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Things that have Disappeared

A USA Today Retort

 
All year long, USA Today has been publishing lists of "25 Things that... " in honor of their 25th Anniversary. Recently, they published a list of 25 Things that have disappeared in the past 25 years. And while it was somewhat entertaining, I really felt that they had overlooked a few things that needed to be on the list... like JOURNALISM. So below I've listed a few nominees for your enjoyment. Please feel free to comment on any that I may have missed after going over them yourself. Enjoy, and long live the 6th grade reading level.
 

2 dollar bills
3 wheelers
Alphabits (cereal)
arcades
asbestos
Baltimore Colts
Berlin Wall
Betamax
beverage pull tabs
BJ McKay and his best friend Bear
the California Raisins dancers
carbon paper
carburetors
cassett tapes
CompuServe
Crazy Foam
CRT monitors
Datsun
ditto machine
dollar gas
East/West Germany
Fen-phen
Five Alive!
floor mounted dimmer switches in cars
floppy disks
Free AIR at gas stations
free parking
The Gin Blossoms
hair bands
hand crank windows
Hartford Whalers
high dives at swimming pools
Houston Oilers
journalism
Kansas City Kings
LA Raiders
lawn darts
leaded gasoline
Memphis Americans
Memphis Mad Dogs
Memphis Pharaohs
Memphis Rockers
Memphis Rogues
Minnesota North Stars
Mir space station
MISL
modems
Montreal Expos : jdorrill
my wisdom teeth
New Coke
Oldsmobile
pagers
Pan-Am
personal responsibility
phone booths
photomats
pinball
Prodigy (xrsp94d@prodigy.com)
Pudding Pops
Quebec Nordiques
Rodney Dangerfield
Rotary Phones
San Diego Clippers
Saturday morning cartoons
slide projectors
Slurpee
smoking on a plane... or pretty much anywhere else
Soviets
That's Incredible
The A-Team
those triangle windows on pickups : jdorrill
Twin Towers
typewriters
USFL
USSR
Vancouver Grizzlies
vinyl records
VHS
videos on MTV
Winnipeg Jets
World League
XFL
Zap Mail
zip/jazz drives

 
   
 
rvining RVPR Rank Location Staff Page Has Photo - 6/5/2007 3:36:33 PM
once again, USA Today misses the mark on pretty much anything they can't condense into a chart.

jdorrill Location - 6/6/2007 9:33:21 AM
You missed creosote (the black stuff that used to be on telephone poles which is believed to cause cancer),the Expos,the triangle windows in pickups, yard guys that speak english, and winning football seasons in Starkville, the confederate battle flag from all state flags but MS.

rvining RVPR Rank Location Staff Page Has Photo - 6/6/2007 12:14:13 PM
ahhh the triangle window on pickups. completely forgot about that one. that thing worked perfect and should be brought back. nothing 'cleared the air in the cabin' better than one of those. i'll add your suggestions to the list shortly. good work.

aj RVPR Rank Location Has Photo - 6/11/2007 7:04:04 AM
17 things on that list that I don't recognize

rvining RVPR Rank Location Staff Page Has Photo - 6/12/2007 8:56:35 AM
list which ones... and i NEVER got your score on the 110 things 9th graders should know.

rvining RVPR Rank Location Staff Page Has Photo - 5/30/2008 3:20:25 PM
just thought of this one today... diving boards in hotel pools

Gina RVPR Rank Location Has Photo - 1/15/2009 9:33:46 AM
The A-Team may have disappeared, but B.A. Barracas, Mr. T, Murdock, and the rest of the team are alive and well in my heart. 'Cause I love it when a plan comes together.

rvining RVPR Rank Location Staff Page Has Photo - 6/10/2011 3:15:28 PM
3 wheeled golf carts

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