Reading, seeing and hearing Part 2

[HaleyB]

How much chocolate does it take and does tequila make it happen faster?

Everyone can send the chocolate to me, I will get it all together and make sure Webmasterkathy gets it.

 

[KathyTX]

How much chocolate does it take and does tequila make it happen faster?

Not much as long as it's dark, and definitely.

 

[FSUMARCHIEF]

Y'all just have no idea how long it took me to get that avatar at the right size - actually, i couldn't get it - I think it was Lou who did it for me.

Please, please, please, don't go changing my avatar!!!!

Blessings!
MarkyMark

 

[HaleyB]

Last edited by FSUMARCHIEF : Today at 09:01 PM. Reason: Don't make me open up a can of "just wait until the weekend after Thanksgiving!"

All I have to say to that is


bring it on!

 

[sheridac]

All right peeps!!! I am outie. So, in case I don't have time in the ayem, and if I can manage to have enough self-control to refrain from dissing and driving whilst drinking , here is tomorrow's morning shout-out.

Morning Shout Out ~

Tinkles, La{{{slurp}}} horseybabyborgtwinsister, melly, jenjenjen, poohbear, gramgram, amy, haley, yak, kimmie, ash, jamal, frick, rhonda, NM, Sidmyborglil'sis!!!!!, SNAP, Shelby, Donna, MP, Wendy, Gerri
boys-mark, hichappie, jwsweetie, louie, eddie, steven, hoopster, knitit, masterg, ozzie and La'sDH(Hi there!)

and for any I may have unintentionally, inadvertently left out......

CONSIDER YOURSELVES SHOUTED AT!!!

Now. Maybe I will check in. And maybe I won't. But. The bat phone is at the ready. So. I will be watching. 'Cause who am I kidding??? I have NO self-control!!!

Also~

****DISCLAIMER****

I am not assuming any responsibility whatsoever for any posts I may make over the next 72 hours.

Just sayin'.

 

[FSUMARCHIEF]

All I have to say to that is


bring it on!

Haley - please tell me you're not a gator fan too!

Blessings!
MarkyMark

 

[Loubon]

Hey everyone (not shouting, just saying) here's a walk by post (I would say drive by but then it would be like everyone else and then it would be, well you know.....)


I'm off to cause trouble in the windy city the next few days and then off to meet some of my Angel friends in Pittsburgh. So if you don't see me here for the next few days (cause I thought it was tacky to ask my BIL who we are staying with for the first leg of the tour if he had a wireless network) you can rest assured that I:

• Did not get banned for punching a fellow DISer in the head.
• Did not get pushed down to page 5 by games, exchanges and the new Adam Sandler movie (think about that one for a moment, you'll get it)
• Did not get abucted and taken away to cLOUn college (nothing gets by me Amy... )
• Did not go in search of our favorite mascot clown and ask him what that white spot was in the picture. I can post it again if anyone would like. Someone? Anyone? Bueller? Grammy?
• Did not start shopping early for Pongo's wedding. (What do you get for the girl who has Turkey pokers or stickers or whatever they were called?)
• Did not leave because Zzub left.
• Did not leave because MG came back.
• Did not leave at all. After all being associated with 2 of the 5 example threads, that makes me the biggest loser here so we all know I can't leave.

I too have a bat phone and a wireless laptop so I figure by Friday I'll be at a Starbucks somewhere with the shakes so I'm sure I will be around. I just didn't want Horsey to revive the "where is Lou?" thread because then people would say who is Lou and then that would hurt my self esteem.

 

[paslea_pooh]

Eddie, where's your cruise report? hooP and Pooh, are we going to get more installments from the poopy trip? Soon?
TTYL!

Susan,

hooP and I spent the day at the emergency room yesterday. I was severely dehydrated and had to get pumped up with fluids. hooP went back to work today, so he should have loads of time to work on the trip report.

Everyone Else....

I hope all you crazies are well.

I got a very nice follow up PM from WMKathy. Thanks Kathy. She explained some stuff . She was extremely kind. I apologized for being a B!tch to her. She accepted my apology. All is well.



I'll talk to you guys soon. I'm off to get me some Gatorade.

Fluids Fluids Fluids !!!!!

Hey I'd sent a buttload of chocolate and tequila for the MarkyMark Avatar Change.

Tequila Makes Her Clothes Come off !!!!

 

[GADISNEYGIRL]

Susan,

hooP and I spent the day at the emergency room yesterday. I was severely dehydrated and had to get pumped up with fluids. hooP went back to work today, so he should have loads of time to work on the trip report.

Everyone Else....

I hope all you crazies are well.

I got a very nice follow up PM from WMKathy. Thanks Kathy. She explained some stuff . She was extremely kind. I apologized for being a B!tch to her. She accepted my apology. All is well.



I'll talk to you guys soon. I'm off to get me some Gatorade.

Fluids Fluids Fluids !!!!!

Hey I'd sent a buttload of chocolate and tequila for the MarkyMark Avatar Change.

Tequila Makes Her Clothes Come off !!!!

Gosh, PP! Sure hope you are feeling better! Sounds like Mexico wasn't such a fabulous vacation spot! See, stick with WDW!!! You can't go wrong there!!!

 

[Grammyof2]

I am doing a crawl by posting (so as not to be out done by Lou)

I have been crazy busy at the estate, between kids, grandkids, family, friends, strangers, and a bunch of Canadians. I haven't abandoned this group, or whatever we are called these days. I have one eye on you all.

So

Later Gators. Will be returning to the insanity soon.

 

[pongoperdigirl]

[*]Did not start shopping early for Pongo's wedding. (What do you get for the girl who has Turkey pokers or stickers or whatever they were called?)

Uh Lou...you better get shopping!!!!
You don't have much time.

(they are turkey lifters by the way)

I can give an address in which to send the presents

 

[HaleyB]

I'll talk to you guys soon. I'm off to get me some Gatorade.

Fluids Fluids Fluids !!!!!

Hey I'd sent a buttload of chocolate and tequila for the MarkyMark Avatar Change.

Tequila Makes Her Clothes Come off !!!!

Geesh Baby, take care of yourself.

Hey, can anyone tell me the history of Gatorade?? Mark? LillyGator?

 

[FSUMARCHIEF]

Geesh Baby, take care of yourself.

Hey, can anyone tell me the history of Gatorade?? Mark? LillyGator?

I couldn't tell you. We drink powerade up in Tallahassee. Its much better.

Blessings!
MarkyMark

 

[Miss Jasmine]

I couldn't tell you. We drink powerade up in Tallahassee. Its much better.

Blessings!
MarkyMark

It is not better. The original will always be the best!

 

[Minnie_Moo]

Gatorade

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gatorade is a non-carbonated sports drink marketed by Quaker Oats Company. Originally made for athletes, it is now often consumed by non-athletes as a snack beverage. The drink is intended to rehydrate and to replenish the carbohydrates (using sucrose and glucose) and electrolytes (sodium and potassium salts) depleted during aerobic exercise, especially in warmer climates.

History

Gatorade was created by Dr. Robert Cade, Dr. Alex DeQuesada, Dr. Dana Shires and Dr. Jim Free at the University of Florida in 1965 for the school's football team and given the university's athletic nickname, the Gators. Dr. Cade entered into an agreement with the Indianapolis-based fruit and vegetable canning company Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. (S-VC) to produce the product, which he had already patented. In 1973 Cade and S-VC settled a lawsuit with the University of Florida, which had claimed the University owned the rights for the drink's formula. Since that time the University has received more than $80 million in Gatorade royalties.

Only a year after its commercial introduction Gatorade was reformulated, as its initial recipe contained the sweetener cyclamate, which was banned by the FDA. [1]

The Gators football team used Gatorade officially in 1967 and went on to win their first Orange Bowl title. They beat Georgia Tech, whose coach when asked why they lost replied: "We didn't have Gatorade. That made the difference." Gatorade was used officially in 1969 by the Kansas City Chiefs, who attributed their Super Bowl title of that year to the University of Florida sports drink.

Marketed with dramatically perspiring athletic imagery, the drink became popular with non-athletes, and dietetic and low-sodium versions were added to the Gatorade product lineup.

The Quaker Oats Company bought S-VC in 1983, after a bidding war with rival Pillsbury. Quaker licensed manufacturing of Gatorade in some worldwide markets to PepsiCo, but sued Pepsi in Australia in 1998, alleging Pepsi had misappropriated Gatorade trade secrets to manufacture its own sports drink, All Sport. Quaker won the Australian case [2]. In August 2001, Pepsico acquired Quaker (after another bidding war, this time with arch rival Coca-Cola). Both bidders valued Quaker largely because of the Gatorade brand.

In 1998, Gatorade switched from using glass bottles to using plastic bottles in the United States. Glass bottles are still used in some markets.

Along with Johnson & Johnson, Gatorade is one of the founding sponsors of the National Athletic Trainers' Association. It is also the official sports drink of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Women's National Basketball Association, NBA Development League, and many other pro and college organizations, providing supplies of the drinks to the teams in all flavors available.

The Gatorade dunk

The Gatorade dunk is a sports tradition involving dumping a cooler full of liquid (most commonly Gatorade) over a coach's (or occasionally star player or owner's) head following a meaningful win. The tradition began with the New York Giants football team in the mid-80s. According to several sources, including Jim Burt of the Giants, it began on October 28th, 1984, when Burt performed the action on Bill Parcells after being angered over the coach's treatment of him that week. The Gatorade website claims the tradition began during the 1985-87 Giant season, although this is more likely the time the phenomenon gained national attention. Parcells would be doused after seventeen victories that season, culminating with Super Bowl XXI.

In 2005, ESPN sports business writer Darren Rovell, published a book entitled First in Thirst: How Gatorade Turned the Science of Sweat into a Cultural Phenomenon, a history of Gatorade, in which he, among other things, documented the story behind the Gatorade dunking phenomenon.

In this context, the word Gatorade is often used as a verb, as in to "Gatorade the coach".

Composition

The original Gatorade contained water, sucrose (table sugar) and glucose-fructose syrups, citric acid, sodium chloride (table salt), sodium citrate, monopotassium phosphate, and flavoring/coloring ingredients. It supplies 127 mg/l of potassium and 464 mg/l of sodium, and 59 g/l of carbohydrates (in the form of sugars). The current (2006) Gatorade panel claims that Gatorade rehydrates athletes better than water because the flavor makes it easier to drink. The Gatorade also contains carbohydrates that are needed that water does not have along with needed electrolytes, potassium and sodium.

Gatorade also markets an Energy Formula and an Endurance Formula. The Energy Formula was introduced in 2000 and contains more monosaccharides and carbohydrate for quick available energy needed during athletic competition. As a result, this formula is sweeter than regular Gatorade. It comes in 12-fluid ounce plastic bottles in the U.S. The Endurance Formula contains more of the electrolytes than the typical Gatorade formula, and was introduced in 2004. The added electrolytes are necessary for replenishing what the body sweats out during extended periods of exertion, especially in hot weather. Because of this, the Endurance Formula tastes saltier than original Gatorade. In 2006, Gatorade introduced its Rain flavor line, which features a lighter, watery taste similar to its Propel line.

In 2000, Gatorade introduced Propel Fitness Water. Propel Fitness Water is sweetened with sucrose syrup, sucralose and acesulfame potassium, so as to have less food energy per serving than Gatorade. It was marketed for those who are more concerned with simply rehydrating than with gaining energy. Propel has the same electrolytes as Gatorade, along with some vitamins. Propel Fitness Water with Calcium was introduced in 2006.

Gatorade revealed the Gatorade line Energy Bar in 1999. This energy bar was Gatorade's first foray into solid foods, and was introduced to compete with PowerBar and Clif Bar. Gatorade Energy Bars contain a large proportion of protein in addition to its carbohydrates. The bar is mainly made up of puffed grains and rice syrup, common components of energy bars.

Gatorade Sports Science Institute

The Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) is a facility for researching athletics, hydration, and the "science of sweat". The headquarters are in Barrington, Illinois and were established in 1988. The facility has laboratories especially for studying nutrition, exercise physiology, and biochemistry.

Competition

Gatorade's main competition is POWERade, made by the Coca-Cola Company. Kool-Aid also holds a fair share of potential sports drink consumers. All Sport is a competitor marketed by Monarch Beverage Company, of Atlanta, Georgia. All Sport was marketed by PepsiCo until 2001, when Gatorade's maker, the Quaker Oats Company was acquired by PepsiCo. All Sport was sold off to the Monarch Beverage Company soon after.

Outside the United States the Lucozade energy drink (manufactured since 1927 by the pharmaceutical company now known as GlaxoSmithKline) competes with Gatorade and Powerade. Lucozade's formulation differs in that it uses primarily glucose.

 

[Loubon]

Thank you Minnie Moogle er I mean Google er I mean.....nevermind.

 

[jamal]

Pooh baby, I wish you a quick return to the land of the hydrated!

The kids have been wanting their mama so my Dis time has been short these two days. I have stepped into some of the CB junk and received a nice PM from Kathy, too. I just want to play. I also just posted another trip report chapter.

Grammy, watch the beach crowd and keep them out of your brownies.

Amy, are you really coming to see me? Please??????

The well is dry tonight so I will just say Maelstrom to you all. You are my fastpass!!!!

 

[HaleyB]

Gatorade brings everyone out to play. I will have to remember that

Geesh Lou, no pictures of clowns with sports drinks?

 

[Minnie_Moo]

Thank you Minnie Moogle er I mean Google er I mean.....nevermind.

Just figured I ought to "Moogle" Gatorade since Sheridac is outie for a while and none of the other frequent Googlers were quick to respond.

Plus, I'm neither a Gator nor a 'nole, though I once spent the summer in Seminole, Florida.

 

[HaleyB]

OMGosh. The senseless violence is just shocking.

(couldn't find a clown/Gatorade picture)