Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.5 $; site uiucdcsb Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsb!seefromline From: johnston@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: AN ALTERNATIVE TO COKE & PEPSI Message-ID: <26900025@uiucdcsb> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 09:02:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.26900025 Posted: Fri Jul 12 09:02:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 15:11:31 EDT References: <317@bdmrrr.UUCP> Lines: 24 Nf-ID: #R:bdmrrr.UUCP:-31700:uiucdcsb:26900025:000:927 Nf-From: uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA!johnston Jul 12 08:02:00 1985 >/* Written 10:45 am Jul 10, 1985 by george@sysvis in uiucdcsb:net.consumers */ >As for taste on Pepsi, Coke (old or new), RC, Shasta, etc. they are all lesser >beverages than Dr. Pepper (sugar or nutrasweet, caffeine or not). Once and for all, let's face it: Dr. Pepper tastes like carbonated prune juice! :-? >/* Written 2:57 pm Jul 10, 1985 by venky@pitt.UUCP */ >> Water. And send the money you save to the starving kids in Africa >> and New York. >I fully agree with this reply. In fact, the 2-liter COKE or PEPSI that is >sold is supposed to cost only 15-20 cents to make. Why pay huge profits to >these companies ? You will be better off drinking water and sending the >money you saved to charities. I suspect that what you're really paying for are their huge advertising budgets. - Gary Johnston USENET: ...!{pur_ee,ihnp4,convex}!uiucdcs!johnston CSNET: johnston%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa ARPA: johnston@uiuc.arpa