Desperate for my weekly thirteen, I decided to write about my favorite brands. Oddly enough, I don't have a number one favorite. I am not overly brand loyal but there are a few things to which I am partial. So here they are, not in any particular order:
1. Toyota. I drive a Camry and I really enjoy the car. My husband will only drive Fords, and this is the first "foreign" car we've ever owned. But after having two failed Ford Tauruses, I opted to go for the Toyota and have never regretted the decision.
2. Coca-Cola. I have always liked Coke products better than Pepsi. Plus they have those cute bears in their Christmas commercials.
3. Pilot Pens. My favorite brand of ink pens are Pilot G-2, extra fine. My husband hates them.
4. Hewlett Packard. The best printers I have ever owned have been HPs. I include HP printer ink in this, too, as I've tried generic and it doesn't work as well. I had an HP computer pre-2000 and I liked it a lot. It is still working, actually. My aunt and uncle use it.
5. AT&T. The phones were never the same when AT&T broke up. Ma Bell, I miss you so. Your new reincarnation rings no bells.
6. Synthroid. This is a medication I take for thyroid problems. I can't take the generic because, in spite of the claims, the generic works differently on me than the real thing.
7. RCA. Most of our TVs and stereos are made by RCA. I am not sure why but I think it has to do with the picture and sound quality and what we like.
8. Nikon. Even though I am currently using a Canon S3-Powershot, I miss Nikon. Nikon has a little different picture quality and I think I prefer it. The Canon is fine, just different.
9. Fruit of the Loom. My brand of undies. Now you know.
10. Peter Pan Peanut Butter. When they recalled this, we had three jars of the contaminated stuff here. We have been eating Jif. It isn't bad, but it isn't Peter Pan, either. My husband and I both grew up with Peter Pan and I guess that is where this comes from.
11. Nabisco. Especially Fig Newtons. I have tried other brands but theirs is the best tasting.
12. Silk. I like their soy milk products.
13. Alfred Dunner. These conservative clothes don't express my personality well, but they always fit and they look very professional. My closet is full of them.
I thought it might be fun to go back through your thirteen with my answers, so:
ReplyDelete1) Love the Camry. We have had one since 1995. Very little trouble after 130,000 miles. Hate the color, but that isn't Toyota's fault.
2) Pepsi. A little sweeter and a little more fun. Had a Diet Pepsi Max today for the first time. Quite nice!
3) I like the cheapo Paper Mates.
4) HP does do printers right. I've worked with some big honkin' HP servers in my career (mostly an HP3000), and I have an HP home PC now. The only lemon in the bunch is the PC, and it's not bad either.
5) My father wired most of the houses in the upper Hudson Valley in NY, in the '40s and '50s. Damn right those old Bell System phones work.
6) No experience with synthroid. I like me some Alka Seltzer, though.
7) We have never had an RCA. Our best TV now is a Toshiba.
8) I have an HP digital camera. It's OK, but nothing special if you ever want to share pictures with others.
9) No brand preference there. Boxers . . briefs . . whatever!
10)As a kid, I liked the Jiff creamy (or smoothy, whatever . . .), and it tortured the crap out of me when Mom bought Skippy Crunchy, but I'm not sure she ever bought Peter Pan.
I used to eat a lot of PB and Honey sammiches.
Doesn't really appeal to me now.
11) I nix the Newtons, but there used to be a cookie called a Nutter Butter. Dipped in chocolate milk . ... O that was nice.
12) Uhhhh . . .no. Not for me anyway. My wife might go for it, but for now we are just getting milk from the Homestead Creamery.
13) I assure you I have no idea what that means . . .
I sleep in silk! Have you tried Smuckers Peanut butter? Delish with no added sugar like most of the others.
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