Category: 1980s

McDonald’s Wants You to Join McDLT

The McDLT (McDonald’s Lettuce and Tomato) was served with mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, pickles, sliced onions, lettuce, American cheese, and two tomato slices. It was served in a Styrofoam container with two compartments in which one side contained the half with one bun and the hamburger, and the other compartment contained the bun with the cheese and other cold ingredients. It was advertised as a design to keep the hot side hot and the cold side cold. The company discontinued it between December 1990 and January 1991 to appear more environmentally friendly as it moved away from polystyrene packaging which was integral to the McDLT “experience”.

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USOPC is one of only four NOCs in the world that also serve as the National Paralympic Committee for their country

Patriotism or national pride is the feeling of love, devotion, and sense of attachment to a homeland or the country and alliance with other citizens who share the same sentiment to create a feeling of oneness among the people.

A headset combines a headphone with microphone.

Tony Geary Really Believes in Members Only

Members Only is a brand of clothing that became popular in the 1980s with its line of jackets. The brand was created in 1975 and introduced to American markets in 1980 by Europe Craft Imports.

Fashion of the 1980s placed heavy emphasis on cheap clothes and fashion accessories.

Anthony Geary (born May 29, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Luke Spencer on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital. He originated the role of Luke in 1978 and received a record eight Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series prior to his retirement.

General Hospital is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running American soap opera in production, and the second in American history after Guiding Light. Concurrently, it is the world’s third longest-running scripted drama series in production after British serials The Archers and Coronation Street, as well as the world’s second-longest-running televised soap opera still in production.

The Great Big Taste of O’Keefe’s Extra Old Stock

Malt liquor, in North America, is beer with high alcohol content. Legally, it often includes any alcoholic beverage with 5% or more alcohol by volume made with malted barley. In common usage, it refers to beers containing a high alcohol content, generally above 6%, which are made with ingredients and processes resembling those for American-style lagers.

British Columbia (BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest.

Carling O’Keefe was a brewing company in Canada that is now part of Molson Coors. The company’s origins can be traced to Canadian Breweries, which bought the Carling Brewery in 1930 and the O’Keefe Brewery in 1934. Canadian Breweries purchased numerous other brewers – some to shut down, and some solely for their brands.

Beer was introduced to Canada by European settlers in the seventeenth century.

368-1888 Brings Silvio’s Dial-a-Pizza to Your Door

Ordering pizza for delivery usually involves contacting a local pizza restaurant or chain by telephone or online.

The word “pizza” first appeared in a Latin text from the central Italian town of Gaeta, then still part of the Byzantine Empire, in 997 AD.

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited (DPE) is the largest pizza chain in Australia in terms of network stores numbers and network sales, as well as the largest franchisee for the Domino’s Pizza brand in the world. The Australian and New Zealand Master Franchise was bought by Silvio’s Dial-a-Pizza in 1993 and in 1995 the two brands merged and rebranded as Domino’s Pizza.

The rights to own, operate, and franchise branches of the [Domino’s Pizza] chain in Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Monaco are currently owned by Australian Domino’s Pizza Enterprises, having bought the master franchises from the parent company in 1993 (Australian and New Zealand franchises) and 2006 (European franchises).

Why Not Get the Most out of Your Life With Mr. Ray’s Hair Weave?

A hair weave is human or artificial hair utilized for the integration with one’s natural hair. Weaves can alter one’s appearance for long or short periods of time by adding further hair to one’s natural hair or by covering the natural hair all together with human or synthetic hairpieces.

Hair loss, also known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body.

Baltimore native and filmmaker John Waters has parodied the Hon culture, as well as Baltimore itself, extensively in his movies. For a somewhat accurate representation of Baltimorese, one can look to Waters’ narration in his 1972 movie Pink Flamingos. Waters himself used a local commercial for Mr Ray’s Hair Weaves as his main inspiration. The commercial was famous around town for Mr. Ray’s thick East Baltimore accent: “Cawl todaey, for your free hayome showink…” (“Call today, for your free home showing”) was the most memorable line from that commercial.

McDonald’s Mint Shamrock Shakes and Sundaes

The Shamrock Shake is a seasonal green-dyed mint flavored milkshake dessert sold at McDonald’s during March to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. In 1980, McDonald’s introduced the Shamrock Sundae which consisted of vanilla ice cream topped with a mint green Shamrock syrup. The product was discontinued after one year due to poor sales.

Restaurants with the highest volume of traffic, such as McDonald’s, often opt to use premade milkshake mixtures that are prepared in automatic milkshake machines.

The sundae is a sweet ice cream dessert.

Spearmint is a flavour used mainly in chewing gums and tooth paste that is either naturally or artificially created to taste like oil of spearmint (herb). It is also popular as a flavouring for milkshakes in Canada and the U.S.; during each March, McDonald’s puts them out as a Shamrock Shake.

In recent years, Saint Patrick’s Day” target=”_blank”>Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations for having become too commercialised and for fostering negative stereotypes of the Irish. Some have described St Patrick’s Day celebrations outside Ireland as displays of “Plastic Paddyness”; where foreigners appropriate and misrepresent Irish culture, claim Irish identity, and enact Irish stereotypes.