On Sat 26 Jan 2008 10:53:39a, TMOliver told us...


"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
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On Tue 22 Jan 2008 07:50:04p, Cookie Cutter told us...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Sun 20 Jan 2008 08:38:51p, Walter told us...



There was also Nehi Peach and NuGrape. Also, Vess Cream Soda (it was
red).


Where did you live? I've never heard of Vess.


Cookie


Vess was a bottling company in St. Louis, MO, where I lived at the
time. I'm not sure what their distribution region was. I don't think
Vess is in business any longer.

My family was from NE Mississippi where Nehi bevereages, Grapette, and
NuGrape were very common and very popular.

"Nehi" was "parent brand" name, flavored provided by the parent and
franchised to bottlers, in memory likely across the South and Southwest.
Flavored "sodas" were bigger in the South, where we grew up on "Sweet
Tea".

That soundsw about right.

Their numbers decline, although "Big Red", the parent recently sold,
grew in the Southwest. First developed by the Perfection company, a
producer of commercial artificial flavors, it shares with Dr. Pepper of
having been "invented" in Waco, Texas within a few blocks of each other.

XXX was a root beer franchise...

"An RC and a Moon Pie" were a Southern staple snack pack.

I remember it well!

Beverage urban/rural legends.....

7Up was well known to be an effective contraceptive douche.

Aspirin in Coca-Cola might convince a girl to drop her drawers

TMO






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Wayne Boatwright

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