What no longer available things would you like to see return?

Aunt Bea said:
Ketchup and mustard in a bottle, I hate those plastic squeeze containers.
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I agree about the glass containers for a lot of things.

Remember when peanut butter jars (was it Skippy or Peter Pan?) came with measurement markings pressed in the glass? That was handy. We always saved them and had a whole pantry full of measuring containers.
 

OK, this is going to sound like a strange one, but how about a mailbox or two around town to lessen the traffic at the post office? Yes I know, many pay bills on line but some of us prefer not to do that. There used to be several of these boxes around town where I grew up, very convenient.
 
Carla said:
OK, this is going to sound like a strange one, but how about a mailbox or two around town to lessen the traffic at the post office? Yes I know, many pay bills on line but some of us prefer not to do that. There used to be several of these boxes around town where I grew up, very convenient.
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Here In the UK the Mailbox is is still a common sight although many of them now only have one collection a day.The one on my street gets emptied at 9a.m
 
NancyNGA, you mentioned the name 'Peter Pan'. Some time ago, we were preparing a fruit bed in the garden when we dug up a 'midden' - a trash heap if you like, with a lot of old glass bottles. One of these was an intact "Peter Pan sauce" bottle. I thought this might be American, and there were US servicemen here during the war. Do you know what Peter Pan sauce was??
 
Normal size toilet paper. The rolls keep getting narrower and narrower and thinner. They look more like adding machine tape on the roller! And the price keeps going up. The only "normal" size ones I can find anymore are the Kirkland brand from Costco.

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Capt Lightning said:
NancyNGA, you mentioned the name 'Peter Pan'. Some time ago, we were preparing a fruit bed in the garden when we dug up a 'midden' - a trash heap if you like, with a lot of old glass bottles. One of these was an intact "Peter Pan sauce" bottle. I thought this might be American, and there were US servicemen here during the war. Do you know what Peter Pan sauce was??
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No I've only seen the brand Peter Pan associated with peanut butter or peanuts. Before plain jars, it came in glass jars you popped the top off of and could save them for drinking glasses. Before that it came in vacuum tins I believe. Sorry Capt.
 
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Capt Lightning said:
NancyNGA, you mentioned the name 'Peter Pan'. Some time ago, we were preparing a fruit bed in the garden when we dug up a 'midden' - a trash heap if you like, with a lot of old glass bottles. One of these was an intact "Peter Pan sauce" bottle. I thought this might be American, and there were US servicemen here during the war. Do you know what Peter Pan sauce was??
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Originally Peter Pan peanut butter came in tins, during WWII the company started putting it up in glass jars due to a shortage of steel. The jars were pretty basic squat jars with a screw top similar to the one in this advertisement from around 1941. Later as NancyNGA mentioned, 1950's, it also came with a snap off lid and the glass jar could be used as a drinking glass.

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I miss the old style fuel cans. California decided we needed protection from these dangerous, easy to spill fuel cans. So they came up this, and some other wonderful creations. Imagine being on a dark county road, at 2:30am in the morning during a windy/rainy storm, trying to put fuel in your chain saw with this..

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Here's the old style that you can't get anymore. Which one looks easier/safer to use?

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ok.. Rant over. :p
 
Hazy Davey said:
.... Imagine being on a dark county road, at 2:30am in the morning during a windy/rainy storm, trying to put fuel in your chain saw with this..

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:lol:

OK, I won't ask what you're doing with a chainsaw at 2:30am.

But, I agree. That's a very good example.

Had to buy one similar to that to haul water in this summer, and I couldn't get it to pour out faster than a trickle. Finally just clipped the nose off of it.:)
 
NancyNGA said:
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OK, I won't ask what you're doing with a chainsaw at 2:30am.

But, I agree. That's a very good example.

Had to buy one similar to that to haul water in this summer, and I couldn't get it to pour out faster than a trickle. Finally just clipped the nose off of it.:)
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I guess I should of added that I would get called out (for my work) to clear road hazards off the roads. Most of the time it would be a tree, or tree limb that has fallen during a storm onto the road.

Man.. I'm glad I don't have to do that anymore.
 
Hazy Davey said:
I miss the old style fuel cans. California decided we needed protection from these dangerous, easy to spill fuel cans. So they came up this, and some other wonderful creations
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You can [here in Calif] go to an off-road vehicle/motorcycle store and find a nice, easy to use 5 gal. fuel container like this:

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The clear soft plastic hose screws onto the black cap. The built-in handle makes this container super handy to use.
 
I used to get a catalog from that Vermont country store Marie, I must have bought something there years ago. I like stores like that, never know what you'll find and paying a little more for it is likely well worth it!
 
Bagged vacuum cleaners. Mine's old and about to die on me, but I love it. I hate the no-bag vacuums, tried a couple and returned them to the store. Decided if I had to buy a used refurbished one, I would....but why don't they make these anymore? Hate to have to buy a used vacuum cleaner.
 

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