I’m so old I remember…

Or taking the mail in so you can find a "Fredrick's of hollywood" or "Victoria's Secret" or the "Swimsuit Issue"
I used being keyword, have a Victoria secrets credit card so those catalogs came in the mail.
 
I do remember liking the Burger King Whaler.. I think they still have that but had to change the name..
The name change came as a result of an analysis that determined conclusively that the Whaler contained no whale meat at all. None. Zilch. And thus, the BK Totally-Not-a-Mammal sandwich was born.
 
The name change came as a result of an analysis that determined conclusively that the Whaler contained no whale meat at all. None. Zilch. And thus, the BK Totally-Not-a-Mammal sandwich was born.

Haha there probably was a law suite..
 
ISOIR radio stations playing ripped snippets of the “Friends” theme because it hadn’t been released as a single.
 
I remember when Mylar balloons first became popular and available - they were sold as “UFOs”

I got one and was amazed by how much longer it lasted than rubber balloons. When it finally fully deflated I wrapped it around and glued it on a frisbee. :)
 
Speaking of book fairs… did anyone else read Encyclopedia Brown back in the day? Loved those books.

I was a fan of Alfred Hitchcock's Three Investigators. He didn't write any of them...it was a way to get noticed by new authors. I read all the original ones
 
I bought X-Men #94 brand new for 25 cents, threw it in my knapsack, and rode my 10-speed bike home 11 miles from Pacific Beach to La Jolla.

To help the youngsters, that comic is worth about $2,000.00 now. Knapsacks were made from cotton canvas and leather. A 10-speed was the way cool kids got around. A 13-yo riding across two towns in southern California without a helmet would be considered child abuse now.
 
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