Thread in the handgun section today about a product improvement got me to thinking about how many products I've used or known that were discontinued or changed because they work TOO well.
I'll start: Rocky Mountain Titanium Broadheads Skyhook tree steps
My ProMac chain saws. Still cutting great after 34 years. Did buy a Pro Stihl when one was down for a week, but always start work with the Macs. How can a company make a buck when the product never seems to wear out?
Early thermal video cameras? I heard that the video companies have downgraded the thermal imagery abilities due to the perverts recording women to check out their figures through the clothing.
Solid Iron Kohler, Briggs and Stratton, and Wisconsin "Small Engines",....both the one lungers and the twins
Lincoln SA 200 and 250
...all the above fired by MAGNETOS, and sporting glass filter bowls.
GTC
Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
Slick Tricks....took all the fun out of looking for the new best broadhead every season!!
Biden's most truthful quote ever came during his first press conference, 03/25/21. Drum roll please...... "I don't know, to be clear." and THAT is one promise he's kept!!!
That indestructible synthetic upholstery fabric of the late 60's.
Windows XP
The .30-'06
Winchester Model 70
Craftsman tools
Lawn darts
Coca Cola with cocaine in it
Benzedrine inhalers
Common sense
National Rifle Association - Patron Member National Muzzleloading Rifle Association - Life Member and 1 of 1000 Illinois State Rifle Association - Life Member Carlinville Rifle & Pistol Club ~ Molɔ̀ːn Labé ~
Disston Abraders... In the '70s they made a huge line of abrasives with carbide tits (VERY sharp) arranged very uniformly and of exactly equal sizes. They cut wood like a beaver on speed and NEVER wore out.
They were cheap, too.
Someone bought the rights from them and stopped the manufacture... hard to sell sandpaper with those bad boys around!
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
Disston Abraders... In the '70s they made a huge line of abrasives with carbide tits (VERY sharp) arranged very uniformly and of exactly equal sizes. They cut wood like a beaver on speed and NEVER wore out.
They were cheap, too.
Someone bought the rights from them and stopped the manufacture... hard to sell sandpaper with those bad boys around!
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
"Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter
Disston Abraders... In the '70s they made a huge line of abrasives with carbide tits (VERY sharp) arranged very uniformly and of exactly equal sizes. They cut wood like a beaver on speed and NEVER wore out.
They were cheap, too.
Someone bought the rights from them and stopped the manufacture... hard to sell sandpaper with those bad boys around!
Freudian slip of whats really on your mind?
Guilty as charged!
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
I have an old Horse that is still going. I swapped the engine out a couple of years ago, and the tines are about due for replacement. Everything else still goes fine.
Living in a world of G17s and 700s, wishing for P7s and 202s
www.huntingadventures.net Are you living your life, or just paying bills until you die? When you hit the pearly gates I want to be there just to see the massive pile of dead 5hit at your feet. ( John Peyton)
Simms waders circa 2003 or so. I've got a pair that is still keeping me dry.
I think they've cheapened them up since then. When a guy who fishes as much as I do can go a decade + without buying a new pair, it's going to hurt sales a little bit.
Originally Posted by shrapnel
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle.
Originally Posted by JohnBurns
I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
All great picks except the Vasque boots? Only because I've never heard of them.
Danners are the only hunting boots I'll buy! And while Shakespeare Ugly sticks may not be in the top 10 best fishing rods, they are the ONLY fishing rod that I've never been able to destroy. They are definitely my favorite catfishing rods! And the Ruger RedHawk is by far the toughest double action revolvers ever built!
I'll also add Simms GuideWear Waders to the list. Toughest damn waders ever made!
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
Picked up a MINTY L.L. Bean Chamois Shirt for U.S. $ 2,00 that has to be at least 25 years old,.....just no comparison whatever to the current crop of offshore junque one sees today.
Real cloth, and real buttons sewn on with real thread.
GTC
Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
School Aid by Rexall Drugs. A doctor put together a concoction of nutritionals for his own kids and Rexall purchased the rights. When my daughter was loosing eye eyesight I bought some. In six months she was totally healed. Another six months and it was gone.
"Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter
Been using Hoppe's #9 for 30+ years. What changed ?
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much" Teddy Roosevelt
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
Cialis. 4 hours, Pfffttt!!! Try 3 days! Im serious. When I drank a lot, I needed a little "help" on the weekends. Asked the doc for a sample of viagra, he said nah, you want this and gave me cialis. If the wind blew wrong you were pitching a tent. Strong stuff!
I wore the Vasque Sundowner boots for 30 years until they took them to China. What I wouldn't give to have two brand new Italian made pairs in 11 narrow.
Danners are for flatlanders. (yes I have had a couple of pairs of Danners, they didn't compare)
Been using Hoppe's #9 for 30+ years. What changed ?
You must not have bought any recently.....they changed the recipe several years ago....next time you're in the store open a bottle and see for yourself....
Pissed me off....I liked it so much I used it for cologne on occasion...
All great picks except the Vasque boots? Only because I've never heard of them.
Danners are the only hunting boots I'll buy! And while Shakespeare Ugly sticks may not be in the top 10 best fishing rods, they are the ONLY fishing rod that I've never been able to destroy. They are definitely my favorite catfishing rods! And the Ruger RedHawk is by far the toughest double action revolvers ever built!
I'll also add Simms GuideWear Waders to the list. Toughest damn waders ever made!
I had a pair of Vasque that lasted a LONG time before they came apart.
Danners, though we don't have anything newer than likely 2002 or so, have fallen apart quite quickly, though they were very comfortable for my wife and she has asked for more, I"ve said I think next time she gets fitted HanWags like I have...
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
Early thermal video cameras? I heard that the video companies have downgraded the thermal imagery abilities due to the perverts recording women to check out their figures through the clothing.
It wasn't an advertised thermal camera, just a Sony camcorder with an IR filter that saw well into the mid 900 nanometer range which is capable of seeing through clothing and seeing the thermal outine of the human body. In great detail... All Sony did was install another IR filter to block that level of IR. The camera sensor still sees it and there are known hacks to make it do it's tricks again.
Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
They're making them again, JJ. I saw a NIB 4" Redhawk in .45LC and .45ACP (uses moon clips) at a local gunshow yesterday.
Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
I had an '86 F150 4wd, super cab, long bed, that got 18+mpg highway, 13-14mpg putting around town. One on the last carbureted ones. I sure miss that truck.
Add Phisohex and regular, no ethanol gasoline to the list.
I can still occasionally get no ethanol gas, but it's expensive.
Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
We paid 10% more for Ethyl gasoline because it had more lead than Regular gasoline. They quit making Ethyl and took the lead out of Regular and charged us more for the unleaded. Then they added ethanol and charge us more because ethanol is expensive.
Now, they charge us more for leaving the ethanol out.
See..... it's not so strange that we may elect Hillary.
Sears and Roebuck in general, 80's vintage Ford straight 6 cyl 300 cu in engines, great pickup engines combined with a 5 speed trans. Craftsman tools 1911A1's
Imagine your grave on a windy winter night. You've been dead for 70 years. It's been 50 since a visitor last paused at your tombstone..... Now explain why you're in a pissy mood today.
At the going rate of $5.00/lb for a good cast steel anvil they just aren't your everyday handyman/homeowners tool anymore.
Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
Honest to God WOODEN shanked Q-tips with 100% COTTON on the end,....
One could dip em' in Acetone or MEK without the end melting or dropping off.
GTC
Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
Delta single stem shower faucets. They are so good they last to long . They are in the assembly so long (hard water areas) often they are stuck and you can't get them out. So you have to replace the entire assembly.
Honest to God WOODEN shanked Q-tips with 100% COTTON on the end,....
Back in the 80's my Wife worked for an old Dr. and He had the nurses make the ones He used. Fluff a piece of cotton and twirl the stick into. Sounds simple but those nurses were good at it, and they looked store bought. He also made a purple medicine that He used on lots of things. Good stuff, but the recipe died with Him. He would never tell all of the ingredients. miles
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
Gave my father in law Lou Gehrig's disease, along with the majority of servicemen stationed on an air base up north on summer. Sprayed it every day for mosquitoes. Said he remembered marching in formation through clouds of the stuff. Pretty much everyone on the base came down with ALS. Sad situation.
You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.
If that was the case, everybody in East Arkansas would have came down with it, and I only know of one person that did. The house that I grew up in had permanent stains on the ceiling from DDT that was sprayed there when I was a baby. miles