way home from Williams Lake occasionally. On one visit I got him to talk about his days of growing up in the bush. His memory was keen right to his last days so it was very interesting listening to his stories.

He finished one tale about a tough winter at Chezacut and went silent, staring out the window across the Chilcotin River valley. A couple of minutes went by before he spoke again.

Remembering.....

He then looked back at me and said, " Dave, if anyone ever starts telling you about The Good Old Days, you tell 'em to shove them right up their a**.

I do enjoy my cab tractors much better than a team in frigid winter temps. I got to see the end of that era in this country.

Randolph passed on in the late fall of 2011. I miss those visits.
 
gcreekrch said:
All Round

Randolph Mulvahill rancher, bronc rider and rodeo stock provider was born in 1917 at Chezacut. He is the youngest son of ranchers Charlie and Martha. From an early age the Mulvahill boys worked with the livestock on the ranch and broke the colts. Every year the family took the four day trip on horseback to the Williams Lake Stampede. Randolph became a competitor in 1937 and dominated the saddle bronc event for several years (riders had to stay on for 10 seconds then). Knowing that a good bucking horse was essential for a high score, Randolph began bringing his own bucking stock to the Stampede in 1938. The Mulvahill stock was good and soon gained a reputation throughout the rodeo world. He also raised saddle horses and Hereford cattle on his ranch, which is part of his parent's original place. He sold his bucking stock in the 1960s to different contractors. One load of 350 head, to Dale Miller of Kamloops, was the largest bunch of horses shipped from the Chilcotin at one time. Randolph retired in 1989 and lives with his wife Kathy on Spade Ranch at Alexis Creek.

I knew Randolph in his later years and would stop to visit him on my way home from Williams Lake occasionally. On one visit I got him to talk about his days of growing up in the bush. His memory was keen right to his last days so it was very interesting listening to his stories.

He finished one tale about a tough winter at Chezacut and went silent, staring out the window across the Chilcotin River valley. A couple of minutes went by before he spoke again.

Remembering.....

He then looked back at me and said, " Dave, if anyone ever starts telling you about The Good Old Days, you tell 'em to shove them right up their a**.

I do enjoy my cab tractors much better than a team in frigid winter temps. I got to see the end of that era in this country.

Randolph passed on in the late fall of 2011. I miss those visits.
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Thanks, I enjoyed that.
 
You are more than welcome.

Here is the link to the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame,

www.bcchs.com/archives.html

I know or knew 53 of the folks on the list, they were my true teachers. :D
 
gcreekrch said:
You are more than welcome.

Here is the link to the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame,

www.bcchs.com/archives.html

I know or knew 53 of the folks on the list, they were my true teachers. :D
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The British Columbia Cowboy Hall of Fame page is very interesting. Thanks for posting the link, Gcreek. For you to know or have known 53 of these illustrious folks shows that you had some very good teachers. I'll have to agree--heaters and radios in tractors and pickups are kind of comforting this time of year. :wink:
 
WHR said:
I'm wondering which one of the 53 in he Cowboy Hall of Fame taught you to be a quad cowboy? :P
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I have learned to form my own opinion over time. :wink: :D

You were closer to some of them than I was, how many can you claim?
 

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