Things that quietly disappeared in the last 20 years

[Billy ray]

Subway was about 1988/89

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

This thread made me think of an unremarkable at the time but looking back very nostalgic Saturday afternoon/evening I spent with my then girlfriend in early 2001. We went to Sanity to buy a CD for her younger sister's birthday, had dinner at Sizzler and then rented a video from the local 'Video Ezy' store.

In some ways this day just seems like yesterday, but in other ways it seems so far removed from today it seems like jerky, black and white/sepia tone silent footage from the early 1900s.

It also got me thinking - how often do you see a 'traditional' Chinese restaurant that were popular in the past? They seem to have gone out of fashion in recent decades. I was thinking, when did these two companies first start trading in Australia, because I can't for the life of me remember it - JB Hi-Fi and Subway?

South Yarra Subway used to put small ads in our school student newsletter around the late 90s, but I thought it was just a local sandwich shop, could have been "Johnny's Sandwiches" for all I knew. Then I watched Happy Gilmore for the first time and was like "WTF??!"

IIRC, they started popping up everywhere from around the early 2000s.

 

[Plugger35]

This thread made me think of an unremarkable at the time but looking back very nostalgic Saturday afternoon/evening I spent with my then girlfriend in early 2001. We went to Sanity to buy a CD for her younger sister's birthday, had dinner at Sizzler and then rented a video from the local 'Video Ezy' store.

In some ways this day just seems like yesterday, but in other ways it seems so far removed from today it seems like jerky, black and white/sepia tone silent footage from the early 1900s.

It also got me thinking - how often do you see a 'traditional' Chinese restaurant that were popular in the past? They seem to have gone out of fashion in recent decades. I was thinking, when did these two companies first start trading in Australia, because I can't for the life of me remember it - JB Hi-Fi and Subway?

I'm surprised Subway is still a going concern.

They used to be quite popular in the 90s when they started up here but on the few occasions I go there now they are empty or just have a few people there at most.

The Subways here now are like the Subways I went to in the UK, the Poms never went there, they wanted chips and not salads.

 

[Gough]

The people that market Subway are genius. The food is as shite as any other fast food but they've managed to convince folks that it's some sort of healthy alternative.

 

[cats_09]

I always see folk at Subway, but the last thing I would have eaten from one was the cookies

 

[emuboy]

The people that market Subway are genius. The food is as shite as any other fast food but they've managed to convince folks that it's some sort of healthy alternative.

Jarrod Fogle says that Subway food is healthy, and if you can't believe and trust Jarrod Fogle who can you believe and trust?

Jokes aside, buying a six-inch turkey sub made on whole-meal or rye bread with salad from Subway would without doubt be a much healthier option than a hamburger, pizza or fried chicken from other fast-food franchises.

 

[emuboy]

I'm surprised Subway is still a going concern.

They used to be quite popular in the 90s when they started up here but on the few occasions I go there now they are empty or just have a few people there at most.

The Subways here now are like the Subways I went to in the UK, the Poms never went there, they wanted chips and not salads.

I'm surprised old people in Australia don't try and order chips at Subway. I've seen them ask for a vegemite sub, or request celery as one of their salads. That's when they aren't paying for their purchases using 10 cent coins, bringing trolleys full of groceries into the shop or sometimes even bringing their dogs into Subway - large dogs like German Shepherds.

Talking about dogs, when was the last time you saw an Australian Silky Terrier? This was a popular breed for years, but I doubt I would have seen one since about the late 2000s or early 2010s.

 

[Cleavy]

Honey Smacks used to be a great Cereal and then one day gonski.

same with Grinners