There\u2019s an old saying, \u201cthey don\u2019t make \u2018em like they used to.\u201d I guess you can pretty much say that about anything \u2014 actually, some things are made better than they used to be, but as the saying implies, most things are maybe not as good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few months ago, Claire bought some toothpaste from Costco. We\u2019re not hung up on any one brand \u2014 she usually just bought what was cheaper, or was on sale. Anyhow, she bought Crest. I\u2019m not an expert on toothpaste and honestly can\u2019t tell one brand from another \u2014 but \u2014 I have to say that the Crest toothpaste she bought was terrible! When it was squeezed out of the tube onto the toothbrush, it was so thin and runny, it wouldn\u2019t stay on the brush. By the time I\u2019d brushed my teeth, there was toothpaste all over the sink, it had run down my chin and I usually managed to dribble some on my arm. As I said, toothpaste isn\u2019t my passion and I rarely pay much attention to it, but it seems to me that I always had to use some amount of effort to squeeze the paste out of the tube. The toothpaste we bought kind of \u201cpoured\u201d out of the tube \u2014 it didn\u2019t seem like much of a paste at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m not sure what type of Crest we bought (there are about 100 different \u201ctypes\u201d) but the last time I was at Costco, I checked and noticed that neither Crest Pro-Health with Scope or Crest Pro-Health boxes use the word \u201cpaste.\u201d I guess that tells you something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So anyhow, this isn\u2019t meant to slam Crest \u2014 it\u2019s just an observation. I guess they really don\u2019t<\/em> make things the way they used to\u2026. There\u2019s an old saying, \u201cthey don\u2019t make \u2018em like they used to.\u201d I guess you can pretty much say that about anything \u2014 actually, some things are made better than they used to be, but as the saying implies, most … Continue reading
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