What became ubiquitous then went away in your lifetime?

remember Sinclair giving away dinosaur balloons?

No, but then, we don’t have Sinclair gas stations in Canada. I did get a tiger tail from Esso, though (“Put a tiger in your tank”), so that was good.

And dinosaur-shaped soap (Dino-soap)?

The Old English cheese is still pretty common, and still in 5 oz glass jars.

I remember both it and the pimento cheese spread fondly (on Ritz crackers or Melba toast of course). I’ll have to look for some.

My family always stuffed the channel of celery sticks with it, and served them as hors d’oeuvres at family gatherings like Thanksgiving and Christmas.