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Hadrian is mad. Was at work when surge caused monitor burn-in in the middle of the screen. Hadrian is Mad. Hadrian is Mad. Hadrian is Mad. Hadrian is Mad. Hadrian is Mad. Hadrian is MAD.

I am fine........

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HADRIAN AVENTINE
pacea@solar-outpost.com
http://www.hyperionbase.com

[Suicide Junkie]

Speaking of burning, my waffles just got cooked into little checkers pieces by a toaster that wouldn't pop.
Now the house is filled with foggy grey smoke
At least my computer room is downstairs, so its OK.

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[Atrocities]

My pop sat out in the car all day, and it got really hot. Hot Diet Pepsi. ummmmummm Yummm

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[Karras Barrens]

pop? must be candian http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

[geoschmo]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Aronnax:
pop? must be candian http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes, let's resurect the great "Soda vs Pop vs Cola" debate.

I, living in Ohio call it pop as well. I have friends from various parts of the country who call it one or the other. After much research I have placed the dividing line, running roughly in a north-south direction, somewhere slightly west of Indianapolis Indiana.

Anybody care to chime in so we can narrow it down more specifically.

Geo

[Lerchey]

I live in Pittsburgh. It's POP, damnit. Not "soda"; POP!

Col. John
Drinker of pop.

[ZeroAdunn]

Pop, not soda! NOT SODA DAM... never mind.

I lived in Iowa for four years, and for those four years I had to deal with, "Pop? what the hell is pop? Anybody wan't some Sooodaaaa, ya stupid redneck."

Pop, not soda, pop.

[Quikngruvn]

Around here, in South Carolina, no matter what kind of soda it is, it's a Coke. (SC's state motto: "Hey, at least we're not dead Last in education!")

Yes, soda. Pop is what you do to a balloon. Or listen to on the radio. Or call your father. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/tongue.gif

Next time on Mindless Rant: "Sub, Hoagie, or Grinder: the Sandwich Wars."

Quikngruvn

[This message has been edited by Quikngruvn (edited 27 July 2001).]

[justjake73]

hoagies and grinders hoagies and grinders meatloaf sandwich....

I went to school at IUP in Western PA - Pittsburghers call it soda, Phillies call it pop... I'm from Rochester NY and usually say soda.

To all you Pittsburghers: Are yins gonna warsh ya cah today with wad'r, or drink soda and watch a tape of the Stillers?

[justjake73]

Oh I got that reversed..who gives a %#@ anyways...

[capnq]

I grew up in Berks County, Pennsylvania, roughly 50 miles NW of Philadelphia. I drank soda when I lived there, and pop when I moved here to Pittsburgh. Back then I ate "Italian sandwiches" and "steak sandwiches", which are subs and Philly cheesesteaks here.

justjake: nah, I've got an appointment in 'Sliberty today; have to take a bus dahntahn to get there.

Hadrian: I highly recommend getting an uninterruptable power supply/surge protector.
APC has an Online questionnaire for figuring out what capacity you need. IIRC, their URL is
www.apcc.com (http://www.apcc.com)

My UPS keeps me Online through several power flickers a month, and gives time to shut down properly during longer outages.

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

[Quikngruvn]

Don't make me start speaking Southern! Wait, I can't control it....

I'mon watch me some rasslin!

Quikngruvn

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Ponder this: Scientists already knew that matter is 98% empty space. After they figured out the structure of protons, they determined the remaining 2% is mostly made up of, well... nothing. Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?

[Alpha Kodiak]

I was born and raised in AZ, and still live here, and I drink pop. My wife was born in up-state NY and moved to AZ as a teenager. She drinks pop as well. The trouble is, around here most people are transplants from elsewhere, so people here may drink pop, soda or coke. You have to have your universal translator on at all times.

[Puke]

It has been my experience that people that come from places that have 'pop' also posess a substance known as 'soda-water.'

I have heard this 'soda-water' used to refer to carbonated beverages of all kinds, as well as this Nasty Sh*t that you can obtain from 'soda fountains' (the source of fountain drinks) that appears to be the water+soda (being the chemical soda, not the slang term) before it is mixed with the flavouring syrup. why anyone would consume such a thing is beyond my ability to comprehend.

On this logic, it would seem that the back-woods folks with their 'pop,' while they are bizzare and culturaly-devoid enough to consume soda-water, are a step up in technical terminology from us in the civilized world with our 'soda.' In my defense, I atribute this to the fact that we have evolved passed the need for such things as 'soda-water' and that without this root from which to derive a destinction between 'soda' and 'pop' we have discarded an obsolete term.

While some of you might be thinking that ethnic clensing is a perfictly good method of settleing the 'soda' vs 'pop' debate, I would remind you that this is America (specificly, the United States of said continent) where at least I know Im free (to call my carbonated beverage whatever I darn well please.) ...and I think I'll call this one "Bob."

*pop* fizzzzz glug-glug-glug


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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

edit: wait, dont flame me. the backwoods culturally-devoid thing was a joke. I dont look down upon anyone based on their locality, unless they are from LA. you can tell from my superb spelling how edumacated I am, so if you really think I would insult the education / culture of a group of people just because they are from another part of the country.. well.. maybe i... I mean, THINK AGAIN!

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[CaptSpoogy]

It has to be POP, or at the very least Cola or even Coke - never Soda. When I was younger I couldn't understand why they always called it Soda on American TV - then I went there for a little while...

Other Canadian-American things, eh?

About
Roof vs Ruff
Washroom vs Bathroom
Colour vs Color
Metre vs Meter (By the way, convert to Metric already!!!)

Actually I don't think you could - old crazy farmers would start shoting people as soon as they started posted speed limits in kilometres per hour!!!

Some of you Americans know nothing of Canada...When I was in the US, I had people believing that Polar Bears would eat my garbage and I'd have to shew them off with a broom in Toronto during the 10 months of winter - and that was in Washington State - which is technically further north than Toronto. Others ask me "Do you know Celine Dion?" or do I live in a igloo? C'mon. Do you serious believe these things...?

[Puke]

wait a minute, you dont have igloos?

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

edit: and who the heck is Celine Dion? sounds like a Frenchie, if Canadians are French and Eskimos are from Canada, is this Dion person some kind of French Eskimo from Canada? Or did you mean to say Celine Dio, the adopted Canadian step-daughter of Rodney James. In which case I can understand why people would be interested.

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[dogscoff]

Well over on this side of the pond... (UK)

Cola = cola. No other carbonated bevrages (ie lemonade) are covered by this term.

Coke = cola. Even if they're buying Pepsi, most people will ask for a Coke. Now _that's_ brand identity.

Pop. Back in the 1950s people in the UK used the word "pop" as a blanket term for fizzy drinks of all kinds. Now it just sounds a little... well... camp. "Pop" is now only used for balloons and music.

Soda - on it's own means nothing. Soda water is simply plain carbonated water.

Basically we in the UK have no generic term to describe carbonated drinks in gnral. Th closst we hav is "soft drink" (Which I imagine applies to you lot as well) but which also ccovers all non-aloholic fruit juices, cordials etc. Not tea and coffee, though, oddly.

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"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so Brain but, if you replace the P with an O, my name would be Oinky, wouldn't it?"

[Rollo]

Now, to confuse matters a little bit more:
Where I come from we call pop "Brause" and sandwich "Stulle". Please note that I say pop, because I lived in Ohio for one year as an exchange student.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by capt_spoogy:
Some of you Americans know nothing of Canada...When I was in the US, I had people believing that Polar Bears would eat my garbage and I'd have to shew them off with a broom in Toronto during the 10 months of winter - and that was in Washington State - which is technically further north than Toronto. Others ask me "Do you know Celine Dion?" or do I live in a igloo? C'mon. Do you serious believe these things...?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I know excactly what you mean. Coming from Germany I got questions like: "Is Adolf Hitler still in charge?", "Do you also have trees there?" and remarks like: "Wow, Germany, that must have been a long DRIVE."

Rollo

[edit] typo

[This message has been edited by Rollo (edited 27 July 2001).]

[DaftWager]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Alpha Kodiak:
I was born and raised in AZ, and still live here, and I drink pop. My wife was born in up-state NY and moved to AZ as a teenager. She drinks pop as well. The trouble is, around here most people are transplants from elsewhere, so people here may drink pop, soda or coke. You have to have your universal translator on at all times.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Really? I'm an AZ native (Chandler) too, and all I’ve ever heard is soda, even when I go out. This is all very strange.

[tesco samoa]

Hey Capt. Americans offical language is Metric. Their Govn't uses it.

Now if I could only end this message with that quote from abe simpson. Metric is the instrument of the devel. In my time we used to get........... Cannot remember the rest.

[geoschmo]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Marge: Now, I know you haven't liked some of my past suggestions, like switching to the metric system --
Abe: The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.
- The Simpsons episode "A Star is Burns"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Alpha Kodiak]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MrSchizoid:
Really? I'm an AZ native (Chandler) too, and all I’ve ever heard is soda, even when I go out. This is all very strange.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Boy, the people at work are going to think it's weird when I go around with a can of... ah... carbonated beverage and ask them what it is. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/shock.gif

[tesco samoa]

Thank you geoschmo

Could not remember what esp. that quote was from
http://www.snpp.com/ for all you simpsons fans.

Speaking of pop/soda. What is your favourite one.

I personally like Ginger ale. Esp. Vernors and PC Ginger Ale ( Loblaws brand pop ) and Grace's line of ginger beer.

But after a Pizza it has to be a cola. Pespi.

[Quikngruvn]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by capt_spoogy:
Some of you Americans know nothing of Canada...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


"All I Need to Know About Canada I Learned From 'Strange Brew'": Candians are beer-swilling hockey goons who tell each other to "Take off, Hoser!"


No, that is not my belief! I know better than that. 'Sides, I can't bash a nation that spawned perhaps the greatest rock band in history, Rush!

Convert to metric? Yeah, that's gonna happen! My brain thinks in Imperial (like it thinks in English)-- I see metric and I have to convert in my head to make sense of it! (Although metric is a much more comprehensible system than Imperial, I only ever used metric in the chemistry lab.)

Quikngruvn

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Ponder this: Scientists already knew that matter is 98% empty space. After they figured out the structure of protons, they determined the remaining 2% is mostly made up of... well, nothing. Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?

[disabled]

What have I started... lol


I have consumed just the syrup of mountain dew once. I'm not sure what happened after I cleaned out that 32 ounce cup, but I know it involved building 3 condos and a time share..... All in 20 minutes......

What ever happened to my Pepsi Clear! Where are you!

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pacea@solar-outpost.com
http://www.hyperionbase.com

[Alpha Kodiak]

I can now officially post the results of my highly scientific poll concerning carbonated beverages.

Soda: 4
Pop: 3
Coke: 2
Canadian that wouldn't give me a straight answer: 1

Arizona is a highly confused place. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif

[capnq]

The "soda water" Puke describes sounds like "seltzer" to me, used in mixed drinks and by Vaudeville comedians. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif There's also the extremely nasty "tonic water", with quinine as the main flavoring, IIRC, but I don't remember that being carbonated.

Celine Dion is a French-Canadian singer who has been a huge success in the US recording industry. BTW, her musical genre is "pop". http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon10.gif

My favorite carbonated beverage is birch beer, which is similar to root beer, but nearly impossible to find around here. (Despite the names, neither of these contain alcohol.)

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"


[This message has been edited by capnq (edited 27 July 2001).]

[geoschmo]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hadrian Aventine:
What have I started... lol


I have consumed just the syrup of mountain dew once. I'm not sure what happened after I cleaned out that 32 ounce cup, but I know it involved building 3 condos and a time share..... All in 20 minutes......

What ever happened to my Pepsi Clear! Where are you!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes Hadrian, we kind of comandeered your thread here. Hope you don't mind too much. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Phoenix-D]

It's both, but not coke.

Simple enough?

How many fried eggs (AZ people http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif) do we have here, anyway?

Phoenix-D

[disabled]

the thread is okay, but where is my Pepsi Clear gawddamite

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HADRIAN AVENTINE
pacea@solar-outpost.com
http://www.hyperionbase.com

[Baron Munchausen]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by geoschmo:
Yes, let's resurect the great "Soda vs Pop vs Cola" debate.

I, living in Ohio call it pop as well. I have friends from various parts of the country who call it one or the other. After much research I have placed the dividing line, running roughly in a north-south direction, somewhere slightly west of Indianapolis Indiana.

Anybody care to chime in so we can narrow it down more specifically.

Geo

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Actually, the 'dividing line' is a north-south more than an east-west line. The Great Lakes area has a distinct culture/language identity. So, people in Chicago would also call it 'pop' and people in Iowa would too. (Chicago seems to be the 'capital' of the Great Lakes culture, btw.) But people in Southern Illinois and Missouri would tend to say 'soda'. The line does move north somewhat as it goes west so you might get the impression that it 'ends' west of Indiana. There is a similar difference over things like 'grocery bag' vs. 'grocery sack' and 'foil' vs. 'silver paper' (yeah, weird one, huh?) and several other regionalisms. Anyway, the Great Lakes/Midwest cultural region is roughly the northern tier of states: Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the western end of Pennsylvania, and the northern half of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Roughly the northern 'half' that is. It's not like you can cross a marked border anywhere. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif But people from northern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois can tell the difference with people from the southern half of these states. I think people from Southern Ohio have a noticable "Southern accent" myself.

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[Puke]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hadrian Aventine:
the thread is okay, but where is my Pepsi Clear gawddamite

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donno, but that advertising campaign sure ruined that 'right now' song for me. cant hear it on the classic rock station without instantly picturing the pepsi commercials once the first bar is played.

THAT was good marketing, regardless of what you think about the product. another good ad line was the Be All You Can Be, and I have to say that I am truely upset by this "Army of One" nonesense.


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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

[tesco samoa]

Your Pespi Clear is sitting right next to my Tab. HA HA AHHHHA Cool and refreshing. Oh No wrong add, right company ( must be ok then )

What I want to know is where is the dividing line between Dr.Pepper and Mr. PIB. ( I believe that is what you call it)

[Stone Mill]

Pop is something Richie Cunningham offers Arthur Fonzarelli at Arnold's.

Much has changed since then, you guys may want to stop slicking your hair with Grease.

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Nitram Draw]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Puke:
another good ad line was the Be All You Can Be, and I have to say that I am truely upset by this "Army of One" nonesense.
[/B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

What happens when that army of one guy retires? Do we not have an army then?

[Puke]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tesco samoa:

What I want to know is where is the dividing line between Dr.Pepper and Mr. PIB. ( I believe that is what you call it)

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I dont think you do (divide, that is). you will find them both in the same place. for example, anywhere where there is PIB there is usually the Dr. San Diego has no PIB but certain fast food places in the Bay Area do.. San Antonio yes, North Austin no, South Austin yes. its sort of like a safeway (or insert your local grocery store here) brand.

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

[This message has been edited by Puke (edited 27 July 2001).]

[Alpha Kodiak]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nitram Draw:
What happens when that army of one guy retires? Do we not have an army then?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well, you've got to admit that it would certainly cut defense expendatures...

[Nitram Draw]

Pop is what you do to the top of a soda bottle so you can drink it.

[disabled]

Army of one... You know what that means, They are just going to have one dude with a nuke strapped into his radio, air drop him behind enemy lines, and when he radios for help, BOOM!


One army of 5000 gone at one man's stupidity.


If the army wanted a new slogan, they should go to war movies and epic films like Patton, Gladiator, Star Trek II, Pirates of Silicon Valley, and such.

What we need here in america is a good, fun, head bashing. We got some enemies left over that the cold war didn't kill. Let's get one of them.

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pacea@solar-outpost.com
http://www.hyperionbase.com

[Quikngruvn]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hadrian Aventine:
What we need here in america is a good, fun, head bashing. We got some enemies left over that the cold war didn't kill. Let's get one of them.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey, there's nothing like a war effort to revive a sluggish economy. That and it would give the TV networks something to talk about besides Jenna Bush. (Jeez, leave the girl alone! What college kid doesn't take a drink before reaching twenty-one? Granted, most don't try to order a margarita using a fake ID with the Secret Service just a few feet away....)

I want to know what happened to Jolt! Twice the sugar and four times the caffeine as Mountain Dew, or something ungodly like that. Man, it makes my heart race just thinking about it....

Quikngruvn

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Ponder this: Scientists already knew that matter is 98% empty space. After they figured out the structure of protons, they determined the remaining 2% is mostly made up of... well, nothing. Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?

[This message has been edited by Quikngruvn (edited 28 July 2001).]

[Saxon]

In South Africa, you have “Cool drinks”, which covers everything in the soda pop range and here in Kenya, we have “Softa” or “Soda”. In Canada as kid we had “soft drinks”. But you shouldn’t be drinking that stuff, it gives you acne. Well, that is what Mom told me...

[capnq]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>I want to know what happened to Jolt!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>It's here:
http://www.wetplanet.com/main.html

Poking around there a bit, I found a page that mentions it has 54% more caffeine than Mountain Dew. ISTR reading somewhere that it had the legal limit for caffeine content to still be categorized as a "soft drink".

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

[disabled]

I think if it's any higher than 54% it becomes either Instant Death or Instant Diabetes....

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HADRIAN AVENTINE
pacea@solar-outpost.com
http://www.hyperionbase.com

[raynor]

Here's some info on how much caffeine is in various beverages:
http://coffeefaq.com/caffaq.html#HowMuchCaff

[dmm]

I'm from Philly. (That's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for you non-USAers.) We say "soda" definitely. Also most Washington, D.C. area natives say "soda." I'm fairly sure that it is "soda" throughout the entire Philly to DC megalopolis. I think "soda" extends north to NYC, but changes to "pop" by the time one reaches Boston. And I'm fairly sure that it changes to "pop" pretty suddenly south of DC.

[Karras Barrens]

Florida here, soda all around...

[AJC]

POP......Western Washington USA...

If you say SODA, eveyone assumes your from california and you are identified as someone who we can blame for all our traffic problems, housing prices, and urban sprall , and they must be one of those ultra liberals who voted for Mayor Paul Shell ..... ;-)

**Puts on asbestos suit**.....

[disabled]

CLEAR PEPSI GAWD DAGNABIT

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HADRIAN AVENTINE
pacea@solar-outpost.com
http://www.hyperionbase.com

[Puke]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by AJC:
POP......Western Washington USA...

If you say SODA, eveyone assumes your from california and you are identified as someone who we can blame for all our traffic problems, housing prices, and urban sprall , and they must be one of those ultra liberals who voted for Mayor Paul Shell ..... ;-)

**Puts on asbestos suit**.....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

DARN RIGHT! well, all but the ultra liberal bit. who the heck is Paul Shell? care for a Soada?

[Quikngruvn]

Soda! S-O-D-A Soda! So- So- So- So- Soda! (With apologies to the Kinks.)

Quikngruvn

[fogwanna]

OK, I live in Washington (state not DC thank god). Everyone I know calls it by name. Not soda, not pop, but Coke or Pepsi or 7up ect... We have Dr Pepper and Mr Pib. So why not call it what it is. This is true of both the eastern and western side of the state.

Spokane Washington is 1 degree north of Toronto (or is that 2), I think it's 1. Lived in Memphis for a while and don't remember what it was called there. Must have been a mis-spent youth, memory loss and all that. Anyway you would be surprised how many people there thought Oregon was on the Canadian border so I guess that makes Washington part of the 'Great White North'.
Just to get things really wound up I want to ask a question just for my northern friends in thier igloos, "If americans eat canadian bacon, what do canadians eat?" And yes I do have friends in Canada, my daughter is spending the summer in Toronto.

[Puke]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Quikngruvn:
Soda! S-O-D-A Soda! So- So- So- So- Soda! (With apologies to the Kinks.)

Quikngruvn<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

trying to say that i cant type?

[tesco samoa]

On the pop/soda issue all I have to say is whoop ***. Now that is a soda. 4 times stronger than jolt.

Canadians when eating the lovely Canadian Bacon like to call it backbacon. As opposed to the other bacon which is just long strips of fat with some pig attached on every other piece.

Since I live near Lake Ontario, my day goes like this. Get up at 3 AM ( Metric time ) and clean the igloo. Get the bob sleigh team ready and hunt some wild pig so I can make back bacon. Drink 10 bottles of Canadian and cook back bacon. Complain about america as I travel to the AMC, MCdonalds, Walmart, Gap (________, Place chain store here).
Release that I have not had my timbit fill for the day and spend the rest of the day at a coffee shop eating timbits and drinking coffee. Then it is back to the igloo.

All in all it is a nice day.

[CaptSpoogy]

Fogwana - That's cool. My wife is from Washington state too, Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Except I coverted her to a Canadian and we live in Toronto now...

[CaptSpoogy]

Fogwana - That's cool. My wife is from Washington state too, Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Except I coverted her to a Canadian and we live in Toronto now...

Also, Toronto is on the same latitude as Southern Oregon/Northern California...

[Quikngruvn]

Puke: nope, I just decided to break into song and rip off the Kinks ("Lola") or Weird Al ("Yoda"), depending on your generation. I think everyone already knows you can't type. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif

Tesco: What, no hockey games on a perma-frozen lake? And what about polar bear hunting? And you call yourself a Canadian....

Quikngruvn

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Ponder this: Scientists already knew that matter is 98% empty space. After they figured out the structure of protons, they determined the remaining 2% is mostly made up of... well, nothing. Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?

[Puke]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Quikngruvn:
Puke: nope, I just decided to break into song and rip off the Kinks ("Lola") or Weird Al ("Yoda"), depending on your generation. I think everyone already knows you can't type. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

ah, the timing of it was so close to my punctuating remark about "soada." You should have taken credit for it anyhow, it was clever.

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

[AJC]

PAUL SHELL (mayor of seattle)one of the damn fools in the Seattle government who brought the ever popular, world renown, garuanteed to trash your city- WTO to seattle and then turned around a few months later while everyone still loved him so.. (not).. and bought a tree for the new seattle library, at a whim, for 35,000$....

[Instar]

"Metric time "
GYAAAAAAAH!
Man it drove me NUTS just looking at a danged Metric clock, some loony person had one and I was so just wacky about it
Im all for metric measures and stuff (12 inches to a foot and all that crap is crap) but METRIC TIME????? What the???
Confusing to me, 20 hour days? 10 hour days? eh?

[Atrocities]

Tic toc, tic toc, tic toc.... The mouse ran up the clock..

Ever get that feeling the minutes become hours and hours days when your at work, and want to get home?

I have a kitten, its name is Gizmo. He is an orange tabby, and loves to lay upon my Subwhoofer when I am listening to MP3's. The other day, we got another orange tabby, this one for my girl friend. Now we have two kittens. Have you ever tried to sleep a peaceful night with TWO kittens? Dosen't happen.

Ok, those are two of mindless rants for today. More are sure to follow. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif

[This message has been edited by Atrocities (edited 01 August 2001).]

[Puke]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by AJC:
PAUL SHELL (mayor of seattle)one of the damn fools in the Seattle government who brought the ever popular, world renown, garuanteed to trash your city- WTO to seattle and then turned around a few months later while everyone still loved him so.. (not).. and bought a tree for the new seattle library, at a whim, for 35,000$....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Is this the same guy that caved in to the remote possibility of terrorism and canceled they Y2K festivities in Seattle? Not even caving into terrorism, or the threat of such. the REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF! In other parts of the world, the marketplace that is bombed tuesday is open for business on wednesday. So while the rest of the world celebrated in peace, Seattle sat it out. Man, the people should have risen up in protest over that one.

Same guy, or different guy?

[AJC]

the very same idiot... the local newpapers called him a weenie, its was pretty humorous.

[tesco samoa]

The polar bears beat me every time at hockey.

My dad told me that their are two important lessons in life.

1. always keep your stick on the ice

2. If you don't shoot the puck your not going to score.

Not as good as the 3 Conan got but what can you do......

Yesterday I was at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Good fun that was. ( Have Relatives over from Ireland )

They call their pop ==== fizzy.

So their is a 4th name for pop/soda/coke debate.

On the metric time. It is made up. I hope. ( taken from Rick Mercer talks to Americans on This hour has 22 minutes ).

Must go now. Have a good day everyone.

[Quikngruvn]

Metric Time:

100 seconds in a minute
100 minutes in an hour
10 hours in a day

A metric second is 86.4% as long as a standard second. (100000 metric seconds vs. 86400 standard seconds in a day)

Now, if someone can come up with a metric Calendar....

Quikngruvn

[geoschmo]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Quikngruvn:
Now, if someone can come up with a metric Calendar....

Quikngruvn<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That would be easy, as long as you don't get hung up on making it fit with the seasons and all that. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon12.gif

Geo

Edit: I just realized, Se4 DOES have a metric Calendar! Instead of twelve months in a year, we have ten turns in a year. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon10.gif

[This message has been edited by geoschmo (edited 01 August 2001).]

[Atrocities]

Galatic Standard Time.


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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Captain Picard STNG
New Age Ship Yards (http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/NewAgeShipyards/index.html)

[Quikngruvn]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by geoschmo:
Edit: I just realized, Se4 DOES have a metric Calendar! Instead of twelve months in a year, we have ten turns in a year. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon10.gif
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Isn't that a sign of the Apocalypse? The fourth one, right after Pauly Shore?


fix bold


Quikngruvn

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Stay alert. Trust no one. Keep your laser handy.
--from the RPG Paranoia, now my PBW mantra

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[tesco samoa]

In Canada Glatic Standard Time stands for something else.

GST. or the Great Seperation Tax.

I always thought the 4th sign was when the leafs won the stanley cup or Kiddminster wins the F.A., League, and Euro's, or when the Bills win the SuperBowl.

[Puke]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tesco samoa:
I always thought the 4th sign was when the leafs won the stanley cup or Kiddminster wins the F.A., League, and Euro's, or when the Bills win the SuperBowl.

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thought wrong. its actually the appearance of a sugar-free powdered dounought.

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

[tesco samoa]

Speaking of mindless rants...

A pet peeve of mine is.

People who call in request radio shows and request songs that are in heavy rotation.

[Quikngruvn]

Related peeve: radio stations that play the same fifteen songs over and over again.

And now for something completely different, my top five driving peeves:
1) People who run stop signs.
2) People who turn out right in front of me and go reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaal slow.
3) People who don't turn left when the light turns yellow.
4) People who follow five feet behind me on a two-lane road when it's obvious I can't go any faster.
5) People who stick the nose of their car out into the road when trying to turn.

Quikngruvn