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Seeing “Royal Crown Cola” made me smile. I always just called it “RC Cola” but I knew what the RC stood for.

At my local church’s picnics, we always had a ring toss game where you would vie for liters of soft drinks. For some reason (a better deal?), we always had RC Cola, Big Red, & Sprite. I always wanted to win the RC Colas. So usually, I would just to win as many liter bottles I could, and then trade my Big Reds for the “Royal Crown” Colas…

Ahh, takes me back 🤗

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Feb 23, 2022Liked by Marc Stein

Same love for RC - I used to collect the cans when they had the baseball players on them in the 70s and was hooked.

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RC. More evidence we might be related, Greenroom Mama.

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Marc, this is maybe my favorite of your pieces this year. The combination of history, personal angle, and information really drew me into the story.

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Wow. Thanks much for the kind words!

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Feb 23, 2022·edited Feb 23, 2022Liked by Marc Stein

Same. What an amazing cataloguing of the weekend’s festivities.

Pickle ball with Rick Barry is the story I didn’t know I needed in my life. But what a read!

#ThisLeague is something else.

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#thisleague for sure

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