Things you like/need that they've discontinued — Page 6

I have a Ryobi table saw (don't buy Ryobi).  It has these cheap crap plastic teeth  in the "rack" for the angle changing pinion.  If you leave the angle lock on, and try to adjust the angle, then you will shred the rack teeth with very little effort.  In fact, you're likely to shred the teeth even with the lock off... they're pretty much worthless.

Similarly, the mechanism that raises and lowers the blade is dependent on the same junk plastic.  I took the cover off of it, and little shavings of plastic fell out of the cup.

In my semi-professional assessment, $.05 worth of metal could have made my $100 table saw a lot more durable and long-lived.  But hey, $.05 is $.05.

Yeah, it's a shame that companies do that. They're pretty much just shooting themselves in the foot, but never learn from it.

TV's Frink said:

xhonzi said:

In my semi-professional assessment, $.05 worth of metal could have made my $100 table saw a lot more durable and long-lived.  But hey, $.05 is $.05.

Not to mention that 005 is 005.

I have one bottle of "man perfume", but I think it was my father's and I just sort of inherited it along the way because I like cars. It's an olllllld (30+ years) bottle of Avon aftershave in a green bottle shaped like a second generation Corvette. It's pretty cool. And I must say that, despite the age of the contents, it still smells decent.

How does it drive?

It doesn't so much drive as it slides.

ferris209 said:

They changed the recipe to Ranch Style Beans, pisses me off. Now they're firmer, less spiced up, and generally just nasty. I wrote an email to Conagra and they replied by sending a coupon for more Ranch Style Beans, bastards.

lolz.

Nice to know it's not just me! 

That is really funny.

^Well, maybe if they were the only hair place within a 1,000 mile radius...

IF.

Anyway, that bean thing reminds me of how they changed the C-Plus orange soda flavor. Now it is more tart and has a bad aftertaste. Thanks, jerks... That was also a part of my childhood.

I miss Golden Grahames in the UK!

I bought a nail gun a couple years ago, and I dragged it out to work on my shed.  The darn thing is leaking air at the gasket, which renders it useless.  I head over to the tool shop where I bought it to buy a replacement gasket ($0.20 worth of plastic, I'm sure it will cost me $15 or $20 or something) but they don't sell them.

No one sells them.

xhonzi said:

Pitch Black Mountain Dew (not Pitch Black 2, but they don't make that either) - I roll my own with a can of Citrus Drop (the Kroger Dew) and Welches Grape Soda: Almost as good

Holy Crap!  I just bought a 12 pack of this at the super market yesterday!

BEN, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!?!?!?!?

Crystal Pepsi.

It NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK. I WOULD DRINK IT INSTEAD OF WATER, PEPSI. PLEASE. MAKE IT HAPPEN

^I would absolutely love to try Crystal Pepsi again. I had it once or twice, but I didn't drink much Pepsi at all back then. Now it's my preferred cola, so I'd really know if there was a difference now.

I had never had it when it came out, as I was 2 years old. ;)

But me and my friends managed to aquire a bottle that had been kept for a few years.

It was a little flat (Obviously), but it tasted great. It had yellowed a little as well, but that's due to the sugar or caffeine or something.

I really would love for it to make a come-back. It was, like I said before, Great stuff.

I think I have a 'Bring back Crystal Pepsi' T-shirt. I'll need to find it...

greenpenguino said:

I think I have a 'Bring back Crystal Pepsi' T-shirt. I'll need to find it...

That's hilarious. I'd love to see a picture if you do find it.

I would've been around 16 when it came out. We also had OK soda and Orbitz around the same time.