Admit It: Throwback Tastes Exactly Like Regular Mountain Dew
I’ve been drinking Mountain Dew Throwback, because I want to believe it’s better. But, to be honest, I can’t tell much difference… It might be a little smoother, somewhat less harsh, but that could also be happening inside my head only. I don’t know. My afterburps even taste the same.
Can you tell the difference? Everybody says they can, but I’m skeptical. I took an informal break room poll last night at work, and one guy said it’s much sweeter than regular Dew, and someone else said it’s less sweet. I’m starting to suspect there might be a bit of bullshit at play here.
I have yet to find a single person who will admit they can’t taste the difference. And what’s the deal with that? I can’t be the only one, can I? Are people afraid they’ll be labeled as unrefined and unsophisticated, if they can’t, you know, recognize the subtle shadings and hues in a bottle of… Mountain Dew?
It reminds me of the pre-CD era, when record companies would release “audiophile” albums. These were pressed on 100% virgin vinyl, cost about $35, and usually came in a heavy plastic sleeve. Oh, they were nothing if not luxurious.
A friend would break out one of these things, often while wearing protective linen gloves, and place it gingerly on the turntable. It would always be some “important” work, like Dark Side of the Moon, or Aja by Steely Dan.
Then they’d hush everyone with a dramatic wave of the hand, place the needle on the album, and start acting like they were on the cusp of sexual climax. …And it ALWAYS sounded exactly like the $7.99 version I’d purchased at K-Mart.
I think people believe what they want to believe, a lot of the time, and don’t let pesky facts get in their way. Or maybe I’m just an uncultured clod? It’s gotta be one or the other.
Similar items from the same era: gold-tipped speaker cables (gimme a break), and Denon cassettes. The tapes were apparently made by Japanese nerds with Coke bottle glasses and pocket protectors, inside a Japanese laboratory in Japan somewhere — where they’re really cutting edge and advanced.
Sure, the things cost about twelve dollars each, and you have a seven year old chunk o’ turd Realistic tape deck. But none of that matters when you’re using the best tapes in the world. From Japan!
And I was hoping to cite some more current examples of this phenomenon — in addition to the Mountain Dew Throwback scandal. But I’m going to have to rely on you guys, instead. I’m all outta time.
In the comments section tell us about other stuff that’s supposedly so much better (usually with a corresponding outrageous price tag), but isn’t. In your opinion, anyway. I’m especially interested in items that people evangelize about, but you can’t really differentiate from the standard model.
I wrote that kinda clumsy, but I’m sure you know what I mean… Also, please tell me I’m not the only person on Earth who can’t tell the difference between standard Dew and the Throwback version? I’m feeling a little lonely here…
See you guys tomorrow. I need to go to work now, and cry softly into my keyboard until 1:30 am.
Have a great day, my friends.
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Good Afternoon Surf reporters…..
Could I possibly be…..#1?
Damn you, Johnny….you made me #2.
Hahaha.
Hello!
I’ve never drank Mountain Dew….old or new or new again.
I’m more of a Diet Coke person. Or iced tea.
early…
I can’t help you on the Mountain Dew question as I haven’t had one since I was 18 years old or so. Not that I’m suggesting anything about you, of course. Or am I?
I can’t tell the difference between a 10 dollar bottle of wine and a 50 dollar bottle of wine. As long as it tastes okay, I could be drinking Gallo of Lafite Frou Frou and never know.
Top Ten!
I was in Iwakuni, Japan in the early eighties.
I bought a metric poop~load of “audiophile” vinyl records while I was there because the Japanese pressings were supposed to be superior. Played them on a linear Technics turntable with a super expensive “click-pop” audio processor to suppress transients. Built my own pre-amp from exotic operational amp chips and instrumentation grade discrete components.
I think I still have the records, but I’ve no idea where the hardware got off to.
Yes, but in my haste, I screwed up the ” r ” in Reporters. I’m so ashamed……
I haven’t tasted the throwback version, but in all honesty I thought the whole campaign was just based on the “retro” packaging. I’ll side with JK in that there is no difference in recipe at all. The only difference is the the artwork on the label.
I’ve always thought that the 93 super octane gasoline and the regular 87 octane comes from the same tank. The suckers pumping the premium into their BMW’s are paying 20 cents more per gallon for the same stuff the teenage zitster is putting into his 1999 Cavalier.
Same goes for motor oil. Oil is oil.
TiVo vs DVR… except I think Tivo really IS WAY BETTER… I can’t wait until DirecTV brings Tivo back this year.
Sattelite Radio vs Misc. Alternative Music Delivery… except where the hell else am I going to get Howard Stern? That guy puts on a helluva show!
iPhone vs Other Smartphones… technically they can mostly perform many of the same tasks, but the iPhone does it better with more features, blah blah blah… so yeah, there’s a difference.
Here’s one… I once went to go buy CD at some store in the mall and I just grabbed the CD I was looking for by title without taking a hard look at the whole thing. I had a plan, dammit… I ended up having picked up a 24 karat gold original master recording that cost $50 or so. The guy at the counter said, “Wow, you must really like this band to get the gold press original master recording… which was the first time I realized I grabbed the wrong one. I just shrugged, said, “yeah” and bought it to avoid looking like I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. The damn thing sounded the same as any other CD. So, I guess that’s your 1990′s version of the Denon tapes. Perhaps the 2000′s equivalent is actually paying for music?
Too Much Joy !!!
EXCELLENT !!!
It’s not the taste, it’s the after-effect. After a regular MD, I feel like having a conversation with my wife. After a Throwback, I feel like screaming at my wife. After a regular MD, I feel like cleaning my garage. After a throwback, I feel like mowing the lawn, cleaning the garage and trimming all of the trees in the yard.
Maybe it’s just my eyesight going bad, but I don’t see the difference between Blu-Ray and High Def. Actually, I didn’t really see much of a difference between high def and the regular stuff I had on my regular flat screen TV. Maybe a little, but not enough to skip dinner a few times a week for awhile to afford.
On IPOD right now- “Rapper’s Delight”- Sugar Hill Gang
JCIII… on the gas, maybe – but I still follow the manufacturer’s recommended octane just because I’m anal. On the oil, however, I may pay $120/oil change at the dealership to get synthetic, but I don’t have to change my oil for 15,000 miles. Plus my car gets detailed, so I figure 5 oil changes and a detail are the equivalent of a $120 oil change… seems like apples and apples to me except I don’t have the inconvenience of having to have my oil changes more than once a year.
Ah, audiophiles. Reminds me of an oldie but a goodie: $500 Denon audiophile cables. http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/product-reviews/B000I1X6PM/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
I won’t get into the audio deal, as I believe there is a difference. That is one of reasons I refuse to listen to Mp3s.
Anyhow – I can’t drink Mountain Dew. It gives me the shits.
I am surprised you don’t have “Dew Teeth”.
Oh, speaking of high end audio, mustn’t forget the TDK “reference” grade (MA) audio cassettes! They featured metal frames sandwiched between transparent plastic sides. The tape itself was supposed to require an “audiophile” cassette recorder such as those made by Nakamichi, B&O and Teac / Tascam for best results.
I recenlty heard a radio story that sounds a little similar.
The story suggested that in market psychology a top tier lable will drive sales from low to mid ;evel brands whil a few suckers will pay for the top tier stuff.
GAP, Inc is a great example. Banana Re[ublic stores exist to get people to move up from Old Navy into GAP stores. It’s more or less the same stuff, but the marginas are better at the Gap.
Same goes for all the Johnny Walker varieties. The mere existence of JW Blue drives buyers into the mid-level of the brand.
I generally don’t pick up a lot of sublte differences but there are a few foods where I do notice a difference between good stuff and mass produced crap. But those particualr fods are things that I grew up with and acquired a taste for.
Sometimes even the mass produced crap is still pretty decent though.
I couldn’t tell you the difference between 1080p and 720p on playing a blueray disk, and I can’t tell the difference in the performance of audio equipment either.
As for the great Dew debate, I can offer no help. I switched to Diet Coke years ago.
Here’s an interesting article about a high-end electronics manufacturer who sells a $3,500 Blu-Ray play which, upon closer inspection, is actually a competitor’s $500 player with a new faceplate:
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Oppo/Lexicon/THX/High-Def_Retailing/Lexicon_Accused_of_Selling_Repackaged_Oppo_BDP-83_at_a_$3000_Markup/4082
Jim Britton – we must have run in similar circles. I pretty much could have written both of your comments.
Back in the late 70s, you hadn’t LIVED until you had a copy of UFOs Strangers In The Night on Jap vinyl! HOLEE SHIT that was great. Any album I really cared about I had on Japanese vinyl if it was available (and, yes, there was a difference!) Don’t even get me started on Denon or TDK tapes. I don’t think I owned anything else.
I had picture discs and limited edition shit. Albums I picked up overseas that had different cuts on them than the domestic versions….wish I had them now, dammit.
My husband just brought home a 6er of Pepsi Throwback. Haven’t cracked one of ‘em yet, but I’ll let you know what I think when I do.
Happy Tuesday, Surfers!
My wife is really into wine. Some of the best wine I have ever had cost $15 a bottle. I’ve also got an incredibly wealthy boss and have had to opportunity to sample wine that cost $350 a bottle and tasted pretty much like it could have cost $10.
Ognir mentioned “Dew Teeth”…HA!….I surprised my boyfriend doesn’t have anything but black slimey nubs to chew with…all he drinks is that shitty Mountain Dew…morning, noon, night. He called me the other day all excited that he was drinking a “Throwback MD” and how good it was. I had never heard of it. Probably makes your teeth rot faster or some shit. I tasted it when he got home. BLECCH. Not crazy about MD to begin with. If I do drink it it has to be ice cold. This was already luke warm mixed with backwash. Tasted the same to me…syrup-y and disgustingly sweet. It will curl your hair.
If you can’t tell the difference between a crap and a quality hi fi you should go get your ears cleaned out. No wonder Bose can sell so much of their terrible product. Take a CD you know well to a real hi fi dealer – not Best Buy! – and have a listen.
All Moutain Dew is disgusting but I can definitely tell the difference between Coke made with HFCS and Coke made with sugar. Same is true for Fanta.
Tempo Relentless I may be wrong, but was the last time you posted January 27, 2009′s “Love what’s now playing in the bunker” comment?
On IPOD right now- “Voodoo”- Godsmack
The latest one is HDMI cables. Just like the old RCA cables the HDMIs come in “regular” and “gold plated”. I’ve seen comparisons and can’t tell the difference.
Bottled water is another ripoff: Numerous studies have shown that tap water from most major North American cities is as good as or better than bottled water both in terms of impurities, and bacterial counts. People still enjoy paying the 1000% higher price for bottled though….
The problem with all premium stuff: gas, AV equipment, wine, etc. is the Law of Diminishing Returns. While a $40 bottle of wine is generally better than a $20 bottle, it’s never twice as good. Likewise the $35 audiophile edition record may have better sound than the $7.99 retail version, but I doubt it’s 4 times better.
In a few years, after all the complaints about how High Fructose Corn Syrup is resulting in the downfall of civilization have finally had an impact on soft-drink sales, the producers are going to switch to a new sweetener that we’re not even aware of yet. And then 30 years from now after that sweetener has been blamed for all kinds of bad things, the soft-drink companies are going to come out with special-edition “throwback” versions made with genuine High Fructose Corn Syrup, and everyone’s going to rave about how the sodas tasted so much better in the good old days when HFCS was the staple. It’s all cyclical, and those who ignore history are destined to repeat it.
god i wish people would stop inventing things! i have some old 78′s and 8 tracks that i don’t know what to do with. never mind hd and blu ray. it took me forever to get a color tv because i didn’t think they’d catch on. sigh.
I like throwback me better than regular me… regular me seems to be a bit of a prick.
I found HDMI cable prices biblically overpriced – so I went to a discounter and paid $10… Compared to a $75 cable I don’t see a difference but I’m guessing the $300 cables would provide AT LEAST a 1% improvement in quality – hey it’s your money..
just ignore him…
Hey, I’m a Diet Dew drinker myself. I shun the full sweetened stuff specifically because of the High Frutose Corn Syrup. I haven’t tried this “new Dew” but will give it a whirl because I’m told that it is made with “Cane sugar”. The HFCS is metabolized in the Liver while Cane sugar is not. HFCS is the blame for almost equal ammount of liver failure as acute alcohol consumption. I feel that if I’m gonna kill my liver, I want to do it with a high quality single malt scotch and NOT with some crappy soft drink.
I can’t help either. I only drink soda if it has booze in it.
There are definite distinctions in chocolate. Anything from a company like Bissingers is far superior, than say, a waxy box of Palmers.
Mountain Dew is known to be the clear favorite “poison of choice” soda in the Appalachian region. Central Applachia is #1 in the nation for toothlessness. There is even a term for what it does to your teeth….Mountain Dew Mouth.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6863173&page=1
You can take the boy out of the mountains but ya can’t make him not dew, eh Jeff?lol
Thought I’d be anal and comment on a few points:
Gold-plated connectors won’t tarnish or increase in resistance, it’s more of a long-term thing.
Octane works like this: if your car engine is high-compression (higher than 10:1 ratio) it will usually require high octane by the manufacturer. Most cars have computer control now, so if you use lower octane than recommended, the car may be sluggish, but won’t blow up. But if your car only requires 87, putting in higher is wasting money. Just sayin’…… (I never say that)
Can’t tell the difference between Breyer’s ice cream and the store brand, except that the store brand still comes in half-gallon size and I think you now pay for Breyer’s by the spoonful.
And to illustrate how classless I am, some top-top-shelf bourbons don’t taste nearly as good (to me) as your basic black Evan Williams. Certainly not 4 (or more!) times as much. Drinking a cocktail shouldn’t involve use of thimbles and reverent O-faces at first swallow, you know?
Speaking of Mt Dew mouth, this statistical web site seems to have found the holy grail of ranking trashiness by state (sorry WV):
http://www.statemaster.com/graph/hea_ora_hea_los_of_nat_tee-health-oral-loss-natural-teeth
Here’s how to tell the difference between Breyer’s vanilla and the store-brand vanilla:
Breyers is pure white, with thousands of specks of black vanilla beans.
The store-brand is a yellowish color from food dye, and has no specks of vanilla beans, ’cause it doesn’t have any vanilla in it, it has “vanillin,” an artificial vanilla flavor.
I got nothing on Mountain Dew…I drink a can of that 3 or 4 times a decade.
There is a difference with regards to fuel and it’s octane rating but like Nads said, if your vehicle doesn’t require the higher rating you are essentially wasting your money.
The difference was proven to me back when I had a ’95 Mustang GT with an aftermarket supercharger. It would barely idle on 92 octane much less regular…it needed 94 to run well. My current ’05 Mustang GT has a 93 octane tune in it, meaning the engine computer has been specifically tuned to take advantage of the higher octane and the difference is noticable.
AngryWhiteGuy – could very well be that I last posted a year ago !!
I am already looking forward to Jeff’s musical bunker selections for late January, 2011 !!
i used to work as a hometheater/av designer and installer.
HDMI: just digitaly encoded VGA and digital audio. w/ anti-copy protection. gold tiped conectors don’t improve the quality.
gold tiped connectors do improve longevity of the cable. since gold dosn’t tarnish easily.
most high end audiophile systems DO sound better. that’s because they use percision componants. and if you’re listening to hyper-high end produced music you’ll notice a difference. If you’re listening to the Jam or Replacements or anything you WON’T.
with most modern music you won’t notice any difference between the MP3 and the CD version. that’s because most producers produce albums so that they’ll sound the same as a CD or an MP3.
the MP3 format leaves out subtle componants of the composite soundwaves. they reduce the dynamics and the musical “richness” in a recording so that the MP3 won’t sound TOO different.
Tried Mtn Dew once and couldn’t jave more that a couple sips. It reminded me of when I was about 7 and ate 2 tablespoon of concentrated pure maple syrup. I was ill on the couch the rest of the afternoon – Lucy in the sky with diamonds. I saw an add for diet Mtn Dew on TV and wanted to try it but never saw it in the grocery store and never really took an effort to look for it. I guess it wasn’t really marketed here.
I do have a specific love of diet pepsi and could tell anyother cola product from it.
I have to eat something quite regularly to be able to taste a difference. I eat icecream maybe 2x a year, so it’s all the same to me.
What bugs me these days is how every thing is ‘ultra’ and ‘extreme’ yet still the same.
@ JCIII: Nads is right about gas octane. My ’68 Buick had a compression ratio of 11:1 BEFORE I bored the block, and now it’s even higher than that. Depending on the octane of gas I’m running, there’s a very distinct difference in the amount of ping that occurs at high RPMs. And a very distinct difference in carburetor gumminess depending on whether it’s shit gas vs 76, Shell, or Chevron (“with techron!”). Premium gas was leaded and 103 octane back in the day, so when I can afford a full tank of premium AND a can of octane booster, the traffic cops hop on their bikes.
I really like Coke but can’t stand Diet Coke but I can drink diet Pepsi but can’t stand regular Pepsi. New Cole sucked. Coke Zero was a huge disappointment.
I’m not sure that I have anything new, but I agree with a few of the scams already mentioned…
You won’t be able to tell the difference between a cheap HDMI cable and the most expensive HDMI cable… it’s a digital signal. Either the bit gets there or it doesn’t.
Also, wine… I’m sure if you dedicate much of your free time to it, you can “detect nutty undertones” or “taste a hint of black currant” or “smell some oak in the bouquet” or whatever… but occasionally ordering an expensive bottle of wine on the company’s expense account doesn’t make someone a connoisseur. Just get some Two Buck Chuck, get drunk, and call it a day.
I think Coke has a higher Octane than Sprite – I can burb louder with Coke.
Used to have a Yamaha system with point0000000000000000000Harmonic distortion I hope my dog appreciated it!
The real question about Mountain Dew is why would anyone want to swallow a liquid the color of toxic waste?
Ok watch me piss off al the guys, I can’t tell the diference between regular TV & HDTV i have both TV’s and have HD programing but just don’t see a difference.
I’m not much of a Coke drinker but when the new Coke came out ohated it, much prefer the Coke Classic. If I have a choice though I’m going with Dr. Pepper or Mt. Dew occasionaly for a boost!! I’d like to try the throwback but haven’t seen it here. Jeff send me a six of the new, old Dew!!
As far as I can tell, the Throwback Mountain Dew tastes basically the same as far as flavor/sweetness/etc. is concerned, but the sugar doesn’t leave the same sort of filmy aftertaste (or whatever you’d call it) that the corn syrup does.
swami b – see, ther’s the problem, right there – vanilla ice cream is but a flavor of myth around these parts. If ice cream doesn’t have chocolate in it, it’s typically not coming through the door at the Tiny House.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have to be honest with you. .. if you EVER get a chance, to take these drugs… DO IT! They’re called…
Placebos! …
I never heard of this “Throwback” before today. Coke Blak, anyone? Did that stuff ever make in onto the shelves?
For the expensive bullshit, I’ll take “audiophile cables” for $800 please, Alex. I can totally hear the nasty artifacts in bad digital audio, which may be why Ognir won’t listen to mp3s (and some folks won’t listen to CDs!), but I won’t consider any $100-a-foot RCA cables until there are a few double-blind tests published – it’s telling that there aren’t any. I still do work in the AV business, and I’ll second everything fattie20xl said.
AWG, Blu-Ray is just a medium that records high-def, so yeah, you won’t see much difference.
My theory of wine is that if you find an unfamiliar bottle for less than $10, buy it. There is a lot of good stuff in that price range. If it sucks, no great loss. Keep notes so you’ll remember what (not) to get next time.
Jeff, rest assured, you are not alone on the “throwback” I could not wait to try both MtDew and Pepsi and I sadly could not tell the difference in taste, but they are “zippier”
I think the true reason for it’s availability is due to the recent bad press high fructose corn syrup has received. AWG hit the nail on the head when he noticed how he felt after drinking each.
Bottom line: When Pepsi made the switch to high fructose corn syrup in 1981 to save money, we never noticed. Me? I like the retro labels more than the taste difference.
No one is buying them? I just passed a huge bin of 20 oz’s at my local grocery store and they are selling for less than a dollar.
I worked at the Parkersburg, WV Coke bottling plant before it was shut down and at that time they used real sugar. NOTHING was as good as an ice cold bottle of Coke right as it came out of the filler machine. Now? Meh…reminds me a little of bug spray.
Did someone say ice creem? Make mine Extreme Moosetracks, please.
Was it Pepsi that used to have the pull tab that came right off or was it coke back in the 70s? Which ever one it wasn’t used to have cans with 2 holes in the lid – 1 about a quarter inch in diameter that you pressed first to release the pressure and a second button/hole you then pressed to drink.
I have a nice inch long scar courtesy of the removable pull tab one. I’z like to show my nasty scar to da ladeez to imprezz dem yo….
@ Dorothy – I know how you feel! Why can’t they leave things alone and quit coming up with new stuff?
You should find someone who knows Ebay and maybe try and sell your old 78′s and e tracks on there. Some Artists & Titles might not generate any interest…but, on the other hand, you might have some old stuff that is worth a pretty penny! just a thought for you. People are still making money on Ebay, so get together with someone who knows how to do it, and give it a shot!
Sorry Dorothy, I meant to type 8 tracks…not e tracks.
I miss my my throwback keyboard! I think someone moved the letters around on these new ones:)
Speaking old stuff and e-bay, I’m looking at a 12 inch vinyl album. The front cover says “Elvis” vertically along the left side, and “Presley” horizontally along the bottom. It’s an RCA Victor recording, “A new orthophonic high fidelity recording”, (LPM 1254). That means it’s not even in stereo. Here are the songs on the album:
Side 1
Blue Suede Shoes
I’m Counting on You
I Got a Woman
One-sided Love Affair
I LOve You Because
Just Because
Side 2
Tutti Frutti
Tryin’ To Get You
I’m Gonna Sit right Down and Cry
Blue Moon
Money Honey
I’ve owned it since I bought it in 1956. Wonder what it’s worth on e-bay? Big bucks, maybe. Don’t worry, it’s not for sale.
Here’s a buncha LPM 1254s for sale:
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=LPM+1254&_sacat=See-All-Categories
Thanks, Swami. Wow, anywhere from ten bucks to four hundred! That’s a disturbing range! It doesn’t make any sense. It’s sorta like the link Jeff put up last week, with a CD going for $1200, or whatever. Thanks for the information! I think I’ll keep mine, as I’m sure there are lots of cracks and pops, due to my young age, and lots of “dropping the needle on the record” occurances. But you know, at that time, it was state of the art, and all those cracks and pops never bothered anybody.
Hey Bumblebee100k (re: can’t tell difference between regular TV and HDTV) — Are you sure your HDTV is hooked up to an HDTV source? If the HDTV is only receiving a normal TV signal (like with a cable box that isn’t digital, or if you’re only paying for basic cable that doesn’t include HDTV channels), then you’re not getting HDTV, regardless of whether or not you’re watching it on an High-Def television set — it will look exactly the same as your regular TV. In fact, it might even look worse if your High-Def TV is a big one (like Jeff’s Big-Ass TV), because a normal TV signal blown up real big on a high-def screen will accentuate the flaws and the mediocrity. of the normal signal.
Greg: I think most of the low-priced ones are still very early in their auction process (they have 10 days or more to go), so I’m sure their prices will rise the closer they come to the deadline. And most of the higher prices are “buy it now” prices, which is the amount the seller hopes to get. So the true value is probably somewhere in-between.
If you’re an eBay member you can search for closed sales to see what the item has actually sold for in the past. That’ll give you the best idea of what it’s worth.
Thanks for the insite, Swami. I’m an e-bay member, and I’ll check it out.
Throwback makes you fat. Regular gives you brain cancer
Just to add fuel to the fire, technically Mt. Dew throwback is less sweet than regular. 44g of sugar compared to 46g according to the nutritional info.
Don’t believe in anything that claims to be better because it’s more expensive. I only believe if it’s been demonstrated with double blind studies because humans are masters at fooling themselves; How else can you explain how placebos work?
Monster cables are the best example of this.
So much is perception, presentation and context. I used to be an advertising director, and believe me when I say that many times, more energy was put into the presentation than the actual concept. Now, I design and build cabinetry to hold all of the fancy electronics we’re splitting hairs over. Don’t get me wrong, I love HDTV, but honestly, if I’m watching a show on HULU, five minutes into it, I forget about the crappy resolution. Humans are masters of adaptation but suckers for perceived value. A beautiful paradox if there ever was one.
Swami,
According to Dish I am paying for HD so I better be getting it!! Yes I do have a BAT in the family room with 20″ non HD TV’s in the bedrooms, but heck I can’t tell the difference. I guess it’s a man thing, and no men here, well except the dog, (4 legged one)!!
I wish I could contribute to this conversation, but I am one cheap bastard, and I never purposely by the more expensive of anything. The only thing that would be enhanced by a more expensive version of something would be my level of buyer’s remorse.
One time, in high school (!), I found a throw back “left handed cigarette” that had been strategically placed by my uncle in a location at my grandparents’ house that I had intended to use to place my something newer of the same product. Needless to say, with permission from said uncle, I compared the two. I must say, the newer version was much, much, better. However, I understand that the throw back version had not been preserved in the most ideal of circumstances. I was incapable of calculating the variables necessary for a valid comparison, for various reasons. I did have an excellent time conducting the experiment.
mountie9wv, shit happens.
Yes it does. In that case, I could not complain.
My best “it’s all in your mind” story, comes from a friend of mine. He’s a Southern boy who was visiting New York City for the first time. He was in a restaurant and ordered a glass of Pinot Grigio…of which he had heard many great things. He took a sip, thought it tasted funny, but just assumed that he had such an unsophisticated pallete, that he just didn’t appreciate the quality of the wine.
A couple came into the restaurant a while after him, and sat at a table beside him. They ordered the same wine. The gentleman took one sip, actually spit it out, and yelled, “WAITER THIS WINE IS BAD!!!” The wait staff immediately descended upon the table, offering the couple everything earthly possible to rectify the situation.
…in the meantime, my friend sat at his table, with his empty glass of Pinot Grigio, too embarassed to admit his “unsophistication.”.
Chill, thanks for the explanation. I couldn’t figure out why these things are marketed to be the “next step” in viewing. I was hesitant to buy a CD player for a long time, for fear that home holograms of performances would be available the next year.
Tempo, well, I just sort of missed your comments. Am I correct that you are a Rays fan? Didn’t you use to have a Rays avatar preceding your comments? Season before last seemed to be a fluke, as those guys aren’t trying to improve the roster now.
On IPOD right now- “Rough Boy”- ZZ Top
Memories…
I was brought up drinking Coca Cola.
My family drank it, everyone I knew drank it.
Good stuff.
When Coca Cola withdrew the “old” formula for the New Coke, I tried the New Coke. The New Coke just did not taste right. I then bought as much of the old Coke as I could find.
It didn’t last long.
Pepsi Cola tasted “too sweet”.
I eventually found my way to Jolt Cola.
Yow.
Jolt used to advertise that it had “All the sugar and twice the caffeine” .
They weren’t lying.
The original formula 1990′s Jolt would eat the enamel off your teeth “while-U-wait ™” .
Mountain Dew was the “trip” drink.
Need to drive from Bayville, NJ to Somewhere in South Carolina or Florida in a hurry? No time to sleep? You’re gonna swill some Mountain Dew.
I listen to CDs, which aren’t quite as true as vinyl but way better than MP3. That’s why I hold onto my Discman. I want to hear all 12 instruments playing on “Tangled up in Blue”.
Greg: I have been in the antique business for years. I have seen people get into fights at estate sales over vinyl records. Very collectable. Here is a link you might be interested in:
http://www.musicpriceguide.com/441804/Elvis_Presley_RCA_LPM_1254_Sealed_Historic_LP_Offer.html
Check “completed listings” on Ebay like Swami said. Good resource for going prices.
I thought the throwback MD was way sweeter then the current version. Too sweet for my liking. But now I’m stuck drinking the diet MD, after a severe ass-chewing from my dentist.
As for wine, my preference is for the cheaper stuff. In my youth, I could pound down a bottle of Boone’s Farm during a half-hour lunch break, as opposed to having to sip the more expensive (and bitter) brands. Maybe if I tried some wine at my current age it may be different, but I’d rather just stick to good beer at this point.
Two Buck Chuck—Yessss !
That is right – it is made with cane sugar.
You still get it that way if you buy Mexican Coke, or kosher Pepsi (among others).
OK, this one is way out there, but every time I buy “turkey” sausage, or “turkey meat” or “turkey kielbasa” it seems to cost more than regular beef. Isn’t tukey the second most fucking cheapest meat in the world (next to chicken)?
Are turkeys getting a cut of the action in this shakedown?
I was told by the dickhead doctor that denied my test for the sheriff’s dept. that I should eat more turkey ground products to replace beef. The Child Bride told me this a year ago, without the $150.00 fee, and I have been obliging that rule of thumb. However, my cholesteral went up and my bank account went down.
How does buffalo taste?
On IPOD right now- “Blue Monday”- New Order
bikerchick, thanks for the link! $1500!! Woo, baby!! Almost makes me consider selling,……..but no, I’ll just hold on to it. Wish I’d never played it now, but hindsite is always 20-20. Good thing is, I’ve got hundreds of albums from that time period forward, and never gotten rid of even one record. Sounds to me like I’ve got a goldmine!
And after all that, looking at the new bunkercam photo made me hungry.
AngryWhiteGuy – Rays ??? Never !!!
As a transplanted New Yorker, I have been a Yankee fan for all my born days – through some quite dismal seasons, long before Joe Torre showed up. Remember Horace Clarke? Fritz Peterson? Jake Gibbs? Unfortunately, I do…
Greg: It’s amazing what people collect and step on their grandmother’s throat to get to. Hang on to those babies. You prolly have a small fortune tied up in them!
Tempo Relentless- I apologize for the insult. Now I recall another poster taunting you that used the Rays logo for their avatar, but their posting name has escaped me.
I do remember those players and those seasons. However, I have been a half-assed Mariners fan for some ime time now and can relate to bad moves and even worse players.
But, it’s good to see your name up here again.
On IPOD right now- “Dashboard”- Modest Mouse
AWG, buffalo meat is outstandingly awesome deliciousness. It’s also outstandingly expensive, at least at the Wegman’s near my house – three or four times the price than beef of the same cut.
I think this and turkey-product prices are mostly due to supply and demand; less turkey is produced and consumed than beef, and buffalo is *much* less volume. Same reason that a router (the kind for networking) now costs $40, but in 1998 it was $4000.
I’ve just tried the throwback mountain dew and there’s really not a whole lotta taste difference. The difference I notice is that the sugared product doesn’t make your spit all stringy the way that the hfcs product does. Just my 5cents worth (2 cents Confederate)
Mark
I remember banging your mom and then I tried the throwback version, her mom. I did notice a little difference.
For instance your mom told me to rock her like a hurricane. Your grandma told me to rock her like a tropical depression.
Your mom said she hadn’t been fucked that good since david crosby. Your grandma said she hadn’t been fucked that good since Bing Crosby.
NP – Sugarfree Jazz – Soul Coughing
I am waaaaaaay late to this party, but just wanted to add that I found basically no difference between regular Pepsi and Pepsi Throwback. I even did an experiment:
http://natefoo.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/pepsi-throwback-the-double-blind-randomized-controlled-clinical-trial/
I’m a Mt dew LOVER its all i drink no water no juice just mt, dew I wear the shirt if i could i would paint my car mt dew IM ADDICTED TO IT and the throwback is too sweet for me there isnt a major difference but if thats all you drink you can tell the difference I DONT LIKE IT if i need an energy drink im an AMP girl the green can is as close to the real mt. dew as it gets!