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| From | Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: New Programmer's Drink? |
| Date | 2021-11-21 16:27 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20211121162709.3976b52e7ffadaa0ddff55aa@eircom.net> (permalink) |
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 15:30:21 GMT scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote: > Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> writes: > > > >Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> writes: > > > > >When in was in jr. high school, my 90+ y.o. landlady called carbonated > >drinks "phosphates". Investigating the unfamiliar locution, I learned > >that her generation had soft drinks containing phosphoric acid, an > >ingredient that had by the 1950s been abandoned to avoid dissolving > >teeth in Coke or whatever. And that the folkloric repute of Coke to > >be a good rust remover depended on its *former* phosphoric acid > >content. > > Checks cherry coke can at hand: > > Ingredients: Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, > Carmel Color, PHOSPHORIC ACID, Natural Flavors. I didn't have any to hand so I went and looked on Coca-Cola's web site where the ingredients are listed and include phosphoric acid with the explanation that it is responsible for the tart flavour. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
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Re: New Programmer's Drink? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-11-19 11:00 -0800
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2021-11-19 22:38 -0400
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Fred Smith <fred@thejanitor.corp> - 2021-11-20 04:49 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-20 19:08 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> - 2021-11-22 10:13 -0500
Re: New Programmer's Drink? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-22 16:13 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-11-23 19:35 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-11-20 10:29 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-20 12:10 -0600
Re: New Programmer's Drink? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-11-20 20:28 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-20 17:36 -0500
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2021-11-21 02:01 -0400
Re: New Programmer's Drink? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-21 11:26 -0500
Re: New Programmer's Drink? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-21 12:38 -0600
Re: what's in your water, was New Programmer's Drink? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2021-11-21 19:23 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2021-11-21 19:58 -0500
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-23 08:58 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-22 17:05 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-22 18:15 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-23 09:05 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-11-25 19:37 -0800
Re: New Programmer's Drink? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-20 12:07 -0600
Re: New Programmer's Drink? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-21 15:30 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-21 16:27 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> - 2021-11-23 08:56 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-11-23 12:14 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-23 14:27 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-11-23 08:32 -0600
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-11-25 19:41 -0800
Re: New Programmer's Drink? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-11-26 00:48 -0500
Re: New Programmer's Drink? lawrenabae@abaluon.abaom (Lawrence Statton (NK1G)) - 2021-11-26 10:23 -0600
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2021-11-26 19:47 -0400
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-27 18:25 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2021-11-27 20:53 -0400
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2021-11-27 23:23 -0500
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2021-11-28 19:32 -0500
Re: New Programmer's Drink? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-29 03:23 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-11-29 09:40 +0000
Re: New Programmer's Drink? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-29 14:38 +0000
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