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There used to be a type of pen I really liked called Liquid Expresso. It was widely available, not too expensive and had a good, smooth-flowing ink that didn't skip or smudge easily, or bleed into the paper. Some of my personal favorite drawings and illustrations I made with that kind of pen. But now I can't find it anywhere, and all the pens I've bought recently were terrible. I even thought I was losing my ability to draw well, but I think mainly it's because poorly made pens and pencils put strain on my hand, and smear more easily because I'm a lefty.
Guess I'm going to have to see if the craft store has anything good, though it'll probably be a lot more expensive.

in the pop music realm, stereophonic master tapes have been more or less routinely being produced since 1958, and as late as the 60s and 70s stereo reissues of stereo originals were the rule. then when CD finally came out in 1983, it seems those stereo mastertapes somehow got lost and the bulk of the reissues of 50s and 60s hits were coming out in monophonic sound. some of it is perversely intentional, like producer bill inglot [rhino records] deciding [like phil spector] that he liked the sound of mono better as general principal, and some of it is carelessness on the part of the record companies for not having properly stored their master tapes, or of outright neglect. in either way, having heard the stereo originals, I miss them.

Woolworths. How I miss it. Also House of Fabric.

The other perfect thing, a tv that was free. You young ones probably don't even recall those days. No cable.
Just turn on the set, and any channel came on. No clickers.

Cartoons. What happened to ones that are actually funny?

Gameboy Color

And funky fries.

cars that had the "magic carpet ride" over rough roads where all the bumps would be filtered out. nowadays they tune car suspensions to handle like formula one racers but as a result you can feel every infernal bump on the road. oh, and color paint jobs/car interior, nowadays everything is some shade of metallic gray or beige or black, UGH! and the styling! 99.99% of new cars nowadays look like they were stamped in a tonka toy mold, small windows and blocky styling, no more flowing curves, why can't they bring back pretty cars?

I've had foods I really liked be discontinued more than once. Once there was a cereal I really liked called Banana Crunch Cornflakes, and they stopped selling it because it was apparently "not a popular seller".

'Van De Kamps' Bakeries (Los Angeles Area) conveniently located at our neighborhood supermarket chain at the time. The 'Spritz Cookies' were fantastic!! !!

Further data on history of 'Van De Kamps' Bakeries: http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/mpvandekamps.htm

Bugs Bunny / Road Runner cartoons.

Animaniacs cartoons.

Space Angel / Clutch Cargo cartoons.

Privacy.

The young ones in our midst will not know what it was, but I remember.

RIP Privacy. You were gone too soon.

^^ The tuna around here is down to 5 ounces per single can.

The original scoopable kitty litter. All the brands changed something. It is more like litter before they came out with scoopable. I have some containers of Advance brand that works well but they discontinued that brand. Now, I wish I had bought every package they had before it was gone.