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I was going to say Pearl Beer but apparently small boutique brand now.

Handy Andy (Missed out on the Piggly Wiggly)

Best - A Service Merchandise type place before Best Buy

I had not seen the Texaco brand in years but they are starting to pop up again.  

Certain car names disappear for a while and then come back like Bronco, Camaro, Impala, etc.  Will there be another Taurus or Chevelle?

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Is Radio Shack fully dead?

Others:

Ringling Bros Circus
Sports Authority
MoviePass
10-10-220 (fuck those commercials)

Some of us may remember Metro Airlines.  

Pony Athletics

They still exist, but not like they did.  PONY athletes Paolo Rossi, included Pelé, Dan Marino, Bob McAdoo, Nick Galis, Earl Campbell, Franco Harris, Lawrence Taylor, Willie Stargell, Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose, David Thompson, Spud Webb, Darryl Dawkins and Wilson Chandler. The PONY brand has a strong heritage in boxing, endorsing Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, and Leon Spinks.

1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

American Motors

Always wanted an AMC Eagle.

Guess I have to settle for an Outback.

1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

International Harvester

I inherited my grandpa's grain truck among other hardware/vehicles, which is on the family farm several hours away, but next summer I'm going to get it cleaned up and take stock (it hasn't been driven since the 90s).

1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Commodore

There's a somewhat thriving community, and there's been some "new" hardware come out that's C64/128/Amiga compatible (well it's emulating it).  Not the same, and crazy how they went from the top personal computer company to nothing in a short span of time, but then again, Atari, etc.

1 hour ago, longhornmatt said:

Toys R Us and KB Toys hurt the most.  Do kids today even have toy stores?  Actually, let me rephrase: do kids today even have toys, or just smart phones?

Hell yes they do, and arguably it's even worse because the kids can see all the toys on Amazon.com, etc.

Oh, and Amazon sends out toy catalogs around the holidays.

And Target and Walmart beefed up their toy sections after Toys R Us went under.

26 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Hastings in San Marcos.

Sold 95% of my CDs there for beer money to spend at the square. Good times.

1 hour ago, longhornmatt said:

Toys R Us and KB Toys hurt the most.  Do kids today even have toy stores?  Actually, let me rephrase: do kids today even have toys, or just smart phones?

This is the one I loved as a kid. There was one at Forum 303 in Arlington.

 

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Because they had these.

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I still have some.

Apex Athletics.  This one aged very, very well.

 

Apparently there is a plan to bring this one back:

Aspergum Brand to be Revived by RJM Licensing and Arabella Enterprises ...

I would rather not drink soda if it has to be diet, but I had a friend whose mom loved this:

Tabs | Drupal Training | Academic Health Center - University of Minnesota

I was surprised that you can still buy these Zubaz pants:

Vtg 80s 90s ZUBAZ Zebra Print PANTS workout parachute Neon Purple Baggy ...

Earth shoes | Earth shoes, Earth shoes 1970s, Cheap womens shoes

 

 

Is there still an Oshmans Sports around? Used to hit that up at Northcross Mall as a kid and then go across the street to Swensens Ice Cream.

Also plus rep for the Hastings mention...I would go to the north side one in RR.

Is it live? Or is it Memorex? Bought and dissolved by Tandy in 1988.

CHIEF

Falstaff is also no longer made.

CHIEF

9 minutes ago, dimyh said:

Is there still an Oshmans Sports around? Used to hit that up at Northcross Mall as a kid and then go across the street to Swensens Ice Cream.

Also plus rep for the Hastings mention...I would go to the north side one in RR.

I think Oshmans was acquired.

I brought this up cheekily in the Kroger<>Albertsons merger thread, but Jewel Osco was my go-to grocery store (aging myself here).

2 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

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Proud owner of a scout here.

 

 

Meanwhile, Johnson Outboards.

7 hours ago, RPM said:

Once an American powerhouse, sold to Phillips in 1974, then resold to Funai but repo'd after they breached contract. Defense group was sold to Hughes Electronics then to Raytheon. They spun off the sonobuoy operation to form Under Sea Systems Inc (USSI). In 1998, Raytheon sold USSI to a British defense consortium named Ultra Electronics. 

This hits close to home.  I have worked for Ultra Electronics for 25 years.  Along with several other posters past and present.  

2 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

Merry-Go-Round where I bought a rad pair of Panno D'or parachute pants to wear with my OP shirt and Kaepas. I worked over the summer before my freshman year of high school at K-Bob's for money to buy such fine attire. You bet your ass young Jerry was slaying it.

Merry-Go-Round was pimp central. Also, Miller's Outpost

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Monterrey House 

There is still one left, in Beaumont.  

Also, on Howard Johnson’s, few people know that Jacques Pepin got his start working for HoJo’s.  

Has anyone said Ocean Pacific?

If not, my answer is Ocean Pacific

Stuckey's

So you apparently don’t drive IH 10 through SETX often….
2 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

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12 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

There is still one left, in Beaumont.  

Also, on Howard Johnson’s, few people know that Jacques Pepin got his start working for HoJo’s.  

There is a HoJo motel (no diner) on I-10 in the Memorial Park /Heights area of Houston.

 

Speaking of Beaumont, there are not one but two Stuckey's there: they are pretty much across I-10 from each other.

Oh, and

 

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And of course

 

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43 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

Merry-Go-Round was pimp central. Also, Miller's Outpost

Did you even Chess King, though?

29 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

Has anyone said Ocean Pacific?

If not, my answer is Ocean Pacific

Do you people live in caves? Costco has been selling OP shit for at least 10 years.

3 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

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My first computer was a Gateway 2000 486 DX 33. It was a rocket at the time.

It probably can't run any of the games on an iPhone these days, but it was fast enough to run Falcon A.T. which is what I really cared about.

1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

Wiener’s
J.B. White
Jeans West
Jax Beer
Ocean Pacific
Jamz
Panama Jack

Ocean Pacific still exists.  The stuff is all over Amazon.

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33 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

 

There is a HoJo motel (no diner) on I-10 in the Memorial Park /Heights area of Houston.

 

Speaking of Beaumont, there are not one but two Stuckey's there: they are pretty much across I-10 from each other.

Oh, and

 

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And of course

 

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https://www.hojoanaheim.com/

 

 

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3 hours ago, slorch said:

Pony Athletics

They still exist, but not like they did.  PONY athletes Paolo Rossi, included Pelé, Dan Marino, Bob McAdoo, Nick Galis, Earl Campbell, Franco Harris, Lawrence Taylor, Willie Stargell, Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose, David Thompson, Spud Webb, Darryl Dawkins and Wilson Chandler. The PONY brand has a strong heritage in boxing, endorsing Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, and Leon Spinks.

I'd completely forgotten about PONY. Had a pair of football cleats that looked very much like these.

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Brings back memories of my mom boiling a new mouthpiece for each new football season and my biting into it. Think I scalded my mouth once doing that.

7 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

My first taste of beer was a sip of my granddad's Jax that I snuck while bringing it to him from the fridge while he and my dad watched football on TV.

My dad still uses an old rust bucket International on the farm that was once a Jax beer delivery truck and still has the Jax name faintly visible on the driver’s side door 

 

hauled too many square bales to count on the flatbed he retrofitted to the chassis.

/csb

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Square bales just about qualify for this thread

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