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jadecat
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response 63 of 149:
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Jan 10 20:39 UTC 2006 |
Well, Vernor's and vanilla ice cream is pretty good, I've had that a few
times at a friend's (we don't tend to drink much/any Vernor's at my house).
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edina
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response 64 of 149:
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Jan 10 20:46 UTC 2006 |
Yum - Boston Cooler!!!
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jadecat
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response 65 of 149:
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Jan 10 21:02 UTC 2006 |
Exactly.
But why are they called that?
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johnnie
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response 66 of 149:
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Jan 10 21:08 UTC 2006 |
It alledgedly has something to do with Boston Blvd in Detroit, either
via Vernors or Sanders (or both).
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tod
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response 67 of 149:
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Jan 10 21:15 UTC 2006 |
It comes from a bartender named Mr.Boston that worked for the Purple Gang on
Hastings St. The vanilla ice cream was Stroh's and the ginger ale was
Vernors. That's what gramps told me and he lived right there on Hastings.
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slynne
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response 68 of 149:
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Jan 10 22:02 UTC 2006 |
Mmm. I love Boston Coolers. Does anyone remember the Vernors flavored
ice cream? That was good too.
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keesan
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response 69 of 149:
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Jan 12 00:02 UTC 2006 |
Jim is back from Ireland and does not know what they call soda there. He did
not drink any because nobody offered it to him. He lost 5 pounds in 5 weeks
eating other people's cooking and is now making it up eating chocolate and
cookies.
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bhoward
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response 70 of 149:
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Jan 12 01:46 UTC 2006 |
I usually have the opposite problem, gaining weight from all
the tasty guiness and my cousin's (in Dublin) cooking.
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twenex
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response 71 of 149:
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Jan 12 02:01 UTC 2006 |
"minerals".
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nharmon
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response 72 of 149:
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Jan 12 03:22 UTC 2006 |
I enjoy some Root Beers, Coca Cola Classic, Cherry Coke, Sierra Mist,
7-Up and Dr. Pepper.
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ric
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response 73 of 149:
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Jan 12 16:46 UTC 2006 |
I also prefer Fresca to Squirt.
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tod
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response 74 of 149:
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Jan 12 23:42 UTC 2006 |
I've never met Fresca but I bet you two make a cute couple.
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richard
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response 75 of 149:
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Jan 13 02:20 UTC 2006 |
fyi, the original diet sodas, the first ones that came out as diet
brands, were Tab and Fresca. The pepsi company looked at tab's sales
and came out with Diet Pepsi soon thereafter.
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richard
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response 76 of 149:
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Jan 13 02:22 UTC 2006 |
I miss the old returnable 12 ounce glass bottles. I used to love
getting cokes in glass bottles when I was little and looking on the
bottom of the bottle where it always had the town where the bottle was
made. Since you returned all your bottles, a lot of those returnable
bottles traveled around as much through the years as the average well
worn twenty dollar bill.
Plastic bottles just aren't the same. You can still get glass bottles
in other countries, like Mexico, but not in the U.S.
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charcat
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response 77 of 149:
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Jan 13 02:30 UTC 2006 |
coke can still be found in a 8 oz returnable bottle in michigan, but you
have to look for it (they tast better also). I believe they are made for
the people who have vintage old coke vending machines.
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tod
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response 78 of 149:
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Jan 13 05:01 UTC 2006 |
Does Dr.Pepper come in a bottle?
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other
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response 79 of 149:
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Jan 13 06:06 UTC 2006 |
Depends on how Mrs. Pepper is feeling.
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happyboy
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response 80 of 149:
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Jan 13 09:47 UTC 2006 |
ALERT!!!
/poopytrombones
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slynne
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response 81 of 149:
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Jan 13 14:13 UTC 2006 |
I wonder if the Coke that is sold in those 8oz glass bottles is made
with sugar or corn syrup?
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tod
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response 82 of 149:
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Jan 13 16:09 UTC 2006 |
Same amount of sugar in 8 oz of oj as in 8 oz of Coke...less sugar in 8oz of
Coke than in apple or grape juice...
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edina
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response 83 of 149:
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Jan 13 16:18 UTC 2006 |
That's somewhat disturbing.
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slynne
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response 84 of 149:
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Jan 13 17:12 UTC 2006 |
It is a different kind of sugar though from what I understand. Still,
water is generally a better choice.
Sometimes I take the sparkly water and mix it with juice and that makes
for a very refreshing drink in the summer time.
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mcnally
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response 85 of 149:
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Jan 13 18:15 UTC 2006 |
Real-sugar Coke afficionados can also haunt Mexican restaurants
and markets, which often sell Coke imported from Mexico, where
it's still made with sugar, rather than corn sweeteners.
The politics and economics of sugar in this country are actually
kind of interesting, in a depressingly corrupt kind of a way.
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happyboy
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response 86 of 149:
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Jan 13 18:23 UTC 2006 |
in a depressingly slavecamp missing fingers
company store corporate plantation in florida sort
of way?
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mcnally
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response 87 of 149:
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Jan 13 19:05 UTC 2006 |
I was thinking of the other end -- payoffs and graft and federal sugar
subsidies and special corn-sweetener "incentives" and other joys of our
"free market" system.
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