Is there a product that is no longer made that you miss?

The original Fizzies, made with sugar, not Spenda.
PDQ (chocolate crystals that dissolved in milk)
Quench (a citrus soft drink that's better that Squirt)
Milkshake candy bar (it was like eating a chocolate malted milkshake)

Yes, but I can't remember the name of it. They were these biscuit/cookie type things, a nice beigey brown colour, about 1" diameter. I think they had chocolate chips in them.

Rideout's molasses donuts. I don't know that they're no longer made but I haven't been able to find any for over ten years.

Lawn darts

Not to my knowledge.

Certain types of educational software used to be cheaper and easier to find than last time I looked for it. They got bought out by another company and I didn't much care for their Website descrips nor their customer service rep. I think they're now called Clearvue. I guess it's still available to a certain extent but not as easily found and maybe not as many titles as before. Another thing would be those big computer shows that were FREE to wander around in -- now I think they all charge admission just for the exhibits. They'd also have a good selection of FREE stuff like magazines you could grab to take home, and CHEAP software, like individual CDs. Now everything in these shows seems to be geared towards people with plenty of bucks to throw around.

I had this thing for beige (Rubbermaid calls them "Almond") Rubbermaid pitchers, mostly because I grew up with them. I wanted them for making iced tea in. I had a few but they've been breaking over the last few years and it doesn't seem possible to get them anymore, so I've finally given up on the beige Rubbermaid pitchers of my childhood and moved on.

Yes.

It was this hair mousse by Charles Worthington. It made my hair silky and gave it volume without frizzying it up. Unfortunately, they pulled the whole line out of production and replaced it with one in which I don't like anything. I had a conditioner from their new line and it was crap. I used it up and went back to Pantene. I miss the old Charles Worthington.

A few of them. Sunkist mini mints rocked!

Not that I recall......... but chocolate bars always seemed bigger years ago, (as well as bags of potato chips) maybe because I was smaller?

I was just thinking this but I can't remember what it is.

Well it is occasionally made but hard to find.... Beeman's Gum, and Clove Gum...

TAB, Hamburger helper, Chickadee chicken flavoured chips, Fathers favourite sauce, Malt extract.

I used to love the Vanilla Oatmeal and Pecan Oatmeal from Quaker Oats and I can't find them anymore. Grrr..... Almond Delight Cereal was awesome. As was the original Smores cereal. (Obviously I get very attached to my breakfast! )

I was at a party in the early 80s and saw a guy get hit in the arm with a lawn dart. It hit a major blood vessel and blood was everywhere. That's probably why you can't find them anymore!

is it wrong for me to laugh at that?

Not really a product but I miss when Taco Bells served breakfast. I ate the double bacon and egg burritos all the time. Some now serve breakfast again but the menu is different.

> The original Fizzies, made with sugar, not Spenda.
> PDQ (chocolate crystals that dissolved in milk)
> Quench (a citrus soft drink that's better that
> Squirt)
> Milkshake candy bar (it was like eating a chocolate
> malted milkshake)
>

I still see Milkshake candy bars around here occasionally.

Really? I can't find them anywhere here. When they were still available, the only places I could find them were either at Woolworth's or Newberry's.

I have one of those in the gallon size. I got it at a garage sale for 50¢ a few years ago & it's still going strong.

Hamburger Helper is still very much around. In fact, I just make up a batch of it a few days ago & finished off the last of it for dinner tonight.

It's not because you've got bigger. Bags of potato chips & candy bars are definitely smaller than they used to be, but their prices certainly haven't gone down.

Yeah... the shampoo that Revlon put out for a while called 'Outrageous'. Cindy Crawford was the hair model for them. Loved that stuff.

I certainly have to agree with you on that, Kate.

What do you mean, lawn darts? The ones I'm thinking of are still available.

Are you talking about the ones that were sold in the late 70s? The ones I remember had a slightly rough, pebbly surface, a pour spout, and the type of lid that had the 'button' on top that you pushed to 'seal' the pitcher.

I often find that a dead giveaway is when a package says "new & improved". The package will often be the same size, but there will be less inside. A good example is a can of coffee. Years ago, they started putting less in the 3 lb size can of coffee, but didn't make the can smaller. Unless you read the label, you'd still think you're getting 3 lbs of coffee. A neighbor of mine learned this the hard way when she started running out of coffee faster than usual, even though she hadn't increase her coffee consumption.

I think that's Tupperware, not Rubbermaid. I have a pitcher just like you described.

Sneaky bastards, the lot of them.

Exactly! Let's hang them up by their little toes & let a giraffe lick the bottoms of their feet until they go insane.

Oh... didn't know that. This is the one I was describing. Found it right away under 'Tupperware pitcher' in Google image search. No wonder I couldn't find it using 'Rubbermaid pitcher'.

Now that is a visual!! With their long tongue, giraffes would be able to wrap it around their feet and legs... popsicles, anyone?

I've got one exactly like that, but it's in a lighter color, more an almond or pale beige. I've also got the gallon size Rubbermaid pitcher in the almond color as well (the one I mentioned to romkey). Both acquired for 50¢ each at 2 different garage sales.

Peoplesicles!

On December 19, 1988, all lawn darts were banned from sale in the United States by the Consumer Product Safety Commission[1]. Shortly after, in 1989, they were also banned in Canada.[2]

[1] http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/PRHTML97/97122....
[2] http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iyh-vsv/prod/used-usages_e....

I have one of the gallon ones, too, but it's a little too big to work in the current configuration of our fridge.

I've never seen one of those before!

Thats what I thought

Not that I can think of.

Wow... I was not aware of that. I was sure I saw some in a store not too long ago. My bad.

They used to be as common as pennies. Hard to come by now. We had an olive green one.

Well....He was okay and I didn't really know him, so I don't care!

MY PERFUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRR!!!! There are a few bottles of it on ebay, but I don't have a credit card, it makes me want to cry!

> Well it is occasionally made but hard to find.... Beeman's Gum, and
> Clove Gum...

They have those at stores by my house

I haven't seen this pitcher in AGES!

Old-style Feminax with an anti-spasmodic in it. Now it's just paracetamol and caffeine - no good for cramps

Texan Barbeque Marinade Sauce from Knorr. Peach Melba Iced Tea from Whittards. They always discontinue my favourite things. Grrr.

Accelerator ammunition made by Remington, a .223 55 grain bullet in a plastic sabot loaded in a .30 calibre cartridge.

Yeah, many products
1) Horlicks Malted Chocolate Candy (came in a little glass bottle)
2) Sen-Sen
3) Snowcaps
4) Clover Gum
5) Fizzies
6) Black Jack Gum
7) Jolt Soda
8) Chip Beef patties
9) Taco Bell's Bell Beefer. (ground meat on a burger bun) That was athe best thing on their menu!
10) Jack in the Box Breakfast Pita (THAT was the bomb, when they stopped making that I stopped going there!)


Can't think of anything else right now, but when I do I will get back to you.

I know there is but I just can't think of it right now..besides my laundry detergent, Cheer Dark linen.. was really nice.. kept the shape in your clothes and made them soft..

They still make Black Jack gum... if you like, the next time I see some, I'll buy a pack and send it to you.

What the heck was a Bell Beefer?

Yes, there is but it's been so long I forgot what it was.

No and come to think of it they still make those Christmas musical cards today as back 50 years ago around
the time I was born wow that is something and they have those watch batteries in them

> A few of them. Sunkist mini mints rocked!

Linda I used to get these magazines in the mail Thousands of Things You never Knew Existed? and just about
anything back to my childhood in the 50's and 40's I think it was

I wonder why sunkist quit making mini mints. I loved those!

> I wonder why sunkist quit making mini mints. I loved those!

Just maybe you can do an internet search to see if you could find them and you might

I'd be tempted to order them by the bucketful.

> I'd be tempted to order them by the bucketful.
>

Oh that sounds real good to me by the bucket and I will try and search the internet myself and see what I come up
with , there is just so many things out there and we never know

I think they might still make these, those little wax candies shaped like soda bottles with the fruit juice inside them. My mama use to buy them for me & my sister when we were little kids.