On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:53:39 -0600, "TMOliver"
> wrote:


>"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".
>
>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.

Definition of a "good ole boy":

A guy who can drink a beer, chew tobacco, and eat a moon pie all at
once.


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The madmen come again . . . .