In memoriam - favorite vendors and products that have disappeared

(c) 2005, Mike Barkley

• PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines)
• Grand Auto Stores
• Big O Tires, Manteca
• Payless Drug Stores
• Standard Brands Paint Stores
• Tower Records
• Lisa's Fabrics, Manteca, killed by Wal-Mart
• Master Chef Restaurant, Manteca, died of underappreciation?
• Fosters Cafeterias, San Francisco
• Small pickup trucks with diesel engines
• AT&T Service before the Court chopped up the "monopoly".
• The Ice Creamery, Grand Avenue, Oakland
• Colonial Donuts, Grand Avenue, Oakland, before they were sold
• Hot dogs from the Plaza Drive-In, Grand Avenue, Oakland
• Sandwiches from the Red Boot, East 14th Street, Oakland
• Cheese soup and fried chicken at Denny's
• McDLT at McDonald's (although they brought it back?)
• Bacon-bacon cheeseburger at Jack-in-the-Box (although they brought it back?)
• Bireley's & Nesbitts?
• Giant Orange roadside stands
• Packages of orange juice bars (orange only!) at the supermarket.
• Bohemian Hearth "Honey Nut 'n' Oat Bran" bread
• Hain Coconut Oil
• The kind of dark wood/brass/crystal ceiling fans Home Depot stocked ten years ago before their designers got cute and ruined them.
• 1974 Oakland Athletics; John Madden's Oakland Raiders; 1962 San Francisco Giants.
• CNN International/CNNfn on DirecTV.

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--Mike Barkley, 161 N. Sheridan Ave. #1, Manteca, CA 95336 (H) 209/823-4817
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