Products from when I was younger hard to find now
How many of you have thought about things that used to be available at the store when you were a child and today seem to have just vanished from ever existing.
I grew up in the Dallas / Fort Worth area and we shopped at several different grocery stores in those days but most often Safeway. When I was a child I remember we used the pancake /waffle syrup called Vermont Maid http://www.bgfoods.com/brand_vermontmaid.asp
Today it is hard to find I suppose as other national brands have played the game for shelf space and won the battles.
I also remember breath mints caled Certs and they just seem to have vanashed:
Remember these?
Now all you see are these:
Life Savers are now these huge things in bags which used to be smaller in rolls which used to actually taste good. Today I am not sure what they are made of but they are not what they used to be.
From this:
To this:
What ever happened to the original Dentyne gum which had that nice cinnamon flavor?
Remember this anyone?
Now all you see are these hard candy coated Dentyne Ice kind of gums sold in blister packs which have an entirely different flavor to them...
What ever happened to original Trident gum?
Now all we have is Trident White again sold in blister packs:
My family used to drink Maryland Club coffee
It does not exist today.
I just wondered if any of you all have seen things that you used to be familiar with as a child vanish in the last several decades.
If so please share your examples.
Fellows
I grew up in the Dallas / Fort Worth area and we shopped at several different grocery stores in those days but most often Safeway. When I was a child I remember we used the pancake /waffle syrup called Vermont Maid http://www.bgfoods.com/brand_vermontmaid.asp
Today it is hard to find I suppose as other national brands have played the game for shelf space and won the battles.
I also remember breath mints caled Certs and they just seem to have vanashed:
Remember these?
Now all you see are these:
Life Savers are now these huge things in bags which used to be smaller in rolls which used to actually taste good. Today I am not sure what they are made of but they are not what they used to be.
From this:
To this:
What ever happened to the original Dentyne gum which had that nice cinnamon flavor?
Remember this anyone?
Now all you see are these hard candy coated Dentyne Ice kind of gums sold in blister packs which have an entirely different flavor to them...
What ever happened to original Trident gum?
Now all we have is Trident White again sold in blister packs:
My family used to drink Maryland Club coffee
It does not exist today.
I just wondered if any of you all have seen things that you used to be familiar with as a child vanish in the last several decades.
If so please share your examples.
Fellows
Comments
That "maple" syrup you used to buy was probably high fructose crapola all along.
I'm not gonna post pictures, but I can remember buying music on these things called 8-track tapes. I can't find them ANYwhere now ! All I can find is "CD's" and something called "MP3"....
Wacky Packages...but I am old
And these
and this
I'm having trouble finding the bubble gum heroin needles and the fruit juice in beer bottles I used to know and love.
Ocean Pacific surfwear?
Jordache Jeans?
Vuarnet sunglasses?
Someone was a moronic CEO somewhere.
What about huge clothing brands that totally disappeared?
Ocean Pacific surfwear?
Jordache Jeans?
Vuarnet sunglasses?
Someone was a moronic CEO somewhere.
Heh. Ocean Pacific.
Members Only?
Spuds Mackenzie shirts?
http://www.inthe80s.com/food/tunatwist1.shtml
Oh, actually it looks like they had to take it off the market because it caused gastrointestinal illness! Oh well, so much for memories.
What about huge clothing brands that totally disappeared?
Ocean Pacific surfwear?
Jordache Jeans?
Vuarnet sunglasses?
Someone was a moronic CEO somewhere.
Horror of horrors.....Z Cavaricci pants. Those high-waisted abominations with the belts that had to be twisted and looped in just the right way.
I had 2 pair
What about huge clothing brands that totally disappeared?
Ocean Pacific surfwear?
Jordache Jeans?
Vuarnet sunglasses?
Someone was a moronic CEO somewhere.
Ocean Pacific ... still going: http://www.oceanpacific.com/
Jordache ... still going: http://www.jordache.com/
Vuarnet ... still going: http://www.vuarnet.com/
Obviously, none of these brands garner the sales that they saw in the past but they're still ongoing concerns. OP, in particular, still produce some fairly nice items.
Horror of horrors.....Z Cavaricci pants. Those high-waisted abominations with the belts that had to be twisted and looped in just the right way.
I had 2 pair
Heh. They're still around, too.
If you thought that their high-waisted pants were bad, you haven't seen the insanely high-waisted jeans that a lot of the fashion brands tried to market last-year.
I nearly laughed myself unconscious when the reps at the trade-shows were showing them to me.
http://blogs.smarter.com/fashion/200...et-used-to-it/
The photos in that article are only 1/2 the story ... check out this pair from Cheap Monday:
http://www.thefashionpolice.net/2006...f_fashi_2.html
Yeah.
Members Only?
Spuds Mackenzie shirts?
Members Only ... hot among the hipsters and thrift-store indie kids.
The brand was licensed a few years ago and staged a bit of a revival on the back of said hipster/indie kids. The new collections were pretty decent.
Here's a link to the licensed collections: http://membersonlystyle.com/
Wow those were the good days!
Check out this emulator: http://www.speaknspell.co.uk/speaknspell.html Click play and then when the page comes up turn on the Speak and Spell by hitting the "on" button on the top right of the virtual keyboard.
WHAT FUN!!!
Fellows
Always worked with the ladies...
The flavor only lasted for a minute and a half, but darn, it was good.
decent Black Cats
Estes rockets -- that actually used balsa wood
Vertibird
Those red LED Texas Instruments watches (and only the rich kids got those)
.....yes, *hours*