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Topic: 'Sparkling Ice' Flavored Spring WaterPosted By: PaWolf
Subject: 'Sparkling Ice' Flavored Spring Water
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 2:21am
Zero Calories, tons of flavor, wonderfully satisfying. Very affordable.
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Replies: Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 2:26am
Those look good. Right up my alley.
Today at Walmart, I picked up a few of their clear, flavored, sparkling water drinks. The flavor I got was the pomegranate-blueberry-acai. They used to have a honeydew-flavored one that was great, but it seems to have been discontinued. Each bottle's about a quart and costs 68 cents.
Posted By: musicman
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 2:32am
When I first read your topic, I read it as, Sparkling, Ice Flavored, Spring Water.
Ice flavored, what's that?
Oh, Sparkling Ice, Flavored Spring Water.
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 2:52am
musicman wrote:
When I first read your topic, I read it as, Sparkling, Ice Flavored, Spring Water.
Ice flavored, what's that?
Oh, Sparkling Ice, Flavored Spring Water.
!
Silly me...and now I HAVE to get that poster
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 3:39am
Go to your room, son!
But, f*ck, Dad!
Don't "but f*ck" me, young man.
Posted By: CatWoman
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:21am
Uh-oh, Donavan might be lurking and see that 'but f**k' joke, Thor!
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Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:25am
MrsHill wrote:
Uh-oh, DonavanDonathan might be lurking and see that 'but f**k' joke, Thor!
It's late, CW.
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:35am
PaWolf wrote:
MrsHill wrote:
Uh-oh, DonavanDonathan might be lurking and see that 'but f**k' joke, Thor!
It's late, CW.
I always wondered what that "Hurdy Gurdy Man" sh*t was about.
------------- ...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender Jackson Browne - The Pretender
C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:36am
PaWolf wrote:
Zero Calories, tons of flavor, wonderfully satisfying. Very affordable.
If it's got zero calories that means it's got artificial sweetener in it.
No thanks!!!
------------- ...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender Jackson Browne - The Pretender
C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:59am
...sure, ol'Mule...you are correct. Here's one review.
I'm no chemist and have not searched out the 3 listed additives, yet. I just like the stuff...
Excerpt from above link:
1) Sucralose. I'm honestly not a fan of anything but sugar because certain substitutes affect my stomach in a way that doesn't feel too hot. That might not be the case for you so I can't completely X the product because of it.
2) Maltodextrin. It's kinda like a corn syrup, defined across the Internet as a "caloric sweetener."
3) Mannitol. A sugar alcohol, so yet another sweetener.
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: CatWoman
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 3:32pm
Jimbo wrote:
PaWolf wrote:
MrsHill wrote:
Uh-oh, DonavanDonathan might be lurking and see that 'but f**k' joke, Thor!
It's late, CW.
I always wondered what that "Hurdy Gurdy Man" sh*t was about.
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Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 3:57pm
Jimbo wrote:
PaWolf wrote:
MrsHill wrote:
Uh-oh, DonavanDonathan might be lurking and see that 'but f**k' joke, Thor!
It's late, CW.
I always wondered what that "Hurdy Gurdy Man" sh*t was about.
I think Donathan might've been more into one o' those "Eee-lec-trical bananas" Donovan sang about (though I think that, nowadays, they operate on batteries).
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:06pm
Yeah, I wanted to throw in another Donovan song lyric reference, but it was late & my brain was too tired.
All I could think of was "Hail Atlantis!!!!".
Hard to imagine he was as big as Dylan & The Beatles for awhile there.
------------- ...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender Jackson Browne - The Pretender
C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States
Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:17pm
Yeah, pretty big. He had quite a few hits in a short amount of time.
Also, he duetted with Alice Cooper on the song Billion Dollar Babies. And everyone thinks that Jeff Beck played on Hurdy Gurdy Man, but that appears to be only half true. Beck did play on an early recording of the song, but not the version we hear.
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:29pm
I think he hung out with The Beatles a bit, too.
Probably into all that guru sh*t with them.
------------- ...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender Jackson Browne - The Pretender
C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States
Posted By: sgtrock21
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:35pm
PaWolf wrote:
Zero Calories, tons of flavor, wonderfully satisfying. Very affordable.
My Grandson introduced me to these when I told him he could pick out a bottle of "juice". I'm pretty sure it was the colors that attracted a 4 y/o.
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Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:42pm
Jimbo wrote:
I think he hung out with The Beatles a bit, too.
Probably into all that guru sh*t with them.
He considers himself a major influence on the Beatles and invented psychedelic music. Also, says he created the Celtic rock sound for Led Zeppelin and Tyrannosaurus Rex (before they were T. Rex). I think he's full of himself. Just a tad.
Tyrannosaurus Rex. Thank God they abandoned this sound.
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:49pm
Thor wrote:
Those look good. Right up my alley.
Today at Walmart, I picked up a few of their clear, flavored, sparkling water drinks. The flavor I got was the pomegranate-blueberry-acai. They used to have a honeydew-flavored one that was great, but it seems to have been discontinued. Each bottle's about a quart and costs 68 cents.
Bought a green tea sweetened with honeydew at a natural food store, not too long back.
There was *just enough* of a honeydew flavor to piss me off - a hint; not quite enough.
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My favorite (and never have found the likes of it again) was a white tea, lightly flavored with peach and blueberry. MissyD & badol'self found it at a gas station in Rhode Island at about 4 A.M., one morning a few years ago...
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 4:52pm
Thor wrote:
Jimbo wrote:
I think he hung out with The Beatles a bit, too.
Probably into all that guru sh*t with them.
He considers himself a major influence on the Beatles and invented psychedelic music. Also, says he created the Celtic rock sound for Led Zeppelin and Tyrannosaurus Rex (before they were T. Rex). I think he's full of himself. Just a tad.
Tyrannosaurus Rex. Thank God they abandoned this sound.
I always thought he hung around Tiny Tim, or maybe should have. Never like him (or Tiny Tim, who *can* be unintentionally funny, now and then).
------------- X <sig.nature> "What we do for ourselves dies with us, What we do for others is and remains immortal." - Albert Pike
Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 5:00pm
PaWolf wrote:
Thor wrote:
Those look good. Right up my alley.
Today at Walmart, I picked up a few of their clear, flavored, sparkling water drinks. The flavor I got was the pomegranate-blueberry-acai. They used to have a honeydew-flavored one that was great, but it seems to have been discontinued. Each bottle's about a quart and costs 68 cents.
Bought a green tea sweetened with honeydew at a natural food store, not too long back.
There was *just enough* of a honeydew flavor to piss me off - a hint; not quite enough.
I've always thought there should be more honeydew- and cantaloupe-flavored beverages. The Mex place I go to for burritos has fresh cantaloupe drink. I always get the biggest size. Sometimes, I get an extra one, "to go".
Posted By: musicman
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 5:58pm
Thor wrote:
Jimbo wrote:
I think he hung out with The Beatles a bit, too.
Probably into all that guru sh*t with them.
He considers himself a major influence on the Beatles and invented psychedelic music. Also, says he created the Celtic rock sound for Led Zeppelin and Tyrannosaurus Rex (before they were T. Rex). I think he's full of himself. Just a tad.
Tyrannosaurus Rex. Thank God they abandoned this sound.
It sounds like Eric Cartman from South Park singing.
Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2013 at 11:18pm
^
Yeah, I liked T. Rex, but I just couldn't handle that magical unicorn hippie sound that was 1960s Tyrannosaurus Rex. I tried, but I just couldn't.
Posted By: Ad nauseous
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2013 at 11:25pm
Yech! Not one of the best music music techniques of the 1960's. Reminds me of cats in heat!
BTW I've tasted Sparkling Ice it was good I think it was lemonade strawberry.
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Posted By: msmadz
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2013 at 2:02pm
I discovered this drink in late April. LOVE IT. My favorite is the orange.
------------- The artist formerly known as Madawee
Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2013 at 2:43pm
I see this is made by a company called Talking Rain. About 8-10 years ago, Big Lots was carrying cans of Talking Rain, which was also flavored, sparkling water. Good stuff. But as it is with many products at Big Lots---here today, gone tomorrow.
Posted By: Angry McPisseron
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2013 at 2:07pm
PaWolf wrote:
...3) Mannitol. A sugar alcohol, so yet another sweetener.
Mannitol makes you go poo-poo -- explosive diarrhea to be specific.
Or so claims the warning I read on a box of sugar-free Cotlets several years ago.
Posted By: Papa Lazarou
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2013 at 7:20pm
^Pretty much any sugar alcohol can cause that. Personally, I've never had any issues with 'em, but my mother can't even lick something with a sugar alcohol, or she's in the bathroom all night making bean soup.