Cher
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Post by Cher on Apr 2, 2019 10:25:15 GMT -6
Bruce took AP Cross-Stitch. it's how I graduated college in 3 years. Cross Stitch credits go far.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 10:25:26 GMT -6
WTH?! Our Book It program only gave coupons for French fries at Carl’s Jr. (Hardee’s).
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Post by imapenguin on Apr 2, 2019 10:25:43 GMT -6
We drank at a closed down Pizza Hut in high school. We actually had a couch in the parking lot. Well the fast kids did. And I would try to hang out there by flirting with the boys. One kid who was particularly bad was called Taco. His probation officer would show up and tell him when it was time to go home because he had a court imposed curfew. Taco is no longer with us. They called themselves PHC. Pizza Hut Crew. I would write it all over my notebooks. My poor mom, guys. OMG! MH was in the TBC—Taco Bell Crew. I am dying.
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Post by Cher on Apr 2, 2019 10:26:42 GMT -6
We drank at a closed down Pizza Hut in high school. We actually had a couch in the parking lot. Well the fast kids did. And I would try to hang out there by flirting with the boys. One kid who was particularly bad was called Taco. His probation officer would show up and tell him when it was time to go home because he had a court imposed curfew. Taco is no longer with us. They called themselves PHC. Pizza Hut Crew. I would write it all over my notebooks. My poor mom, guys. OMG! MH was in the TBC—Taco Bell Crew. I am dying. OUR RIVALS!
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Post by Rusty Red on Apr 2, 2019 10:28:19 GMT -6
Re the Pizza Hut Book It, I remember the top prize was a limo ride to Pizza Hut for you and your friends. Fanceh Hut time.
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Post by McBenny on Apr 2, 2019 10:28:19 GMT -6
Oh god speaking of nostalgia... my nanny used to bring us to Chili's all the time. I want to say this had to be around middle school? Anyway, the Chili's salad with honey mustard dressing and then the boneless buffalo wings were the height of amazing dining to me. That has... not held up to the test of time. And in the continued questionable eating adventures of my pre-Connecticut life, there is another place in Pittsburgh called Eat N Park and I used to get iceberg lettuce with catalina dressing and I felt so sophisticated eating salads. I'm going to google what the fuck catalina dressing even is... I almost don't want to know. I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS. CHILI'S IS PRETTY FUCKING GREAT. Oh wow.
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Post by Cher on Apr 2, 2019 10:28:31 GMT -6
WTH?! Our Book It program only gave coupons for French fries at Carl’s Jr. (Hardee’s). I have to say it every time, but I love Carl’s Jr. I tried to open one in NY. I know the west coast people say it’s gross every time I Say this. But my early 20’s nostalgia has a different opinion. Don’t ruin it for me.
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Post by tater on Apr 2, 2019 10:29:38 GMT -6
WTH?! Our Book It program only gave coupons for French fries at Carl’s Jr. (Hardee’s). I have to say it every time, but I love Carl’s Jr. I tried to open one in NY. I know the west coast people say it’s gross every time I Say this. But my early 20’s nostalgia has a different opinion. Don’t ruin it for me. The only good thing Carl's has is fried zucchini.
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Post by wildflower on Apr 2, 2019 10:30:18 GMT -6
Last time I ate at a sit down Pizza Hut was on Maui.
Do not ask what we were doing at PH on Maui. I do not make the decisions on those trips. I just smile and nod.
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Post by Bookshelves on Apr 2, 2019 10:30:24 GMT -6
We might be alone in this and our love of Taco Bell. It's us against the world, tater. One time my sister and dug through all the cracks in the seats of our 1988 Dodge and came up with enough change for two soft tacos for our lunch. And tap water. Where else can you get such a deal?!
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Apr 2, 2019 10:31:09 GMT -6
I remember to this day, we were on family vacation in Los Angeles I was about 10 and my father got in the dumbest argument with a cashier over the additional charge for cream cheese. "Why would it be extra? Who the fuck would order a plain bagel without it? It should be part of the price listed!" It was probably like $1 but he was just so upset by that (even though we were on a vacation that probably cost $2,500+)
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Post by wildflower on Apr 2, 2019 10:32:51 GMT -6
So my definition of wealth growing up was not having to ration food. Or going anywhere ever that charged admission. Shopping for clothes not at a thrift store. Having shoes that fit.
And man, if the air conditioning in your car worked... Filthy rich.
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Post by Cher on Apr 2, 2019 10:33:03 GMT -6
I have to say it every time, but I love Carl’s Jr. I tried to open one in NY. I know the west coast people say it’s gross every time I Say this. But my early 20’s nostalgia has a different opinion. Don’t ruin it for me. The only good thing Carl's has is fried zucchini. Don’t ruin it!
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Post by Sweetjane on Apr 2, 2019 10:33:11 GMT -6
I just found this in my googling! It's the best Ohio news I've ever heard. Remember the awesome cups??* *sorry, oceans We used to beg for these at Six Flags in the summer. They were in the shape of fruits like purple grapes or oranges. They were in carts full of crushed ice, so good when it's hot out. I think it came with a curly straw too.
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Post by Sweetjane on Apr 2, 2019 10:33:34 GMT -6
Last time I ate at a sit down Pizza Hut was on Maui. Do not ask what we were doing at PH on Maui. I do not make the decisions on those trips. I just smile and nod. Umm I would eat there!
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Post by Rusty Red on Apr 2, 2019 10:36:21 GMT -6
I pink puffy heart Taco Bell all day long. I started to hate it back when XH and I were still together because he wanted it all the time, but once he was gone, my love came back. It was what I demanded post-EGD a few months ago.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 10:36:26 GMT -6
Does anyone remember these? I think they stopped making them a long time ago. image hostingIt would be wrong to buy one off eBay and eat it right?
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Post by Rusty Red on Apr 2, 2019 10:37:21 GMT -6
Does anyone remember these? I think they stopped making them a long time ago. image hostingIt would be wrong to buy one off eBay and eat it right? I can't see the image, but I'm going to go ahead and say it's wrong to buy ANYTHING off eBay for eating.
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Post by theseaword on Apr 2, 2019 10:37:55 GMT -6
I lost the post I was going to quote but it was the one that mentioned pay per view. I grew up UMC but my parents were very sensible and are not the type to throw money away all willy nilly, and one I thing I knew they would never spend money on was the “rip off” pay per view. When I was a grown up and had my own cable package I felt like such a rebel the first time I said, “fuck it, let’s do this” and paid for a pay per view.
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Apr 2, 2019 10:40:36 GMT -6
So my definition of wealth growing up was not having to ration food. Or going anywhere ever that charged admission. Shopping for clothes not at a thrift store. Having shoes that fit. And man, if the air conditioning in your car worked... Filthy rich. My H grew up very differently from me. The first time he saw me make a tuna sandwich he about lost his mind that I used an entire can on my one sandwich. He's like "Growing up, we made 4 sandwiches out of 1 can and shared it for dinner". 8 years later and I still remind him sometimes that he's made it in life because he can have his very own can of tuna.
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Post by imapenguin on Apr 2, 2019 10:43:06 GMT -6
So my definition of wealth growing up was not having to ration food. Or going anywhere ever that charged admission. Shopping for clothes not at a thrift store. Having shoes that fit. And man, if the air conditioning in your car worked... Filthy rich. The last time for me was also Hawaii, but the big island. We were lost because MH thinks he knows better than google or the people who live there and took a “short cut” we were told not to take.
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Post by wildflower on Apr 2, 2019 10:43:21 GMT -6
So my definition of wealth growing up was not having to ration food. Or going anywhere ever that charged admission. Shopping for clothes not at a thrift store. Having shoes that fit. And man, if the air conditioning in your car worked... Filthy rich. My H grew up very differently from me. The first time he saw me make a tuna sandwich he about lost his mind that I used an entire can on my one sandwich. He's like "Growing up, we made 4 sandwiches out of 1 can and shared it for dinner". 8 years later and I still remind him sometimes that he's made it in life because he can have his very own can of tuna. Yes, the ability to shop and buy whatever groceries I want still gets me. I find myself coming home with a ton of food and am like "wildflower, settle down, money will still be there in two weeks, you don't need to always clean out the store."
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Post by elodin on Apr 2, 2019 10:44:14 GMT -6
Oh I miss sitting in an actual Pizza Hut. lunch time all you and eat buffet was peak life for my teens and 20s. MH still reminisces about the pizza hut buffet.
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Post by mothafuckinteatime on Apr 2, 2019 10:44:21 GMT -6
I told my H I would know I’ve “made it” when I don’t have to look at my bank account before going into the grocery store. He Oh-Honey’d me.
I spent a lotttt of time putting things back as a young single mom. Which sucks.
Conversely, this weekend at the grocery I told DS to pick whatever bread out he wanted because he was complaining about the sandwich bread I get. He brought it over, and I immediately told him,
“No, put that back, that bread is $6 a loaf. We are not a $6 a loaf family.”
#notfancybreadrich
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Post by piratecat on Apr 2, 2019 10:44:34 GMT -6
We might be alone in this and our love of Taco Bell. It's us against the world, tater. My H loves it. I could take it or leave it but it is cheap at least.
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Post by millimeter314 on Apr 2, 2019 10:46:09 GMT -6
When I was a kid, those who had air conditioning, non-Walmart shoes, wore hand me downs and used a safety pin to keep the clothes on, and had a Power Wheels were rich in my eyes.
I knew we didn’t have much money, but didn’t realize the extent until the last few years. We lived in an old farmhouse that didn’t have insulation and couldn’t afford the heat for it, so we used an old wood stove in the basement that didn’t work all that great.
We are perceived as rich where we live because it’s a small town with a LCOL. My kids have a Power Wheels because I got it on clearance at Walmart for $50 and we go to Great Wolf Lodge once a year because I hit up the $99 sales when it pops up.
DH grew up similarly and we tell our kids how lucky they are to be able to have and do things. We make it a point to help others when and how we can. If we didn’t have student loans I would feel a lot richer!
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Post by bazi on Apr 2, 2019 10:48:38 GMT -6
Did you do Book It in school? That is my pizza hut association. If you read enough you got a free personal pan pizza I was the queen of book it. I got more personal pizzas than I could eat. My parents would take us to redeem our pizzas on school nights and they would sit at one table and let the kids sit at another table. I felt so sophisticated. I dominated Book It! Recently an acquaintance who is an elementary school teacher was talking shit about Book It and how it promotes unhealthy eating and doesn’t teach kids to love to read “just because”. I wanted to fight her.
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Post by piratecat on Apr 2, 2019 10:51:49 GMT -6
In junior high, I took a cross-stitch class as an elective. I made a cross-stitch portrait of this boy I called Wheels. He was a dirty grunge kid who was in a wheelchair and for some reason, I had a massive crush on him. I worked for days to get his likeness just right. And then I gave the portrait to him one day after school. He still ignored me after that. The weirdest part is that I'm 99.9% sure he didn't actually go to my school...he just showed up sometimes in the hallways after school. I sincerely hope he kept it all these years inside a shoe box in his parents' attic.
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Post by jorkzy on Apr 2, 2019 10:54:54 GMT -6
I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS. CHILI'S IS PRETTY FUCKING GREAT. We might be alone in this and our love of Taco Bell. I worked at Chilis all through university. That stuff is like comfort food to me. Sadly our local ones closed down last year
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Post by Cher on Apr 2, 2019 10:58:30 GMT -6
I was the queen of book it. I got more personal pizzas than I could eat. My parents would take us to redeem our pizzas on school nights and they would sit at one table and let the kids sit at another table. I felt so sophisticated. I dominated Book It! Recently an acquaintance who is an elementary school teacher was talking shit about Book It and how it promotes unhealthy eating and doesn’t teach kids to love to read “just because”. I wanted to fight her. I hate her.
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