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Aristus

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11. My sister used to drink it when we were kids in the '70's.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 16, 2020, 10:14 AM

Oct 2020

I tried it. It tasted like crankcase fluid.

I don't actually know what crankcase fluid tastes like, but since I imagine it tastes horrible, I'm going to compare it to Tab.

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Tab, the iconic diet soda, will be gone by end of the year [View all] brooklynite Oct 2020 OP

I honestly didn't know it was even still around! AkFemDem Oct 2020 #1

Neither did the writers of Back to the Future. CaptYossarian Oct 2020 #12

Good riddance genxlib Oct 2020 #2

Agreed! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #3

yes it was agingdem Oct 2020 #4

Almost as disgusting tasting as the original Moxie Submariner Oct 2020 #5

I can only imagine it's "iconic," MoonchildCA Oct 2020 #7

I had a friend who drank vodka and tab. Shudder!!!!!! niyad Oct 2020 #25

Reminded me of this scene from Back to the Future texasfiddler Oct 2020 #8

Thank you for that information! idziak4ever1234 Oct 2020 #9

"Tab! For beautiful people!" David__77 Oct 2020 #10

My sister used to drink it when we were kids in the '70's. Aristus Oct 2020 #11

The last Tab I saw was in 1976. Chipper Chat Oct 2020 #13

"The objective is to drive impact and growth,'' jayfish Oct 2020 #14

I attended college 1975-79 and I estimate every other student was drinking Tab. no_hypocrisy Oct 2020 #15

You weren't drinking JOLT? brooklynite Oct 2020 #16

I stuck to the water fountains in the dorm hall. no_hypocrisy Oct 2020 #17

Not a fan of the taste Cirque du So-What Oct 2020 #18

Most people don't taste bitter/metal from saccharin... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #19

OMG... dv421 Oct 2020 #20

Yes! Jimbo S Oct 2020 #26

Man, the 70s are finally over. n/t Yavin4 Oct 2020 #21

Only time I tried it I thought it tasted like drinking chemicals. Good riddance. n/t Liberal In Texas Oct 2020 #22

I didn't know that swill was still around. But then, I never look at coke products. niyad Oct 2020 #23

I will miss it. NurseJackie Oct 2020 #24

mu mom drank TAB back in the 70s. at some point Diet Coke took over TeamPooka Oct 2020 #27

Early 1980's for diet coke, JenniferJuniper Oct 2020 #28