# Things that you just don't see anymore. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-just-dont-see-anymore/289705 "2005-02-12T04:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-just-dont-see-anymore/289705/101 "2005-04-04T17:53:12Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > …Wax lips. I suppose only middle-aged dorks buy 'em now, in a handsomely packed gift box that costs about $4.50 per pair Not quite that expensive and I find they make grand birthday gifts to those born in October: [http://www.californiacandy.com](http://www.californiacandy.com) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-just-dont-see-anymore/289705/102 "2005-04-04T18:13:56Z")
Sparrows. They used to be everywhere, cute litte round brown birdies and their affinity for dust baths. I haven’t seen one in at LEAST 7 years now. At least, not around Cleveland. It’s like they went extinct or something. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-just-dont-see-anymore/289705/103 "2005-04-04T18:14:01Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > Electric fires, ‘flame effect’ via flickering lights under a moulded plastic ‘coal fire’ Ah HAH! The lobby of my apartment has one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GraphicsGal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@GraphicsGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraphicsGal)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-just-dont-see-anymore/289705/104 "2005-04-04T18:18:11Z")
Amiga computers Ipana toothpaste TIPS for your breath (it’s still around but you don’t see it often) Blue Waltz “perfume” at the dime store Dime Stores Psssst! for your hair (it was powder in a spray one used to “freshen” greasy hair) Yardley cosmetics in that wonderful creative packaging Candy cigarettes and gum cigarettes 6 packs of 32oz Coke in glass bottles (a heavyweight idea at beast) \<\\> I have reached the age of nostalgia… ---
**Author:** ![a\_pirahna\_brother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@a\_pirahna\_brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_pirahna_brother)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-just-dont-see-anymore/289705/105 "2005-04-04T18:41:15Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > I’ve never seen shampoo in glass bottles. Did it really come that way? Yep, I think they were phased out in the 60’s or late 50’s. > [@](#): > > The plastic bottles are much better than the cans, but I miss seeing the stacks of cans at the gas stations. It’s also rather difficult to stack the bottles. Yeah, I remember the stacks of cans in that little rack out at the gas pumps. What I never liked about cans was that once you opened one, it was a matter of time (for me at least) before you spilled it everywhere, that’s why I like the plastic bottles. **TellMeI’mNotCrazy** , pinball machines are getting harder to find nowdays in arcades, I usually see 1 or 2 in an arcade, if there is an arcade at all. The collector market for old pinball machines is very strong, I want a _Twilight Zone_ rather badly, but the things sell for $1200+ in good shape, so I may pass. D. Pirahna ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-just-dont-see-anymore/289705/106 "2005-04-04T23:54:26Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Indian-head or wheat-ear pennies, buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes, standing liberty quarters, any kind of half dollars Given that Indian-head pennies were made through 1909, wheat pennies through 1958, buffalo nickels through 1938, libert dimes through 1945, and standing liberty quarters through 1930, I gotta ask… just how old are you? (Although one does find a wheat penny mixed in with the other pennies from time to time…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-just-dont-see-anymore/289705.md?page=5)