-> we've a store in a small "hamlet" near by that sells the 2L
inside for 99cen 
-> all the time... they also have the standard drink coolers where you can get  
-> 20's... outside they also have vending machines that sell colder 20's... the 
-> are many times that the clerks will _tell_ you to put the 20 back in the rac 
-> and get one from the machine outside... why? they are colder and they are on 
-> 75cents... still more expensive per oz than by the 2L but a better 
deal... 
  
Most Coke vending machines around here offer 355-mL cans for $1, or 
500-mL resealable plastic bottles for $1.25 (Canadian, of course). I 
think 355 mL is 12 ounces, though whether they're "Imperial" fluid 
ounces (the volume of an ounce (mass) of water), or weird Yankee ones, 
I don't know. The Yankee ones are a tad bigger. 
  
I'm no expert on Coke prices. I buy maybe two bottles a year. Someone 
mentioned that the phosphoric acid in Coke might help bones to heal, so 
I drank a few bottles when I broke my wrist a couple of years ago. It 
healed just fine, but whether that had anything to do with the Coke is 
anyone's guess. 
  
                               dow 
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