The Virtual Coffee Shop, Diner And Corner Pub

[mikeyank]

This morning when I heard that Brigitte Bardot passed away at age 91, it reminded me of when I was a teenager how all my friends used to talk about how hot she and Jayne Mansfield were, and I remained silent. We’d go to movies together but I would silently enjoy Paul Newman films much more than Bridgette. I always knew that guys were my thing from a young age.

Obviously it’s sad that she died, but Brigitte was a symbol to me of what they all liked and how I felt the need to keep quiet. Just some old time thoughts from my youth flashed through my head today.

 

[mikeyank]

It is amazing that these 20 items listed have become obsolete in 2026. I wonder if as many things changed within our parents and grandparents lives?

 

[BrokeStraightBoys]

It is amazing that these 20 items listed have become obsolete in 2026. I wonder if as many things changed within our parents and grandparents lives?

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All the above for me

 

[TouchKrazy]

It is amazing that these 20 items listed have become obsolete in 2026. I wonder if as many things changed within our parents and grandparents lives?

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All of the above for me

 

[chac54]

It is amazing that these 20 items listed have become obsolete in 2026. I wonder if as many things changed within our parents and grandparents lives?

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Yay! I got bingo with all of 'em, what do I win??!

 

[chac54]

Do we all remember AAA TripTiks?

 

[mikeyank]

Do we all remember AAA TripTiks?

Sure do. I’d pick them up before all long car trips. GPA has made those totally obsolete.

 

[mikeyank]

This was posted on a Brooklyn Facebook group. Cookys was a popular restaurant on Avenue M near where I grew up. Someone kept a menu from the mid 1960’s I think. My favorite meal there was the Cookyburger. A 5 oz. Burger, delicious large fries with a couple of jumbo onion rings, and a pickle which I ate and the lettuce and tomato which I tossed aside. The price .85. Or if I was really hungry I’d go for a Jumbo Cookyburger, twice as much for $1.35. Add a coca-cola which was served in a real glass for another .15 and I was good to go.

 

[kgmets]

This was posted on a Brooklyn Facebook group. Cookys was a popular restaurant on Avenue M near where I grew up. Someone kept a menu from the mid 1960’s I think. My favorite meal there was the Cookyburger. A 5 oz. Burger, delicious large fries with a couple of jumbo onion rings, and a pickle which I ate and the lettuce and tomato which I tossed aside. The price .85. Or if I was really hungry I’d go for a Jumbo Cookyburger, twice as much for $1.35. Add a coca-cola which was served in a real glass for another .15 and I was good to go.


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Look at those prices! I believe that in the time a first class postager stamp cost 3 cents!

 

[trebligon]

I don't have very clear memories of costs of things when I was a kid (1980s-1990s). My clearest memories of buying things are mostly buying packs of cigarettes for my mom (Marlboros at $5 a pack around when I was 10; I refused to buy her anymore when I was in my 20s because I didn't want to continue to help her kill herself) and one time I happened to have a few dollars for some reason and I stepped into a toy store. I was really into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and I came across an April O'Neil figure, which was crazy hard to find. (They didn't release the female characters much because boys wouldn't want them supposedly.) I distinctly remember it was $4.99 because after I grabbed it to go to a register a lady saw me with it and asked if she could buy it off of me for double the cost (presumably for her kid). I declined her offer.

Prices being as low as in the menu reminds me of reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and how crazy the idea of a 10¢ full candy bar was.

 

[trebligon]

Is Cooky pronounced like cookie or like kooky?

 

[TouchKrazy]

Those were the good old days! We had a coffee shop by me when growing up called over the counter, still open but many different owners.