Vanilla Coke?
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I don't know. Were you born and raised in all those countries ? :P Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
Tom Archer wrote: I don't know. Were you born and raised in all those countries ? ;P No, but my kids have all those nationalities blood in them. My wife was born in Australia. Her parents were born in Egypt though they were not Egyptian as you must have Coptic blood to be Egyptian. Paternal Grandfather was Armenian. Paternal Grandmother was Italian and Maltese. Maternal Grandfather was Syrian. Maternal Grandmother was Greek. So although my kids are Australian as they were born here they have a hjuge mix of nationalities. Myself, well I am 7th generation Australian, free settlers who chose to leave dingy England and move to the lucky country. :) Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "He orginally got the Tweezers of Destruction through the scanners but then popped back outside for a smoke." - Chris Maunder 26/03/2002
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Russell Morris wrote: And of course, Coke itself tastes much better when it is mixed on-the-spot with a fountain machine than it does out of a can or bottle. Are you on drugs? Or does the Fountain in America work better than the Mixers we have over here? Here the mixer takes the Syrup, Water and CO2 and combines them into something you don't mind when you are dying of thirst. There is no hand mixing of secret ingredients that I know of. The canned or bottled variety of soft drink (soda to you) or beed is much than from the tap. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "He orginally got the Tweezers of Destruction through the scanners but then popped back outside for a smoke." - Chris Maunder 26/03/2002
Michael Martin wrote: Are you on drugs? What of it? ;) Michael Martin wrote: Or does the Fountain in America work better than the Mixers we have over here? I think we're using different words for the same thing. By 'fountain' I mean the thingy that mixes soda-water, cola-syrup, and water as they pour into your cup. Michael Martin wrote: The canned or bottled variety of soft drink (soda to you) or beed is much than from the tap. I can't tell from the context, but should there be a 'better' or 'worse' between 'much than'? -- Russell Morris "WOW! Chocolate - half price!" - Homer Simpson, while in the land of chocolate.
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Tom, You live in Atlanta, right? Have you been to the Coke museum there? My wife went there many years ago and she said that they have hundreds of soda flavors that they test and market around the world. I'm pretty sure that a vanilla flavor of coke has probably been around since they first started making coke. -John
John Morales wrote: she said that they have hundreds of soda flavors that they test and market around the world. I've been there, it was crazy. Sooo many different flavours. I tried them nearly all and then nearly died while waiting in the queue for the bathroom!!! (2b || !2b)
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Tom Archer wrote: Turkish/American, thank you :) So using your logic my kids will have to call themselves Armenian/Syrian/Greek/Italian/Maltese**/**Australian. ;P Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "He orginally got the Tweezers of Destruction through the scanners but then popped back outside for a smoke." - Chris Maunder 26/03/2002
Michael Martin wrote: So using your logic my kids will have to call themselves Armenian/Syrian/Greek/Italian/Maltese/Australian**** I am Maltese and I we have some very strange logic here, so beware :omg: :omg: (2b || !2b)
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Ok. But you made your remark about my "logic" as though there's something wrong with me stating that I'm Turkish. I was born in Izmir, Turkey. My mother is Turkish. I spoke Turk before English and have Turkish citizenship (actually dual with my US citizenship). I fail to see how I'm not Turkish. Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
Tom Archer wrote: Ok. But you made your remark about my "logic" as though there's something wrong with me stating that I'm Turkish. I was born in Izmir, Turkey. My mother is Turkish. I spoke Turk before English and have Turkish citizenship (actually dual with my US citizenship). I fail to see how I'm not Turkish. Nothing wrong with you mentioning your Turkish heritage at all. Though wait a minute, didn't we have a problem in Turkey 87 years ago? :laugh: You are Turkish. Just from the little I know, most Americans, no matter where they are from originally still are American first and foremost and call themselves American. To me this is one of the best things about America. Over here everyone seems to cluster whole nationalities in surrounding suburbs. The children of the immigrants then have this great affinity for a nation they have never visited and hate Australia/Australians. All I originally meant was that if my kids were to start trying to refer to themselves as a nationality mix they would need half an hour to get it out. Anyway isn't this thread about Vanilla Coke? :confused: Tom Archer, his short attention span and tangential thought processes will possess any thread he comes in contact with. ;P Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "He orginally got the Tweezers of Destruction through the scanners but then popped back outside for a smoke." - Chris Maunder 26/03/2002
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Tom Archer wrote: Ok. But you made your remark about my "logic" as though there's something wrong with me stating that I'm Turkish. I was born in Izmir, Turkey. My mother is Turkish. I spoke Turk before English and have Turkish citizenship (actually dual with my US citizenship). I fail to see how I'm not Turkish. Nothing wrong with you mentioning your Turkish heritage at all. Though wait a minute, didn't we have a problem in Turkey 87 years ago? :laugh: You are Turkish. Just from the little I know, most Americans, no matter where they are from originally still are American first and foremost and call themselves American. To me this is one of the best things about America. Over here everyone seems to cluster whole nationalities in surrounding suburbs. The children of the immigrants then have this great affinity for a nation they have never visited and hate Australia/Australians. All I originally meant was that if my kids were to start trying to refer to themselves as a nationality mix they would need half an hour to get it out. Anyway isn't this thread about Vanilla Coke? :confused: Tom Archer, his short attention span and tangential thought processes will possess any thread he comes in contact with. ;P Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "He orginally got the Tweezers of Destruction through the scanners but then popped back outside for a smoke." - Chris Maunder 26/03/2002
That's cool. I certainly understand your point very clearly. My ex-wife is Puerto Rican. It irks her to end to hear Americans from New York claim to be Puerto Rican when they've never been there in their lives. So I do know the phenomenon well concerning people who seek an identity by latching onto anything different. Michael Martin wrote: Tom Archer, his short attention span and tangential thought processes will possess any thread he comes in contact with You've noticed that, eh? :laugh: I do tend to go on tangents. By the way, you were right there with me :P Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
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Michael Martin wrote: Are you on drugs? What of it? ;) Michael Martin wrote: Or does the Fountain in America work better than the Mixers we have over here? I think we're using different words for the same thing. By 'fountain' I mean the thingy that mixes soda-water, cola-syrup, and water as they pour into your cup. Michael Martin wrote: The canned or bottled variety of soft drink (soda to you) or beed is much than from the tap. I can't tell from the context, but should there be a 'better' or 'worse' between 'much than'? -- Russell Morris "WOW! Chocolate - half price!" - Homer Simpson, while in the land of chocolate.
Russell Morris wrote: I can't tell from the context, but should there be a 'better' or 'worse' between 'much than'? Yes there should be a better in there. Also I was talking about beer, I have never drunk beed, just in case there is such a thing somewhere in the world. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "He orginally got the Tweezers of Destruction through the scanners but then popped back outside for a smoke." - Chris Maunder 26/03/2002
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Russell Morris wrote: And of course, Coke itself tastes much better when it is mixed on-the-spot with a fountain machine than it does out of a can or bottle. Are you on drugs? Or does the Fountain in America work better than the Mixers we have over here? Here the mixer takes the Syrup, Water and CO2 and combines them into something you don't mind when you are dying of thirst. There is no hand mixing of secret ingredients that I know of. The canned or bottled variety of soft drink (soda to you) or beed is much than from the tap. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "He orginally got the Tweezers of Destruction through the scanners but then popped back outside for a smoke." - Chris Maunder 26/03/2002
It's interesting that a single drink varies so much from place to place. The flavor of Coke from different bottlers varies slightly; the flavor of Coke in glass bottles and Coke in cans is also slightly different. The Coke served by different fast-food places varies a *lot*: around here McDonalds has the best Coke, followed by Burger King, and Hardeez serving some form of brownish dishwater. Restaurants and icecream shops with fountains all differ more or less also. --------
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That's cool. I certainly understand your point very clearly. My ex-wife is Puerto Rican. It irks her to end to hear Americans from New York claim to be Puerto Rican when they've never been there in their lives. So I do know the phenomenon well concerning people who seek an identity by latching onto anything different. Michael Martin wrote: Tom Archer, his short attention span and tangential thought processes will possess any thread he comes in contact with You've noticed that, eh? :laugh: I do tend to go on tangents. By the way, you were right there with me :P Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
Tom Archer wrote: By the way, you were right there with me LOL! I noticed that... You are obviously a born leader, Tom:laugh:
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Tom Archer wrote: By the way, you were right there with me ;P You must have me mistaken with someone else. I vaguely remember posting something about Spiders then your accusing me of being there with you. Damn those impersonators. Better go to bed now. It's 1:20 AM less than 5 hours before my 2 year old daughter wakes me with the Flying Knee of Death. :omg: Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "He orginally got the Tweezers of Destruction through the scanners but then popped back outside for a smoke." - Chris Maunder 26/03/2002
:laugh: See ya' mate. Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
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That's cool. I certainly understand your point very clearly. My ex-wife is Puerto Rican. It irks her to end to hear Americans from New York claim to be Puerto Rican when they've never been there in their lives. So I do know the phenomenon well concerning people who seek an identity by latching onto anything different. Michael Martin wrote: Tom Archer, his short attention span and tangential thought processes will possess any thread he comes in contact with You've noticed that, eh? :laugh: I do tend to go on tangents. By the way, you were right there with me :P Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
Tom Archer wrote: By the way, you were right there with me ;P You must have me mistaken with someone else. I vaguely remember posting something about Spiders then your accusing me of being there with you. Damn those impersonators. Better go to bed now. It's 1:20 AM less than 5 hours before my 2 year old daughter wakes me with the Flying Knee of Death. :omg: Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "He orginally got the Tweezers of Destruction through the scanners but then popped back outside for a smoke." - Chris Maunder 26/03/2002
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Tom Archer wrote: By the way, you were right there with me LOL! I noticed that... You are obviously a born leader, Tom:laugh:
I do have to admit that I'm typically a common denominator on threads that go waaaaaay off-topic :) Hey, like the expression says, If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit! Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
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It's interesting that a single drink varies so much from place to place. The flavor of Coke from different bottlers varies slightly; the flavor of Coke in glass bottles and Coke in cans is also slightly different. The Coke served by different fast-food places varies a *lot*: around here McDonalds has the best Coke, followed by Burger King, and Hardeez serving some form of brownish dishwater. Restaurants and icecream shops with fountains all differ more or less also. --------
Higher education helps your earning capacity. Ask any college professor.
--Shog9 --
The variation happens because those places are using post-mix dispensers. They buy kegs of pure syrup, then the dispenser carbonates the water and mixes it at the tap. Each location can vary the settings on the mixing head. The pre-mix dispensers have never fully caught on, possibly because they require so much extra space and shipping cost. These use a can of soda that is pre-diluted at the factory with no mixing on site.
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It depends how you do it. I've seen people pour a glass three quarters full of cheap vodka, then top it off with coke, and then have question me when I start flinching with pain as they try and maintain a clear face while they endure the torture. X| On the other hand, three parts coca cola to one part red square vodka served on the rocks is quite possibly one of the nicest drinks you can make yourself for under 50p a go. ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.
Any rum will blend with Coke far better than any vodka! I like Captain Morgan's myself, but that Malibu idea sounds like something to try.