Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

[jamespowers]

Twinkies

Oh, someone else will buyout those brands and recipes. Don't worry.

 

[countryclubjoe]

Hi Folks

I remember my Grandfather wearing a Boutonnier on Saturday's and Sunday's.-- Now you only see them for weddings, or proms etc.

Best regards
CCJ

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Oh, someone else will buyout those brands and recipes. Don't worry.

As a joke I just listed a Hostess fruit pie wrapper on eBay. lol

 

[jamespowers]

As a joke I just listed a Hostess fruit pie wrapper on eBay. lol

Geez, I was just at the local Hostess outlet Thursday. They had tons of them on sale.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I was never a Hostess fan myself, but I'm going to miss Drake's Cakes. There's times when nothing but a Ring Ding will do.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

:doh:

 

[jamespowers]

:doh:

Gee, they offer free shipping. How nice of them.

 

[scottyrocks]

They'll be back.

 

[jamespowers]

They'll be back.

From Mexico.

 

[W4ASZ]

Moving away from zombie snacks, when was the last time anyone here saw someone else take up pencil and paper and do any mathematical calculation ?

I was among the last of the high school students, class of '71, in this area to be instructed on the use of the slide rule, and I have a small collection of those. While I don't expect people to be using slide rules I am astonished, though I really should not be, that simple math problems require electronic devices for their solution.

 

[dnjan]

Ah yes, slide rules!
Best invention, ever, for dry-labbing.
I teach, and often use my slide rule to make up data for exams that is just good enough to look real but not so perfect as to give the question away.

 

[fashion frank]

I was never a Hostess fan myself, but I'm going to miss Drake's Cakes. There's times when nothing but a Ring Ding will do.

Hello LizzieMaine ,I have to tell you eveything seems to be going by the way side myself included ! [huh]

As I always like to read through Threads , When I read your starter post from back a few years ago , I was like " wow I forgot all about the "little smoking bombs with a wick " and man my mind raced back to where I grew up and I was like " yea , I remember those things to a tee" ,I could even picture them in my mind BUT I had totally forgotten about them , just like do you remember the street lights that had the baked enamel reflector and a real just regular lightbulb in it for a street light, compared to a street light of today , HOLY COW I feel ancient!!

All the BEST , Fashion Frank

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Not having read everything before me for the past few days...one thing we can all miss now..."Hostess Twinkies"......the ultimate junk food but wow, I sure will miss them.

 

[jamespowers]

Not having read everything before me for the past few days...one thing we can all miss now..."Hostess Twinkies"......the ultimate junk food but wow, I sure will miss them.

They will be back before know it. Several companies are vying for the brands.

 

[LizzieMaine]

They may even be back without a sale -- the company and the union have been ordered into arbitration, and it's expected there'll be a settlement.

Meanwhile, I hope the yokels who paid hundreds and thousands of dollars for Twinkies on eBay enjoy their treats.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

They will be back before know it. Several companies are vying for the brands.

Agreed. In the very least it will still be with us in one form or another. Though I do suspect that the very first Twinkie I've ever had is still with me in one form or another.

 

[W4ASZ]

Ah yes, slide rules!
Best invention, ever, for dry-labbing.
I teach, and often use my slide rule to make up data for exams that is just good enough to look real but not so perfect as to give the question away.

I am especially fond of the K&E Cooke's Radio Slide Rule which goes with Mathematics for Electricians and Radiomen by Nelson M.Cooke (McGraw-Hill).

Ah, nostalgia - but still perfectly useful, no batteries required. :eusa_clap

 

[W4ASZ]

Agreed. In the very least it will still be with us in one form or another. Though I do suspect that the very first Twinkie I've ever had is still with me in one form or another.

I don't recall ever having had one. They were not marketed down this way and were not part of my youth. Moon Pies are another matter.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

So far $10,000 is still the highest price paid for Twinkies on eBay though some sellers are asking... are you ready???

$21 million!!! :eeek::doh:



http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-box-of-Ho...299?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item416e8ff0d3

 

[LizzieMaine]

The gullible booboisie is one vintage thing that has not disappeared in my lifetime. If anything, it's multiplied beyond all attempts at control.