Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK for anyone out there who is a coke bottle collector I have a numbered bottle in box from the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics! :0 I've had to fight off the grand kids on occaision from drinking it and only saved the day by taking them for a Dairy Queen malt. :) I wonder if the coke gets better like good booze? :) ted >On 24 Nov 98, Jeremy Kime wrote, at least in part: > >> Good grief!!! >> >> Not the 1939 green Coke bottle! >> They only made 2000 of those between the clear ones previously and the >> lightwieght 'war issue' design. They're worth thousands to Coke bottle >> collectors! You could have bought a new Leica/better lens with the >> proceeds... >> >> Sheeeeeesh! > >Musta been more of 'em in the colonies, Jem. That's the only >bottle I remember here as I was growing up. When Pepsi came out >with their 12 oz. to compete with that 6 oz. green Coke bottle, >we kids thought we had died and gone to heaven. Our parents, of >course, thought the Coke was worth the extra cost. >-- >Roger >mailto:roger@beamon.org > > The will to win is good, > the will to prepare is vital. > -- Joe Paterno, PSU football coach >