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Article #713Re: Drink Ripoffs
From: John Smith
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 16:05
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 16:05
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"Tracey" <tracey12_12@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3D9E7AD8.604DF097@yahoo.com... > > > Felix wrote: > > > "Chris Barnes" <chris@txbarnes.com> wrote in message > > news:ankcf3$khd$1@news.tamu.edu... > > > Felix <youdontneedto@emailme.com> wrote: > > > > And, boy, aren't you showing them buy refilling it before leaving... > > > > consider that a 12 ounce soda contains about 120 empty calories, > > > > drinking two 32 ounce cups of soda gets you about 600 calories. Yep, > > > > getting fat is the best way to get your money's worth. FYI, you'd > > > > have to walk or run 6 miles to burn off 600 calories (and that > > > > doesn't even touch the calories from the quarter-pounder/Big Mac and > > > > SuperSize fries you ate with that. > > > > > > You're assuming the person isn't getting a Diet Drink (which usually > > > have almost no calories). > > > > Yes, Chris... that is what I'm assuming.... good catch, though... nothing's > > funnier than morons at McDonald's filling up on high-calorie, high-fat food > > getting their diet soda <in a whisper> "I'm watching my weight". > > But, are you looking at their total diet, or just this one meal? Nope, just making a generalization about people eating at McDonald's in the first place. If you are eating your lunch or dinner (or breakfast) at McDonald's, chances are the other two meals probably aren't much better.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109097,de2479c8d44eed6 X-Google-Attributes: gid109097,public X-Google-Thread: 10c1f9,de2479c8d44eed6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c1f9,public X-Google-Thread: 10bedf,de2479c8d44eed6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10bedf,public X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,de2479c8d44eed6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b82c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-05 09:10:12 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!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!ps01-chi1!news.webusenet.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamfinder.gnilink.net!nwrddc01.gnilink.net.POSTED!16fd91b9!not-for-mail From: "John Smith" <someone@microsoft.com> Newsgroups: houston.eats,houston.general,austin.general,tamu.general References: <3D9A3164.C5EB3D21@yahoo.com> <andt6e$532$1@slb5.atl.mindspring.net> <anj6pv$j6l$1@news.tamu.edu> <5mgn9.8046$817.4232@nwrddc04.gnilink.net> <ankcf3$khd$1@news.tamu.edu> <a0ln9.1641$Mw4.1397@nwrddc01.gnilink.net> <3D9E7AD8.604DF097@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Drink Ripoffs Lines: 35 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <E5En9.9262$Mw4.2804@nwrddc01.gnilink.net> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 16:05:56 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 4.47.35.35 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrddc01.gnilink.net 1033833956 4.47.35.35 (Sat, 05 Oct 2002 12:05:56 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 12:05:56 EDT