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On 2019-01-02 8:01 p.m., l not -l wrote:
> On 2-Jan-2019, wrote:
>
>> On 2019-01-02 6:47 p.m., Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Wed 02 Jan 2019 03:54:46p, Dave Smith told us...
>>>
>>>>> In the US Pepsi began selling 12 oz. bottles in the mid-1950s.
>>>>> The 6.5 oz. Cokes were rarely seen past the 1960s.
>>>>>
>>>>> I clearly remember a billboard advertising Pepsi (being pourd out
>>>>> of a bottle and to a glass) and the jingle on the radio "Pepsi
>>>>> Cola hits the spot, 12 full ounces that's a lot".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I looked through the vintage pop bottle sites. I saw 10 oz and 16
>>>> oz Pepsi bottles, but no 12 oz bottles.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Check out the full jingle on this web site:
>>>
>>> http://home.earthlink.net/~pepsicop/pepsi_home.htm
>>>

>>
>> It's on the internet so it has to be true. I still can't find any of the
>> 12 oz bottle on the vintage bottle sites.

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Well there you go.

I never bought much pop when I was a kid. We didn't need to because our
neighbour was an executive with Canada Dry and kept us well supplied.
However, I seem to recall there were two sizes of pop, one selling for
10cents and the other was 12 cents.