Got some Euro-style soda at the supermarket today

[conuly]

Not the one I usually go to, the other one. My mother will like it - she thinks American-style sodas are too sweet. (Actually, the girls liked it too, so yay.)

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Comments

[moem]

What brand was the soda? It's always interesting to see what things people regard as European-style.

[conuly]

It's Turkish, in fact, so a bit liminal?

[moem]

I'd still be interested in a brand name if you have one, maybe I can get it here. I like things that are not-so-sweet.

[moxie_man]

If you can find it. Introduce her to Moxie. She won't say all American soda is too sweet anymore. :)

[conuly]

Hm. *glances at username*

[moxie_man]

Considering how much I try to promote it, you'd think the company would give me a job. :)

[wpadmirer]

Where I work we recently had someone pay with 59 $2 bills. I got two of them, and another woman at work took the rest. They were completely uncirculated, crisp and brand new.

$2 bills are cool.

[conuly]

THEY ARE.

I always feel the penny haters and penny lovers should compromise by dropping a zero and recentering our money so that the "new penny" is worth 10 old pennies and so on... and if we did that, we'd all use two dollar bills all the time. (Twenties would become unpopular.)

[zyzyly]

I loved the story about the beekeepers in Paris. That's just so cool.

[conuly]

Agreed.

[loligo]

I am a big fan of Cawston Press apple-rhubarb soda.

[conuly]

Noted.

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

If you think American is too sweet, stay the hell away from Mexican.

Re: Well ...

[conuly]

Except she also likes Mexican sodas. I do not explain these things.