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Skriven 2013-10-10 20:17:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: Re: hospital guzzles
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 10-09-13  08:20 <=-

 DD>> We have one of the major hospital complexes affiliated with Coke
 DD>> products and the other with Pepsi. So, I am liable to have them
 DD>> offering me Sierra Mist at my favourite hospital.
 NB>> I was talking about what I've seen or heard on offer on the hospital

 DD> As was I.
 
 NB>> units at the local hospitals..  what's available in the cafeteria and
 NB>> the vending machines is more extensive.  Cherry Coke still isn't always
 NB>> available, depending on the machine or the hour... ;/  Haven't really
 NB>> noticed any affiliation per se... I think I've noticed Pepsi products
 NB>> available in the cafeterias and machines along with the Coke products
 NB>> that I pay more attention to...

 DD> I don't eat at the hospital cafeteria/snack shop so I wouldn't know
 DD> about that. But, the affiliation is pretty obvious when one is offered
 DD> Pepsi products at one facility and Coke products at the other.  Bv)=

This appears to be yet another case of different strokes for different
folks and or areas...  :)

 DD>>> Vernor's not being an actual ginger ale but a ginger soda (and
 DD>>> somewhat more gingery).
 NB>>> And thereby quite nice tasting...  :)
 DD>> The small ginger flavour in ginger ale or ginger beer is plenty for
 DD>> my taster.  BvP=
 NB>> I've had some rather gingery ginger beers, too.  :)  We all have
 NB>> different tasters... life's more interesting that way... ;)

 DD> As have I - but none so aggressively gingered as Vernor's. I do like

That used to be the main drawing card for Vernors, even back when I was
in college... maybe that should be particularly back when... somehow it
doesn't quite seem as gingery nowadays... :) But I've always enjoyed it. 

 DD> their I scream, though. Used to go to the Vernor's I scream parlours in
 DD> Detroit - which are, most likely, all closed now. Detroit has slud a
 DD> long way toward third world status since I used to visit regularly.

I don't think I've ever had Vernor's ice cream... nor seen one of their
parlors... apparently they've not been places I've lived...  were they
only in Detroit, then...?

ttyl          neb

... If you think you are confused now, wait until I explain it!

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