What items do you use and still wish were made today? I started a similar thread about flashlights over here: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/t...ashlights-do-you-wish-were-still-made.489884/
Discontinued things you still wish were made today
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Anything at all? Freia Dessertsjokolade. A specific box of chocolate.
Unlike current "assortment" boxes, where I either don't like or can't eat certain pieces due to allergies, the entire box of "dessert chocolate" was 100 % yum.
I'm not a chocolate eater at all, but I still bought one such box for myself every Christmas. I had that as a personal "tradition" for 13 years before it suddenly went away.
Unlike current "assortment" boxes, where I either don't like or can't eat certain pieces due to allergies, the entire box of "dessert chocolate" was 100 % yum.
I'm not a chocolate eater at all, but I still bought one such box for myself every Christmas. I had that as a personal "tradition" for 13 years before it suddenly went away.
Literally anything and everything that falls under the following category....
Made with Quality and Pride in the USA.
Made with Quality and Pride in the USA.
Huge difference between Made in the USA vs. Made with Quality and Pride in the USA.
Add these to the list:
Crown Audio - D75A & Studio Reference amplifiers. Damn near bulletproof, great damping factor, great clarity. Mine are 30+ years old, still ticking, and ran 24/7 for many years.
Add these to the list:
Crown Audio - D75A & Studio Reference amplifiers. Damn near bulletproof, great damping factor, great clarity. Mine are 30+ years old, still ticking, and ran 24/7 for many years.
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Sony FW900 24-inch widescreen CRT monitor.
I was lucky enough to own one (the FW-9012 version),but it died in 2013.
Still miss that 90-lb wonder monitor.
I was lucky enough to own one (the FW-9012 version),but it died in 2013.
Still miss that 90-lb wonder monitor.
Nehi cherry soda :p
I liked it better than the grape flavor.
Stewart's Old-Fashioned Soda drink is still around. Almost exclusively at Walmart. Though did find a tiny corner eatery one neighborhood over that mostly sells mini pizzas and chicken stuffed pita bread sandwiches that carries the drink ice cold. And yes, Cherry is available.
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I think there may be a couple of Stewarts drive ins by me...are they related to the soft drinks?
Possibly?? The soft drinks only come in glass bottles. Bring your bottle-opener.
Parents who act like parents instead of their children's friend.
In NYC, a young woman literally needs to get a license in order to legally braid hair.
However, any two morons of opposite gender can create a child; and get to keep it!
Qualifications to properly raise said child? Nope! None! Think about that....
NYC has decided that Braiding hair is far more important than raising a child!
One requires a license, the other absolutely none at all!
However, any two morons of opposite gender can create a child; and get to keep it!
Qualifications to properly raise said child? Nope! None! Think about that....
NYC has decided that Braiding hair is far more important than raising a child!
One requires a license, the other absolutely none at all!
I still have a CRT with Trinitron technology in storage. Also 17". I was one of the last at the local LAN-party back in the day to get a LCD-monitor.
Little did I know at the time how lucky I was with the CRT. I have so sensitive eyes, any IPS-panel I have tried is a no-go. Same with PWM-controlled screens, and anything with a "3H Hard Coat" (anti-glare coating).
That old CRT worked perfectly for me for years. Ran it at some obscure resolution (960x720, I believe it was) to get 85 Hz, best compromise I found between resolution and refresh rate.
I didn't upgrade to a flat screen until 2007-2008, when I bought a pair of Acer G24OID (16:10, 24", 1600x1200, CCFL / TN, 60 Hz). After that it was trial by fire to find anything better until I found my current trio of HP Omen Z4D33AA (16:9, 27", 2560x1440, LED / VA, 165 Hz) in 2017.
And I am not looking at a new trio next year, something 32", 2560x1440 (I don't want 3840 × 2160 / "4K" yet). LED / TN or LED / VA. OLEDs are either 4K or too expensive for 3 of them (and I want 3, for gaming in 48:9, 7680x1440).
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I had a Sony KV-40XBR800 for over twenty years, awesome chunk of electronics.
Wasn't much fun moving it in, or moving it out, though.
Over 300 pounds (minus the integral stand, of course)
Wasn't much fun moving it in, or moving it out, though.
Over 300 pounds (minus the integral stand, of course)
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I also have a Trinitron CRT monitor in storage. Still worked this year when I tried it. It's outlived numerous LCDs, including many from Samsung.
Packaging with the original labels.
Well, OK, maybe not this one.
Well, OK, maybe not this one.
