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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:A 24 pack of unflavored Vintage, absolutely decent "regular" seltzer and my favorite brand, costs me $5-8. It's not expensive. It's probably a regional thing. You can get any flavor of any brand of seltzer anywhere in the NY metro area + hudson valley without really trying, for instance. But the local piggly-wiggly 5 miles from your driveway in Nowhere, Ohio prolly doesn't keep Vintage Unflavored in stock.
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Guess Shopko has failed to find a buyer or restructure their debt so they will be closing all their stores by this summer. When they first filed Chapter 11 in January, they were only going to close about 1/3 of their stores, then changed it to 2/3 by the end of the month, and now all of them. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shopko-bankruptcy-filing-shopko-stores-is-closing-all-remaining-stores-after-failing-to-find-buyer/
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stevewm posted:For the cost of a Sodastream setup I just bought a 20LB CO2 tank with regulator and one of these: https://www.morebeer.com/products/kent-fittings-shutoff-qd-set-14-barb-soda-bottle-cap.html At this point, why not just set up a soda fountain, they use boxes that make up to 5 gallons per bag.
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uli2000 posted:Guess Shopko has failed to find a buyer or restructure their debt so they will be closing all their stores by this summer. When they first filed Chapter 11 in January, they were only going to close about 1/3 of their stores, then changed it to 2/3 by the end of the month, and now all of them. I worked as an ABO optician at one for seven years. Good.
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Queen Combat posted:I worked as an ABO optician at one for seven years.  at "ABO optician" for an extended moment.
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If only people still called it The Omegaverse we could avoid this sort of confusion.
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Pakistani politics posted:I'm a little disappointed that LaCroix is becoming the genericized word for seltzer water. Then again as a kid my Bostonian relative called seltzer "bubble water" so I can't judge. Polar wins out in all cases, though, I know not all regions have Polar. LaCroix isn't bad. And those are my opinions on seltzer water, which I love despite my love of Injustice. Several people I know have started calling it Spicy Water or Angry Water and I contemplate why I associate myself with this tomfoolery.
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Mar 21, 2019 00:04
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How does anyone call it anything but club soda?
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Killswitch posted:How does anyone call it anything but club soda? Branding.
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Killswitch posted:How does anyone call it anything but club soda? Seltzer and sparkling water aren't club soda. If you want to see why it's best not to get them confused, go stir some baking soda and salt into a glass of water and take a gulp. Club soda is loving vile.
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MisterOblivious posted:Seltzer and sparkling water aren't club soda. If you want to see why it's best not to get them confused, go stir some baking soda and salt into a glass of water and take a gulp. Club soda is loving vile. Schwepp's Indian Tonic Water is the only mixer I can tolerate with a Gin Tonic. Soda water is garbage water for toilets.
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Mar 21, 2019 02:49
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Just like gin!
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Biplane posted:Just like gin! Hey not fair not all gins are garbage. Just a lot of them. Especially the American ones.
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MarcusSA posted:Hey not fair not all gins are garbage. Just a lot of them. Especially the American ones. gently caress you, all gins are beautiful!
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LaCroix is nice, but I prefer Bubly and Polar. Those ones whisper "orange" in the same room.
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walrusman posted:LaCroix is nice, but I prefer Bubly and Polar. Those ones whisper "orange" in the same room. i've never tasted it but my co-worker drinks the strawberry bubly a lot and whenever he opens one the entire room immediately smells like fake strawberry flavoring reminiscent of this kinda poo poo from when I was a kid:  it's a very odd memory that gets triggered every time he cracks one open
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lt_kennedy posted:Schwepp's Indian Tonic Water is the only mixer I can tolerate with a Gin Tonic. Soda water is garbage water for toilets. I'm scared to ask what make it Indian, and what kinda Indian. Native or from India.
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Tonic water is a sparkling water that, traditionally, containes dissolved quinine. quinine is an anti-malarial. Malaria was a big concern for the British colonizers of India (and other tropical areas we did an imperialism against). as is the British tradition, we "solved" that concern by binge drinking.
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who remembers fruit2o. is that still a thing
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Apparently it is, but in a much different form than what I remember. My father used to drink that poo poo all the time once he gave himself diabetes.
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BloodBag posted:Another part of American capitalism is that nobody is forcing you to drink it No one's forcing you to lick boots either
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:who remembers fruit2o. is that still a thing god drat that was all i used to drink from 8th through 10th grade when i had too broken a brain to drink water weekly hangouts at my BFF's house eating dominos pizza and drinking fruit2o
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I almost got the sugars drinking Clearly Canadian. Although I stopped before they started putting those flavor balls in the drinks.
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Clearly Canadian was the weirdest fad in the early 90s.
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uli2000 posted:Guess Shopko has failed to find a buyer or restructure their debt so they will be closing all their stores by this summer. When they first filed Chapter 11 in January, they were only going to close about 1/3 of their stores, then changed it to 2/3 by the end of the month, and now all of them. My folks were just talking about this- they're apparently having massive problems with clearance items ringing up at several times their tagged price so uh, be on the lookout for that if you decide to go check out the sales
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kumba posted:i've never tasted it but my co-worker drinks the strawberry bubly a lot and whenever he opens one the entire room immediately smells like fake strawberry flavoring reminiscent of this kinda poo poo from when I was a kid: Bubly is super fakey flavored, I hate that poo poo. Polar is the best, like everyone says, Canada Dry is good, Arrowhead ok, store brand cheap and just as good as canada dry in 100% of my experiences. I really, really like carbonated drinks and try to limit my sugar intake so I have tried about every seltzer available. I think Lacroix is fine, they are usually pretty flavorful to me. The coconut and grapefruit have the most taste of the normal flavors, but I bought a case that has like cherry-lime and pineapple-strawberry and they're really good. It takes time to adjust to drinking non-sugary but flavored drinks, since there's no sugar to kind of carry the flavor and remind you that you're tasting fruit. Seltzer can also taste kind of bitter at first for that reason, too. LITERALLY A BIRD posted:who remembers fruit2o. is that still a thing I loved that poo poo. The lemon one was really good if you stuck it in the freezer until it got icy.
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uli2000 posted:Guess Shopko has failed to find a buyer or restructure their debt so they will be closing all their stores by this summer. When they first filed Chapter 11 in January, they were only going to close about 1/3 of their stores, then changed it to 2/3 by the end of the month, and now all of them. Shopko loving sucks and I can see why they're going under. I worked there for 6 1/2 years and my former store was on the 2nd list of closings. That particular store has been there since the 70s. They engaged in scummy pricing (marked up just to mark it down), offered a 'loyalty card' that did Jack poo poo except give you a coupon couple of times a year, and paid for poo poo. The only bad thing is now my town is left with only a Walmart.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Clearly Canadian was the weirdest fad in the early 90s. I miss Clearly Canadian and still laugh because Wal-Mart's brand for flavored water is "Clear American" still to this day.
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Zebulon posted:I miss Clearly Canadian and still laugh because Wal-Mart's brand for flavored water is "Clear American" still to this day. Clearly Canadian is back though! In limited quantities... https://clearlycanadian.com/en-us/ I grabbed several bottles recently from Jungle Jim's (an international foods store in Hamilton,OH). It still tastes as good as I remember.
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No Western Loganberry, not interested. I don't even know what a loganberry is, but that flavor was my jam.
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Krispy Wafer posted:No Western Loganberry, not interested.
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stevewm posted:Clearly Canadian is back though! In limited quantities... https://clearlycanadian.com/en-us/ Jungle Jim's is amazing and I plan my trips to Cincinnati around visiting.
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Did Sobe water just become vitaminwater? I miss my mango melon.
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there were sobe synergy drinks that were only available in schools and I miss them  
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 I badgered my parents for New York Seltzer so much when I was a kid. It had such satisfying packaging -- I think the labels were polystyrene, and were so satisfying to peel off.
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Groda posted:
I remember scrounging up 50 cents and walking down to the 7-11 for a ice cold New York Seltzer back in the day. Loved that vanilla cream. If you have a Cost Plus World Market anywhere near you they carry these. They also carry Clearly Canadian as well.
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Groda posted:
This stuff came back to my local Vons last year. Dunno if it's still there but it was nice while it lasted.
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Groda posted:
I can only just remember when every soda came in 16oz. bottles with polystyrene wrappers. Also when 2 liters came with a black plastic base glued to the bottom. Maybe 1988 or so.
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Groda posted:
Oh yes! These are good!
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What's the difference between seltzer water and bubbly water and club soda?
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