Board Thread:Watercooler 2.0/@comment-6198648-20130228045108/@comment-6191693-20130703171707

Coke is better there for the same reason it's better almost anywhere outside of the US -- in the US, we have "Coca-Cola Classic," which did not come out until 1985 and which uses high fructose corn syrup (a chemical about which I could rant for hours) instead of real sugar like it used to (because the corn syrup is cheaper), while high fructose corn syrup is illegal in most other countries (because it's so poisonous), so they still have the real, pre-1985 recipe with real cane sugar just about anywhere else.

Really anything at all that you can tell me is helpful. Even if you don't tell me anything I don't already know, hearing a personal experience is one of the most helpful things for me -- the things you notice and the way you notice them. I'm especially interested in the sorts of animals you may have seen while you were out of the city -- I know of a lot of different animals that live in the area, but I have no idea which ones are really common to see and which ones are pretty much only ever seen by nature show documentarians.