Does anyone remember back in the early ’90s when Hi-C made Ghostbusters-themed orange juice that was green? Ecto-cooler, I think it was called.
Memories…
-Farva
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This can only end poorly for Barbie
Sometimes Barbie reminds me of a guy asking “Where y’all goin’?” as the EOD guys run past him at full speed.
Remember, the back of the shirt reads “If you can read this, try to keep up”.
Dude, Ecto-cooler was the best! It used to come in those neon green squeeze boxes back in the mid-80′s. My mom was cool enough to give me those for lunch back in school. Good memories indeed, haha.
hazmat
I vaguely remember those. My parents were cheap so I didnt get to have alot of that cool stuff.
And in reference to the Member’s Section (STS), The Little Mermaid was probably the biggest reason I have a redhead fetish now. Thanks Disney…………….
Im in the same boat
Oh then you missed her with the Sexy Disney Princesses at Comic Con; http://mydisguises.com/2010/10/07/sexy-disney-princesses-by-greg-de-stefano/
Just keep it out of the eyes.
STS
That’s my kind of coffee!
Ah, yes memories!! Thanks Farva!! Put a smile on my face
Barbie is going to piss Ninja Turtles
That would be awesome.
Looks like someone tried to reverse-engineer Mr. Fusion back into a coffee maker..
Bananas and soup cans into coffee? I mean everyone knows you can run a DeLorean that flys (“Where we’re going we don’t need roads’ lol) on a Mr. Fusion but coffee?
Aye. I think someone is gonna be crappin bricks of plutonium sometime soon.. D:
I emailed Coca-cola (makers of Hi-C) to ask about ecto cooler. They were like, “Um, yeah, how old are you?! We stopped making it like 10 years ago.” But the flavor that’s closest now is Orange Lavaburst. Ahh, memories.
I remember that stuff! Speaking of Ninja Turtles (re: Black Optimus’ comment) anyone remember the Ninja Turtle pies? They were like those convenience store individual apple pie turnover type things, but I think they had green frosting or something. We used to ride our bikes down to the Shopette on Tinker AFB and buy them. Ahhh, the good ol’ days…
Aha! More like a cream pie than an apple pie. In the words of Celine Dion, it’s all coming back to me noooow…
http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0898/
(What did we do before Google?!)
Oh crap! I completely forgot about those. They were great.
AAAHHHHHH! I remember those! They had green goop inside that tasted like lemon or something. And they came with stickers or tatoos, I dont know.
Gotta dig it up, but there’s a youtube vid on turning Mountain Dew to a glow stick that teh color reminded me of…
That whole thing was a hoax. It’s even been Myth-BUSTED.
So, evidently when things are radioactive enough to glow, it doesn’t glow green. It glows a very eerie shade of blue. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Advanced_Test_Reactor.jpg
Which, of course, makes it extra-good for Air Force coffee!
Compared to ER coffee, that stuff is panzy. Of course, I think the coffee in the WHMC ER is like the holy grail of strong coffee. I hear they inject that when adrinaline shots don’t work.
I worked at WHMC (Human Resources) for 17 years and I’ve heard horror stories about the ER’s coffee!
Mom, he means Wilford Hall Medical Center (Lackland AFB), not West Houston.
Adroit as always Farva. Spent a lot of time there, unfortionately.
Oops.
I think its cool that Farva’s Mom is on here
Nothing beats mixing Mt Dew and Red Bull. Or shotgunning Monster drinks.
But I had a killer PT score that year………….
Bah, you haven’t lived until you had a coffee blend made by one of our local custom roasers. It is named Widowmaker.
Or the ORI energy mix from MRE remnants……..shudder
I’ve done those too. Instant coffee, mocha powder, chocolate milk powder, cream and sugar. Lots of sugar. All in about 6 oz of water. Doubles as a super laxative to help get that MRE food moving.
I made a reputation for myself in my squadron by taking the Folgers instant coffee packets like really dry shots in our squadron’s control center a few exercises ago. Pour into mouth, chug from canteen to wash it down.
Mind you, I only do that if i don’t have *good* caffeine available.
This brings back memories of Warrior Week in Basic. Better than falling asleep on guard duty…
I usually dose myself with one of those concentrated energy drinks (I like the “Mana Potions” the best!) before a PT test (not the big Monsters, because nobody needs all that dead weight slugging around in their belly). The key is to figure out the timing so that you have the rush while you work out, but so that you don’t hit the caffeine crash before you finish your test.
Not to mention the perfect dosage… if you go too much your heart rate is too high and it slows you down… especially if not accompanied with a ton of water. I personally just drink 5 hours, they tend to not cause a crash
Dude, Ecto-Cooler was awesome. I need to find some way to make it at home, so that my kids can share in that experience one day… Also, nothing will ever beat the coffee in a flightline break room when the Crew Chiefs are on 12′s. I’m pretty sure none of us should be alive…
It would be cool if they re-released it as a special edition for the upcoming Ghostbusters movie…
Years ago when I worked the Renaissance Faire in So. Cal. we had a drink made from Ecto cooler and everclear. It was called “Achtung!”
When my dad was in med school, al looooong time ago, he would host a pre-St Patricks Day party and spike the punch with methlyn (sp) blue. Green pee the following morning. HA
Ahhh yess, old chemistry department PJ parties… a few additives were available and you could void a rainbow of colors.
Also, given the period, always avoided the brownies, either bearing THC or phenolthalene or both.
Oddly enough, the Chrenobyl anniversary didn’t come to my mind until you brought it up, Farva. Should I feel unobservant?
I just feel Young
My dad (USN Ret @ 28 years) has broken several coffee pots. He goes through a large tub of coffee every three days. He will load (not fill, load) the filter with coffee, pack it down to where you need a pneumatic press to get water through, then adds some more. Good stuff though. Pretty sure you can run everything on the planet at once off a cup of that stuff.
The fandom conventions down in Texas have some crazy energy mixes that the constaff brews to help them run the convention (the assumption being that if they are important at all, they probably won’t get any solid sleep for four days straight). At AggieCon, we had Damn, Hot Damn, Holy Damn, and F****! as various energy concoctions made by different people. Damn, despite being a pale powder, should *NOT* be snorted like cocaine. You don’t get warnings like that unless someone tried it.
I should have known! Ecto-Cooler has it’s own Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ecto-Cooler/38406359650
Redline. This stuff was nuts. I think you can still get it at GNC. Warning label says not to drink more than two a day. Saw what happened when someone drank two back to back before a wing dodgeball tournament. **lol** Speedy Gonzalez on meth is what happened!