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Article #33341Re: Drink Ripoffs
From: Kelly Younger
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 11:30
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 11:30
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Jack Tyler wrote: > > "Tracey" <tracey12_12@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:3D9A3164.C5EB3D21@yahoo.com... > > Have you seen the new drink prices at most fast food establishments? > > For a large coke, youll pay about $1.65 at Jacks. This price point is > > becoming popular at other fast food joints, as well. > > > > But, besides the fact that fast food prices keep going up, and Mc > > Donalds can't seem to figure out where all their customers have gone. > > > > Here is a little experiment for you to see just how badly you;re getting > > ripped off; > > > > With a large cup from your favorite junk food hang out that is half > > full of ice, pour in a can of your favorite carbonated beverage. Does > > it full fill the $1.65 coke cup? > > > > Do you mind paying for ice? > > > > -- > > http://tracey518.tripod.com/ > > Hoodah thunk that this thread about soft drinks would become one of the > longest we've had in a long time. And you guys gripe about Tracey.... looks > like he figured US out. > > Jack Tyler > > > > That's because the original post was x-posted to austin.gen, houston.gen and tamu.gen. You'll notice that many of the replies are from folks who have never posted here before. X-posting can turn thoughtful, informative groups into a wasteland very quickly by exposing it to the kooks that are Usenet. -- Kelly Younger
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c1f9,de2479c8d44eed6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c1f9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-05 04:48:34 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-04!supernews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!twister.austin.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D9ECD49.9114F034@houston.rr.com> From: Kelly Younger <kyounger@houston.rr.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: houston.eats Subject: Re: Drink Ripoffs References: <3D9A3164.C5EB3D21@yahoo.com> <UGsn9.86231$121.2013843@twister.austin.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 38 Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 11:30:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.25.10.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.austin.rr.com 1033817413 66.25.10.160 (Sat, 05 Oct 2002 06:30:13 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 06:30:13 CDT Organization: Road Runner - Texas