bill@persci.UUCP (06/10/85)
An interesting item in last Saturday's Seattle Times:
Apparently the Coca-Cola company switched formulas before they had the new
cans ready, and for a week or two were packaging the new formula in the old
cans. The 'Old Stuff' you bought may be really the new stuff.
The Coca-Cola spokesman claimed that you can tell the difference by the lid
(silver for old, gold for new).
For myself, I gave up Coke a long time ago. It just doesn't taste the way it
did back in the 50's. (Pardon me, is my age showing?)
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Bill Swan {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!billinc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson) (06/12/85)
*** ALL BYTES ARE CREATED EQUAL *** In Message <189@persci.UUCP>, Bill Swan writes: > Apparently the Coca-Cola company switched formulas before they had the new > cans ready, and for a week or two were packaging the new formula in the old > cans. The 'Old Stuff' you bought may be really the new stuff. > > The Coca-Cola spokesman claimed that you can tell the difference by the lid > (silver for old, gold for new). > > For myself, I gave up Coke a long time ago. It just doesn't taste the way it > did back in the 50's. (Pardon me, is my age showing?) It certainly is, Bill. Coke NEVER tasted the way it did back in the 50s. That was RC Cola you're thinking of. Besides, I think it's just ludicrous that they chose silver for the old cans and gold for the new. They missed a chance at a great mnemonic device: GOLD = OLD SILVER = SLAVER Myself, I gave up Coke when I entered male menopause. Becoming a member of the Pepsi Generation has done wonders for my impotence. -- Gary Benson * John Fluke Mfg. Co. * PO Box C9090 * Everett WA * 98206 MS/232-E = = {allegra} {uw-beaver} !fluke!inc = = (206)356-5367 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-ascii is our god and unix is his profit-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_