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Subject: [Leica] Tropicana OJ Warning
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:29:51 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

Mine is Minute Maid.  A couple gallons / week for decades, no problems.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
>Sent: Mar 15, 2009 8:10 PM
>To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Tropicana OJ Warning
>
>Jeeeeeeeeeesh I was going to reply to Tina about the moon? Which is an
>amazingly beautiful photo scene we rarely see!
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>But flys in Orange juice kind of  caught my attention and took over the
>topic.
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>Given I use a fair amount of  OJ's of various mixes with Mango, Peaches and
>Cranberries to help keep fit, Ok sometimes with a fortifying of Vodka to
>help it act productively. I found Tina's note of a major situation in
>attention. I just can't imagine swallowing drowned flies, even with vodka,
>as an acceptable mix! AAaaacccckkk! Cough!
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>So I immediately went to the fridge to check the current juice purchase only
>to find horror of horrors, "we also had TROPICANA OJ", albeit blended with
>peaches and Mango. I carefully opened the cap and peered inside, guarding my
>one good eye not to be damaged by escaping flys.  Fortunately, none in this
>container. Drowned or otherwise!
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>However this juice situation has created a major concern as we go through a
>major amount of it each month and flies just don't cut it with any food
>category I can think of.  Now it's an interesting dilemma, buy Tropicana or
>otherwise? We are left with a big question mark each time we purchase OJ or
>other juices of any kind, trust me we go through quite a number of
>litres/gallons in this home every month , a major staple of liquids! 
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>Unfortunately each time I open a litre of, not only Tropicana juice of any
>kind, that is if we should purchase it any more? We'll be very diligent
>about pouring a glass and chug a lugging it down! :-(
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>It's a shame this type of situation comes to the fore front of a camera
>list, but if it were not for the heads up of friends looking after friends,
>the malpractice of companies in watching over their clients would be lost!
>So thank you Tina for your heads up and I trust you are taken seriously by
>the manufacturer.
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>Cheers,
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>ted
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina
>Manley
>Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:22 PM
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Tropicana OJ Warning
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>At 05:13 PM 3/15/2009, you wrote:
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>>Why don't you try Florida orange juice, Tom Selleck is the 
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>>spokesperson for that, now that the
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>>previous person was reduced to the subject of dirty jokes ;-)
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>>Jerry
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>I haven't seen any commercials but I normally buy Florida's Natural 
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>high pulp OJ.  They didn't have that at Earth Fare and I hate to go 
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>to several stores just to get different brands.  I've written Earth 
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>Fare, too.  It's not their fault, but I'll never buy Tropicana again, 
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>even if I have to make a special trip to Harris Teeter for the 
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>Florida's Natural!
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>Tina
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>PS:  Maybe this belongs on the LugForum?  It's not exactly political, 
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>but it's not photography either since I didn't take a picture of the 
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>dead flies.
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>Tina Manley
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>www.tinamanley.com 
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