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Hello SURGE fans and welcome to the 87th edition of SaveSURGE News! We’re the fully loaded kids your mother warned you about.
Remember when store shelves were fully loaded with delicious SURGE? Give our friends at Coca-Cola a call toll-free at 1-800-GET-COKE and tell them you want a return to the glory days of 1997-2002! We also encourage you to contact your local bottler and tell them the same thing. For more information visit our Coca-Cola Directory at:
http://www.savesurge.org/surge/help_coke.shtml.
Sightings Report
 There were 2 new SURGE Sightings reported since the last edition of SaveSURGE News. They are in Chicago, IL and Pleasantville, NJ. As you may remember, Chicago was just taken off the list a few weeks back so who knows how long it will last. As for the Pleasantville listing, we were informed by George over at Soda Favorites that a Mobil station in town actually had expired 2 liter bottles for sale! George bought out the supply but the store manager said he does get them in from time to time.
Sadly, there were 3 deletions in Trumbull, CT: Massillon, OH and Darien, WI.
Currently, there are 136 SURGE Sightings listed. Thank you SURGE fans for keeping an eye out for your favorite soda!
For more info, visit SURGE Sightings at:
http://www.savesurge.org/surge/sightings.shtml
Radio Commercial Hits the Airwaves
The moment we have waited for arrived at approximately 5:30 PM eastern on 2/23/04. The SaveSURGE.org radio commercial got its first airplay on HOT 92.1 FM in Harrisburg, PA!
It was definitely a thrill to hear the ad and hopefully it will bring SaveSURGE.org many new visitors and volunteers. The commercial will run each weekday between the hours of 3-10PM through 3/5/04. The plan is to run it again for a time in the spring.
You can hear the commercial online at:
http://www.savesurge.org/surge/radio_commercial.shtml
JP Charts SURGE Sightings as a Stock
 JP is a very talented businessman who works in the financial industry. He decided to take our SURGE Sightings list and analyze its ups and downs, much like you would with your favorite stock.
He looked at our current list of Sightings (as of 2/20/04) and also went through each of our previous 86 editions of SaveSURGE News to get the date. He then created some excellent charts and reports to show us the trends.
It’s quite an interesting read and you can find it in our For the Love of SURGE section at:
http://www.savesurge.org/surge/jp_stock.shtml
Thanks to JP for his great work!
Will Writes 23 Letters for SURGE
 Will is a longtime contributor to the site and is also the proud owner of an authentic SURGE Checker cab that he won in the Fully Loaded Summer contest back in 1997. He has put a lot of effort into locating the other 38 cabs that were given away by Coca-Cola and its bottlers that year.
He decided to write to 23 Coke bottlers around the country hoping to find more information about their giveaways and to let them know how much he wants SURGE back.
Check out his letter in our Letter Archive located at:
http://www.savesurge.org/surge/help_letter_archive.shtml
Thanks to Will for his help! We hope you are able to locate each and every cab!
Poll Results – Just Say No to Diet Sodas
The latest SURGE Poll asked you: Do you like diet sodas?
79.6% - No
20.3% - Yes
Total Votes: 103
I have to say, I agree with the majority of SURGE fans who do not enjoy the taste of diet sodas in general. For instance, I had a sip of Diet Coke with Lime the other day. Just one sip and the diet aftertaste stayed with me for a very long time! They do have a place in the world but apparently not with SURGE drinkers.
That’s all the time we have for this week. Keep up the great work SURGE fans! One day we will bring it back!
Sincerely,
Eric Karkovack
Co-Webmaster
www.savesurge.org
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