Re: 50-year-ago soft drink (Mdse.) signs . . . 
| January 16, 2020 11:59AM |
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Chris Walker Wrote:
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> Ha, Russo . . .
>
> While you're there, skip down a few posts
> and check out the authentic histœrical photo
> at [ngdiscussion.net].
>
> What took you so long.
Been slowed down a bit lately, Chris -
Per doc's orders, I've had to cut down on my daily consumption of GRAMPS Chromo Crude Triple Chocolate Stout (w/ Capsaicin), which has resulted in a definite drop in blood sugar levels and hence mental energy. OTOH, this is not an entirely new condition — if you read the third paragraph on my post at [ngdiscussion.net], you'll see that I had mistakenly remembered the false front of the Tiffany Mercantile Co. as having been decorated with a pair of Coca-Cola signs, whereas both Fritz Klinke's 1967 photo and Ernie Robart's 1968 photo show these to have been Pepsi-Cola signs. (My memory was possibly affected by the four-foot diameter steel Coca-Cola sign hanging on the wall in my "tiny wee garridge" . . . )
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> Ha, Russo . . .
>
> While you're there, skip down a few posts
> and check out the authentic histœrical photo
> at [ngdiscussion.net].
>
> What took you so long.
Been slowed down a bit lately, Chris -
Per doc's orders, I've had to cut down on my daily consumption of GRAMPS Chromo Crude Triple Chocolate Stout (w/ Capsaicin), which has resulted in a definite drop in blood sugar levels and hence mental energy. OTOH, this is not an entirely new condition — if you read the third paragraph on my post at [ngdiscussion.net], you'll see that I had mistakenly remembered the false front of the Tiffany Mercantile Co. as having been decorated with a pair of Coca-Cola signs, whereas both Fritz Klinke's 1967 photo and Ernie Robart's 1968 photo show these to have been Pepsi-Cola signs. (My memory was possibly affected by the four-foot diameter steel Coca-Cola sign hanging on the wall in my "tiny wee garridge" . . . )
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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