On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 07:41:49PM +0000, jim bell wrote: > On Saturday, July 25, 2020, 11:38:06 AM PDT, Shawn K. Quinn > <skqu...@rushpost.com> wrote: > > On 7/21/20 19:46, this fell into my inbox:> Oh yeah, the BLM awareness > > raising campaign is starting to bear fruit, grape drank fruit to be > precise :D> > I ain't sure Red Bull does grape drank, but it looks like > it on day agenda now muffaduckas ;)[etc] > > >Welp, looks like Coca-Cola Energy it is for now, if I should be in the > mood. Though I'm trying to cut the sugar/carbs and caffeine as much as > circumstances allow, anyway... > > Jim Bell's comments:I discovered Coke Zero a few years ago. It's a > reasonably good copy of Coke. I had to change, I was diagnosed as Type 2 > diabetic 18 years ago.
Oh wow, good move! It's great that you've changed away from sugary Coke to sugar free Coke ... 18 years after your diabetes diagnosis ;) > I remember when they announced "New Coke" in 1985. Alone, that wasn't a > threat. The threat was that they were intending to CANCEL old-Coke. I > seriously considered renting a storage unit and buying a lifetime supply of > old-Coke. Never actually did that, because I couldn't imagine how they could > be so flaming STUPID as to force everyone onto a newer (and worse) product. > Turns out I was right.But I also discovered, within the last few years, that > cans of pop are NOT hermetically-sealed: They WILL lose their carbonation > after a couple years, at least some of them. > Jim Bell > > > >