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Originally posted by MoxieGrrl
I miss the garden ranch pitas from Wendy's........
Also, Mad Balls...does anyone remember those crazy things? They were balls (about the size of a baseball) with really gross faces on them. My brother had them and they freaked me out!!! 
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Oh, Mad Balls.........there was a kid in my school when I was in 9th grade, he had some sort of problem like hydrocephalia or something. He was messed up in the head somewhat and was rather scary looking. We called him Madball. He used to come up behind me at the water fountain and say things like "Hey mama come let papa squeeze you" and various charming things. We were always so mean to him. I just used to run away from him. I later found out that he died. Sad.
Just to close the book on the Care Bear rumors.....go to Toys R Us.....they have the actual stuffed bears there and I do not believe that Bedtime Bear has closed eyes. I should know for sure since we have one!!!!!!!!!
Darci rocked........she was prettier than Barbie (or at least I thought so) and you could actually get her in a hair color other than blonde!!!!!!! (I always wanted Barbies who looked like me.) AND Darci had a fashion model friend named Erica..........they spelled it wrong, but hey, close enough.
Colorforms were the best.........they are actually still out there but I don't know how much they have deviated from their original form.
Remember Fashion Plates? It was this little frame thing that you put these plates in, and then you closed it down on your paper and you rubbed the pattern, and it traced it onto your paper.........it was a fashion design thing. I was obsessed with modeling and fashion, so I loved them.
How about those old air popcorn poppers? Those were such an innovation!!!!!!!!! Hee hee.....I remember cooking popcorn the old fashioned way, in a pan on the stove. (I still think it tastes better than microwave.) But Jiffy Pop did rule.....
I loved Nehi pop........Nehi grape and peach especially.
Anyone remember the pizza from Pizza Hut that came out in the 80s.....I cannot remember for the life of me what it was called, but it was stuffed, like a regular pie. You know, there was the bottom crust and then the toppings, but it had another crust on the top and I think more cheese on it. MMMMMMM.
What I really miss is GOOD Taco Bell food. I worked there when I was 16 and the food was REALLY good then. Everything was made from scratch. The meat, the beans.......the beans came in a big bag, they were just dry beans, and we cooked them in a huge pot with (I think) lard. We shredded our own cheese, cut up our own veggies.......and the best part was CINNAMON CRISPAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, my mouth waters just thinking of them. They were fresh tortillas, cut up and deep fried, then smothered in cinnamon sugar. God!!!!!!!!! They banned them for being too difficult and not cost effective, and then they brought in the stupid Twists, which still taste like styrofoam to me. (I think they ARE styrofoam. They come in a big bag and they are really small, hard, and compact. Then when they cook them they puff up. Yuck.) I even remember the era of the Bellbeefer, which was basically Taco Bell taco meat on a bun. (This was before I worked there.)
I remember when KFC was Kenny King's. It was a lot better then too.
Oh, the memories........how they all pile on. The more I read of this thread, the more I want to find a time machine and go back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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