Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

[univibe88]

Do kids still get chicken pox? I think there's a vaccine now, but I know nothing about it. I had them when the great chicken pox epidemic of second grade hit.

For the most part no, kids don't get it. There is a vaccine. I have two small kids and they won't get it - they've had the shot. I guess in a couple of generations it will be eradicated.

 

[Weston]

Gosh, no, it's not rubber cement, that's alive and well and several new jars are living in the supply cupboard at work.
It's this:

LePage's mucilage, with the rubber tip with a slit in it. When you turn it over and press down the right amount of glue comes out ready to spread. Better than a glue stick, better for some things than Elmer's. Not for every glue situation of course, but that's why Gorilla Glue was invented.

OK, I know I'm late to the party, but I have fond memories of mucilage from my days in the newspaper's art department. Still useful after all these years!

 

[John in Covina]

For the most part no, kids don't get it. There is a vaccine. I have two small kids and they won't get it - they've had the shot. I guess in a couple of generations it will be eradicated.

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Chicken Pox vaccine? Wow that is great! I got it when I was about 13 or so. It was about the sickest I ever was until a bout with the flu some 12 years ago. I was delirious with fever at points and got the pox inside my throat so I also had the sorest throat I ever have had. Would not wish it on anyone, it was rough!

 

[Josephine]

Do any of you live in a town that has resurrected the weekend farmers market? They do that here and it's a huge success.. From spring to fall we can get the best, fresh produce right here in town...

My town has the oldest continually operating farmer's market. 1753, baby!

edit: oops, I should say my "city". @@

 

[Weston]

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Chicken Pox vaccine? Wow that is great! I got it when I was about 13 or so. It was about the sickest I ever was until a bout with the flu some 12 years ago. I was delirious with fever at points and got the pox inside my throat so I also had the sorest throat I ever have had. Would not wish it on anyone, it was rough!

I had the incredible fortune to get chicken pox about 12 years old. I had precisely THREE chicken pox! Not bad or itchy, and my doctor confirmed I had to stay home from school several days while I enjoyed myself watching old movies and eating candy. I'd hate to deprive my children of that, but I hear its worse for many.

 

[dhermann1]

The Stadium

As of 11:45 tonight, you can add Yankee Stadium to that list . . . .

 

[John in Covina]

They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Looks like it may be the end of Kodachrome, or the next production run (they're a year or more apart) may be the end of the line:

Kodachrome story

 

[donCarlos]

Do kids still get chicken pox? I think there's a vaccine now, but I know nothing about it. I had them when the great chicken pox epidemic of second grade hit.

I had them, my cousins had them, nearly everyone I know had them (even recently). Varicella (small-pox) is not so dangerous when the patient is young, plus it gives you immunity.

To the topic - I can hardly thing if anything really vintage dissapeared during my short life. I haven´t seen the siphon bottles for ages, as well as the CO2-powered bottles for making whipped cream.

 

[Moby]

This is a fairly recent loss. Royal Lunch Milk Crackers in the purple box. they were discontinued by Nabisco about 2 years ago. They were around for about 90 years and a favorite when I was a kid. We would crunch them up and put them in weak coffee for breakfast. The mixture was mushy and delicious! Anybody remember them?

 

[John in Covina]

I haven´t seen the siphon bottles for ages, as well as the CO2-powered bottles for making whipped cream.

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Here in Southern California the Siphon Bottles were available at Galco's Old World Market in Highland Park. The Whipped cream thing probably at a restaurant supply house.

 

[Kassia]

I had them, my cousins had them, nearly everyone I know had them (even recently). Varicella (small-pox) is not so dangerous when the patient is young, plus it gives you immunity.

To the topic - I can hardly thing if anything really vintage dissapeared during my short life. I haven´t seen the siphon bottles for ages, as well as the CO2-powered bottles for making whipped cream.

Ummm yes you can still get the CO2 cartridges for the whipped cream ...
http://www.easywhip.com/soda-siphons.html
I have a couple friends that still use them...

 

[Kassia]

This is a fairly recent loss. Royal Lunch Milk Crackers in the purple box. they were discontinued by Nabisco about 2 years ago. They were around for about 90 years and a favorite when I was a kid. We would crunch them up and put them in weak coffee for breakfast. The mixture was mushy and delicious! Anybody remember them?

Never heard of them...

 

[Kassia]

My town has the oldest continually operating farmer's market. 1753, baby!

edit: oops, I should say my "city". @@

Wow that is soooo cool... There seems to be a huge trend to eating local right now...

 

[John in Covina]

Nitrous Oxide?

Ummm yes you can still get the CO2 cartridges for the whipped cream ... http://www.easywhip.com/soda-siphons.html
I have a couple friends that still use them...

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Actually the whipped cream used nitrous oxide cartridges, known as whippets. Kids often used them with purposes more in line with the dental use.

 

[John in Covina]

Royal Lunch Milk Crackers in the purple box. they were discontinued by Nabisco about 2 years ago.
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Could be a regional item.

 

[Kassia]

Like these?

You can get a set of 6 for $20 at http://www.taylorgifts.com/prodetail~itemNo~20447.asp

Ohhh and a soda siphon to match?
http://www.easywhip.com/whip-it-cream-maker.html

 

[Kassia]

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Actually the whipped cream used nitrous oxide cartridges, known as whippets. Kids often used them with purposes more in line with the dental use.

The link i posted says they are co2..

 

[John in Covina]

Here is a little back ground info on the nitrous ones. That is the way it was done.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipped-cream_charger

 

[LizzieMaine]

Royal Lunch Milk Crackers in the purple box. they were discontinued by Nabisco about 2 years ago.
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Could be a regional item.

Since Nabisco got folded into the Kraft empire, they've been discontinuing old favorites right and left. My own deeply-mourned loss is the original Uneeda Biscuit -- the best soda cracker ever baked. Thicker and more flavorful than a saltine, and very good for settling an upset stomach. I haven't been able to locate them in the stores here for about two years now, and no other cracker fits the need.