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Old 01-18-2010, 07:40 AM   #1
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i've looked into this a bit more and found that like coke and pepsi, its all owned by the same company. here in canada, esso, petrocanada and pioneer gas stations are owned but the petrocanada company. i dont know about shell.....
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Old 01-18-2010, 01:05 PM   #2
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i've looked into this a bit more and found that like coke and pepsi, its all owned by the same company. here in canada, esso, petrocanada and pioneer gas stations are owned but the petrocanada company. i dont know about shell.....
Coke and Pepsi are not owned by the same company. Coke is owned by The Coca-Cola Company and Pepsi is owned by PepsiCo.
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Old 01-19-2010, 12:39 AM   #3
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This has been an interesting thread.

Started about Synthetic and Petroleum oil and is now about soft drinks.
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I wish I'd had a camera years ago when I saw a sign in front of a convenience store that said:
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Old 01-19-2010, 02:02 PM   #5
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I wish I'd had a camera years ago when I saw a sign in front of a convenience store that said:
"WINE--BEER--KEROSENE"
We still have a few of those around here in the Redneck parts of East Tx.
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Old 01-19-2010, 09:32 AM   #6
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This has been an interesting thread.

Started about Synthetic and Petroleum oil and is now about soft drinks.
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You noticed that too?
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