permazorch: Re: Energy drinks - why?

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 13:43:38 EST

Does anybody have an alternative view or experiences on this? And any suggestions on legal stimulants?
All I've got are standards. and time-consuming, at that.

A little excercise -- Take a 20 minute run/fastwalk.

port1080: Energy drinks - why?

Sat, 7 Oct 2006 11:48:19 EST
I'm a grad student, with the irregular schedule and feast/famine workload that that entails. Some weeks I have plenty of time, some weeks I'm trying to grade a hundred essays, study for a mid-term and write two papers. Those weeks, sleep is usually deeme

Acefantastik: Bar-employee view

Thu, 5 Oct 2006 04:49:15 EST
So, I work in a hipster bar here in Portland. We don't sell energy drinks of any brand. (Disclosure: I enjoy Red Bulls and their knockoffs plenty of times a month.)
The reason is that a majority of people who order energy-type b

Thalia: Re: Too Late For Me

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:54:13 EST
Actually, it is often referred to in bars and other places as "liquid cocaine" so the marketing guy was just "in touch" with the youth market. That said, I've tried these "energy drinks" exactly once and it tastes like cough syrup. Yuck.

permazorch: In 1995, in the Czech Republic, there was

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:58:55 EST
Semtex.
It was awful: in bad taste, and nasty tasting.

keta: Too Late For Me

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:48:46 EST
In my commercial fishing days it was not uncommon, in the late afternoon, for me to brew a fresh pot of coffee and power-slurp the whole thing in an effort to both stay awake and stay safe. Sleep deprivation was a real enemy, since you would average

1fastdog: they're just dumb.

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:30:20 EST
From the first link in the w/up:
We created Cocaine, in large part, because those that analyze the energy drink industry itself described energy drinks as "Speed in a Can" and "Liquid Cocaine." We thought, Why beat around the bush?" Why not just cal

eduardo: Subject is too long (max is 50 characters).

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:14:35 EST
Coke should sue them for trademark infringement.

port1080: Energy drinks - why?

Acefantastik: Bar-employee view

Thalia: Re: Too Late For Me

permazorch: In 1995, in the Czech Republic, there was

keta: Too Late For Me

1fastdog: they're just dumb.

eduardo: Subject is too long (max is 50 characters).

Cocaine -- The Legal (If Not Objectionable) Alternative. (Trees And Things)

Iunebrave: Re: Cocaine -- The Legal (If Not Objectionable) A

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permazorch: Re: Energy drinks - why?