2-Liter Bottles Of Soda -- Hidden Meaning?

[kamiam]

<< pretty soon they will be stocking the 2-litre bottles in the coolers at convenience stores.

years ago, they started with 8oz, then 12oz, then 16oz, etc. now they're up to 1-litre bottles. >>

around my area most have already started

 

[rgwalt]

<< I'd say pressure inside Coke bottle can get up to as high as 30psi on hot days. multiply that by area of bottom(pi r^2). >>



Try around 80 to 100 psi... I think that is what the bottles are rated to, and they can probably hold much more than that.

Ryan

 

[Nemesis77]

<< Somewhat on topic 😀 >>



Ah yes, The Onion at it's finest 🙂. I immediately thought about that when I started reading this thread 🙂

 

[GigaCluster]

<< Anyone remember when soda can's were like soup cans. Same on top as they were on the bottom, Both top and bottom soldered on. And the side's were smooth?


I thought not... 😉

I used to use them for tennis ball cannon's. That was "COOL".. 🙂 >>


can's should be cans.
side's should be sides.
cannon's should be cannons.
Only use an apostrophe to indicate ownership. Making something plural, you just tack on an "s".

*sigh*
Just a small pet peeve.

 

[JC]

I've seen the 3-liter bottles in Pa. as recently as earlier this year....only on off-brand soda, though.
Seems like there were 64-ounce plastic bottles right before the 2-liters came out. Anyone remember this?

JC

 

[tweakmm]

<< Nyah and I were discussing the design on the bottom of most 2-liter soda bottles. I said that I felt it was a daisy (find an empty bottle and look down inside of it) because it had 5 "pettles" and an inner part as well.
>>


pass the bong man...

 

[RossMAN]

I've only found 3 liter bottles of pop/soda (to appease both crowds) in the southeastern U.S.

 

[jschner]

Anyone here ever try putting a bag of Planters Salted peanuts in the tall 16 oz Pepsi bottle? YUM! Those were the days.

 

[brtspears2]

All I can say is no deposit, no return

 

[Ameesh]

<< We will buy controlling stock in every beverage company and force them to follow suit. We are very confident. Did I mention that we own a small nation? If the people of this country don't like the newly sized product, we'll simply declare war. We will bury you." >>




i love the onion 😀

 

[Wheezer]

I actually work for a soda manufacturing plant (Pepsi) and I have also toured several facilities both can and bottle makers.

When 2 liter bottles were first developed they were rounded at the bottom, and would not stand up so they put a "cup" on the bottom. A bottle, a pop bottle anyway starts out as a form that looks like a test tube. They are then put into basically a big oven called a blow-molder. As they go inside two halves of a form are clamped around them and they are heated to a high temp. As they heat up a short burst of air is blown inside and you have a bottle. This is all done in a matter of seconds.

As technology for developing these bottles got better they made forms that had "feet" in the bottom and they also started making the plastic thinner and thinner, making the bottle thinner and removing the cups at the bottom made it even cheaper to make. There are slight differences between manufaturers and although the feet may look the same they are not. Otherwise there would be copy right infringements.


As far as cans go they are punched out of huge sheets of aluminum by presses that could shake a city block. Im not kidding these things are HUGE for the small form they put out. Anyway they eventually end up as a small tuna can then are put into another machine that punches them out and streches them to a 12oz can size after that the go through a coating process and coat the inside and out side of the can. If the can was not coated inside the acid in the pop would eath through the aluminum and the can would leak. Then a paint is applied 2-3 layers at a time an then you have a can.

The tops are not applied until they get to pop manufactuing plant and that process to fill and top a can takes about 10 seconds. The cans go from a filling machine to a seamer that puts the lid on and spins the can sealing it tight at a high speed. Usually about 1200-1250 cans a minute.

So in answer to your question no there is no meaning.

 

[J3anyus]

<< Anyone remember when soda can's were like soup cans. Same on top as they were on the bottom, Both top and bottom soldered on. >>



I don't think they'd solder on the tops of soda cans, since soda cans don't need to be electrically conductive 😛