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« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2005, 06:17:23 am » |
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Chaps
thanks for the explanation. Particularily the bit about Cola trying to buy Pepsi out. I never knew that or the fact that you got twice as much soda with Pepsi as you did with Cola.
I obviously knew about the Santa thing but always thought that it was a Urban Myth. Father Christmas being designed by Coca Cola.
My next newbie question is this... In view of the fact that Coca Cola had the market in the 1940' & 50's are Pepsi Machines from that era more valuable than Cola ones??
Could anyone recommend a good book that charts the history of the Soda World??
Cheers
Dave
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« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2005, 08:01:50 am » |
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Investment wise... I'd take a roundtop Pepsi ANYDAY over a rountop Coke and I'm a Coke guy...
Pepsi went bankrupt twice... more out of bad luck and timing than Coke. But they are a HEAVY hitter now.
Anyway... 'kito when you come across that Pepsi 81 or 33 let me know. I'd give it a good home  '>
Good luck folks finding any roundtop...
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« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2005, 08:37:35 am » |
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`Kito,
my wife likes pepsi and I prefer coke - but we are still married '>
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« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2005, 05:21:37 pm » |
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| Quote (sfre46 @ May 04 2005,12:00) | Birdman-this passage might help explain -
"Coca-Cola had a great deal to do with establishing Santa Claus as a ubiquitous Christmas figure in America at a time when the holiday was still making the transition from a religious observance to a largely secular and highly commercial celebration. In an era before color television (or commercial television of any kind), color films, and the widespread use of color in newspapers, it was Coca-Cola's magazine advertisements, billboards, and point-of-sale store displays that exposed nearly everyone in America to the modern Santa Claus image. Coca-Cola certainly helped make Santa Claus one of the most popular men in America" |
While it may be true that Coca Cola had a lot to do with establishing Santa as a ubiquitous figure. They were NOT the first soda company to use Santa as a figure. The White Rock beverage companies Santa pre dates anything that Coca Cola did so maybe Coca Cola borrowed the idea Hmmm. As soon as I find a copy of the article I will see about posting a link to it. I know Soda Pop Dreams magazine did an article about it with all of the facts but I can't find the issue with it in it. |
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« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2005, 08:26:10 pm » |
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Birdman-
Saw that your icon is "Dad's" rootbeer - did you see my post about getting 8 oz bottles in Los Angeles? Don't know if you can get"Dad's" products in the UK, but a supplier of "Dad's" is in Los Angeles, found out that one can get a case for $15
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« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2005, 01:10:38 am » |
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Hewllo Shawn
Must confess that I have neither seen or tasted Dad's Root Beer. I was looking through the symbols, with my 2 year old daughter on my lap trying her best to distract me and thought that Dad's Root Beer was the most apt.
Fraid I am also a virgin to things like RC & Dr Peppers. DP does have a small market here but is not very popular. I am making a trip to the US in Sept and looking foward to putting my tast buds to the test.
How about Iron Bru have youever had the pleasure of sipping Iron Bru. Its also very good for paint stripping
Dave
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« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2005, 02:06:33 am » |
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Dave, who needs all those American soda's over there when you all have so many fantastic ales and bitters!?! Give me a Boddingtons or Newcastle Brown (or many others) any old day!
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« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2005, 08:27:28 am » |
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That is so true my friend. With all ten dorms having their own bar, long campus bar crawls introduced me to the finer things in life. And then we'd head into town for more bars and pubs. Those were the days!
I'm fond of Guiness too. I have a few of your country's fine products in my Cavalier 64 in my gameroom in addition to the Coke products.  '>
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