You are totally right that there are some things of times gone by that should never have been discarded. Steel from toledo, straights...
That is indeed the reason most of us found their way to SRP. So like you I have the same sentiment.

But your first post sounded like you really longed for everything, not just the good stuff.
I still think that -in general- things are a lot better now than they were then. We just have to take care to salvage the gems of the past.
I didn't mean to criticize you of course.