# What stuff did "They" stop making just because you like it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643 "2013-08-07T23:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/41 "2013-08-08T03:56:07Z")
OMIGOD. I go off to book club and come back to this Book of Lamentations… all the lost beloved products. It’s heartbreaking. _\_ > [@silenus](#): > > Big John’s Beans & Fixin’s. You are SO right about this! I used to eat this in graduate school (mid-'70’s) back when the little can of “fixin’s” was chunky and you could see the bits of chopped onion. I bought some a few years ago and the little can contained some kind of paste. Boohiss. Have they now even discontinued this sorry product? > [@KarlGrenze](#): > > Usually the bra style I want. Once I have more than a few, BAM, no more. This absolutely! I discovered the Cacique strapless bra, which is a wonder of engineering. It stays UP and keeps the girls UP. All day with no slipping and sliding. Defies gravity. They are so good I started wearing only strapless bras and never had to worry about straps. Ah, life was good… strapless days… and the livin’ was easy. For years, I bought new ones as the old ones wore out and then (as you said) BAM- blindsided! One day, the store person said they weren’t making them any more. Eek! I went all over and found a store that still had four back in the storeroom in my size and bought them. One of them had misshapen cups from being scrunched under a heavy object. I didn’t care. Come to Mama, my precious. I still have two of that haul tucked away in the closet as backups when the ones I own become debilitated. (Can I take them to a seamstress and get the elastic panels replaced? The beauty of the Cacique is that it stands up by itself, but the foam is not all that thick, and there are FOUR hook-eye fasteners, so there’s lots of grippage, as it were. Beats the Wonder Bra all to hell.) ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/42 "2013-08-08T03:59:09Z")
Taco flavor Doritos. The old incarnation of Ambush cologne by Dana from the 70s. Tussy roll-on deodorant. Ideal chocolate/peanut butter bars. The old kind of Mother’s Taffy cookies. (They changed 'em.) ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b38774/32.png) [@Girl\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/43 "2013-08-08T04:00:35Z")
Gay Lea chip dip! Yummm. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/44 "2013-08-08T04:05:01Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Levi’s 501s (EDIT) They didn’t quit making them, they just screwed them up Yup. I didn’t care for 501s, but I used to love 505s (same fit but zipper-fly.) Levi’s quality control went to shit. I [may have bitched about this recently](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=694925) 😉 /Still exploring other jeans options. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/45 "2013-08-08T04:33:13Z")
Long, straight fucking skis. Homie don’t wear “Clown Shoes”! ---
**Author:** ![svd678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/46 "2013-08-08T04:34:30Z")
My nearest supermarket recently rebuilt twice the size of the previous building, with miles of shelves. Mueslix cereal is a relatively new brand that I adopted as default. With yards of shelving and dozens of similiar brands they went down to one box-wide section, and then none. I think its still made, just not available here! ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/47 "2013-08-08T04:43:28Z")
Isn’t there somewhere that any of us can complain about the removal of our beloved brands? Or is there some such place and they merely send you back a form letter or the email equivalent? In this day and age of competition, surely some company could make money embracing the desires of their customer base rather than treating them as some sort of disposable resource. Heh… yeah I just read that, and I want a pony, too. :(( ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/48 "2013-08-08T04:49:29Z")
I hear the people in Hell want ice water. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Girlundone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Girlundone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlundone)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/49 "2013-08-08T04:51:30Z")
L’Oreal Lash Out Mascara in blackest black. Waterproof, long wearing, great thick straight wand. I’ve never gotten over it. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/50 "2013-08-08T05:08:55Z")
Froyo frozen yogurt. Sunkist mandarin orange soda. It came out around the same time I went to Norway. In Norway, I guzzled some brand of orange soda like there was no tomorrow. Sunkist’s mandarin orange was the closest US version. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/51 "2013-08-08T05:16:22Z")
Crispy M&Ms. At least, they’re not available in the US anymore. I saw some once on [Amazon.de](http://Amazon.de) for 6 euros but couldn’t justify the expense. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/52 "2013-08-08T05:33:56Z")
Root Beer Kool Aid. Roman Meal bread. At least I can’t get it around here ☹ Royal Crown Sours were mentioned. Miss them a lot. Roma “Magic Crust” pizzas. Cheap and surprisingly edible. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/53 "2013-08-08T06:25:14Z")
Red Baron breakfast pizzas. They showed up again for a few weeks at Lucky’s and we bought everyone we could get our hands on. The original Tostito chips, which were big and regular enough for good nachos. I use rounds now, but not nearly as good. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/54 "2013-08-08T08:11:05Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > Crispy M&Ms. At least, they’re not available in the US anymore. I saw some once on [Amazon.de](http://Amazon.de) for 6 euros but couldn’t justify the expense. God yes. They were so good. ---
**Author:** ![Fluke54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@Fluke54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluke54)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/55 "2013-08-08T08:19:05Z")
Revlon Red lipstick. It was the perfect shade of red. I am not entirely sure they no longer make it, but I can’t find it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/56 "2013-08-08T08:22:23Z")
Hazelnut Tim Tams. Heaven on a stick and I think I was the only person who ate them because they were only on the shelves for about six months. I still miss them \ after ten years or more. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/57 "2013-08-08T08:23:28Z")
There was some version of CK that smelled like citrus. And drive in theaters. ---
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/58 "2013-08-08T11:09:32Z")
These chocolate straws that nestle made so that after using them to drink milk you could eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/59 "2013-08-08T11:46:06Z")
**ThelmaLou** , I think there are - or at least used to be :dubious: - a couple of cosmetics companies that would match the shade of old, discontinued colors if you still had some left. **KarlGrenze** : I just looked up the model number of my current favorite bras… dammit! I only have two of these! I hadn’t bought more because I didn’t buy them all that long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/60 "2013-08-08T11:54:20Z")
Tropicana had the best orange tangerine juice. The entire family loved it, it made a great mixer OJ for parties, not from concentrate, low-acid…so naturally my local grocery chain stopped carrying it. Happily I found some at a different chain and would stop to stock up whenever my travels took me that direction, but now they’ve dropped it too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643.md?page=4)