chan@hpfcla.UUCP (chan) (07/23/85)
I had forgotten about the "World's Fastest Soft Drink" ads, but surprisingly,
when I saw them they were for Mello Yello. This was in Western Pennsylvania.
I never saw an ad like this for Mr. Pibb.
I haven't seen Mello Yello since I moved west.
-- Chan Benson
{ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!chan
Hewlett-Packard Company
Fort Collins, CO
(303) 226-3800 x3892
As usual, HP has nothing to do with what I say here.chan@hpfcla.UUCP (chan) (07/26/85)
> Open a can of R.C. cola, then pour in some vodka and kahlua. > Hey presto! A Decadent Russian! I tried this, but the vodka and kahlua spilled out the top of the can before I could get very much in there. Did I do something wrong?
chan@hpfcla.UUCP (chan) (07/26/85)
> Here in Pittsburgh, there is a tendency for soot and tar to collect on one's > windshield. I have found that a 16 oz. bottle of Pepsi, when added to the > windshield washing fluid, does a great job of cutting through this. I > wouldn't dream of drinking this stuff. I just had to rush to the rescue of my old home town... Please don't perpetuate the myth that Pittsburgh is this dirty old city where the air is full of smoke and tar. It's no worse than the average city, and a lot better than many. It's funny, but when I was moving to Colorado, people said "Oh going to Denver (the only CO city they had heard of), Gonna get some nice clean air huh?" In Colorado when you tell them you're from Pgh, they say "Oh, what a scummy town" (though they've never been there). Both views are so wrong! Sorry about the drift... -- Chan Benson {ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!chan Hewlett-Packard Company Fort Collins, CO (303) 226-3800 x3892 As usual, HP has nothing to do with what I say here.
woof@hpfcla.UUCP (woof) (08/04/85)
> I heard that Classic Coke still doesn't use the old formula, that the label > still says "corn syrup" (or words to that effect) instead of good ol' > American red-blooded Mom-and-apple-pie sugar. > > I'm not a Coke drinker, but was just curious if anyone would verify this.. Arghh, yes. Ingredients from the Coke Classic in my hand: CARBONATED WATER, HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP AND / OR SUCROSE, CARAMEL COLOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS, CAFFEINE. It still gives the ol' throat burn, however. Does anybody have a stash of the old stuff that can compare taste with the Classic? Are they really the same? Can the taste buds discern the difference between fructose, sucrose, and glucose? Steve Wolf Hewlett-Packard Company {ihnp4|hplabs}!hpfcla!woof Fort Collins, Colorado
anny@hpfcde.UUCP (anny) (08/06/85)
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Don't look now, but the price on the Coke machine here just
went up by $.05...
Who did you THINK was going to pay for all this hype??
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Interesting, in our plant the Pepsi machines charge $.50 while the Coke
machines are only $.45. I'm boycotting Pepsi products hoping that somebody
will notice, price does make a difference!
Anny ("one small voice") Randel
hplabs!hpfcla!annychu@lasspvax.UUCP (Clare Chu) (08/09/85)
In article <26800003@hpfclm.UUCP> woof@hpfcla.UUCP (woof) writes: >> I heard that Classic Coke still doesn't use the old formula, that the label >> still says "corn syrup" (or words to that effect) instead of good ol' >> American red-blooded Mom-and-apple-pie sugar. >> >> I'm not a Coke drinker, but was just curious if anyone would verify this.. > >Arghh, yes. Ingredients from the Coke Classic in my hand: > >CARBONATED WATER, HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP AND / OR SUCROSE, CARAMEL >COLOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS, CAFFEINE. > >It still gives the ol' throat burn, however. Does anybody have a stash >of the old stuff that can compare taste with the Classic? Are they >really the same? Can the taste buds discern the difference between >fructose, sucrose, and glucose? > >Steve Wolf Hewlett-Packard Company >{ihnp4|hplabs}!hpfcla!woof Fort Collins, Colorado Strange...here in Ithaca (boondocks) we still have those gold top cans that list sugar as the second ingredient. I haven't seen Classic yet. And by now my taste buds are so confused I don't know if these gold top cans that say sugar are old or new coke. My boyfriend claims they are old coke. And they're still selling it at the campus store... Clare