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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Of course, when I was a kid in the 50s, you had your choice of Crest or Colgate toothpaste. Now there are 500 variations by Crest and 500 variations by Colgate. Today it’s impossible to walk to the toothpaste aisle and just buy plain old toothpaste.

Ah-hah, you may be of age to notice a brandname that has pretty much gone missing in our lifetimes, at least here in the US & Canada! If you can fill-in this blank, you too may be a bit long in the tooth; "You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with ______" Free market, capitalism and private enterprise does not just introduce products or ideas, for proper functioning, a non-seller must lose shelf space!

Some call it creative destruction but it is why you do not see Pepsodent toothpaste and why you can no longer shop in Fry's Electronics or Radio Shack, and so on! If there is no socialist state manufacturer, the shelf space or store front is not there either!

72 posted on 03/01/2021 1:04:11 PM PST by SES1066 (I love my Country, but I fear too much Government!)
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To: SES1066

“You’ll wonder where the yellow went...”

LOL...it came right back to me. “Long in the tooth, indeed.

Couple of FRiends recently posted some fun training videos about grocery stores in the mid 60s. Not only is it amazing how many brands come and go, there are also many with remarkable longevity. Foods instantly recognizable are Wonder Bread, Campbells Soup, Wheaties, and many others. Land O’Lakes butter was instantly recognizable but with a big (and awful) wokester change, of course.


75 posted on 03/01/2021 1:53:20 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
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To: SES1066

I saw Pepsodent the other day

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Pepsodent+toothpaste&atb=v233-1&ia=web


76 posted on 03/01/2021 2:02:55 PM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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