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Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 17 Jan 2000 03:17:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Sproaticus wrote:
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> > David Eaton wrote:
> > > In lugnet.market.shopping, Mike Poindexter writes:
> > > > I don't drink coffee and Coca-Cola never killed anybody.
> > > It just causes cancer in lab rats :)
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> > I thought it just dissolved labratory pennies!
It dissolves *teeth* rather than pennies, and AFAIK, right now you can't get
new real living teeth for mere pennies. :-) But yes, given enough time, it'll
dissolve the lab rats themselves too.
> I dunno if it dissolves them but if you put a dirty one in (all the way
> to green with oxidation, even) overnight, it will be shiny again.
Phosphoric acid, an ingredient listed on the sides of Cokes cans in USA
anyway, is responsible for this "cleaning". It is a preservative to keep the
carbonation around longer, and does of course remain present even when the
carbonation is gone. It is the biggest cause of tooth decay in Coke. Sugar is
the secondary factor in the process, not the primary like some believe.
Back in '86, I once called the Coke hotline in Atlanta, one fine day while I
was bored at lunchhour, and I asked them how many calories were in a can of
Coke. After narrowing it down from the 147 different kinds of Coke that were
out that year, I found out that Classic Coke has 2 servings per 12oz (355ml)
can, and that each serving was around 80 calories or so, and Cherry Coke had
slightly more boosting it somewhere up to 90 calories or so. I didn't ask for
a decimal to 6 places for the calorie measurement in a can of Diet Coke
because I never drink it.
> > Change is good, but you can't keep it in your pockets forever.
Actually, I'm expecting some change in the weather..
-Tom McD.
when replying, on average, Norwegian spamcake was found to contain 20% more
nitrates than Swedish spamcake.
The San Francisco Bay Area Users Group
http://www.baylug.org
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| (...) I dunno if it dissolves them but if you put a dirty one in (all the way to green with oxidation, even) overnight, it will be shiny again. (...) I agree. Go clean your pennies off and spend them! (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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