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Candy...Then and Now?

Candy...Then and Now?

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I'm eating Jelly Beans right now and they are so good with many different flavors 😋
When I was a little kid Jelly Beans had almost no flavor and it was like eating wax.
Nice improvement Mr. Jelly Bean! A+

Bubble gum used to be loaded with sugar and flavor and you could blow bubbles with it.
Now it tastes like your chewing a menthol cigarette butt and don't even think about blowing a bubble with it. You're only going to accidentally spit it out if you try.
You fail Mr. Bubble Gum! F.

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@Contenchess
I remember 'Space Dust' a powder that crackles on the tong, rather bitter sweet after taste.

I remember 'Angel Dust' Trading Places.

Now we have 'Rainbow Dust' LBGTQ+//_hellosailor#shinehelment.php?

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@contenchess said
I'm eating Jelly Beans right now and they are so good with many different flavors 😋
When I was a little kid Jelly Beans had almost no flavor and it was like eating wax.
Nice improvement Mr. Jelly Bean! A+

Bubble gum used to be loaded with sugar and flavor and you could blow bubbles with it.
Now it tastes like your chewing a menthol cigarette butt and don't even thi ...[text shortened]... ble with it. You're only going to accidentally spit it out if you try.
You fail Mr. Bubble Gum! F.
Candy came from off of the Island.

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Walk on the wild side

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What the hell are you guys talking about? 🤨

The thread is about candy and how it has changed for better or for worse since your childhood.

You know what?...Just forget it!

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I ate 2 bags of those gourmet Jelly Beans and my tummy hurts 😔

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All I know is when I was a kid Hershey bars were a nickel and now they are almost two bucks.

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@cliff-mashburn said
All I know is when I was a kid Hershey bars were a nickel and now they are almost two bucks.
When I was a kid our class went to a Hershey chocolate factory for a school trip and I was the only kid whose parents didn't give me money to buy some in the gift shop.

That was a sad day for me 😔

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@cliff-mashburn said
All I know is when I was a kid Hershey bars were a nickel and now they are almost two bucks.
And how did wages develop in the same time?

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@cliff-mashburn said
All I know is when I was a kid Hershey bars were a nickel and now they are almost two bucks.
And they are smaller 😢

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@the-gravedigger said
And they are smaller 😢
...or you got fatter?

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Then (the early 50s...1950s 👍) I remember spending a nickel and getting a grab bag full of “Jaw Breakers” and “Blackballs”, both of which, I’m sure were invented and peddled, wholesale, by dentists. I haven’t seen either of them in decades.😥😲

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@ponderable said
And how did wages develop in the same time?
Let's see...... back then minimum wage was a dollar an hour, so I could buy 20 Hershey bars.
Today minimum wage is $7.25/hour, so I could buy almost 4 Hershey bars.

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