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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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$695 for a Renault LeCar? I'll take two at that price!
Laura Scudder's potato chips.
From what I Googled, peanut butter and dip are still sold under the Laura Scudder's brand, but I can't remember the last time I saw Laura Scudder's potato chips in a store. They used to be right up there with Lay's and Ruffles.
From what I Googled, peanut butter and dip are still sold under the Laura Scudder's brand, but I can't remember the last time I saw Laura Scudder's potato chips in a store. They used to be right up there with Lay's and Ruffles.
(probably already posted) Cigarette machines
I always loved the old Granny Goose chip commercials..
I haven't seen Granny Goose in stores in a long time, either. Google says they're still made, though.
School kids carrying books instead of using back packs. (Love the lunch box to the far right!)
Keeping the theme from the above post...
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I actually had this one...Green Hornet!
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I actually had this one...Green Hornet!
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(probably already posted) Cigarette machines
I saw an old cigarette machine just like that one Sunday evening in a venue where my band plays. Cigarettes are $10.00 a pack in it.
Really? A whole roll of quarters!
When I started working my first job ever in 1978, cigarettes were $0.60 a pack, and customers would ask for "cigarette change" which meant to change a dollar bill into two quarters, two dimes, and a nickel for the machine.
Sometimes it's hard to remember that was 45 years ago; if I'd been married then I might now have grandchildren who were legal adults on their own. Yikes. On the other hand sometimes it feels like yesterday, like I could go down there and order a sandwich and a beer right now. The world's changed so much; high school boys used to get drunk and drive around town all the time - CPS would be intervening now - but admitting to being gay would have been almost a death sentence in many parts of town.
Edit: Cigarette change was THREE quarters, two dimes and a nickel to make up 60C for the machine.
Here's a thing I don't see or hear anymore: Websites that have background music already playing when you visit them. They might still exist, but I haven't clicked on one in many years.
