|
View My Guestbook  Sign My Guestbook
NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW
NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW
ROY C MEGARGEL
**
MEGARGLE TEXAS ** NEW
BERN NC ** PEPSI
SAVANNAH
PEPSI ATLANTA
**
PEPSI HUNTSVILLE ** and **
WORLD OF COKE!
NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW
NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW
Why?
My wife and I were
talking today and in the course of that discussion I remembered
why I created this site in the first place. It started as
a joke. When I moved to Indiana from Michigan, one of he
things I realized early on, is this... You CAN NOT buy a
cold 6 pack of Pepsi in this state. It simply isn't done
here. That was just plain crazy talk, who ever heard of
such a thing? In fact not only can you not buy a cold 6
pack here, they also don't sell six pack's in convenience
stores, gas stations, local Mom and Pop stores. No sir they
do not... You want a 6 pack.. be it Pepsi or the
soft drink brand of your choice, you have to go to a full
supermarket to get it and then just to add insult to injury,
they only sell em warm off the shelf.
Gone were the days of
stopping off on my way home to grab a cold sixer at the local
corner store, still I had not fully appreciated the full extent
of the insidious master plan devised by the soft drink industry.
It's my belief that they held a dark secret here in the Hoosier
state, the soft drink companies had collaborated with and
subsequently fallen under the control of their secret partners,
for lack of a better term I'll call them "The Hoosier Housewives
Association". Now if I want a 6 pack, I'm forced to
detour from my chosen path and force myself to go to Kroger's to
get it. Yes Kroger's... you see where this is headed
don't you? A quick stop off at the 7/11 has now become an
excursion to Kroger's, your trapped my friend. "Oh are you
stopping for Pop? Good, while your in there would you pick up a
loaf of bread? Thanks... Oh, and could you grab some
lunchmeat?" You knows what she's going to say next and
still your powerless to stop it... "We're out of mustard
grab that too! You might as well pick up some chips to go with
your pop ok? Oh and don't forget that onion dip you like.
If your getting all that, just pick out some fruit for me
instead, maybe grapes or oranges, you decide, just make sure
they're fresh." Already as you pull into the parking lot
you can see they're busy, it's gonna be crowded. She
stops, takes a deep breath and pauses for just a second.
"Honey, while your in there, I'm just running over to the
Hallmark store and maybe the Dollar Store, Ok?" "Oh c'mon
what are you acting so grumpy about? We're just stopping for a
minute to pick up your pop."
Conspiracy,
Plain and simple, I could see it clear as day... the writing was
on the wall but I didn't have the means, the brains or the
training to combat it. Sure I bellowed like a wild animal
and flopped around like a fish out of water for awhile, they
just smiled their amused little smile. The hook was set
too deeply, they knew I wasn't going anywhere.
The rest of the site
grew out of that and continued until the beginnings were lost
and forgotten. This is my great bellow now, these few
pages where I delude myself into thinking it's OK now...
I'm over it. Yep, that's how it started, now if you'll
excuse me I have to go to the store.
Who is "THE" PEPSIHOLIC?
Greetings, I
wanted to start by clearing up a common
misconception. Many visitors here get the impression that I work for Pepsi Co.
However, I have never been employed by Pepsi, nor am I
sponsored by Pepsi. I am merely a
fan and supporter of Pepsi. In fact, even though I
maintain this site, had the newspaper article written about me,
done radio interviews from one coast to the other here in
America, as well as Australia and England. The truth is I
don't even have a inside contact at PepsiCo.
While I do visit
Pepsi Plants and feature them here, I normally just end up
talking to a security guard and once or twice a receptionist.
I've never been invited inside even for a tour. I've never
even spoke to an executive from any of the places I visit.
To the best of my knowledge they may not even know I exist.
Other things I am
not, I'm not
a historian, much
of the information here I picked up by internet research and by reading,
John
Stoddard's "Pepsi Cola 100 Years".
Roger Enrico's
"The Other Guy Blinked"
Walter Mack's
"No Time Lost"
and J.C. Lewis and
Harvey Yazijian's "The Cola Wars"
Also I am not a
collector, I do have a fair amount of cool memorabilia
It's
stuff I have collected when I can find it for fun and
it's reasonably priced. Or gifts from other friends
and family.
Finally there's the matter of my screen
name's... There are quite a few, but the most common are PepsiC,
pronounced Pepsi-C or in some circles pep-sick. Your option, either
way is fine with me. Then there are Sirpepsi, Sirpepsic, Pepsiholic
or just plain Pepsi. To most
people though, I'm simply THE Pepsiholic.
Why do I get to be "THE" PEPSIHOLIC?
I have
been quoted saying, I am not "a" Pepsiholic", I am
"THE" Pepsiholic! I feel fairly secure in that claim
for a couple of reasons.
When I began this site a few years ago, I had pretty much
determined I wanted it to be a Haven for Pepsiholic's, so I
started to search for for them on the internet. When I
typed in "Pepsiholic" to a search engine, NOTHING happened!!! Nothing!
I eventually searched out a couple Pepsi Fan sites but there
were none listed as "Pepsiholics" So I decided to change that
and began building this site and registered with a few
search engines. Then I bought the domain name
www.pepsiholic.com as well as
www.sirpepsi.com and set them both up to bring you here. So Today
you can search directly on Pepsiholic and find quite a
number of
hits. Granted, most of them still come back to me or are
on other pages that refer to me. But...it is spreading and we are growing....
There are more and more of us out there..... I am honored to have
contributed my little piece of internet history.
Then as far
as I know I may be the only fan to be tracked down by both
writers and and radio stations for my dedication to Pepsi (or
some would say obsession) I mentioned those earlier. One
led to the other, it started woth an idea one writer had to find
the most dedicated fan of either Coke or Pepsi he could find and
try to figure out what makes people like us tick. That
resulted in
"Confessions of a Pepsiholic", which
he had published in a Chicago paper called "The
Chicago Reader".
Exactly what "IS" a
Pepsiholic?
All my life I have been a
serious Pepsi drinker. That's what I drink. Simple
and easy. I want a nice simple "Ice Cold Bottle of
Pepsi"... 20 or 24 Oz ... either one is fine, whichever
is handy. It really
is, JUST...THAT...SIMPLE. Trying to convey that simple message is
where I seem to have some trouble. So let me clarify for
the record.
No Thank
you,
I DO NOT
want a glass of water, a glass of milk or juice.
I DO NOT
want a cup of
coffee or a cup of tea, save your lemonade, Kool-Aid,
Gator Aid or any other kind of aid you might find to pour.
I DO NOT
want a can... too small and I don't like the opening.
I DO NOT
want a Big Slam with the giant neck on the bottle...or the
monster 2 liter bottle that would never stay cold long enough to finish.
I DO NOT
want a fountain drink, I would surely spill the cup and
they just are not driver friendly, not to mention...
I DO NOT
want ice! Why would I dilute Cola perfection? Oh and by the
way... Thanks but no thanks
I DO NOT
want a glass, I like it straight from bottle, just the way it is.
SO WHAT DO I REALLY WANT?
Like I said before, just a "Bottle of Ice Cold Pepsi".
20 or 24 OZ bottle, whichever is handy. Pretty simple huh.
Hey, I'm a flexible guy, I made the change from
glass to plastic.....eventually. Although I admit they were
right, the glass does get colder, but if we were to go back to
glass now I would miss the caps and the ability to sneak one in
almost everywhere I go.
(I am pleased to announce that I
have am growing in my flexibility and have added Vanilla Pepsi
to my staple. 20 or 24 ounce bottle)
Recent Update: Aug 05
I've decided to end my run.
I always said if
it interfered with my health in any way I'd give it up. At
my age arthritis and cholesterol can both be an issue and while
drinking nothing but Pepsi full time, I just can't peel off the
excess pounds I'd like. So while my doctor has never
suggested that I stop, or ever really been concerned about my
weight. I want to be very clear on that point.
After more than
twenty years, I decided on my own that starting today on my 55th
birthday to reintroduce water, juices and the rest back
into my normal diet. "NOT" that I will ever completely
give up my Pepsi, but it will now become the exception not the
rule.
In my heart and
mind I will forever be "THE" Pepsiholic. Honestly, I don't
see that record being broken any time soon. The only
question that remains? After all these years, what should
I try first?
|
