> My friend, Laszlo, who has been a scout leader for a few years is of
> the impression that it will be one big "rainbow connection" with straight,
> gay, bi, transexual, ambisexual, etx. all under the same tent. I wouldn't
> want to supervise that varied a bunch who are in the learning and trying
> new stuff phase of growing up.

Certainly not.  Sounds like a recipe for trouble (no pun intended!).

>  MP> regional.  You are not too far north of one of those "regional" areas.
>  MP> Excel Bottling is somewhere in Southern Illiois -- Breese, I think.
>  MP> Other hotspots include Evansville, IN; South Central Ohio; and South
>  MP> Central/Western Kentucky.

> Breese is in the St. Louis Metro-East area - so, 8 or so miles from me.

They bottle most of the glass bottled Ski and Double Cola that one would
find available in this area, now that Greensburg Bottling is no more.

>  MP> Coke pretty much ran Double Cola out of its former Kentucky region,
>  MP> when they bought out Greensburg Bottling, but Ski is still around (and
>  MP> is now distributed locally by Ale-8-One).

> Ski, IIRC, is a lemon-ginger product and similar to Ale-8. Hmmmmmm.

Ski is a citrus soda.  Mountain Dew and Mello Yello are like it, except it
has (at least some) real lemon and orange juice in it, and it tastes better.

> I wish there was a local presence of Cheer wine (cherry) soda. I first
> met it in North Carolina where it's a regional favourite.

I can find that here locally, in glass bottles, at Kroger stores.  It is a
little pricey here, though.

Fun fact:  Cheerwine is based on a cola that was originally created in
Maysville, Kentucky.  The Cheerwine folks acquired the formula and added the
cherry flavoring, making it a hit.

Last time I was through the Carolinas I was also able to find Red Rock
Cola, which is another treat.

Mike


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