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Pro stars cereal
Man they were awesome
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And it had Gretzky on the box!
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12-20-2015, 10:31 PM
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There were MOJO's, Redhots
Banned candies
Licorice cigars and pipes, candy cigarettes the little black babies that you can't say the name of now, there must be a new name.
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Costco still has those licorice cigars or pipes last time I looked, their not 2 cents each anymore.
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12-20-2015, 10:50 PM
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Someone back in this subject mentioned the color packet that was added to the margarine to make it yellow. The packet looked like white stop sign with a coin like patch of coloring in the center. When purple gas was way cheaper than regular gas, my grandfather saved those packets and added to the gasoline to make it that orangy-yellow color. Sometimes to make process easier; the purple gasoline was put in clear glass jugs and put out in the sun, so the purple would bleach out. Purple gasoline was only for agricultural purposes, not road vehicles. The cops would do spot checks in towns, at weddings, funerals and wherever.
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12-21-2015, 07:43 AM
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Pop Shoppe was/is still available at the Esso station in Viking. JCT of 36 and 14... 
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12-21-2015, 08:19 AM
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Gone Fishing
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Ovaltine, instead of coffee. Now that was no treat at all !
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12-21-2015, 08:23 AM
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Libbey's beans, piggy puffs and mo joes.
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12-21-2015, 08:31 AM
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What the hell were those baked beans that came in two cans? Or at least 2 parts, loved those things in hunt camp. Only problem was I sounded like a gassy horse when I hoof'r up a steep hill.
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12-21-2015, 08:59 AM
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Do you remember "postum" the coffee substitute made of roasted grains? I'd sure like some again, apparently proctor and gamble quit making it fast once they learned that it had unacceptable levels of some kind of toxic chemical.
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Maybe that is what killed my Grandpa. He used to drink it religiously in the morning.
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12-21-2015, 09:04 AM
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pop shoppe.... think it was called lime rickey .
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It's making a comeback. You can actually buy it in Save On.
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12-21-2015, 09:09 AM
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Gone Fishing
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Those beans were the best.......we loved them.
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12-21-2015, 09:50 AM
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Aunt Jemima's Pancake mix " ISE IN TOWN HONEY" , Happifyin Aunt Jemima Pancakes sho sets folks singin ,,
These NOW un- politically correct original posters and packaging and bottles are very Collectable and in some cases worth big buck$$$$$$$
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12-21-2015, 09:57 AM
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The shapes! stars! cowboy boots!
man I remember so much of this stuff. And powdered milk. I swear as a kid I didn't realize how little money we had. But all our neighbours were in the same boat.
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In this case Oki has cut to to the exact heart of the matter!
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12-21-2015, 10:20 AM
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Cuban Lunch chocolate bars. A chunk of milk chocolate with peanuts in it. mmmm mmmm good.
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12-21-2015, 10:33 AM
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Reaching in the chest cooler at the corner grocery and sliding the bottle out along the ice water submerged rails
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Did some landscaping for him on the coast.
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12-21-2015, 10:49 AM
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Reaching in the chest cooler at the corner grocery and sliding the bottle out along the ice water submerged rails
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And the Coca Cola dispensing coolers, about the size of a medium upright refrigerator , Painted Coca Cola Red with a little metal handle you would push down after you installed .25 Cents in the slot, and suddenly thundering down inside a Small bottle of Ice Cold Coke would arrive at a hole near the bottom of the fridge,,
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Do you remember "postum" the coffee substitute made of roasted grains? I'd sure like some again, apparently proctor and gamble quit making it fast once they learned that it had unacceptable levels of some kind of toxic chemical.
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That stuff brings back memories of my Grandpa, he always drank that stuff. Never heard why they quit mKing that before.
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Anyone ever have anything made from carob as a clearly inferior chocolate substitute? I seem to recall my mom getting it briefly in the '70's....
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12-21-2015, 11:42 AM
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That be it...thanks
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12-21-2015, 11:44 AM
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Damn that stuff was godawful
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12-21-2015, 11:50 AM
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Damn that stuff was godawful
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I was drinking it underage, what did I know?? LOL
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12-21-2015, 12:36 PM
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UGH!! 
That only was the pig pee that was available in BC in the '70s, during the Annual Summer Brewery Workers' Strike.
I only drank hard stuff at those times till the Tantrum was over and beer became available again.
PS - those Annual Strikes didn't "endear" them to anyone!
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12-21-2015, 12:43 PM
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Wig Wags are still available in the UK, Pop SHoppe is made again in Calgary all the Sobeys carry it.
My pressing question, does anyone else remember the christmas cake in a can? , it was a cake in a can with walnuts..loved it as a kid
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Uncle beers beer was terrible however their Root beer was good
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12-21-2015, 01:23 PM
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I was drinking it underage, what did I know?? LOL
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True that but it's also been said the best beer in the world is free'n'here
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Pep Chews, orange drink from Mac D, 123 jello, Cinnamon Toothpicks,Cuban Lunch
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Would you like some? I still have a bottle that's almost 20 years old, doesn't expire until May 2019 
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12-21-2015, 01:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanonfodder
Wig Wags are still available in the UK, Pop SHoppe is made again in Calgary all the Sobeys carry it.
My pressing question, does anyone else remember the christmas cake in a can? , it was a cake in a can with walnuts..loved it as a kid
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If I remember right the stuff it came in a green can, it was tasty with butter
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Quote:
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My pressing question, does anyone else remember the christmas cake in a can? , it was a cake in a can with walnuts..loved it as a kid
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I remember the stuff! Loved it myself! Good luck finding it anywhere now.
Of course, my wife makes some pretty wicked Christmas cake WITH WALNUTS and lotsa mole asses.......I mean molasses so I'm not crying a lotta tears. 
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