Text 17595, 58 rader
Skriven 2011-11-09 17:07:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: local 175
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-07-11  12:50 <=-

 NB>> True...  One son of my neighbor has worked for Coke for some years,
 NB>> for a while in Atlanta (now in Dallas/Ft Worth)... he told her that
 NB>> there were some incredibly large number of different varieties (over
 NB>> 100 is what sticks in my mind)...

 ML> Possible, if they made every variation of (aspartame/sucralose/
 ML> sugar/corn syrup) (caffeine/no) (regular/vanilla/cherry/lime)
 ML> (12 oz/16 oz/33 oz/67 oz) that would bring them to 128 kinds already.

I don't think size of container was one of their variables in that
tally.  We have a few in the 8oz size, too... and the 20 oz, too.
Some day I may ask Mark about it, when he comes to visit his Mom.  :)

 NB>> No doubt.  We also had an independently owned little neighborhood
 NB>> market named White Star...  That's long gone, too, except for the
 NB>> building, which still has the faded writing upon it, and the large
 NB>> white Star... 

 ML> Gives one a little nostalgic frisson, doesn't it. When riding
 ML> the elevated railways in New York, Washington, or Chicago I see
 ML> so many of these, and they give me that feeling, even though
 ML> I never saw the Chicago ones (for example) until many years
 ML> after the demise of the businesses that inspired the paint.

Yup... it does... A fleeting glimpse of times past... :) 

 ML> Now they are supposed to take each other's Bonus Card. Of
 ML> course, Giant and Stop & Shop are supposed to, as well,
 ML> but they don't.
 NB> A bit of disconnect between supposed to and does...  Someone forgot to
 NB> tell the computers...?
 ML> 
 ML> Different number of digits, or different format, or both.
 ML> And of course it's almost axiomatic that the cards themselves
 ML> require incompatible methods of logging. We could spend
 ML> centuries discussing "why no industry standard."

Mostly because that's how many ways things aren't compatible... (G)
Yeah, I hear you...

Meanwhile, I'm sitting here at the computer, eating some leftover
Halloween candy...  One of MJ's aides brought over a big bag of Tootsie
Roll products to hand out to her neighborhood kids, and there was quite
a bit left over... The DOTS looked intriguing... dunno when if ever I'd
had them, so was curious...  Verdict... the green is NASTY!  Red is
rather artifically cherry, and the orange is the best of them...  No
other colors in my small sample ("fun size" box).  Good thing I didn't
buy them... ;)

ttyl        neb

... One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor

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