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<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote in message 
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> On Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 12:00:24 AM UTC-5, Michael Black wrote:
>
>
>> On the other hand, since the copies still exist, one can get a feel for
>> things by looking at the ads.  At least about taking a ship (or later Pan
>> Am) to somewhere exotic, with your Zenith portable radio, and of course
>> all those ads for military academies for the boys.  And all those classic
>> Coca Cola ads.
>
> Yes, the steamship ads for international tourism travel were interesting.
> Also, the railroads and bus lines had nice ads.
>
> I didn't like the military academy ads.  I knew a kid who went to one.
> While he liked it, we visited him out there and life seemed like boot
> camp.  Indeed, his younger brother went too, and they remained long time
> friends with some of the teachers.
>
> I stand corrected about one thing you mentioned.  I had a co-worker who
> collected Coke stuff and I gave him the Coke ads from my copies.  As an
> aside, Coke had a massive advertising campaign--there are zillions of old
> print ads.  Indeed, the company was pretty shrewd, they enticed a huge
> market of people to buy their flavored water.
>
> obcomp:  An IBM woman VP wrote a memoir, and in it she talked about her
> first post in Atlanta, HQ of Coke.  Everyone drank it there.
>
> P.S.  One book on the company says the "secret formula" is nonsense.
> Both Coke and Pepsi know full well all the formulas. I think I mentioned
> I once did a simple taste test with friends between Coke and Pepsi, and
> no one could tell the difference.

I certainly could when I was a teenager. 

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History--customer service training film--party lines hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-13 10:13 -0800
  Re: History--customer service training film--party lines Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-13 13:29 -0600
    Re: History--customer service training film--party lines Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-13 17:09 -0400
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      Re: History--customer service training film--party lines Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-02-14 15:50 -0500
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      Re: History--customer service training film--party lines Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-13 21:40 -0500
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            Re: History--customer service training film--party lines Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-14 00:24 -0500
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            Re: History--customer service training film--party lines hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-13 21:21 -0800
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