History's Dumpster Mobile Link
History's Dumpster for Smartphones, Tablets and Old/Slow Computers http://historysdumpster.blogspot.com/?m=1
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Monterey Jack's
This was before, and after, Jack In The Box. In 1985, Jack In The Box in one of the most disasterous blunders ever made by a fast food chain, changed it's name to "Monterey Jack's"
Patrons were not impressed by the yuppified image makeover and exactly a year later, they became Jack In The Box again.
Labels:
1980s,
Advertising,
commercial,
Food,
Lunch,
Restaurants,
Snacks,
TV
Monday, April 15, 2013
The Bhutanese Stamp Records
(The Bhutanese Stamp Records....Actual Size.....)
Anyone who collects stamps knows the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has by far the strangest and most unusual postage stamps in the world.
But these have to be amongst the STRANGEST of the strange. In the early '70s, Bhutan issued record-stamps. They are actual one-sided phonograph records, playable on any turntable without automatic, end of side pick up.
They featured history talks and traditional Bhutanese folk music.
In a 21st century update, Bhutan recently issued a series of CD-ROM stamps....
Labels:
1970s,
Asian,
CDs,
Historical,
Music,
Phonograph,
Records,
Strange
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