On a (somewhat) related note: Was the food at McDonald's ever good?

The overal taste/ quality seems the same as I remember from the 80s but surely the recipes and production were not the same when they first opened in the 50s. I mean, did they even have the crap ingredients and the preservatives then? Surely McDonald's must have produced better food at some time so when did it all go to hell?

When they quit frying fries in beef tallow and got rid of the fried apple pie.

This clears up some things. :D

Someone on here a few months ago posted a pic of a beach somewhere in the US back in the 1950s; no fat people, period. hundreds of people, all basically in decent shape. The next pic was the same beach in 2015 or whatever; 80% or more just waddling fat pigs.


Kind of in the same vein, a buddy of mine used to be a Marine drill instructor and told me that when he started back in the late '90s more than half the recruits could pass the minimum physical fitness standard tests.

By the time he retired in the 2010s or so most could not. once, there was a group of recruits jumping out of the back of a truck, and some kid jumped and broke his ankle, just jumping out of the truck. I think he told me that they had to let them climb out of the trucks after that; no jumping allowed because they kept injuring themselves from the 4-foot drop or whatever.


How does a 20-something hurt themselves dropping 4 feet?

I hear ya. I went to high school in a city of about 120-130k. I don't recall anyone having guns. But I know my cousin did in st Mary's.

It was actually very good for the price. I think it started going to crap in the 70s, but fell off a cliff in the 80s

I know they changed the oil they used to fry with sometime in the 80-90s. They were better with the old oil, whatever it was.

Arcades at the mall... Loved me some Track and Field, Xcite-a-bike, and many others...

Also, Malls were king and packed. Karmel Korn, the Movie Theatre and the iconic Record Store.

being able to ride your bike to the next town a few miles away and not worrying about all the psychos, as a kid

I think all fast food has changed over the years. BK and Hardee's changed the most from what I remember.

Another thing that has changed since I was in HS in the 70s is that there weren't nearly the number of FF places as now. We had to make a fairly long drive to the closest one, and that was McDonald's. AND back then there were no drive-throughs. You had to go in and wait in line and eat inside. That was a bit of a deterrent compared to just eating something at home.

The average weight of a woman today is MORE than the average weight of a man back in the 60's.

The fat pigs have not gained any height, just 30 pounds heavier per.

Remember when all Pizza Huts were dine-in/carryout, no delivery? No boxes either; they somehow put the pizzas in that brown paper tent thing.

About 5 years ago I found a dine-in PH in some dink town in CO, I think? We stopped for dinner; so much better than their delivery pizza.

It was nice in the summers to ride your bike to big cheese pizza or godfathers and for about 3-5 bucks, they had all you can eat buffet lunches.

My first job was being a caddy at a golf course when I was 13. Would stop at 6am at McDonald’s and have a “big breakfast” for 3 bucks.

I also recall when Atari first came out and having 8-10 kids in the same house waiting to play missile command or asteroids.

Being that age, I also recall going to community pools and also using their tennis courts, shuffleboard, ping pong etc.

We were never “doing nothing”

Just so weird to me. I grew up in WESTERN IOWA. Hick central. Nobody had any gun racks in their vehicle. Very few even had trucks. Maybe one or two had gun racks I guess but perhaps the Fast and the Furious changed that. Alot of rice burners as they call it. I used to have a 98 Honda Prelude in high school. Got me laid many a times.

Dine in Pizza Hut was the greatest