# Things you never thought you'd miss **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 31, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406 "2009-03-31T09:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/1 "2009-03-31T09:51:27Z")
I was flying back to Iceland yesterday evening and since the flight left at 19:45 (CET) I had to be at the airport around 18:00, which meant I had to leave for it at around 17:00. This basically meant that it was to early to eat dinner before leaving, since I’d eaten a pretty late lunch. We all also know that airport food is ridiculously overprized so I decided against eating there before the flight took off, knowing that I’d at least get some foodlike substance while in the air. But no! NO food, no coffee, not even water!!! Which made me very hungry and cranky when I finally arrived home at 23:00 (GMT) - way to many hours after my last meal. So that’s what I thought I’d never miss: Airplane food What’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/2 "2009-03-31T10:31:02Z")
Having a job. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/3 "2009-03-31T11:33:46Z")
Winter in Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/4 "2009-03-31T11:46:42Z")
Wormred- sorry to hijack- but why no food on the plane? Even if it is not meal times in Australia we get some crap served. On the cheaper flights you have the option of buying sandwiches or such. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/5 "2009-03-31T12:11:21Z")
The ‘‘t’’ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/6 "2009-03-31T12:17:51Z")
Not even water? What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/7 "2009-03-31T12:39:35Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > The ‘‘t’’ ☹ As per my username, I’m stupid and curious - explain? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/8 "2009-03-31T12:51:33Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > As per my username, I’m stupid and curious - explain? Thought rather than though in the title. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/9 "2009-03-31T12:55:04Z")
The NYC skyline with the WTC. I went into and out of NYC on 9/9/01 and didn’t even notice it. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/10 "2009-03-31T13:12:08Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Winter in Michigan. Winter in Montreal. Lord, I actually miss shoveling - because it means there’s _snow_ everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/11 "2009-03-31T13:19:30Z")
I’ll tell you something - a couple of years I flew from NY to Vegas & Colorado for a few days. I had the most wonderful time, it was absolutely divine, but it was DRY. Dry-dry-dry-dry. At the end of the trip we flew to Los Angeles and I was shocked to discover I had missed the humidity. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/12 "2009-03-31T14:52:59Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Wormred- sorry to hijack- but why no food on the plane? Even if it is not meal times in Australia we get some crap served. On the cheaper flights you have the option of buying sandwiches or such. I meant free coffee, water or foodlike substance. They did sell stuff at ridiculous prices, which made me even grumpier. And a T… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/13 "2009-03-31T15:01:35Z")
Cadbury chocolate. Norway has some great chocolate, but sometimes I just really miss Cadbury Nuts 'n Raisins. And Tunnocks Tea Cakes. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/14 "2009-03-31T16:50:25Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Thought rather than though in the title. Ha! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/15 "2009-03-31T16:56:02Z")
In Kyoto: Grass, good cheese, oatmeal, spicy food. When I came home: Bath houses, bike riding everywhere, not being able to understand a language completely. You’d be surprised how pleasant life can be when you can’t understand the whispers and background noises, only to have to return home and hear all of the ditzy girls and MTV crap that you subconsciously hear but your ears cannot filter out. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/16 "2009-03-31T17:07:50Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > As per my username, I’m stupid and curious - explain? Haha, that explanation of your username made me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/17 "2009-03-31T20:09:48Z")
I live in south Florida. I miss the seasons. Especially Autumn. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/18 "2009-03-31T20:47:26Z")
Mountains. Heck, I’d even settle for some hills. Coming from SoCal where one can see the mountains( looming up through the smog) it is a shock to look down the road here in West Central Florida and see . . . nothing on yon horizon. I also miss waves, but that’s no surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/19 "2009-03-31T22:27:34Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > The ‘‘t’’ ☹ Brought “T”-miss tea time. ---
**Author:** ![Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liddle_Lamsy_Divey)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406/20 "2009-03-31T23:21:41Z")
Having lived in south Florida all my life, and just recently (well, about six months) come up to South Carolina, I kind of miss the humidity. And I’m still not used to the hills, mountains and red-orange dirt. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-thought-youd-miss/491406.md?page=2)