So Al香蕉视频直播� I tried the gum.

A short while back, I pieced together a column on some of the world香蕉视频直播檚 best smells.

Noted on the list was hockey card gum.

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Fast forward to last week, and an envelope arrived at the office. For me.

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Inside was a nice letter from Al (last name withheld so folks don香蕉视频直播檛 ask him for free stuff), which I admittedly didn香蕉视频直播檛 read until after exclaiming 香蕉视频直播渋t香蕉视频直播檚 hockey cards!香蕉视频直播� and inspecting my glorious and unexpected windfall.

There were two packs of unopened hockey cards from 1991-92.

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It was indeed the gum that was the first thing I noticed.

Neither pack had the familiar intact stick of gum. The years had taken their toll, with one stick broken into a few shards and the one in the other pack shattered into 20-plus fragments.

香蕉视频直播淪hould I try to chew it?香蕉视频直播� I briefly wondered to myself, before turning back to the cards.

It was immediately like being a kid again, shuffling through hockey cards, looking for a hidden gem as I read their names out louds.

香蕉视频直播淕ary Nylund; Patrik Sundstrom; ooh, a Gretzky award winner; Jacques Cloutier; Ron Hextall; Greg Adams (the card just said Greg Adams, but I saw the picture and said 香蕉视频直播楪reg C. Adams香蕉视频直播� out loud); ooh, a Kamensky rookie香蕉视频直播ο憬妒悠抵辈�� and on and on.

Of particular interest were a pair of 香蕉视频直播楽oviets vs. NHL香蕉视频直播� cards, of Andrei Kvartlanov and Igor Stelnov, a pair of names my mind thought it remembered but wasn香蕉视频直播檛 sure.

Each had a piece of the gum essentially welded onto the front, and there was no getting it off.

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Pondering the chemicals involved in that process but noting it was still pink, I made the only rational decision.

I was going to chew some of it.

Not wishing to keel over alone, I summoned intrepid reporter Kevin Forsyth.

香蕉视频直播淗ey Kevin, want to try some 30-year-old hockey card gum with me?香蕉视频直播�

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We each selected our own little shard, and the experiment was on.

At first, there was no taste at all. There was certainly no hope of it doing gum-like things and allowing us to continue chewing.

香蕉视频直播楰inda gets stuck up in the old molars,香蕉视频直播� observed Kevin. 香蕉视频直播淣ot bad. Just tastes like powder. Can香蕉视频直播檛 chew it, so I might just have to eat it.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淣ah, don香蕉视频直播檛 do that,香蕉视频直播� I said, spitting the remains of the fragments into the garbage.

Kevin smartly had something on hand to drink, whereas I had to endure the aftertaste, which was somewhere between fresh hockey card gum and licking a rubber dish mat.

All in all, a delightful exercise.

It香蕉视频直播檚 been years since I had the pleasure of shuffling through some packs of hockey cards. Talk about instantly transporting yourself back in time.

And it香蕉视频直播檚 been even longer since I tried to chew hockey card gum. I香蕉视频直播檒l probably ignore that bit of nostalgia moving forward.

If anyone else has some throwback items they香蕉视频直播檇 like to send in, don香蕉视频直播檛 hold back. Always happy to take a fun look back.

But I think my days of trying any food or drink items from more than three decades ago are done.

Thanks for the laughs, Al. Very much appreciated.

PQB News/VI Free Daily editor Philip Wolf welcomes your questions, comments and story ideas. He can be reached at 250-905-0029, or via email at philip.wolf@blackpress.ca.