So I got sick again last week, but during that time I found out that I could look at issues of the Richmond Times-Dispatch up until 1985 on Newsbank if I used my Library of Virginia card. So you know what that means.
I’m not familiar with what all Thalhimers sold, since they became Hechts when I was about six years old. Apparently though, they had a food market that was plentiful enough to see Halloween cakes?!
This Ann Landers column is so … bizarre. And we thought people were angry in 2022. Also, S.M.F. giving away apples?!? This wasn’t 1945. Giving away. homemade Cookies?! That’s a Nono these days.
I vaguely remember Thomas’ Toaster Cakes. They were sold next to the Thomas’ English muffins.
That principal would be fired in about five seconds if that happened today. Love that his last name is Easter.
Oh man, 1995 was a good year, and did this paper bring it, it was about 665 pages! It was definitely a beast that took me a few days to get through, but a fun beast.
I forgot that Gateway Computers (back then known as Gateway 2000) had a plant in Hampton. In 1999, it was Hampton’s biggest employer, but by 2003 it was toast and shut down. 1
Remember the 2005 hurricane season when we used all the letters? And we did it again in 2020? I didn’t remember that one.
If Sarah Gore Maiani had a Wikipedia page, I’m sure this would’ve been mentioned.
Are y’all seeing this? PIERCED JEANS. A pair still survives on Poshmark (archive), and they are as lame as the illustration:
There’s something so sexual and gross at the same time about them.
While Target was built on the old Yoder farm, it wasn’t a Super Target, instead becoming one of those Greatland Target stores, and then later just becoming a regular Target by the late 00s. Hampton’s Target would open in the Summer of 1996.
Things that aged poorly.
I’m sad to report that this website for Showgirls was not archived on archive.org.
Also the weird ross roy website for Chrysler wasn’t archived either.
I believe this was from Circuit City, back when Apple wasn’t doing so hot.
Ah, the many many bobo knockoffs of CKOne. And not a one smelled exactly like it.
There’s those pumpkin leaf bags that seemed to disappear by the end of the 90s.
Look at all the garbage Healthy Choice made back in the day. EVEN KETCHUP.
URL’s were so complicated back then.
Oh my god, I thought that Pappalo’s pizza was just *chef’s kiss* back then. Like, high dollar stuff.
I feel like this product was doomed to fail, because of all the choices. What grocery store, especially in 1995, was going to have space for all those flavors of hot cocoa. Am I the only one who doesn’t like hot cocoa? It always leaves a weird feeling on my tongue and teeth afterward.
Oh my god I need that cat toilet brush holder right meow.
Pogs were pretty much on their way out by then. When you have a moment, you should listen to the Cool Kids Club podcast episode about Pawgs Pogs.
I thought that was a can of TreeTop Apple juice, but no, it’s lemonade. Now I don’t want it.
Remember when Walmart would use customers and employees as models in the salespapers? So quaint.
Oh no, not this crap. Everybody’s mom made these growing up, and we were so embarrassed by them, but they eventually became the beginnings of the ugly sweater trend one we got in our early 20s.
This garbage too! Those little bears wore everything. I had one taking a bubble bath in a margarine tub with bubbles made from polyfil.
Along with ruining sweatshirts with puffy paint, stencils was a thing.
These fire hazard lamps! Remember they used to be in every Aunt’s living room, but then if like the curtain accidentally draped across the lamp, boom fire:
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This thing. I remember my mom buying this thing, and it didn’t work.
I can’t imagine giving out the tiny boxes of cereal as trick or treats. That seems like it would get awful expensive.
Why am I not surprised that Jerry Orbach drove around a giant Crown Vic.
I would have never imagined that by the time I was an adult record players and records would be popular again.
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