> On 03/30/2022 9:34 PM goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org > <mailto:goanet-requ...@lists.goanet.org> wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Soda bottles with marble stoppers drill available! Ramune Sodas. > > (Frederick Noronha) 2. Re: Soda bottles with marble stoppers drill > > available! Ramune Sodas. (Jo Birkmeyer) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 02:57:20 +0530 From: Frederick Noronha > > <fredericknoron...@gmail.com <mailto:fredericknoron...@gmail.com>> To: Mel > > de Quadros <ymirconsult...@gmail.com <mailto:ymirconsult...@gmail.com>> > > Cc: Goanet <goa...@goanet.org <mailto:goa...@goanet.org>>, Goans > > <tgo...@googlegroups.com <mailto:tgo...@googlegroups.com>> Subject: Re: > > [Goanet] Soda bottles with marble stoppers drill available! Ramune Sodas. > > Message-ID: > > <CAMCR53KvAAv5jfJKJ1D0a=kc74Pjz1NdiYTJNW8j=1D=-ie...@mail.gmail.com > > <mailto:CAMCR53KvAAv5jfJKJ1D0a=kc74Pjz1NdiYTJNW8j=1D=-ie...@mail.gmail.com>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codd-neck_bottle > > On Wed 30 Mar, 2022, 1:25 AM , <ymirconsult...@gmail.com > > <mailto:ymirconsult...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Those of us who were in Goa in the 1960s or earlier may remember these > > > bottles. > > > I remember the scream from the bottles as the plunger was pushed down on > > > the marble stopper! > > > And I remember breaking such bottles when found to get the marble to play > > > with! > > > Mel > > > https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/ramune-japanese-soda-marble-in-bottle > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Tanzanite 2020" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop > > > receiving emails from it, send an email to > > > tgoans+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > <mailto:tgoans+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on > > > the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tgoans/0441894B-EF74-4183-9398-D04994473913%40gmail.com > > > . > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 21:25:20 +0000 (UTC) From: Jo Birkmeyer > > <jbirkmeye...@yahoo.com <mailto:jbirkmeye...@yahoo.com>> To: > > "ymirconsult...@gmail.com <mailto:ymirconsult...@gmail.com>" > > <ymirconsult...@gmail.com <mailto:ymirconsult...@gmail.com>>, Goanet > > <goa...@goanet.org <mailto:goa...@goanet.org>>, Goans > > <tgo...@googlegroups.com <mailto:tgo...@googlegroups.com>> Cc: Alwyn > > Mendes <alwynmen...@cogeco.ca <mailto:alwynmen...@cogeco.ca>> Subject: Re: > > [Goanet] Soda bottles with marble stoppers drill available! Ramune Sodas. > > Message-ID: <1498416991.754652.1648589120...@mail.yahoo.com > > <mailto:1498416991.754652.1648589120...@mail.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: > > text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > I remember these in Zanzibar. Club soda to add to a ?peg? or two of Johnny > > Walker whiskey. The bottles were chunkier made of thick glass. And I think > > there was a special instrument to push down the marble. > > Alwyn - FYIMel - thanks for the post. Don't remember anyone shared this > > before. Jo > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 2:55 PM, ymirconsult...@gmail.com > > <mailto:ymirconsult...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Those of us who were in Goa in the 1960s or earlier may remember these > > bottles. > > I remember the scream from the bottles as the plunger was pushed down on > > the marble stopper! > > And I remember breaking such bottles when found to get the marble to play > > with! > > Mel > > https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/ramune-japanese-soda-marble-in-bottle > Aloha, > I remember them too! When I came to India for the first time in 1974, they > were still common; when I came again in the early 90s they still existed 'in > the mofussils' in West Bengal and Bihar. They had vanished completely when I > visited in the early 00s. > I recall that they were a feared weapon against the riot police. > Cheers indeed! p+7D!
