Things you did 10 years a go but don't do now.

[senraw]

17 year old girls.

[JasonM]

90-94 for me...madchester and the hacienda .... Plus many other fields and disused warehouses along the way...

Look back with fond memories of those days, and wonder how I made it through... Great era, great dance and electronic music movement...paved the way for so much we see and listen to now.

Still love my tunes, still have ringing in my ears, still have no regrets!

The ringtone on my phone is Beltrams 'Energy Flash' 👍

[Wexford]

10 years ago I was spending every spare minute in a recording studio, happily making music when I was officially working, due to administrative error.
Don't do much of that anymore.

I've pretty much stopped drinking red wine and dark spirits, it's white wine or vodka these days. Unless there's Diplomatico RE available, that stuff is addictive.

Not much else has changed!

[Anygreg]

The ringtone on my phone is Beltrams 'Energy Flash' 

Haha, proper tune! Forgot about that one, dark house for sure!

Some great you tube footage out there of those crazy days!

[JasonM]

Haha, proper tune! Forgot about that one, dark house for sure!

Some great you tube footage out there of those crazy days!

There is indeed! I'm on a few Facebook pages that are great for the old tunes, and swapping mad stories... There's a Cambridge 'Proper stuff' warehouse illegal party on YouTube that I was at, I'm not on the vid though I'm pretty glad to say! Great ( messy ) times...

[RJM25R]

Played in a rugby match without needing oxygen after a juicy tackle!

[china]

I don't think there have been any cheques since the nineties - you definitely can't use them anywhere in this country. Paper map - this week, fax maybe once this year.

[Wallasey Runner]

Go to work

[Kidsteruk]

90-94 for me...madchester and the hacienda .... Plus many other fields and disused warehouses along the way...

Look back with fond memories of those days, and wonder how I made it through... Great era, great dance and electronic music movement...paved the way for so much we see and listen to now.

Still love my tunes, still have ringing in my ears, still have no regrets!

Must have been there at the same time!

I loved Manchester in the early Nineties. Spent most Fridays at Shine in the Hacienda, and Saturdays in whatever new club was open (Home was quite fun)

Feels like we need a new post on Madchester alone!

[Wallasey Runner]

As an Everton supporter watched the stuffiest turn around in champions league history - thank god they will never reach those heights again. Instead of trying to beat Barcelona next season, they need to work out how to get past Crystal Palace - happy days. Everton are shit and i am happy with that, as long as we are not in that bloody Europa League again next season.

[johnthemull]

Smoke and drink

[forpetesake]

Sausage Rolls

[Anygreg]

Sausage Rolls

Haha..this ! Me too....
Can add Mc Donald's to that list also!

[Anygreg]

Must have been there at the same time!

I loved Manchester in the early Nineties. Spent most Fridays at Shine in the Hacienda, and Saturdays in whatever new club was open (Home was quite fun)

Feels like we need a new post on Madchester alone!

Yeah, agreed....thing is it's all a bit Hazy ? Lol

[gusmac]

That made me chuckle!

me too!

smoke.

[ach5]

10 years ago, if I had to drive somewhere new, the night before I'd go to the RAC route planner website and print off instructions to use as a guide.

Now I just use googlemaps on the iPhone

[Caruso]

Just to put the opposite spin on this, 10 years ago I never had to wind any of my watches up.

Now I do.

[Alansmithee]

Eat processed food - once you stop eating it, if you go somewhere and have to have it - tastes like shit

[Passenger]

Eat processed food - once you stop eating it, if you go somewhere and have to have it - tastes like shit

Spot on. I haven´t eaten processed in years, if I have it now, just doesn´t taste right. I´m lucky that I have the time and inclination to always cook from scratch. That to me is a simple luxury. Of course a decent bottle of wine usually for under about 3 quid helps.:)

[Martin123]

Daily commute, stress of managing staff, and attending pointless meetings.

[thedontheniro]

All done quite recently.

I use paper/book maps all the time as they make a lot more information visible (especially the relationships between locations/areas) than electronic maps can do (due to physical form factor).

I still have to communicate with some people who will only accept a fax for some things (ironically and absurdly this is Internet-related companies).

Cheques have many benefits, not least that a cheque is a physical thing that can be sent or handled, it can be sold (assuming it doesn't have the "a/c payee" endorsement) and it represents a legally binding commitment in its own right.

Internet company's know how easy it is to manipulate time code's in html/e-mail.

[mowflow]

10 years ago I never obsessed or worried about the fact I have no pension

[hilly10]

Smoke and Beach holidays

[notenoughwrists]

10 years ago I did:
Eat no meat
Run long distance cross-country
Shoot at folks (generally only if they started it.....)
Play Golf
Not see myself with any kids or married. (He is 7 and a bit now..., she's older, I'm married nearly 3 yrs now)

[jwg663]

Ten years ago, I would avidly read every thread & post on this board.

Now, I don't.

[Neil.C]

Ten years ago, I would avidly read every thread & post on this board.

Now, I don't.

Ditto.

[Alansmithee]

Spot on. I haven´t eaten processed in years, if I have it now, just doesn´t taste right. I´m lucky that I have the time and inclination to always cook from scratch. That to me is a simple luxury. Of course a decent bottle of wine usually for under about 3 quid helps.:)

We slow-cook stuff on a sunday for week meals but honest the slop that you get in a packet - I was looking at some guacamole in Tesco - it was 3% avocado...

[Passenger]

Wow just 3 %. Slop is an accurate decription.

[steve1975i]

Drink in excess!

[Huertecilla]

Never did.
Daily.
Fax only 3 times and all sínce 2005.

If anything I have tried abstain from being lured into new consumer traps.
My phone is >10 years and prepay, about 10 Euros/month.
Both family cars are >10, my desk top is pre millennium and my espresso machine pre semi conductors.
I refuse satnav because I prefer to knów where I am/go and not asking the way would be ever such a loss of social interaction.

As to married and such I never saw that as good and am very content with the alternative model. Reading the chnages surprisingly many report, that is éver such a good choise. I suppose a change of dish wets the appetite.

We used mainly gas heating then and now are on 100% wood.
Ditto we have made drastic changes in use of electricity.

The biggest change I made when my son was in the oven/born; fundamentally changed my risk behaviour. He is 13 now.
Just received the anniversary Bond Corgy which will be present for him when he gets his end of year school results. It will last him longer than a new video game ánd appreciates it more.

[franbedoya007]

Ten years ago, I would avidly read every thread & post on this board.

Now, I don't.

I still do haha...granted ive only been here 3 months hah

[wildheart]

Worry about what the wife thinks? Divorced with a lovely girlfriend
Had a season ticket at Southend United, travelled the country watching them. Now I go once in a blue moon and don't miss it at all.
Walking my dog. He went with the wife unfortunately... now I sing in three choirs.
Amputee Football I was the chairman of our club. I now play golf, I'm obsessed by it

I don't do DIY anymore or:
Mow the lawn
Dig the garden
Wash the windows
Sweep the leaves or snow
Decorate
Eat in expensive restaurants
Cruise
Dads f***ing taxi
Go to boring art shows
Speak German

[Huertecilla]

We slow-cook stuff on a sunday for week meals but honest the slop that you get in a packet - I was looking at some guacamole in Tesco - it was 3% avocado...

I did not go there 10 years ago either.
Slow food all days then and today.
We eat food from real ingredients. Mostly home grown. Veggies and (very moderately) meat.
For bread we order a variety of eco granes and have a mill to ground those.

Unfortunately state imposed ´heath´regulations in reality supporting the food industry have forced us to reduce food production for our own use. No more goat milk/cheese p.e. As to goat meat we have made a deal with the neighbors who keep a few billies off the records anyway.

The latter is not so much a chánge as a vastly increased awarenes; that the law is not ethical persé and often not in our interest. Also the extend of that is ever worsening. See the TTIP/ISDS negotiations.
As we are about a before and after, then it must be noted that 911 was a major turning point for all of us. MUCH more and more fundamental than we tend to realise. And no the changes nor the underlying motives affecting our daily lives are not coming from the east but from the wést.

[Huertecilla]

Worry about what the wife thinks? Divorced with a lovely girlfriend

See??!!
Now don´t do what soooo many do; trip over it a sécond time! ;-)

To the asprirational; the realy clever donkeys learn from other donkeys tripping over a stone. Make sure you will not write sad comments about it in ten years time

[bubi]

ten years ago was like yesterday....
let me find a picture....

so I went from this..



and this




to


this



and this... with the kids

[Huertecilla]

ten years ago was like yesterday....
let me find a picture....

so I went from this..


to


this

and this... with the kids

Good for you!
and the kids.

Wotwotwot...????

No crash helmet? No elbow protectors, no knee protectors and surely you have a teeth guard in??!!!
What kind of a father are you to teach to use their head to assess risks instaed of trusting in safety gear leading to risk compensation??

No, seriously; thumbs up!

[Jedi Knight]

I think it would be keeping up with all the latest technology regarding phones, ipods etc.

I just can't be bothered with the expense or hassle any more.

[amnesia]

Loved my ex-wife...

[forpetesake]

Answer the household landline telephone.

[forpetesake]

Deny my instincts about new acquaintances.

[JasonM]

Answer the household landline telephone.

The what?

[mondie]

Deny my instincts about new acquaintances.

so true, no substitute for life experience.

[Neil.C]

Answer the household landline telephone.

I've still got one of those too.

[luckywatch]

Hit 140 on the Baldock bypass in the dark on this.............................

[forpetesake]

Answer the household landline telephone.

The what?

I've still got one of those too.

Without it, my wife's family would have our mobile numbers.

[Rigsby]

Drink alcohol !

I've not had a drink in over 6 years.

[paw3001]

Have Sex (12 years married!)
Make my own decisions (see above)

I am happy...so I'm told!

[kildareman]

Have Sex (12 years married!)
Make my own decisions (see above)

I am happy...so I'm told!

Wait till you get to 24 yrs married!

[stooo]

Smoke.

Stay in bed till the afternoon.

Listen to Radio 1.

[Kingstepper]

Have Sex (12 years married!)
Make my own decisions (see above)

I am happy...so I'm told!

Sex is ok as long as she doesn't find out.