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People love to bash the oil companies when their profits are up. But no one has bashed Coke yet.
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| The price of a coke hasn't gone up 200+% over the last 3 years.
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| I just drink coffee and beer, in that order 
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Originally Posted by splitshot  I just drink coffee and beer, in that order |
I have an extreme Diet Lime Coke habit.
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Originally Posted by PHBeerman I have an extreme Diet Lime Coke habit. | Cherry limeaid from sonic is on my list also.
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Originally Posted by PHBeerman I have an extreme Diet Lime Coke habit. | If you have a Kroger's by you, they have a store brand diet lime cola that runs $2 a 12 pack. I've never tried it, but drink their Diet Cola and Diet Dr. K all the time.
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| I rarely buy cokes at gas stations anymore. I don't think that a 20 oz. bottle of coke should cost more than a dollar.
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Originally Posted by tcb The price of a coke hasn't gone up 200+% over the last 3 years. | Nice observation there, Frenchy.
Why do you hate America so much?
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| I don't care how much they make, but the big name soda's here all use high fructose corn syrup, which makes them taste like shit. Once you try real Coke (i.e. the made in Mexico Coke) or any other soda made with real Pure Cane Sugar, you never go back. It also helps control your intake when you drink a 12 oz soda from a bottle rather than 44oz bucket.
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Coca-Cola said worldwide unit-case volume grew 6 percent in the quarter, the highest growth rate since 2002.
| I don't get it. Coke has increased earnings because their sales are up. How is this a ripoff?
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| You don't need coke to get to work.
You don't need coke to go see your Grandma in the hospital.
You don't need coke period.
Our economy is not based on coke usage.
It is a lot easier to stop using coke than it is to stop using gas.
Fuck coke.
Don't buy it. Just eat a bag full of fucking "pure cane" sugar and you will obtain the same result. | |
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| Look at their sale four years ago. Go back 10 years ago. They ahve been slowly loosing market share in the USA. They are just now getting it back. | |
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Originally Posted by Skillet You don't need coke to get to work.
You don't need coke to go see your Grandma in the hospital.
You don't need coke period.
Our economy is not based on coke usage.
It is a lot easier to stop using coke than it is to stop using gas.
Fuck coke.
Don't buy it. Just eat a bag full of fucking "pure cane" sugar and you will obtain the same result. | good points...but...coke ain't using cane sugar anymore...
you'd need to pound down some karo syrup instead...
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Originally Posted by NorCalDoug good points...but...coke ain't using cane sugar anymore...
you'd need to pound down some karo syrup instead... | I was just going by what cary said.
Mental note...karo syrup, karo syrup... | |
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04-17-07, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Skillet You don't need coke to get to work.
You don't need coke to go see your Grandma in the hospital.
You don't need coke period.
Our economy is not based on coke usage.
It is a lot easier to stop using coke than it is to stop using gas.
Fuck coke.
Don't buy it. Just eat a bag full of fucking "pure cane" sugar and you will obtain the same result. |
You don't NEED gas to do any of those things either. It is convienient.
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Originally Posted by splitshot I just drink coffee and beer, in that order | Big coffee screws us. Dunkin' Donuts, which sucks yet I still drink it, charges over $2 for a drink that's mostly ice and cream.
For $2.99, I can brew like 15 pots of good coffee.
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Originally Posted by splitshot Cherry limeaid from sonic is on my list also. | X100000. I'll drive 20 miles out of my way to get a Route 44 Cherry Limeaid!!! 
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Originally Posted by bigndn X100000. I'll drive 20 miles out of my way to get a Route 44 Cherry Limeaid!!! |
There is a Sonic within 20 miles of Sandpoint?
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Originally Posted by Skillet You don't need coke to get to work.
You don't need coke to go see your Grandma in the hospital.
You don't need coke period.
Our economy is not based on coke usage.
It is a lot easier to stop using coke than it is to stop using gas.
Fuck coke.
Don't buy it. Just eat a bag full of fucking "pure cane" sugar and you will obtain the same result. | awesome.
Now make me some non-sweetened sun tea, please. | |
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Originally Posted by bigndn X100000. I'll drive 20 miles out of my way to get a Route 44 Cherry Limeaid!!! | 
I've never been.
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