I'm so old I Remember when:

[Bigdumogre]

Anyone else nobody beats the Wiz and Crazy Eddies commercials? Maybe it was just a new york thing.

But also miss spending an hour in blockbuster and having 2 vcrs to record the movie.

 

[MROO]

To my memory I have yet to find any cheese as good as what I remember ( I have not tried all the different kinds of cheeses)

I will have to try American cheese now

And of course my taste buds could have changed

I found this online. It may help:
The closest thing to the "government cheese" of the 1980s, a processed cheese distributed by the US government to low-income households, is deli American cheese or Land O'Lakes American cheese. While not identical, these cheeses share a similar flavor profile and texture, often described as mild and melty, similar to Velveeta.

 

[jxp]

I miss the banana seats!!! Always like a horrible gold color too.

The seat on my banana bike had a big bold 70s hippy dippy flower pattern . The bike itself was white with colorful streamers on the handlebars and plastic beads on the wheel spokes. My brother's blue one had the extra tall sissy bar. My sister had a traditional bicycle but she also had colorful streamers and a plastic basket on the front with colorful plastic daisies. When she got her newspaper route, Dad mounted twin metal baskets over the back wheel for her. We all - along with our friends - clothes pinned playing cards to the frame so the wheels would make that special noise.

 

[jxp]

I found this online. It may help:
The closest thing to the "government cheese" of the 1980s, a processed cheese distributed by the US government to low-income households, is deli American cheese or Land O'Lakes American cheese. While not identical, these cheeses share a similar flavor profile and texture, often described as mild and melty, similar to Velveeta.

NOTHING LIKE Velveeta!

Just because it's on the Internet doesn't make it true.

 

[notabitail]

Anyone else nobody beats the Wiz and Crazy Eddies commercials? Maybe it was just a new york thing.

But also miss spending an hour in blockbuster and having 2 vcrs to record the movie.

I saw something on Crazy Eddies, I can't remember what it was, but I think they either had a lot of fraud or some weird illegal thing going on.

 

[jxp]

Anyone else nobody beats the Wiz and Crazy Eddies commercials? Maybe it was just a new york thing.

But also miss spending an hour in blockbuster and having 2 vcrs to record the movie.

Craaazy Eddy. Where the deals are Insane!!!

IIRC he got caught in some shady business practices and went away for a while.

 

[Bigdumogre]

Craaazy Eddy. Where the deals are Insane!!!

IIRC he got caught in some shady business practices and went away for a while.

Yes it was some big fraud thing lol really was CRAZY!!!

 

[MROO]

NOTHING LIKE Velveeta!

Just because it's on the Internet doesn't make it true.

IMO, Velveeta's nasty, but the reference to being very "meltable" works. My ex insisted on buying that cursed stuff, using it for everything from grilled cheese (messy) to pizza (I won't even dignify THAT with a real comment.) My kids never understood why I made my sandwiches with the "other cheese" until I convinced them to try it. None of us has bought even a single box of that awful stuff since he left - and we readily admit that our lives are better for it all!

 

[MROO]

 

[The Moonshiner]

The seat on my banana bike had a big bold 70s hippy dippy flower pattern . The bike itself was white with colorful streamers on the handlebars and plastic beads on the wheel spokes. My brother's blue one had the extra tall sissy bar. My sister had a traditional bicycle but she also had colorful streamers and a plastic basket on the front with colorful plastic daisies. When she got her newspaper route, Dad mounted twin metal baskets over the back wheel for her. We all - along with our friends - clothes pinned playing cards to the frame so the wheels would make that special noise.

Mine was blue with silver pinstripes. Blue with silver flake banana seat. Ape hanger bars. Matching blue with silver flake hand grips and a big ol shifter on the cross bar.
Unfortunately a short sissy bar but it did have a wide flat drag slick rear tire. Chain guard came loose and banged around so I tossed it and tied my bell bottom tight to my leg with a shoestring.