Anti-Rants

[Icterus galbula]

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I love a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich that has sufficient jelly for it to start hemorrhaging through the bread.

[RShack]

I love a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich that has sufficient jelly for it to start hemorrhaging through the bread.

I like PB&J's. But not the jelly-leaking part. If I want one for later, I put PB on both pieces of bread, just to seal off the jelly from making the bread soggy. But let's not worry about that. Yeah, I agree: PB&J's are great!

I like Peter Pan Crunchy. Boy, am I glad it's back after the little, um, unfortunateness. During it's absence, I went through a lot of others. I thought Skippy Chunky was the best alternative. But IMO it's not as good as Peter Pan Crunchy. With blackberry preserves. Which is sometimes hard to find. Strawberry preserves are my back-up. PB-and-banana sandwiches are great too.

The only single thing my bride does that I just do not understand *at all* is that she likes PB-and-mayo. (Jeez.) I tell her I love her anyway.

[The Wedge]

Peanut butter and MAYO?!?!

Gagorama.

[RShack]

Peanut butter and MAYO?!?!

Gagorama.

My thoughts exactly.
On the other hand, she puts up with me (can you imagine?)

[RShack]

Sometimes a cold Diet Coke is more perfect than should be possible.

I like Diet Coke better than regular Coke because of the taste. It has nothing to do with calories. For my taste, regular Coke is too sweet. Or the wrong kind of sweet. My bride says it's because they use high-fructose corn syrup instead of sugar. In some other countries, they can't do that, so they use sugar. There, I like regular Coke better and the foreign version of Diet Coke ("Coke Lite" or whatever it's called) worse. Sometimes, if you're on an airplane and ask for Diet Coke, you get the foreign kind (if the plane recenty came from somewhere else). Look out, it's not the same taste at all.

I don't drink Diet Coke much. I usually drink iced tea instead. I'm scared of that sweetener in Diet Coke, it's bad for you (really). My bride can't stand Diet Coke because she's one of the 20% of people for whom that sweetener doesn't taste sweet, it tastes bitter instead.

I mainly drink Diet Coke in the car... because it comes in a can, and the iced tea I make doesn't. But sometimes... if it's really hot, and I'm really thirsty... and if the Diet Coke is *really* cold... it tastes SO good I almost can't stand it. Really. Sometimes it's better-than-perfect.

ps: I don't understand pouring warm Coke over ice. It makes it go flat in about 5 seconds. But if you chill the Coke first, it stays fizzy way-longer. Pouring cold Coke over ice makes it foam up a lot. Which also makes it go flat. The best way is to pour the cold Coke in the glass, and then add the ice cubes after that. That works best. Trust me. I've been working on this problem for about 30 years ;-)

[square634]

Sometimes a cold Diet Coke is more perfect than should be possible.

I like Diet Coke better than regular Coke because of the taste. It has nothing to do with calories. For my taste, regular Coke is too sweet. Or the wrong kind of sweet. My bride says it's because they use high-fructose corn syrup instead of sugar. In some other countries, they can't do that, so they use sugar. There, I like regular Coke better and the foreign version of Diet Coke ("Coke Lite" or whatever it's called) worse.

I don't drink Diet Coke much. I usually drink iced tea instead. I'm scared of that sweetener in Diet Coke, it's bad for you (really). My bride can't stand Diet Coke because she's one of the 20% of people for whom that sweetener doesn't taste sweet, it tastes bitter instead.

I mainly drink Diet Coke in the car... because it comes in a can, and the iced tea I make doesn't. But sometimes... if it's really hot, and I'm really thirsty... and if the Diet Coke is *really* cold... it tastes SO good I almost can't stand it. Really. Sometimes it's better-than-perfect.

ps: I don't understand pouring warm Coke over ice. It makes it go flat in about 5 seconds. But if you chill the Coke first, it stays fizzy way-longer. Pouring cold Coke over ice makes it foam up a lot. Which also makes it go flat. The best way is to pour the cold Coke in the glass, and then add the ice cubes after that. That works best. Trust me. I've been working on this for about 30 years ;-)

I 150% agree. When I tell people I like the taste better, they think I am crazy. Of course, I was probably weaned on diet coke, so that probably has something to do with it. I drink a lot of diet coke, but I hate coke light in other countries. I also prefer diet coke from the fountain to the bottled or canned variety.

I'm not sure diet coke is really bad for you though.

[RShack]

I'm not sure diet coke is really bad for you though.

It's not Diet Coke, it's the sweetener that's in it. It's in lots of stuff. In the olden days, it never would've been OK'd by the FDA. But let's not talk about how it got approved and who all was involved in that. If you like Diet Coke, you don't want to know about it anyway, so I'll shut up. If anybody's curious, you can look it up elsewhere. Google is your friend. My bride knows about medical stuff and she pointed it out to me because she was worried that I was guzzling it all the time. It was enough that I converted to making iced tea just to have something else. Which turns out to be way cheaper too. The trick is to make it right. It's incredibly easy but the exact formula varies, based on your drinking water.

Other than our opinion of the sweetener, we completely agree about Diet Coke ;-)

[square634]

FWIW, my dad is an oncologist and says the carcinogenic effects of aspartame are negligible or at most marginal at the level of diet coke consumption. He says studies have been inconclusive (and some of the ones that found links to cancer had an agenda), and that the very weak evidence that does exist mostly involves extremely heavy dosage in rats. Then again, maybe he just doesn't want to believe it because he drinks diet coke also.

I would say these sources are similar to his views on the matter:

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Obviously, there are lots of sources that say it is carcinogenic, but it seems odd that both the FDA and European agencies have come to the opposite conclusion.

[cindyluvsbrady]

I 150% agree. When I tell people I like the taste better, they think I am crazy. Of course, I was probably weaned on diet coke, so that probably has something to do with it. I drink a lot of diet coke, but I hate coke light in other countries. I also prefer diet coke from the fountain to the bottled or canned variety.

I'm not sure diet coke is really bad for you though.

I agree with you 100% I confess..I am a Diet Coke addict.
Coca Cola light in other countries is terrible
I am different from you in that might Diet Coke needs to come from bottles..not cans or fountain!

[square634]

I love free refills, air conditioning, garage openers, laptops, ice makers, and chocolate chip bagels toasted with cream cheese.

The right to free refills should be added to the Bill of Rights.

[jamesenoch]

I agree with you 100% I confess..I am a Diet Coke addict.
Coca Cola light in other countries is terrible
I am different from you in that might Diet Coke needs to come from bottles..not cans or fountain!

I was a Diet Coke addict until someone told me that people use Coke to clean engine parts. I have not touched it since... Well, I try not to...

[boogidownoriole]

Sometimes a cold Diet Coke is more perfect than should be possible.

I like Diet Coke better than regular Coke because of the taste. It has nothing to do with calories. For my taste, regular Coke is too sweet. Or the wrong kind of sweet. My bride says it's because they use high-fructose corn syrup instead of sugar. In some other countries, they can't do that, so they use sugar. There, I like regular Coke better and the foreign version of Diet Coke ("Coke Lite" or whatever it's called) worse. Sometimes, if you're on an airplane and ask for Diet Coke, you get the foreign kind (if the plane recenty came from somewhere else). Look out, it's not the same taste at all.

I don't drink Diet Coke much. I usually drink iced tea instead. I'm scared of that sweetener in Diet Coke, it's bad for you (really). My bride can't stand Diet Coke because she's one of the 20% of people for whom that sweetener doesn't taste sweet, it tastes bitter instead.

I mainly drink Diet Coke in the car... because it comes in a can, and the iced tea I make doesn't. But sometimes... if it's really hot, and I'm really thirsty... and if the Diet Coke is *really* cold... it tastes SO good I almost can't stand it. Really. Sometimes it's better-than-perfect.

ps: I don't understand pouring warm Coke over ice. It makes it go flat in about 5 seconds. But if you chill the Coke first, it stays fizzy way-longer. Pouring cold Coke over ice makes it foam up a lot. Which also makes it go flat. The best way is to pour the cold Coke in the glass, and then add the ice cubes after that. That works best. Trust me. I've been working on this problem for about 30 years ;-)

I have to believe you have multiple names that give you rep ponits. Because I find you extremely annoyiing and I cannot imagine how you ever got enough rep points to get to this point except that you rigged it.

Waiting for a smiley face? Nope.

[bobmc]

I have to believe you have multiple names that give you rep ponits. Because I find you extremely annoyiing and I cannot imagine how you ever got enough rep points to get to this point except that you rigged it.

Waiting for a smiley face? Nope.

Love him or hate him - the Shackster is an acquired taste!

[ScottieBaseball]

I have to believe you have multiple names that give you rep ponits. Because I find you extremely annoyiing and I cannot imagine how you ever got enough rep points to get to this point except that you rigged it.

Waiting for a smiley face? Nope.

That's the most obnoxious and mean-spirited thing I've ever seen you post here. Unbelievable.

[Baroquen131]

That's the most obnoxious and mean-spirited thing I've ever seen you post here. Unbelievable.

Seriously. Quoted for truth. Especially considering the Shackelford post you're ranting about is from a month ago (and 5 pages ago).