"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2016-07-21 2:06 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> Came in a glass jar
>>> with a small brush, did not look much larger than a pastry brush. The
>>> housewife - in pearls and heels, natch! - smilingly cleaned her oven,
>>> just in time for her Mad Men hubby's arrival, the ad ended with her
>>> serving them a big steak dinner...
>>>
>>> I mean, *brush - on*, geez...!!!
>>
>> I remember using that stuff. It is why we eventually bought a self
>> cleaning oven.
>
> You probably remember a lot of products that now come in aerosol that
> never used to. You are older than I am and I remember when spray deodorant
> was first introduced.

I remember when antiperspirant came out. Used to just be deodorant and I
think it was just liquid or cream. I don't know what men did, but women wore
these hideous pads that strapped on to cover the underarms. They absorbed
the sweat and prevented stains.

My mom bought me some cheap product when I was in Jr. High that said it
checked wetness. Our school colors were orange, blue and white and we were
asked to wear those on Fridays. My mom bought me a white turtleneck sweater
and an orange polyester blazer. We all wore jeans so there was my blue.

I wore this outfit one Friday and we had dance lessons in gym class that
week. We did not change into our gym clothes and I did not think to take off
the blazer. Because it was polyester, my underarms sweated so much that I
got the dreaded stains.

I went home, held up the jar of cream to my mom and said, "It checked the
wetness all right! And it was there!" I presume that the maker meant that by
"checked", it stopped it but this certainly did not. The brand was Tussy.
Not sure if that is made any more.

This was my mom's introduction to antiperspirants. She just used the pads.
We went back to the store and began reading labels. We learned that there is
a big difference between products.