Yeah.. being real LOVE and the fact that every morning you woke up & BREATHED.
Its enough motivation to say "Hey, i made it today, im gonna live & do my thang".

I think you're old when you start saying things like...

"I remember, back in the day, when..."
"What is it with this modern music?"
"Kids today!"

I remember when Popsicles were 20c

I remember Leed lemonade and Mellow Yellow

am i older people?

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i mean i rember Mello Yello - i wonder why it was discontinued in NZ apparantly Mountain Dew kicks it's ass.

K-Bars - Lime - Dope

// Remember the Mello Yello TV ad with the guy in the race
// drivers suit who skulls a whole bottle in about 5 seconds?

was that the same one where they'd actually flipped the label on the bottle, so when he was drinking it, you could read it right side up.

those canny marketers.

// K-Bars - Lime - Dope

I remember when I was about 3yo, my babysitter would come to look after us with a handbag stuffed full of k-bars. We never got any - she would sit there and devour them one by one over the course of the evening.

To my 3yo mind, it was the height of adult luxury (ignoring the fact my babysitter was probably only 16). Imagine it - being able to a) afford and b) eat as many k-bars as you wanted.

Oh how I wanted to grow up...

//was that the same one where they'd actually flipped the label on the bottle, so when he was drinking it, you could read it right side up.

haha that's totally it. "Mello Yello makes you feel so good so fast - you just can't drink it slow"

bullshit!

//Are you sure Leed was better than Sprite? When was the last time you saw it for sale?

Depends what you're looking for I guess. I think it was a little less sweet, and with a bit more lemon tang. It was occasionally for sale in odd places. One of the last places I remember it was (randomly) Shantytown near Greymouth, probably around 1990.

heehee was it still fizzy though limegreen??

//heehee was it still fizzy though limegreen??

It was postmix. So I guess not so much of a worry about the C02 but the freshness of the syrup... heh

They have just released a limited edition Mello Yellow....
We have a mole amongst us...
mebe...
workin for the man....

Popsicles for 20c, those were the days. And I loved Mello Yellow the most, I remember having my first Mountain Dew when it replaced it, made me feel like throwing up! >:(

What about when all softdrink bottles had and extra black plastic thing on their base, that was cool.

exactly

Hey did you know that Mellow Yellow is back in the scene soon. Coke is bringing it out in the next few weeks or so.. so check it out again... and the mention of KBars.. dope hard.. those things are the ish.. I like the purple ones.. so much yummy sugar draining out of every bar..

I'd say it's the other way around - when you're young you might have a larger group of people that you socialise with but really they're all 'polite aquantances'
the older you get your cirle does seem to get smaller but those people are then usually real friends who've you've known for years/decades blah blah blah . . . . . maybe a quality vs quantity thing ???

...well that's just my impression, older people are repressed, they don't say what they mean, don't express what they really think or feel, in a desperate effort to not look weak they only talk about sensible stuff, and this is 'maturity'. I guess working in a boring job or having a family forces you to be like that , until you become it.

//repressed, they don't say what they mean, don't express what they really think or feel, in a desperate effort to not look weak

wow, does that sound like young people to anyone else?

no longer spring chickens?

you bring this up from time to time, and i know you're like 26 or late twenties something. and i always feel i should pass on the chinese idiom about how a mans best years don't begin till he hits 30. jusr so you don't give up and all.....

then why would I rather die than be your age?

See what I did there was a clever twist of a cliche, meaning its always quality.

I sure didn't screw up or anything.

No Sir