Reminiscences of obsolete products

Newest Review: ... weapons, helping to destabilize the Middle East and so control the oil price more. And guess who sold them the chemical weapons plants? Yep! A factory up north! The gun was made of pipe like lengths that were supposed to fool customs officers and then be reassembled in the desert as this bizarre telescopic gun, like something Terry Gilliam would dream up. Alas the scam was rumbled and the Tory's had to own up to arming Saddam in the High Court to avoid the Sheffield factory owners going to the gallows for treason as the war turned against the west. + + + TEXAN BARS + + + There are lots of forgotten chocolate bars and sweets out ... more

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Reminiscences of obsolete products: The Ronco cheese and pickle dicer, yours for £9.99! (1688 words)
by - written on 25/11/08 (Very useful, 320 readings)
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The older ones here will remember the good old days when Christmas adverts lasted an hour and pretty much every bad actor that hadn't worked all year would work appear in those commercials. The Woolworth's advert would go on forever (unlike the business, their share price just three pence this week, the business unlikely to last the month) and drive us up the wall and racing to the kettle. But the high street has changed a lot in the last ten years and with the internet reenergizing mail-order it's not going to recover quickly, meaning we will no longer see the days of TV adverts trying to sell us all manner of crap. If it was on the telly in the 60s and 70s then bored ... Read the complete review

Why can't we buy them any more? (6721 words)
by - written on 21/11/08 (Very useful, 975 readings)
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Somebody once said that as soon as you find a product you really really like, they stop making it. During the course of my life I've seen a lot of products come and go; some I've been glad to see the back of, and some I miss desperately and wish they were still around. I just thought I'd have a little delve into my memory bank and see what I could come up with for DooYoo, and have a little natter about a few of the things that as far as I'm aware, have vanished from our shops and can't be bought any more - so here goes.....and I hope there's some nice memories in there for at least a few of you. 1) AQUA MANDA ... Read the complete review

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