Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

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Sen-sen confection. They tasted like soap and licorice, but I was hooked on them.

I bought a bunch of the packets years ago for about $1.00 each.
The company went out of business in 2013, and I still have 3 packets. Just checked ebay; a single packet today sells for $35.00-50.00 a PIECE !!

I liked them too.

Billy Joel referenced Sen-Sen in his song, "Keeping The Faith".

They were, allegedly, the best at covering up the smell of a cigarette...hence the Billy Joel reference, in a song about Teens in the ‘50s.

 

[Pops OB]

Western Airlines!

 

[notJaco]

Back in the early 80s, I lived in western Kentucky, and worked construction on a power plant that was adjacent to the largest strip mine east of the Mississippi (or so we were told). Driving around the site, we came upon one of these humongous monster draglines, apparently abandoned, in a remote corner of the mine. These were the huge electric versions, with an electric motor that was the size of a house. The entire machine was size of a 3-4 story building. We learned that when that area was mined out, it was cheaper just to leave it behind and build a new dragline at the new location, rather than trying to disassemble and move the old one. They did remove most of the copper from the motor and some other salvageable parts, but for the most part it was just left to rust away.

Just junk now, but in a couple of hundred years it will be an archaeological find.

 

[Richland123]

Lafayette 20-In-1 Electronic Project Kit

 

[PMagers]

 

[PMagers]

 

[Indiedog]

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Yes, indeed...one could have a complete thread about what has gone away from Disneyland.

Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride was the loudest, dumbest ride Disney ever created.

 

[Richland123]

 

[mikeoso]

I had a ‘76 Lincoln Mk IV with Q-Sound. Great sounding, when and IF you could ever find it. I loved that car, a monster boat. $11,500 out the door new!View attachment 4148761

I bought an identical car in 1988 as my oldest son's first vehicle. Paid $500 for it. He drove it well into the 90s and then sold it for more than that. I don't remember if it had Q, but there was definitely an 8 track in it.

 

[mikeoso]

Coke and Manufactured gas plants.
Nasty,nasty.
Awful.
Toxic.

You gotta read this.

I saw this place in 1969.
It was next to the Twins Drive in theater in Indianapolis.
I didn't know what it was back then.
I thought it was a steel mill.
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My house is way out in the country, but had gaslights in it when built in 1890. How? There was (according to the kids who grew up in it) a coal gasification plant in the basement. Very upscale...They replaced it a couple decades later with a Delco system for electric lights run off a windmill. Some of the gaspipes are still in the walls, though.

 

[Richland123]

Lanier Cassette Tape Transcriber

 

[Winslow]

 

[dwm74]

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Had to read that ad twice...thought it said "A spectacular photograph will IMMORRALIZE a time, a place..."

Personally, I'm careful NOT to use a camera when doing immoral things.

 

[D M C]

They were, allegedly, the best at covering up the smell of a cigarette...hence the Billy Joel reference, in a song about Teens in the ‘50s.

Now, I know all you folks are the right kinda parents. I'm gonna be perfectly frank.
Would ya like to know what kinda conversation goes On while they're loafin' around that Hall?
They're tryin' out Bevo, tryin' out cubebs,
Tryin' out Tailor Mades like cigarette fiends!
And braggin' all about
How they're gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen. - “Trouble” from The Music Man.

 

[Winslow]

Now, I know all you folks are the right kinda parents. I'm gonna be perfectly frank.
Would ya like to know what kinda conversation goes On while they're loafin' around that Hall?
They're tryin' out Bevo, tryin' out cubebs,
Tryin' out Tailor Mades like cigarette fiends!
And braggin' all about
How they're gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen. - “Trouble” from The Music Man.

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[D M C]

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[Winslow]

Haha! No worries. It's always a good time for The Music Man.

 

[Richland123]

 

[Richland123]