# What discontinued items do you miss? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434 "2015-01-09T20:47:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/41 "2015-01-10T02:19:08Z")
I guess only food comes to mind right now. Good-n-Fruity had a different formulation in the 80’s, before they discontinued them. Several years ago I saw boxes of Good-n-Fruity on the shelf at ShopRite and was overjoyed that they were back…then I tasted the candy and found that it tastes nothing like it did before. Lemon Coolers. Mmmmmmmmm. Jolly Ranchers had many flavors that are long gone. I used to buy a mixed bag with awesomeness such as lemon, orange, and peach mixed in with the boring standards of cherry, apple, and watermelon. I had forgotten how Sprite tasted in the 70’s until a few years back when I bought a bottle in Brazil and was shocked by the great taste: the bottlers down there are still using the old formula. ETA: SqueezeBox Radios. I have 3 of them and they are perfect. Logitech discontinued them, letting this fake imitation called the Grace Mondo (with weird volume knob sticking out on top) take over the tabletop wifi radio market. ---
**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/42 "2015-01-10T02:21:44Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Saturn cars. I had two and really liked them. OMG, this. We had a '95 Saturn that lasted us just fine until about four years ago (count 'em). It still ran great and everything. We gave it to a young family friend (her first car) and she sold it about six months ago, still running just fine. Our second Saturn, a VUE, hasn’t been quite as phenomenal, but we’re still using it as our “other” car. But those '95 era Saturns were like owning a BMW for the price of a Kia. Otherwise, for me, I miss everything that didn’t use to be pumped full of HFCS. I mean, I’ve had nastier stuff in my life, but how the hell did that shit become the ubiquitous replacement for sweet? It’s as if everyone decided to replace all spices of any kind with ketchup. Can you people not taste this stuff? I weep for humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/43 "2015-01-10T02:22:39Z")
Callard and Bowser licorice toffee ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/44 "2015-01-10T02:35:31Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Campbell’s has, in recent years, done something to their cream soups, and I can’t use them any more. They give me tummy trouble (the kind where your stomach gurgles for a few hours) and I think they’re loaded with MSG too. > > ☹ Hmm, I like MSG. Or, at least, I liked the taco seasoning when it had MSG in it, and don’t like it now. Of course, that was hardly the only thing changed. > [@](#): > > I had forgotten how Sprite tasted in the 70’s until a few years back when I bought a bottle in Brazil and was shocked by the great taste: the bottlers down there are still using the old formula. Is it a completely different formula, do you think, or just HFCS v. regular sugar? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/45 "2015-01-10T02:37:02Z")
Turner Dairy banana milk. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/46 "2015-01-10T02:50:25Z")
The grapefruit flavored gator aid. It was called glacier freeze or some other meaningless name. They should have made it pink instead of semen color…maybe it would have sold well enough to keep selling it. Poweraid makes a grapefruit flavor, but it is inferior tasting. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/47 "2015-01-10T02:55:39Z")
Wishbone Bacon Western salad dressing. Lucky, Oly and Hamms beers produced by the original brewers from the original recipes. Blenders, mixers and other kitchen equipment with _metal_ parts instead of the cheap plastic crap. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/48 "2015-01-10T03:10:12Z")
> [@Kevbo](#): > > The grapefruit flavored gator aid. It was called glacier freeze or some other meaningless name. They should have made it pink instead of semen color…maybe it would have sold well enough to keep selling it. Poweraid makes a grapefruit flavor, but it is inferior tasting. Speaking of grapefruit, I guess white grapefruit doesn’t count as a discontinued product? I haven’t seen it in stores in years. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/49 "2015-01-10T03:14:19Z")
Intelligent, polite, and courteous drivers. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/50 "2015-01-10T03:27:44Z")
Sara Lee Orange Cake, orange-flavored pound cake with orange icing. Came in an aluminum tin, like a small sheet cake. I had a whole one for dinner once, when I was about 23-23. Bakery-made ladyfingers, Trader Joe’s has them every year in November and December. They are not bad, but not anywhere near as good as those made in a bakery. You can also find ladyfinger baked by Haas sometimes, but they are so dry that one could choke on them. Clove Lifesavers ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/51 "2015-01-10T05:22:52Z")
Altoids Sour Tangerine. (or other sour flavors) Did you know that unopened tins can go for [about $50](http://www.ebay.com/bhp/altoids-sours) on E-Bay? Yep, they were that good. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/52 "2015-01-10T06:03:32Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Saturn cars. I had two and really liked them. Yes! I miss my Saturn. There are _very_ few cars that offer a third (sometimes fourth) “suicide” door that opens from the front-out. This feature, however, is vital to me as it allows for fast and convenient access and storage for my wheelchair while I drive. Saturn had one such model. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/53 "2015-01-10T06:47:14Z")
Fib Ribs ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/54 "2015-01-10T06:58:55Z")
[Ting (drink) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ting_(soft_drink)) The Jamaican one, maybe not discontinued but impossible to find locally for years now. > **[Pepsi Blue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Blue)** > > Pepsi Blue is a berry-flavored soft drink produced by PepsiCo. It was marketed as a "Berry Cola Fusion", and was sold from 2002 to 2004 in the United States and Canada. It remains available in international markets since discontinuation in the United States. It was reintroduced in the United States and Canada for a limited time beginning in May 2021. > Pepsi Blue was launched in mid-2002 and discontinued in Canada and the United States in 2004, although it remains available in the Philippines. I... [http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/green-sands/](http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/green-sands/) This stuff bizarrely comes and goes without any fanfare except from people who love it, last time it reappeared was a few years ago. It is like a carbonated mixture of lemonade and beer, that sounds gross but man it was really good ice cold. ---
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/55 "2015-01-10T08:34:20Z")
Hydra Smooth Cream Lubricant: > **[Amazon.com: Hydra Smooth Cream Lubricant 4.5oz. : Health & Household](https://www.amazon.com/Hydra-Smooth-Cream-Lubricant-4-5oz/dp/B000KE1AWS)** > > Amazon.com: Hydra Smooth Cream Lubricant 4.5oz. : Health & Household This stuff was the cat’s ass! Medium thickness, with a nice silky feel that never got tacky, and seemed to last forever. They discontinued it about 3 or 4 years ago, then re-released it as a thinner, oily lube. Yuck! Case Logic PSBS60 Prosleeve CD/DVD Binder: > **[Amazon.com: Case Logic PSBS60 60 Cd Prosleeve Ii Cd Binder (Discontinued by...](https://www.amazon.com/Case-Logic-Prosleeve-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B00011KM4C)** > > Buy Case Logic PSBS60 60 Cd Prosleeve Ii Cd Binder (Discontinued by Manufacturer): DVD Cases - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases I loved the separate 2-sided sleeves that went with this. Need to add more or rearrange the discs in a binder? Just pop the notebook-like rings, take out the individual sleeves, and do what you will. Even today the sleeves are still available in office supply stores. The last time I bought binders like these was probably 6 or 7 years ago, and I had such a hard time finding them then that I bought 10 binders for about $11 each. I just learned that though they’ve been discontinued I can buy one at Amazon for $32 with shipping. They ARE great binders, but not worth $32 each! ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/56 "2015-01-10T09:12:53Z")
Fruitcake Entenmanns used to make a seasonal fruitcake, as did Safeway. Both gone. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/57 "2015-01-10T10:04:25Z")
Sun-Bird brand Thai Peanut powder mix. Haven’t seen it in years. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/58 "2015-01-10T11:00:47Z")
Nobody made a 'Ludes joke yet? Really? I mean, I’m not old enough to remember them, but it deserves to be mentioned. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/59 "2015-01-10T11:25:33Z")
Yes **stillownedbysetters** , 7up candy bars. May we all bow our heads for a moment of silence. Grape Nuts the way they used to be. Current are spiked plastic balls that bounce off my teeth, not crunchy. Banana popsicles. _e’s_ “skateboarder” shoes. The only brand we could count on to fit my younger son’s caveman feet. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/60 "2015-01-10T11:54:30Z")
Neutrogena Herbal Body Wash. It smelled SO good, but wasn’t overpowering. > [@minor7flat5](#): > > Lemon Coolers. Mmmmmmmmm. I don’t know who discontinued those, but may they burn in hell without their favorite cookie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434.md?page=4)