Awesome Shit That Has Disappeared

[Medusa]

Post your favorite items that are no longer being made or are hard to find here!
Let's see how old-school we can get!!


Here is one of my faves:

Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke!!!

http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/50e602226bb3f79b7100000c-1200/cherry-vanilla-coke-and-a-diet-version-was-launched-in-2006-but-discontinued-just-a-year-later.jpg

[o'queery]

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0810/3.jpg

[Medusa]

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0810/3.jpg



Ooooooooooohhhhhhhh!!! I used to LOVE those! Grape was the best IMO ;)

[Medusa]

Remember this little dude?

http://www.inthe70s.com/toys/images/user-image-1208282163.jpg

[Tommi]

http://kontrolmag.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/MotorolaPager.jpg

Numbers, just numbers.
Fast, easy, no voice to answer, or listen too, and maybe call back.

[Tommi]

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/klotz/klotz1007/klotz100700021/7334164-plastic-adapter-for-playing-45-r-p-m-vinyl-singles-on-33-r-p-m-record-players.jpg

[Bèsame*]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT6PcPylsEo1FgnaAg2tty2YtyCcj_tA KyBC9X7RD3QP7kuSIgB9w
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRRrOw-W8P-aQPoHTJvP-8XAhsE45RIWFTFoJ3Yg3VxloMnvzc8sw

oh to have saved these shoes!!

[LeftWriteFemme]

http://perfumeposse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/4509264291_24773ed006.jpg

[~baby~doll~]

http://www.cigarettespedia.com/images/4/4c/York_american_version_design_1_0_9l_20_s_usa.jpg

This Cigarette was gone from the market in the US (as far as i can tell) around 1965. i used to smoke York they were the best cigarette i ever had. Now i have quit so it is all water under the bridge anyway.

[Tommi]

http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m6py6ziEvE-hKurQBeOR85A.jpg

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/AUTOIMAGES%5CSBWW0224.jpg

[Bèsame*]

http://www.economycandy.com/images/detailed/3/FIZZIES___CHERRY_4dd418c62319d.jpg

[WingsOnFire]

This was my favorite sandwich!! and then they had to come up with the nasty greasy stuff that wilts your veggies now... oh to have a McDLT...

http://assets.kitchendaily.com/styles/large/s3/field/image/McDLT.png

[Lasiurus_cinereus]

Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo Berry... (a bit of childhood nostalgia) not found in Canada anymore, not even for Halloween!

:bigcry:

[Rockinonahigh]

Tripple X root beer,havent seen any in ages.

[Parker]

This was my favorite sandwich!! and then they had to come up with the nasty greasy stuff that wilts your veggies now... oh to have a McDLT...

http://assets.kitchendaily.com/styles/large/s3/field/image/McDLT.png

lol, I was just thinking the other day how I missed that sandwich that McD's made where the burger was on one side and the veggies on the other so they didnt get warm or wilt on your drive home - but I couldnt remember what it was called! :blink:

[Bad_boi]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2388978851_e61cee73b8.jpg
I miss this shit. It was amazing and now its gone.

[girl_dee]

Well half of my home town New Orleans is gone so we have a saying

"ain't dere no mo'"


i do miss this ! A Louisiana made soda that had a strawberry flavor and a LOT of fizz!

http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/maVTYR4V_zPkozSaVcyRE0Q.jpg

[o'queery]

http://s3-ak.buzzfeed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/17/14/enhanced-buzz-24283-1313607174-20.jpg

[Wrang1er]

Cool thread, brings back memories. I don't know how to post pictures, but does anyone remember the Marathon bar? It was a caramel braid covered in chocolate and 12 inches long. The commercials were awesome. Marathon John and Quick Carl. No one eats a Marathon Bar quick. :)

[o'queery]

Cool thread, brings back memories. I don't know how to post pictures, but does anyone remember the Marathon bar? It was a caramel braid covered in chocolate and 12 inches long. The commercials were awesome. Marathon John and Quick Carl. No one eats a Marathon Bar quick. :)

http://www.vintageveggies.com/candystore/images/mars/marathon_john.jpg

here ya go Wrang!

[JAGG]

I can't cut and paste with my phone right now but here are a few.

Low Fat liquid Coffeemate creamer
Promise Ultra fat free butter
Gee your hair smells terrific shampoo
Pony brand sneakers
Super elastic bubble plastic
Ink pens that had a perfume smelling ink.

[~baby~doll~]

Many stores and street corners had these.
http://curezone.com/upload/Blogs/Zoebess/1950s_pay_phone.jpg

[GraffitiBoi]

http://www.hammradio.com/images/content/JelloPuddingPops.jpg

[cinnamongrrl]

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/2iOTJ8JRrr8/hqdefault.jpg?feature=og

My mom used to make these ALL the time! They were my brother's favorite. He still talks about them. They were called Fudge Jumbles but he always called them fudgeup jumbles...he's still a little strange...

[cinnamongrrl]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8HTu9zS4b_ba6CLDdNH37ZviL2c7Hx WtFf5641_QMbd06l6qD

My mother always wanted one of these.....I think the strangeness in my family stems from her DNA.... :blush:

[cinnamongrrl]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_W_Z0dMbj-tGNMJ7yAPJZ8pbPvsYk03OgZeEI3Uv6unshnWvEIg

I had ALL of these dolls...right up until I let my girls play with them.... :|

[Miss Scarlett]

I don't know how many of these I wore out as a child...

http://images2.makefive.com/images/experiences/life/five-fads-you-took-part-in/jingle-jump-7.jpg

[morningstar55]

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee84/susanhabibi/45.jpg

[rockstar lover]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT8HTu9zS4b_ba6CLDdNH37ZviL2c7Hx WtFf5641_QMbd06l6qD

My mother always wanted one of these.....I think the strangeness in my family stems from her DNA.... :blush:


OMG OMG.....I had dozens of these growing up!!! Nobody knows what the heck I'm talking about. Thanks for sharing :)

[deb_U_taunt]

I had made several skirts out of jeans and now thinking I need to do this again. :)

http://pamgarrison.typepad.com/pamgarrison/images/my_cmas_skirt_1.jpg

[o'queery]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRKj9uuRD1tSuR9wuuARE1ZUW_gGVaua z8XIB35n8f4AWfvtfWZug

POPPLES!

[Inked_Trinity]

VERY hard to find now days!

http://www.sodapopreview.com/Images/Colas/Pepsi(Mexico).png

[stargazingboi]

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/space-dust.jpg

[stargazingboi]

http://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/734063/size/tl-horizontal_main

[Rockinonahigh]

Good old common sence is a rare thing to find.

[cinnamongrrl]

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3U6fokWAJdaWPp6Pf_ZQ9xAOrU6PtL 0wsUNneQn1uoh0_aFm11A

My sister's personal favorite....

[cinnamongrrl]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSHjIGaxyl7IZe0csaEtohBH9avHzNef XqRxDxmLKZB6UJF4TbE

Glo worm! I loved this! It was my sister's, but it was great; a nightlight you can snuggle... :)

[nycfem]

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee55/dejalouielove/LOUIES065.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/dejalouielove/media/LOUIES065.jpg.html)

[WolfyOne]

http://www.elysianvisions.com/quisp.jpg

[Bèsame*]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hcs0uA0u1qf6jy9o1_500.jpg

[DapperButch]

http://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/734063/size/tl-horizontal_main

This are still a available....in my area, anyway.

[Tommi]

http://steph38.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/roller-disco.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5136/5443148272_247d6c8b4e_z.jpg

[stargazingboi]

This are still a available....in my area, anyway.

lucky you...I haven't seen them in years :sigh:

[Ts_kaijira]

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/features/food/restaurants/blog/bonomoturkishtaffy.jpg

Smack it, open, broken pieces to eat. Banana was my favorite.

[*Anya*]

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/features/food/restaurants/blog/bonomoturkishtaffy.jpg

Smack it, open, broken pieces to eat. Banana was my favorite.

A couple of weeks ago my honey and I were in Old Town Orange (near the traffic circle). Across the street from a place called Provisions, was a candy store filled with candies that you can't find anywhere that are still being made.

I can't recall the name of the store but know it has been there a long time.

They had several flavors of Bonomo's Turkish Taffy.

I did not know that they still made it.

I felt like a kid in a candy store!

:chocolate:

[always2late]

http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4868943514305467&pid=15.1

[Tommi]

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/features/food/restaurants/blog/bonomoturkishtaffy.jpg

Smack it, open, broken pieces to eat. Banana was my favorite.

A couple of weeks ago my honey and I were in Old Town Orange (near the traffic circle). Across the street from a place called Provisions, was a candy store filled with candies that you can't find anywhere that are still being made.

I can't recall the name of the store but know it has been there a long time.

They had several flavors of Bonomo's Turkish Taffy.

I did not know that they still made it.

I felt like a kid in a candy store!

:chocolate:

Thanks Anya, I'll have to take kaijira over there and see if we can find it and her banana taffy (and the chocolate for me). The Circle's not far from home. Then lunch at the old Walker's Pharmacy and cruise the antique stores. Nice thing to do one of these weekends.

[Bad_boi]

http://s3-ak.buzzfeed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/17/14/enhanced-buzz-24283-1313607174-20.jpg

That is my first caffeine high right there <3

[LadyLike]

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=25139567

[LadyLike]

http://texaslegacybrands.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/800x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/B/U/BUBBLEUP-070110_1.jpg

[RockOn]

I love this thread! LOL!
Stroll down memory lane ... :)

[~baby~doll~]

Camera's with flashbulbs were great I used to love the bulbs they were so great when they went off.

http://zibbet-production.s3.amazonaws.com/images/562/2812875-original.jpg

Here's the single bulbs.

http://media.scpr.org/images/2011/08/01/MaryClairesFlashbulbs.JPG

[Venus007]

http://www.retroland.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ChocoLite.jpg

[Zimmeh]

Before my dad passed away, we bought him one of these. I found it when I was moving and wish they still made the film for it!

Zimmeh

http://www.analoguekaki.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/PolaroidOneStepTalkingCamera.jpg

[Zimmeh]

I had one of these dolls and miss it!

Zimmeh

http://www.pranceatron.com/jem/maxieface.jpg

[LaneyDoll]

My sister and I had divorced parents who lived in different states. Because of that, fashion was not always the same from one place to another. We had these before everyone else did.

http://zackmorriscellphone.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/hypercolor1.jpg

:sparklyheart:

[Bèsame*]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyz0ydXIYIgoUiH3y39N6Zsatjhvyi_ M7ym3EKJllW5Kw3poSq

[puddin']

mary janes
black cows
sweet tarts
cheerwine drink
sundrop
pixie stix

rock 'em, sock 'em robots
hoppity horse
mouse trap

polaroid cameras...

[LoyalWolfsBlade]

Pixi stix I still see at Halloween time...

I'm sure it is listed but Moon Pies chocolate and vanilla ones haven't seen them in years

[Tommi]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll0bhjnji01qjlwi3o1_500.jpg

[LoyalWolfsBlade]

My sister and I had divorced parents who lived in different states. Because of that, fashion was not always the same from one place to another. We had these before everyone else did.

http://zackmorriscellphone.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/hypercolor1.jpg

:sparklyheart:

Hey Laney can't really tell on my phone but if that is tye dye my store sells loads of different kits you can use to make all kinds of different tye dyes

[LoyalWolfsBlade]

Drive in movie theaters where you paid by the car and got to see two new release movies in one night.

[Tommi]

http://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/Matuuie_NA4xzh3-CWL-Qg/l.jpg

http://primmsylvania.webs.com/wowee%20witch%20whistle%20chewing%20wax%20candy.jp g

http://www.stupid.com/assets/images/WAXY_22.jpg

[o'queery]

I know they have new versions of these but NOTHING compares to this one!

http://www.retroland.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/spirograph_650x300_a01_1104.jpg

[always2late]

http://superradnow.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/dnd-4-lite-brite.jpg

[Heavenleahangel]

Pixi stix I still see at Halloween time...

I'm sure it is listed but Moon Pies chocolate and vanilla ones haven't seen them in years

We get Moon Pies all the time! In two sizes! Let me know when you get settled and I will mail you some!!!

[Heavenleahangel]

Back in the early '80s I loved Strawberry Honeycomb! It was my all time FAVE cereal! Then it was gone! Poof! I was actually a little devastated when the only store in town quit stocking it!

[Kobi]

The best of the past toys:

http://media-cache-ak2.pinimg.com/736x/e1/6c/91/e16c912c66943e9a7c760ea62ec4b3ba.jpg
Wasn't as good as baseball cards attached to spokes with clothespins but was a lot cooler.


http://media-cache-ak2.pinimg.com/736x/41/b2/09/41b209a0fcae35eaaa92ec207c00173a.jpg
This was a lot of fun.


http://media-cache-ak2.pinimg.com/236x/18/43/b6/1843b6c2c7a8937c76d029195c5170b6.jpg
After my time but Crazy Car was great.


http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f8/a7/57/f8a75741616a7abcd525d3eb93158523.jpg
Also after my time but cool nonetheless.

http://media-cache-ak1.pinimg.com/736x/5d/50/ad/5d50ada8417a6afef09ea08f2eef6a07.jpg
Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs taught me I had no aptitude for science or engineering.

[Kobi]

Don't know if these candies are still around. Havent seen them in ages.

http://media-cache-ak2.pinimg.com/736x/ac/84/fe/ac84feffaf4f7fb2e4318c897163dae8.jpg


http://media-cache-ec3.pinimg.com/736x/e9/b8/8c/e9b88c7eb83caff2df2a8b169f120042.jpg


http://media-cache-ak1.pinimg.com/736x/bf/31/ca/bf31caf10236f3b909de3e252c270233.jpg


http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/78/45/19/784519453e4a7f663457b64d6769681c.jpg


http://media-cache-ak1.pinimg.com/736x/d6/e7/77/d6e7778817aa523af2cb2f3e36fe0a66.jpg


http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f6/be/38/f6be38759ea2157b2995002fbd0edd3f.jpg

[Mopsie]

For some reason they stopped making Mongolian-style beef hamburger helper! :crybaby:

I can't have dairy and this was my favorite one without dairy! :overreaction:

[Mopsie]

Drive in movie theaters where you paid by the car and got to see two new release movies in one night.

We still have those here in Virginia... there's one up near Winchester and one down Lexington... and probably others around the state.

Going to the drive-in is so much fun! Every once in awhile they even show a triple feature! :cheesy:

[Zimmeh]

I have seen the wax candy bottles here in Orlando. Check some of the mom and pop stores!

I found a website that carries those wax bottle candies you are craving!

http://search.oldtimecandy.com/search?keyword=wax+bottles



Zimmeh

http://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/Matuuie_NA4xzh3-CWL-Qg/l.jpg

http://primmsylvania.webs.com/wowee%20witch%20whistle%20chewing%20wax%20candy.jp g

http://www.stupid.com/assets/images/WAXY_22.jpg

[LaneyDoll]

Hey Laney can't really tell on my phone but if that is tye dye my store sells loads of different kits you can use to make all kinds of different tye dyes

Not tie-dye. Hypercolor changed color when heat (like from hands, breath etc) was applied to it. It was really fun to wear :)

:sparklyheart:

[o'queery]

http://www.crsd.org/cms/lib5/PA01000188/Centricity/Domain/74/kissables-lg.jpg

[puddin']

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh148/letspretendthisneverhappened/randomness/sweettarts.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/letspretendthisneverhappened/media/randomness/sweettarts.jpg.html)


http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/NBachers/rootbeerbarrels1.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/NBachers/media/rootbeerbarrels1.jpg.html)


http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee178/otispott/WoolyWillyOpt.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/otispott/media/WoolyWillyOpt.jpg.html)

[puddin']

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh111/berntralf/Fluff1.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/berntralf/media/Fluff1.jpg.html)

was great wit' nutella or peanut butter on a sammich...


http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn102/midcow2/necco/Necco.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/midcow2/media/necco/Necco.jpg.html)

loved me some neccos...


http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll144/AannshaJones/Bits%20and%20pieces/Moccasins.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/AannshaJones/media/Bits%20and%20pieces/Moccasins.jpg.html)


had a pair o' these i literally wore out. loved them shoes...

[Princess]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln9j5eYURP1qb9bn6o1_400.png

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q6ku1K8Q1qdpw36o1_500.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wh5cFipLIqI/Td7lLy_mmkI/AAAAAAAAAPI/mO2bACTc0zE/s320/black.gif

http://bestofthe80s.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/o_jem.jpg

They do not make cartoons like that anymore!!

[stargazingboi]

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh111/berntralf/Fluff1.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/berntralf/media/Fluff1.jpg.html)

was great wit' nutella or peanut butter on a sammich...


http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn102/midcow2/necco/Necco.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/midcow2/media/necco/Necco.jpg.html)

loved me some neccos...


http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll144/AannshaJones/Bits%20and%20pieces/Moccasins.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/AannshaJones/media/Bits%20and%20pieces/Moccasins.jpg.html)


had a pair o' these i literally wore out. loved them shoes...

believe it or not...in the northeast (MA, RI, CT) you can still get all three of these items without looking to far. Fluff is still the bomb...those candies still taste like sugar chock and moccasins (although not as popular to wear out and about) are still the most comfortable things to wear ever

[Jesse]

http://www.caccessories.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/03/Eyeglasses-20110303-13.jpg

My reading glasses. :blink: I searched for them for two hours today, before finally finding them...so it was kind of like they were gone for good!

[Rockinonahigh]

my good sence,right out the windown poof gone!

[Licious]

What a fun thread! *subscribing*

I saw Wooly Willie at the dollar store the other day.

There is a candy store in my town that sells retro candies, including such controversial items as candy cigarettes, etc.

They have the wax bottles etc, also:

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/assets/images/category/gold-rocks-bubble-gum.jpg

http://www.waysidecountrystore.com/images/cs_clove_gum.jpg

http://www.grannygood.com/product_images/t/249/teaberry_gum__75655_zoom.jpg

Okay is anyone old enough to remember This Stuff?

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/assets/images/category/sen-sen.jpg

[Licious]

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4071/4590745796_4204e95fbb_z.jpg

[Cid]

The Down Under Naturals hairspray in the aerosol can.
I liked it because they never tested on animals and it was environmentally friendly.
And it held my hair in place without feeling sticky.

And Glade had this amazing fragrance in the plug ins but for some reason
decided not to make it anymore. I'm guessing because it actually smelled good and
because you could smell it when you walked in the room.

[o'queery]

These were some of my most prized possessions in 3rd Grade!!http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTE1N1gxNTI5/z/B8IAAMXQTZhR3uJV/$T2eC16R,!)sE9swmZpl1BR3uJVUn,Q~~60_35.JPG?set_id= 880000500F

[Bèsame*]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQt24lPQJNyc4sVAeEL8NAgTTBVQ-4d1OwA9GzGdJybg278F433ThY2-J0

http://pacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/52610_PPa.jpg

[Soft*Silver]

thank you for this thread. I have enjoyed it very much! I saw some things from my childhood that most people dont even remember!

Do any of you remember a toy that was cardboard, and it had dial in the middle and around the edges, there were pieces of faces, and you turned the knob and made different kind of faces with all the combinations?

I remember my mother going all over town, trying to find me one...and then finally did. I sat for hours, making faces...my generation's video game...

[PoeticSilence]

As a child we usually made Christmas gifts for people. I had one of those little red metal looms to make potholders, and my mother would buy several bags of fabric loops for me to work with.

[Hollylane]

I used to switch one leg out for a different color, they looked really cool with my roller skates (or at least I thought they did)...:) I stopped wearing them after some disgusting boy called them "peel-a-meal" pants

http://d3go1nrr5l7vi0.cloudfront.net/size_578xH/ZKmRWRbXrllADoWgGAjav8emVTw

[Licious]

Remember Gimp? In my childhood, it was usually brown or gold or black, even back then I thought, this has got to be a fad that would pass. Kids made simple stuff from it, mostly keyring charms.

Now, here's the kicker, it came back. Life is funny.

Now at least they have more colors. But pretty much what you can do with it is make ugly keyring things. LMBO
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFvq8HPSFJ4/T6W-oQYejgI/AAAAAAAABeI/BTP-U0Fg7fk/s320/1302564569.png

[PoeticSilence]

When I was young and would go with my mother to do grocery shopping, I would make sure to get the Batman and Robin peanut butter (since it was my favourite tv show after school) and my mom would let me pick out the box of DUZ laundry detergent because they had drinking glasses in them and she said I had the lucky touch to get the right glasses for the set. When they switched to having towels in them, I still had the lucky touch.

[Cin]

When I was about 6 my aunt gave me a 78 record of Peter and the Wolf. I was crazy about it and played it as often and as many times in a row as opportunity allowed. I just loved the different instruments playing the different characters. Not sure 78rpm recordings of Peter and the Wolf have disappeared, you can probably get a copy on ebay or something.

But serial stories in the newspaper there really isn’t much call for that. I don’t think it’s really been that popular since Charles Dickens, but when I was a kid (which was not in the Victorian Era, I assure you), every Christmas the local paper published a different Christmas themed story broken up into daily excerpts (except Sunday) that started on December 1 and finished on Christmas eve. I don’t know if the stories were syndicated or written by a local journalist or really who wrote them or where they came from, but I loved them and couldn’t wait for the opportunity to read the day’s offering. Of course I had to wait until the adults were done pawing over the paper, which sometimes took forever…but eventually I would get to read it. It’s such a little nothing thing but I don’t know how to convey the excitement and joy this story brought me every day in the month of December for most of my childhood.

Also I remember a TV special, Amahl and the Night Visitors, I guess it was an opera or something like that and I looked forward to it every year. All the adults were across the hall in my grandmother’s apartment celebrating before midnight mass so I was able to watch what I wanted on TV. I usually watched it alone because the other kids could never make it past a couple of minutes, mostly they thought it was stupid and boring, but I loved it. It became part of my own personal and singular Christmas tradition (I was always a very self contained unit, a SCUBA without the U, SCBA, I guess.) It was only on for a few years though and I’ve never seen it again. Probably for the best because no doubt I would have tried to get other’s to watch it and that never ended well.

[PoeticSilence]

The wooden boxes on everyones front porch or stoop where the milkman left your milk and cottage cheesees.

[Cin]

As a child we usually made Christmas gifts for people. I had one of those little red metal looms to make potholders, and my mother would buy several bags of fabric loops for me to work with.

I did this too. Unfortunately I had to stop when I received several complaints of burnt hands and fingers through the potholders. I guess it wasn't tight enough.

[Cin]

The wooden boxes on everyones front porch or stoop where the milkman left your milk and cottage cheesees.

This reminded me of the way delivery trucks would leave bread, pastry, milk, juice, stuff like that, outside of little neighborhood corner stores in the early morning hours before the stores opened.

Because the adults in my life had to take off for work around 6am and I was too young to be left alone in the house or given a key, I was always wandering the streets until school started. I noticed all the donuts, juice, and milk left unattended and when I was hungry never hesitated to help myself to a free breakfast. I guess you could say it was the first privately funded free breakfast program.

[Cin]

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4071/4590745796_4204e95fbb_z.jpg

The viewmaster reminded me of another favorite toy of mine, the kaleidoscope
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR5o0KtZBqylSCnKDb9azX7aQBP4j02s Tq0qPQ_DT7Jeu8mX6jK

[deb_U_taunt]

I still have a set of all Pepes

http://www.marys-antiques.com/images/5137.jpg

[deb_U_taunt]

thank you for this thread. I have enjoyed it very much! I saw some things from my childhood that most people dont even remember!

Do any of you remember a toy that was cardboard, and it had dial in the middle and around the edges, there were pieces of faces, and you turned the knob and made different kind of faces with all the combinations?

I remember my mother going all over town, trying to find me one...and then finally did. I sat for hours, making faces...my generation's video game...

Kinda like this?

http://stiggyblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/20111015-194348.jpg

[deb_U_taunt]

cars with STYLE

http://portuguese.carmk.net/media/2008/09//57_Cadillac_LH_Frt_Qtr.jpg

[PoeticSilence]

The family cookie jar. When I was growing up, this was something every household had. I still have the one my grandmother left me. It's getting some good use these days.

[Licious]

Can this include shows? Like?

http://animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/beany11.jpg

[Bèsame*]

Going to Granny's house and finding her magazines.
http://alanas-vintage-collectibles.com/images/Ephemera/ad519.jpg

[cinnamongrrl]

common decency comes to mind today!

[SirenManda]

People actually remaining in each others lives. Now a single argument can cause friendships to disappear completely.

[Charmingbutch21]

Having dinner and a conversation WITHOUT looking at your mobile phone.

[Okiebug61]

Having dinner and a conversation WITHOUT looking at your mobile phone.

When we go out everyone has to stack their cell phones in the middle of table with the sound turned down. The first person to pick up any of the phones pays for the entire meal. :-)

[SirenManda]

When we go out everyone has to stack their cell phones in the middle of table with the sound turned down. The first person to pick up any of the phones pays for the entire meal. :-)



Oh my god I would not last... I am notorious about getting distracted by phone sounds.

[cricket26]

i miss milkshakes without the whipped cream on top...am i the only one who has to order a milkshake with out whipped cream on top?

[Okiebug61]

i miss milkshakes without the whipped cream on top...am i the only one who has to order a milkshake with out whipped cream on top?

It must be a "Texas" thing, :-)

[Rockinonahigh]

Triple X root beer,I haven't see it any where in a long time,and I have checked every store I go to...nada.

[TruTexan]

I haven't seen the drink called Chocolate Soldier since I was a teen, it was my favorite drink in the bottle when I was a kid. Now all you can get is YooHoo, it's just not the same thing.

[cinnamongrrl]

directionals...

did they stop putting them in cars or did people just stop using them??

[kittygrrl]

https://img1.etsystatic.com/035/0/7870131/il_570xN.553200125_294o.jpg

loved these!

[cinnamongrrl]

Quiet libraries....

nowadays it seems it's perfectly acceptable to let your crying kids wander while you use the internet...and answer your cell phone...not once but three times...

[Nat]

https://www.clearlycanadian.com/images/home/bottles-small.jpg

haven't seen these in maybe over 20 years

[Cailin]

https://www.clearlycanadian.com/images/home/bottles-small.jpg

haven't seen these in maybe over 20 years


They're back!! :) you can order them online

[Cailin]

http://www.verbicidemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/orbitz-main.jpg

I miss these so much...


Oh, and the old southern/Texas niceties. They seem to be getting diluted..

[puddin']

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0SIa-ET5KbuXksgWp0rUryqD8Usro5uGm0zChjQqTvxO1W6xjWA

[kittygrrl]

http://www.the60sofficialsite.com/images/candy-crate_1907_59647935.gif

[kittygrrl]

http://www.jeffs60s.com/images/5_cent_candybars.jpg

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/c9/45/15/c94515d931c53b74c2da3993b46be5a6.jpg

[puddin']

used to love zero bars. would put 'em in the freezer a while befo' eatin' it! yum-o...

[A. Spectre]

dinosaurs (can't believe nobody has said this yet)

[QueenofSmirks]

I used to love this...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u6Nx5h7yEAg/Sf3h9ap4p6I/AAAAAAAAAXc/ngwmN_x3sic/s400/ProductImage.ashx

[Bubala]

http://g01.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB10QMBIFXXXXapXXXXq6xXFXXXE/The-new-European-style-old-fashioned-rotary-dial-telephone-antique-telephone-landline-phone-free-shipping-creative.jpg_640x640.jpg

[puddin']

a few days back i visited martha's backyard, a local american grocer. i now have 3 york peppermint patties and 2 butterfingers in my freezer.

[girl_dee]

i used to spend hours with these little babies......

http://goodereader.com/blog/uploads/images/170705-encyclopedia-encyclopaedia-britannica.jpg

[CherryWine]

Sooo many of my favorite earrings. I'm not a very organized Virgo. :)

[RockOn]

I moved summer 2016 and still cannot locate these two items:

1. an Abercrombie & Fitch jacket I love dearly
2. my dick

:(

[RockOn]

Actually we still have the scaled down version of dinosaurs. They are called alligators.

I loved that Beef Stoganoff too. Upsetting it is no longer available. I think we need to have a "Bring it Back" demonstration!!!

[cathexis]

I used to love this...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u6Nx5h7yEAg/Sf3h9ap4p6I/AAAAAAAAAXc/ngwmN_x3sic/s400/ProductImage.ashx

Their Welsh Rarebit variety too. Guess people were too afraid

it was, "rabbit."

[cathexis]

Also those great tops that the kid merely pressed down in the
middle, and the top responded by whirling round and round
depending on the kid's whim.

[puddin']

oh word. i did as well.

[girl_dee]

did you all ever had what we called a “slang book” ? This was in the middle school years.

It was a spiral notebook, and each page had a question at the top... and you answered the question (Do you like Joan Jett, who do you have a crush on?) for example. They had sections and most were yes or no questions.

You signed your name in the front and were assigned a number, then did you answer and your number underneath.

Like this

YES
16

They were fun and how we got to know each other. The slang book was passed around from person to person. We got fun pens and things to decorate our slang books.

It was easy to get away with playing in them while in class!

These books were MUCH the threads here, only they did create drama sometimes (SO Unlike the threads here, Haha)

The things we did before the internet.

[kittygrrl]

I miss Hollywood & Big Time w/peanuts candy bars..i would buy one (for a nickel) walking home from schoolhttp://www.maddogpostcards.com/photo/hollywood.jpg

[Kelt]

I miss "Customer Service".

[cathexis]

Miss 411 Information. Getting an operator who would move heaven and Earth to find a phone number for you, and on the off chance they didn't have it, transferred you to a supervisor who would FOUND it.


Anyone remember Cootie Catchers? and cootie shots??

[Chad]

http://www.the60sofficialsite.com/images/candy-crate_1907_59647935.gif

I loved rootbeer fizzies when I was a kid. I have often wondered what happened to them.

[JDeere]

Necco wafers. I know they still exist but my good lord they are hard to find and expensive, they might as well be extinct.

[Kätzchen]

I miss sit-down dinners with small groups of people I tend to hang out with (close friends & family).

It has been so different this past year, with the pandemic and social distancing and for myself and my circle of family friends here at home, we've not gotten together much this past year. We have canceled sit-down dinner plans for the rest of this year and probably into next year. Maybe by next summer or fall, we will get together and have an awesome sit-down dinner. That will be so special and make up for all the times we can't get together, due to the seriousness of the pandemic.

[Gemme]

Necco wafers. I know they still exist but my good lord they are hard to find and expensive, they might as well be extinct.

Try one of these (https://www.spanglercandy.com/our-brands/necco-wafers) stores.