6 minutes ago, LHookins said:

"I used to be a millionaire. Then my mother threw out my baseball card collection." 

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My mom threw out all of my comicbooks from the very early 1950s 😠

Changeables Happy Meal boxes had a run in the late 1980s. So I asked Google AI "How much money was the most gained when selling McDonalds happy meal changeables?"

Answer:

A 1991 set of McDonald's Changeables Transformers has sold for as much as $266.77. These vintage toys from the late 80s/early 90s, which transformed from food items into robots, remain highly collectible and are among the more valuable Happy Meal items.

3 hours ago, LHookins said:

McDonalds fries were considered some of the best for two reasons. They were cooked in beef tallow, giving them a good flavor. They were also frozen before cooking, dumped directly into the hot grease (well, in the basket, of course) which was quite dramatic, giving them a good texture which, combined with the beef tallow, was still good the next day.

Yeah, they’re very good.  When I think of them, I remember how great they used to be on Thanksgiving (❓).  My parents and I would always go to my aunt and uncle’s house in San Jose for Thanksgiving, where my cousins and their families would be there also.  My aunt would prepare the feast.  She would always be so happy that the family was all there.  The problem was she would be so involved with the family and talking that it impacted the time she allocated for meal preparation.  It would get later and later and we’d be starving.  One Thanksgiving, I took my oldest cousin’s son aside and said “Let’s go for a ride.”  5 minutes later, we pulled up to a McDonald’s and I said “We will go in and get fries, eat them in the car, and when we get back we won’t say what we did.  Just a few fries so we won’t spoil our appetite but at least we won’t starve before the turkey is ready.”

The next year, same circumstances, we went to the car.  Now his younger sister followed us. He never told her what we did the previous year.  So I told her “You can come only if you promise not to tell what we did.  It’s TOP SECRET!”  She agreed and we had McDonald’s fries.

The following year, the three of us sneak out to the car and lo and behold, my mother is following us. She says “Something’s up and I want to know what it is.”  I tell her  “OK, but it’s TOP SECRET, you can’t tell anyone, and you’ll see once we get there.”  We pull up to McDonald’s and my mother starts laughing.  We get the fries, go back to the car and eat them while giggling.  Then when we finished, my mother said “You know how we say how good the Thanksgiving dinner is and what a wonderful cook she is?  It’s because by the time it’s finally ready we’re all starving and ANYTHING would taste great!!!”😂🤣😆

18 minutes ago, Mike A said:

We pull up to McDonald’s and my mother starts laughing.  We get the fries, go back to the car and eat them while giggling.

What a wonderful story! Thanks, Mike.

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On 1/28/2026 at 5:52 AM, Mike A said:

Supersize Me

 

im quite sure with him being an alcoholic alot of the film has been disputed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 1/28/2026 at 3:19 PM, charliearon said:

My mom threw out all of my comicbooks from the very early 1950s 😠

Ouch Charlie!!!  My wife wants to throw out all of my flannel shirts from the 80s.  They're like family to me.

Edited February 2Feb 2 by tdflightsim

48 minutes ago, tdflightsim said:

Ouch Charlie!!!  My wife wants to throw out all of my flannel shirts from the 80s.  They're like family to me.

I still have 2 that I wear often!

26 minutes ago, charliearon said:

I still have 2 that I wear often!

Flannel shirts, flannel sheets, can't beat'um.  Flannel lined jeans weren't bad either.

Got 'em all!

I wonder if Mickey D's should also try selling Sad Meals.