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Skriven 2016-01-18 15:52:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: Re: Caffiene was:sugar Co
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 01-12-16  09:16 <=-

 DD>> I know - I've been trying to find a store that has Peach Fresca - HAH!
 DD>> Co'Cola's 800 line says they still make it and (listing of stores)
 DD>> carry it. Double HAH! I told the nice lady on the other end of the
 DD>> phone that while their records might say that those stores, in past,
 DD>> have stocked Peach Fresca that I had visited each of them within the
 DD>> preceding fortnight - with no luck.
 NB> And did she have any other suggestions on how to find it...?  I'd guess
 NB> that one might find it as one of the choices in those Red Coke Machine
 NB> computer soda fountains... I'll try to remember to check the one at
 NB> Wegmans next shopping day...

I did check it, and there wasn't even any Fresca in that machine... they
might be different from place to place though... :)

 NB>> Also available at Five Guys hamburger shops, at least around here..
 NB>> The machine has raspberry Coke along with lots of other choices.. ;)

 DD> Our 5 Guys is in the local big shopping maul - so, I've not been
 DD> there. I've seen the super dispenser deals at the newly remodelled
 DD> Burger Whops. Personally I enjoy Coke Zero. If that isn't available
 DD> I'll get lemonade or raspberry tea.
 
So, if one may be curious, why were you asking about the Peach Fresca,
then...?

 DD>>> You can do your own soda fountain -- get a Soda Stream
 NB>>> Last I knew, there isn't a Cherry Coke syrup available for that.....
 DD>> Well, no. Probably not - you have to do it like the soda jerk does it.
 DD>> Ice, a squirt of cherry (or vanilla, lemon, chocolate, etc.) syrup
 DD>> then the Co' Cola on top of that.
 NB>> I suppose that could work...  I trust that the CocaCola syrup is the
 NB>> caffeinated variety and not decaf... the caffeine is part of my pain
 NB>> management regime, and I've been trying to figure out some way to get
 NB>> the dosage of that despite cutting back on the HFCS of my favored
 NB>> Cherry Coke... And coffee isn't an option, being the other food thing
 NB>> besides apples I'm actually allergic to...

 DD> Have you considered NoDoz (http://www.nodoz.com/) According to their
 DD> web site "Each NoDoz Alertness Aid has 200mg of caffeine, about the
 DD> same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee"
 
Hadn't quite got to that yet... I did check out the energy drinks and
decided against them... I prefer to space out my caffeine intake,
besides... when I was drinking 3 (or so) cans of Cherry Coke (at 34mg
per 12oz can), I'd be sipping at it throughout the day... I mostly just
want to avoid the HFCS as well as artificial sweeteners....  Are the
NoDoz aids divisible...?

 DD>> Yes'm. Just like K-Mart. And at both if there are enough points to
 DD>> redeem the cashier asks if you'd like to apply the reward to the
 DD>> current purchase.
 NB>> Another place I rarely go, so hadn't bothered even noticing that they
 NB>> had a rewards program now...

 DD> I shop K-Mart frequently. It's near to me, I was on the opening staff
 DD> for that particular location over 40 years ago, and they generally
 DD> have acceptable pricing on things I need.

The nearest K-Marts to me are a little ways away... but if I'm looking
for something that a big box store might have, they're near the top of
my list... :)

 DD> Walgreens is one that I use
 DD> because my Part D prescription insurance has a lower co-pay there
 DD> (part of the United Health Care network of pharmacies) and my former
 DD> favourite family pharmacy isn't in that network. I may begin to visit
 DD> CVS some since they have dropped all tobacco products - which goes a
 DD> long way toward atoning for what they did to piss me off those many
 DD> years ago. They also have a "rewards" (loyalty) program -- as do
 DD> nearly all major retailers. I sign up - even if I don't ever cash in 
 DD> the "reward points" to get money off of merchandise. I figure that if
 DD> I don't I am leaving money on the table/spending more than necessary.

If I'm likely to be shopping a store for anything, I'll probably get
signed up for their rewards program, since that usually is the only way
to get the special pricings, too... I'm more likely, though, to just not
shop there, and get what I want where I already have a card...
especially if the savings isn't any better.... :)  I've got plenty of
cards in the wallet already, and don't have a smartphone (or intend to
get one)...  ;)

ttyl        neb

... Multigrain cereals: boxes full of small cookies with oat bran added.

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