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Originally posted by george roof:
Thanks guys. I guess I'm older than I think. Growing up, a "solid" meant SOLID. Of course, Coke meant a soft drink, a "weed" grew in your lawn grass, and to be "gay" was a mood not a "lifestyle".

Originaly Coke had Cocaine in it..... Coke still means the same....

Coke wasn't named for the trace cocaine it had in it. It was partially named for the cocoa leaves ( a source of cocaine) but was originally a cocawine called Pemberton's French Wine Coca. It actually had kola nuts used as flavoring which contained the stimulant caffiene in greater amounts than any cocaine. It was a "snake oil" of it's day as a cure all for many maladies and was advertised as a cure for morphine addiction. With prohibition, all the "stimulants" were removed and carbonation was added to what was and is called "Coca-Cola" today.

Not QUITE that old Whitworth, but I was taught by a protege of Elmer Keith and I read extensively from Corbin, Patterson,Grey, Hemmingway, and Ruark with all their African adventures. Back in the 70's I bought a .357 and my mentor advised me to buy a box of solid copper bullets to "clean" the riflings after extensive range work. In the military where I spent 30 years, I just ASSUMED that ball ammo was solid copper and with that Geneva Convention approved ammo, I never much thought about what the bullet was made of, just if the gun went bang when I pulled the trigger. As I said, I'm a factory ammo guy who looks at bullet weight more than anything else. When I buy a case of .460 S&W Mag ammo, it says Hornady 200 grain SST. They look like solid copper rounds with poly insert tips. The gun goes boom, the bullet hits the black and I'm happy as if I had good sense.

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About nine servings of the soft drink were sold each day. Sales for that first year added up to a total of about $50. The funny thing was that it cost John Pemberton over $70 in expenses, so the first year of sales were a loss. Until 1905, the soft drink, marketed as a tonic, contained extracts of cocaine as well as the caffeine-rich kola nut.

From here; http://www.solarnavigator.net/sponsorship/coca_cola.htm

I just watched the history of soft drinks on TV the other day and it is true, Coke DID contain cocaine.
There were a lot of cure all snake oils back then that also contained it, some with so much that after one dose you were hooked. None of the stuff cured anything but it sure made one feel like it!

I think y'all are drinking too much original recipe Coca Cola.......

cocacola syrup was great for upset stomachs to quell vomiting.I remember the soda fountains with gallon jugs of coke syrup they used to make the drink.

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Originally posted by jwp475:
Originaly Coke had Cocaine in it..... Coke still means the same....

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Originally posted by bfrshooter:
I just watched the history of soft drinks on TV ... Coke DID contain cocaine. ... None of the stuff cured anything but it sure made one feel like it!

Hence, the advertising catch-phrase, "The pause that refreshes."

George, you may be right about Coca-Cola not being named for the Coca plant from which cocaine is extracted, but I am pretty sure today's street name "coke" meaning cocaine is derived from the contracted name "Coke" meaning Coca-cola.

Some things come full circle in this world, and some circles are not quite perfectly round.

Lost Sheep (Larry)