From New Hampton?well because of a guy named danny boos ,i don't care for anything Luther
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The Dew is a classic it's top 3 for me. Coke , Dr pepper and dew
Ok...Mexican Coke is great with Mexican food. Loved it for years since my Az days.
Fantastic post, Vall!
Minor correction — the guy who wrestled for Cornell (Ithaca, not Mt. Vernon) was our lead singer. Yours truly was the drummer.😉
I can't let this thread continue without giving a shoutout to Sundrop. My 🐐
Now all we need is a Fanta post 🤣
Faygo Red Pop or Rock and Rye. My grandpa used to make floats out of either when we would stay the night. If you got an ice cold bottle, first opened, the carbonation would tickle your nose on that first pull. Nothing on this Earth has ever compared…
Can’t believe no mentions of Surge…😆
They use real sugar rather than corn syrup, I’m thinking.
Ah ha, I knew there was a WWDM connection
Several things:
1) In the late 70's there were noon pickup volleyball games in the gym off the Fieldhouse floor. Pretty good level of competition.
2) Just finished, "The Dream Team" great read on the Cornell title in 1947. It was given to me by a guy whose Dad was a frosh on the team.
Some mod should re-title this 197 et al
"Suicides" is what we called them at Scout camp. I still do them today as well, but usually just two or three anymore. Some combination of Dr Pepper or Mr Pibb and Cherry Coke or Wild Cherry Pepsi. Occasionally another flavor or two if they have some unique choices.
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Did you have a scout master named Kevin?
And I do this soda drinking responsibly. Won't do it every time. Only if my body is ready and not over 24 Oz
No, my Scoutmaster was Verle. He was the Lockmaster at L&D 16 east of Muscatine, We went to Camp Miniyata (sp?) back in the day. It's now a county wildlife education center. The PX there was way better than the one at the camp where my son went.
It doesn’t seem to matter now, but does he have eligibility remaining?
We referred to them as a "rattlesnake" (not a scout, just a restaurant worker with access to the soda dispenser before it was self-service)
Man look at you getting all wild mixing cherry flavored pops. You should get crazy sometime and mix coke and Pepsi, or 7 Up and Sprite. Time to live.
Anyway, we all called them suicides.
We must know your favorite pop/soda before we can give an answer 🤣
And since this started with talk about orange soda. They go as the following:
Sunkist
Sunkist
Crush
Jarritos Mandarin
Faygo
Fan.. I'm not going to finish typing it. It's disgusting. Might as well have orange flavored cough medicine.
Sunkist
Sunkist
Crush
Jarritos Mandarin
Faygo
Fan.. I'm not going to finish typing it. It's disgusting. Might as well have orange flavored cough medicine.
For what it's worth, massive quantities of Diet Coke keep me alive at my advanced age and state of decrepitude.
Like formaldehyde in a way.
Like formaldehyde in a way.
You guys are forgetting the best cola:
I've hesitated on this so as not to get on Terry's bad side, but the most creative mix I ever had is half orange juice and half 7 up or Sprite
Looks like you can relive those memories!
https://www.fooddive.com/news/slice-soda-returns-to-shelves-as-healthier-offering/738093/
just to drop a weird addition to this never ending soda stream... I always picked HIRES root-beer or Cherokee Red soda.... after that and getting away from soda I went to Ice tea and now enjoy Arnold Palmer Ice tea.... at home I generally drink the homemade Sun tea when she sets the tea out in the gallon jug for the afternoon and it steeps on its own. I also found an old pop bottle in my house attic ..it is a Kickapoo Joy Juice bottle... I guess it was a citrus flavored soda similar to Mt Dew or Slice. Its a great bottle with the old painted on white graphics
As a fellow Michigan youth, Faygo Red Pop was/is the best. Every time I sip some I'm sent right back to the pool at the neighbor's house, or sitting in front of the evening news with my grandparents.
Maybe Terry grew up watching Jack Lalanne? One of the greatest quotes possible for body health when I was young: "If it tastes good, spit it out!"
If you can avoid it, you don't know what you are missing. But, soda/pop is ABSOLUTELY one of the best tasting refreshments anyone could possibly ingest!
Have you ever been to the White Turkey in Conneaut OH?
They sell Richardson root beer. Believe they've been family owned for 75 ish years now. Just 30 some miles from the Geneva OH Oly training center where wrestling events are held. Another 15 miles to the east is famous Camp Lambec. Another 25 miles to the East is Erie.
If you have not been to Erie, it's worth a weekend in summer. Stay on the Harbor, two good hotels. Learn about Commodore Perry and his kicking of the English Asses in the War of 1812.....Patriot if there ever was one.
Just drove through coming back to Iowa from our cabin in Pennsylvania and we stopped at three of the wineries just north of erie. Cannot say I was impressed with the wine or the locations, but it's a pretty drive.
East of Erie???? hard to have to be on land north of erie
Another gem is Chataqua Institute.
Scratch the fruity wine. Have a Yuengling!!!!
The cabin is in northeast Pennsylvania. Wineries north of Erie along Hwy 20. Actually we stayed on Chautauqua Lake going out. And love the Yuengling. Especially the Hershey Porter. Too bad it's seasonal, I always buy multiple cases and bring it back to try to stock up.
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