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"Either my hearing is becoming keener with age or the world is getting louder. I could stand to acquire a little deafness these days"(from the blog (Timegoesby)
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My hearing is NOT what it used to be but I remarked recently:
"What I think I hear is often more interesting than what is actually said"
For instance, today at lunch with two friends in a noisy restaurant,I understood one to say
"Last night I sat her dinner down in front of her and she only ate 4 asparagus"
I replied
" Won't that make her sick?"
Thinking that the "her" was the friend's West Highland White Terrier Dog who had JUST been the topic of conversation
Friend two replied
" No. She always eats that way. She wants to stay a size two forever"
We all had a good laugh as they explained they were talking about Edith, another acquaintance, and not the puppy.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Boot me out
I got good news and bad news yesterday at the foot doctor's. I can now take off the knee high boot cast and only wear it part of the day. And the swelling is gone in my ankle so it seems to be getting better. That is the good news.
If the boot and the new orthotic in my shoe don't hold the tendon steady then the next "step" would be either a brace inside my shoe and up my leg or EEK ---surgery. I go back to Dr Beskin in two months for a recheck. So let's hope for the best.
Chancy
If the boot and the new orthotic in my shoe don't hold the tendon steady then the next "step" would be either a brace inside my shoe and up my leg or EEK ---surgery. I go back to Dr Beskin in two months for a recheck. So let's hope for the best.
Chancy
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Trying something new
My Mother's favorite drink
She lived to be 91 and every day of her life she had to have her Coke. In Georgia, during her lifetime,it was known as "Co-cola"..and it came in those old fashioned, green glass bottles that kept it so cold and frosty. Not like the cans of today.
After she entered the nursing home, when I would go visit her and take her a new sweater or new nightgowns, I always stopped by the cafeteria and dropped in my quarters in the vending machine and bought her a "Co-Cola". She was always so grateful and she enjoyed the refreshing taste. I suppose "Coke" itself at that time was as old as Mama. She was born in Hall County Georgia,in 1893, and Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time on March 12, 1894. It was sold at a few soda fountains prior to that.
In 1985. The Coca-Cola Company came out with "New Coke"
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"In 1985, Coca-Cola, amid much publicity, attempted to change the formula of the drink. Some authorities believe that New Coke, as the reformulated drink was called, was invented specifically to respond to its commercial competitor, Pepsi. Double-blind taste tests indicated that most consumers preferred the taste of Pepsi (which has more lemon oil, less orange oil, and uses vanillin rather than vanilla) to Coke. New Coke was reformulated in a way that emulated Pepsi. Follow-up taste tests revealed that most consumers preferred the taste of New Coke to both Coke and Pepsi. The reformulation was led by the then-CEO of the company, Roberto Goizueta, and the President Don Keough.
It is unclear what part long-time company president Robert W. Woodruff played in the reformulation. Goizueta claims that Woodruff endorsed it a few months before his death in 1985; others have pointed out that, as the two men were alone when the matter was discussed, Goizueta might have misinterpreted the wishes of the dying Woodruff, who could speak only in monosyllables. It has also been alleged that Woodruff might not have been able to understand what Goizueta was telling him.
The commercial failure of New Coke therefore came as a grievous blow to the management of the Coca-Cola Corporation. It is possible that customers would not have noticed the change if it had been made secretly or gradually, and thus brand loyalty could have been maintained. Coca-Cola management was unprepared, however, for the nostalgic sentiments the drink aroused in the American public; some compared changing the Coke formula to rewriting the American Constitution."
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As soon as New Coke came out I took one out to the nursing home for Mama to try. I did not tell her that "Co-Cola" had been reformulated and just asked her "How is your Co-Cola, Mama?
She sounded disappointed when she replied "It's all right" Then I told her about the new version of Coke. She wanted to stick with the old standby that had served her well for almost 90 years.
COKE
COKE
She lived to be 91 and every day of her life she had to have her Coke. In Georgia, during her lifetime,it was known as "Co-cola"..and it came in those old fashioned, green glass bottles that kept it so cold and frosty. Not like the cans of today.
After she entered the nursing home, when I would go visit her and take her a new sweater or new nightgowns, I always stopped by the cafeteria and dropped in my quarters in the vending machine and bought her a "Co-Cola". She was always so grateful and she enjoyed the refreshing taste. I suppose "Coke" itself at that time was as old as Mama. She was born in Hall County Georgia,in 1893, and Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time on March 12, 1894. It was sold at a few soda fountains prior to that.
In 1985. The Coca-Cola Company came out with "New Coke"
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"In 1985, Coca-Cola, amid much publicity, attempted to change the formula of the drink. Some authorities believe that New Coke, as the reformulated drink was called, was invented specifically to respond to its commercial competitor, Pepsi. Double-blind taste tests indicated that most consumers preferred the taste of Pepsi (which has more lemon oil, less orange oil, and uses vanillin rather than vanilla) to Coke. New Coke was reformulated in a way that emulated Pepsi. Follow-up taste tests revealed that most consumers preferred the taste of New Coke to both Coke and Pepsi. The reformulation was led by the then-CEO of the company, Roberto Goizueta, and the President Don Keough.
It is unclear what part long-time company president Robert W. Woodruff played in the reformulation. Goizueta claims that Woodruff endorsed it a few months before his death in 1985; others have pointed out that, as the two men were alone when the matter was discussed, Goizueta might have misinterpreted the wishes of the dying Woodruff, who could speak only in monosyllables. It has also been alleged that Woodruff might not have been able to understand what Goizueta was telling him.
The commercial failure of New Coke therefore came as a grievous blow to the management of the Coca-Cola Corporation. It is possible that customers would not have noticed the change if it had been made secretly or gradually, and thus brand loyalty could have been maintained. Coca-Cola management was unprepared, however, for the nostalgic sentiments the drink aroused in the American public; some compared changing the Coke formula to rewriting the American Constitution."
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As soon as New Coke came out I took one out to the nursing home for Mama to try. I did not tell her that "Co-Cola" had been reformulated and just asked her "How is your Co-Cola, Mama?
She sounded disappointed when she replied "It's all right" Then I told her about the new version of Coke. She wanted to stick with the old standby that had served her well for almost 90 years.
COKE
COKE
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