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Article #33346Re: Drink Ripoffs
From: amby
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 21:15
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 21:15
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I bought into that myself...oops with my remark on Diet Coke. amby "Kelly Younger" <kyounger@houston.rr.com> wrote in message news:3D9ECD49.9114F034@houston.rr.com... > 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 14:26:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-04!supernews.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!twister.austin.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "amby" <amby@houston.rr.com> Newsgroups: houston.eats References: <3D9A3164.C5EB3D21@yahoo.com> <UGsn9.86231$121.2013843@twister.austin.rr.com> <3D9ECD49.9114F034@houston.rr.com> Subject: Re: Drink Ripoffs Lines: 46 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <EDIn9.73508$Fw2.2185509@twister.austin.rr.com> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 21:15:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.242.233.86 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.austin.rr.com 1033852516 24.242.233.86 (Sat, 05 Oct 2002 16:15:16 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 16:15:16 CDT Organization: Road Runner - Texas