janeinbama
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Location: Alabama
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Post by janeinbama on Oct 16, 2020 17:03:18 GMT
By the end of 2020. They are not my favorite, but are a sentimental favorite. My maternal Grandmother was all about some TaB, so consequently the grandchildren acquired a taste for it. I'm going to try and fine a 12 pack.
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Post by MichyM on Oct 16, 2020 17:05:00 GMT
Oh gosh, I remember that from way back in the 70's. I probably only drank it a handful of times, but the commercials were just so perfect for that point in time.
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Post by elaine on Oct 16, 2020 17:05:29 GMT
I haven’t seen Tab in ages. I grew up drinking it. It is a sentimental favorite, to be sure!
I’ll just be happy when Coke starts producing caffeine-free Diet Coke in cans again.
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Post by lesley on Oct 16, 2020 17:06:23 GMT
I vaguely remember TaB. Is it also a cola flavoured drink?
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Post by elaine on Oct 16, 2020 17:07:35 GMT
I vaguely remember TaB. Is it also a cola flavoured drink? Yes. It was the first diet cola/diet Coke. |
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Post by hop2 on Oct 16, 2020 17:08:13 GMT
Didn’t they get rid of it before then brought it back?
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Post by auntkelly on Oct 16, 2020 17:10:51 GMT
I had no idea Tab was still being made!
Tab is the second diet drink I remember. The first was Fresca.
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peabay
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Post by peabay on Oct 16, 2020 17:11:36 GMT
We always had it in our house when I was growing up. I never drank it but it's definitely a symbol of the 70s.
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Post by peano on Oct 16, 2020 17:16:41 GMT
Yes drank many a Tab back in the day. My mom’s hairdresser used to keep the small bottles in her salon and they were kept so cold they starting partially freezing. Good stuff, chemicals and all.
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Post by mellyw on Oct 16, 2020 17:22:31 GMT
I occasionally see it in stores, and pretty much recoil in horror. That stuff was awful.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Oct 16, 2020 17:31:47 GMT
I haven’t seen Tab in ages. I grew up drinking it. It is a sentimental favorite, to be sure! I’ll just be happy when Coke starts producing caffeine-free Diet Coke in cans again. Don’t’t they or have they stopped. I love CF Diet Coke! |
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Post by Skellinton on Oct 16, 2020 18:16:38 GMT
That was my Grandma’s drink of choice too. She would use it to wash down her lunch of cottage cheese and pineapple and then proceed to have 4 pieces of fudge or a couple of doughnuts! Of course she walked several miles a day and was trim and fit, so clearly it worked for her.
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Post by elaine on Oct 16, 2020 18:26:07 GMT
I haven’t seen Tab in ages. I grew up drinking it. It is a sentimental favorite, to be sure! I’ll just be happy when Coke starts producing caffeine-free Diet Coke in cans again. Don’t’t they or have they stopped. I love CF Diet Coke! I haven’t seen it cans for months and months now. The pandemic shortage on aluminum has made it so that around here at least, you can only get the small plastic bottles of it. |
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Post by withapea on Oct 16, 2020 18:44:06 GMT
I'm going to have to grab some. I don't have it often but I love it for some reason. It's also very nostalgic for my 80's adolescent self. It's a very chemical flavor, like bubbly sacharine.
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Post by atomicdog on Oct 16, 2020 19:03:15 GMT
I'm another one who thought they killed that years ago! I drank it - if you thought of it as a cola, it was not drinkable, but if you just thought of it as a drink until itself, it was ok!!
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Post by Delta Dawn on Oct 16, 2020 19:17:55 GMT
Don’t’t they or have they stopped. I love CF Diet Coke! I haven’t seen it cans for months and months now. The pandemic shortage on aluminum has made it so that around here at least, you can only get the small plastic bottles of it. I might not be able to get it either then. Darn! One vending machine in Japan that I knew of had it. It was liquid gold. The can size was regular too not the skinny cans. Heaven! |
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valincal
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Post by valincal on Oct 16, 2020 19:41:25 GMT
I had no idea Tab was still being made! Tab is the second diet drink I remember. The first was Fresca. I still love Fresca! |
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MissChris
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Post by MissChris on Oct 16, 2020 19:47:00 GMT
Tab, Fresca, and Pepsi Light (with a hint of lemon) were my go to drinks in college.
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Post by cecilia on Oct 16, 2020 19:49:29 GMT
I never tried it. (Born in 1984). I don't even think the 2 Wal Marts I worked at carried it.
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Post by Tammiem2pnc1 on Oct 16, 2020 20:06:23 GMT
I love Tab!!! that is really disappointing. It's hard to find at times, but I still buy it when I see it. My sister affectionately calls me Tab and it started back when I was young and it was the only soda I would drink.
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Post by roxley on Oct 16, 2020 20:10:29 GMT
I haven’t seen Tab in ages. I grew up drinking it. It is a sentimental favorite, to be sure! I’ll just be happy when Coke starts producing caffeine-free Diet Coke in cans again. Found them yesterday ay my Meijer! Felt like Christmas. |
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Peal
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Post by Peal on Oct 16, 2020 22:19:51 GMT
My aunt drank Tab like a fish drinks water. She always had cases of it in her garage in the 70s. I remember being judgy of her habit, but I don't remember why. My family drank soda as well, so it wasn't like I could disapprove of her soda consumption. I was very young, so someone must have put that thought into my head. I haven't seen it in stores in years.
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jayfab
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Post by jayfab on Oct 16, 2020 22:22:06 GMT
I love TAB. I'm going to miss it.
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Post by lucyg on Oct 16, 2020 22:37:16 GMT
My dad was a Tab addict. He had a huge hoard of it in his garage (I can’t remember if he was buying it on sale, or was worried it would be discontinued) ... huge! cases and cases and more cases.
Then the 1991 Oakland Hills wildfire came and their house was one of the first to burn. And we joked that the streets of Hiller Highlands were running with Tab.
Hey, what are you gonna do? We had to laugh about something.
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Post by yodutchess on Oct 16, 2020 22:42:31 GMT
My friends drank it in college. I couldn’t stand it. We had a reunion a few years ago and I bought a case to the reunion. I better stock up now, it will be a while before we can get together again.
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Jili
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Post by Jili on Oct 16, 2020 22:51:23 GMT
I went through a period where I bought it for while. I really liked it. It’s very saccharine-tasting for sure, but I always felt there was a little lemony taste, too. I might have to look for it one last time.
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Post by pepperwood on Oct 16, 2020 23:14:20 GMT
I was a Tab addict starting in high school. When I started working after college, I would get it from the cafeteria in a styrofoam cup with a lemon wedge instead of coffee and refill it all day. I stopped when I saw that it would start to eat away the styrofoam that if it stayed in the cup for a couple of hours! I switched to coffee after that.
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Post by psoccer on Oct 17, 2020 0:44:51 GMT
My grandmother used to bring Tab, I didn't know it was still being made. I might have to go look for some, for nostalgia sakes.
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Post by monklady123 on Oct 17, 2020 1:18:29 GMT
Does anyone know where to buy some? My soon-to-be daughter-in-law has a tradition of drinking one on the anniversary of her mother's death, and one on her mother's birthday, because it was her mom's favorite drink. I'd love to buy her some if I could but I've never seen it here. Admittedly I've never actually looked, lol, but I've certainly been in the soda aisle a lot (Diet Coke here...  ) and never noticed it. |
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seaexplore
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Post by seaexplore on Oct 17, 2020 2:00:59 GMT
I had VERY fond memories of it as a kid. Bought some several years back. EW. NO!
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) and never noticed it. 