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[Tim Oppenheim <timopp AT mac.com>]

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On Aug 23, 2006, at 10:50 AM, rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:

> Use it to clean the corrosion off you car and truck batteries.    
> Nothing works better than coke.
>
> Ray
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: erthnsky AT bellsouth.net
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 5:53 PM
> Subject: [Homestead] Being too frugal, if it's possible
>
>
> I was accused today of being too frugal.  I did not think that  
> possible.
> Summer before last, we threw a big party and had people bring the
> drinks.  Many people brought drinks/soda in cans of various brands.
> Many were diet drinks like diet coke, and I am not a diet drink  
> person.
> Having friends and family who are, I decided to save those drinks for
> future guests.  Over the last year or so, people have been drinking
> those drinks without complaint, but yesterday, one of my guests asked
> for a drink and I gave her one from the storage room.  The can was  
> from
> 2004, a diet coke.  She opened it, it fizzed, and she poured it into a
> glass with ice....more fizz....then she noticed the Six Flags ad from
> 2004 on the can and asked me how old the coke  
> was....lol...suddenly, she
> complained that it did not taste right....and promptly dumped it  
> out.  I
> was not aware that canned soda could "go bad" but apparently it is
> possible for time to affect the taste, especially with diet drinks.  I
> was going to toss the drinks, but I just can't bring myself to do it.
> Surely, I am thinking, there must be another use for them...it's not
> like they are 'spoiled' or anything.  I was thinking about perhaps  
> using
>   the diet coke in some kind of marinade...I know there are various  
> lists
> around that detail the uses of Coke, but I don't know if those  
> apply to
> diet coke as well.  I assume they do.  I don't want to be so frugal  
> that
> people think I am off my rocker, but I just can't bear throwing out
> those cans, especially when there is some doubt in my mind that my  
> guest
> was influenced by what she saw, not necessarily what she tasted!   
> Any ideas?
>
> Bev
> --
> Bevanron in NW Georgia      EarthNSky Farm  34.498N 85.076W
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