Energy Drinks

[bazza]

Whats wrong with a jug of beer?

[80-85 husky]

Not trendy like a red bull and vodka.....I like the new Jugs coming out which are about a metre tall, hold about 6 pots and have a small tap for pouring. the best bit is the tube of ice cubes that sits down the middle keeping the beer cold...I love them.

back on topic.

a bloke I know was a 2 can first thing in the morning drinker (red bull) and he ended up being flown out from his work site with heart issues. it was put down to stress but this guy was pretty relaxed about sh*t so I suspect the scam in a can got him. of course he came good in hossie as he wasn't sculling RB's all day.

US Navy pilots are banned from drinking the stuff before flying as it shoots their reactions to bits and they had some "incidents" attributed to consuming RB. that hasn't been made public.....

[Sorelegs11]

I dont mind"1" after a night on the sauce or prior to the long drive home after a days racing, but only the little cans.

I was coming back from canberra last year and stopped to gey one and they had a special on the largies 2 for $5 so being the tight ass I am I went for it, struggled thru one of them and about 30 min later started to get all jittery and stressed so that did it for me, one only and a little can at that.

No wonder the streets are filled with wide awake pissed f***wits every weekend 

[Davey Crocket]

Had a mate that was O D'ing on them for years.....was as hypo as a kid in a lolly shop....had a funny turn, went to hospital, Doc's thought he was having a heart attack, did all the tests, asked if a drug addict, at the end of the day....energy drinks, hospital not happy, wasting there time and money. They are the new tobacco.....very cheap to make, huge profits, huge sponsorships, Govt will eventually start taxing them bigtime=money for jam like alcohol/tobacco....wont ever ban them though.

[albrid-3]

I dont need energy drinks to make me go fast, that comes natually.

[Slakewell]

Good marketing etc ( Just like smokes used to be) and people dont get how bad they are ( Just like smokes used to be) I stay well away from them.
The guberment should start Taxing the heck out them right now I say.

[oldfart]

Cuppa tea does it for me.

[Graeme M]

For me this highlights a weird thing about people. And that is that they are so unquestioning of things. maybe I just go overboard, but if something isn't natural you gotta ask, what's it doing to me?

I'll offer a few other examples. Hair spray. Girls spray the heck out of their hair, even spray it in the air and run their heads through it. If they inhale that stuff, can that be good for them? How about insect sprays? That stuff kills living things. You're a living thing. See any connection? How about underarm deodorants? Girls roll that stuff on after shaving their underarms, which means that it is likely there is some kind of breach of the skin (eg small cuts/abrasions). I'm not keen on that idea. Weed sprays etc. Blast the heck out of the patio... Hmmm... why not just some white vinegar and salt?

Energy drinks - if you don't have enough energy, get more sleep. Why would bunging all sorts of drugs into your system be a better option? I saw that Catalyst and I reckon it was pretty eye-opening.  And a real worry...

[albrid-3]

Man made junk, dont eat it or drink it, my back ground being a license pest controller, fly spray, thats worse than smoking.

[VMX247]

And that is that they are so unquestioning of things.

DDT and all those other old 70's stuff and we are still making them   


http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3826162.htm

[Sorelegs11]

On the hairspray, a few years back we all had orange cannons and always on the lookout for more bang.
Turned out the most explosive thing that we could find was el cheapo hair spray.
The ingredients, Fragrance, glue and benzine.
No wonder all the chicks look so happy when they leave the salon. 

[Tim754]

DDT and all those other old 70's stuff and we are still making them   

I run small a rubbish transfer station in a rural area of North central Victoria. Old rusty metal drums of, DDT , Dieldrin, 24D and 24T (aka agent orange!!) CFCs, organophosphates, vermin eradication baits, growth hormone injections, etc etc see and deal with them ...regularly...

 Did I mention I also run the area Agricultural and Veterinarian chemical empty drum return service. As of today I have 1864 5lt to 25lt drums in my cage, only about seven weeks collection as it is the slow season.. ,it can hold approx 6700 empties stacked to the roof.

 Most are class 6A and 7A toxins..... Some commonly used organophosphate ones, if filled into one standard hypodermic needle and injected into a bull African elephant... would kill it in about seven minutes...... yes a commonly used agricultural spray...... .

We eat and breath tiny residues ever day....



Have a nice dinner . Tim754

[80-85 husky]

there is no doubt the 20 -30-1960's  chemicals can fix everything will be paid for by coming generations for years.

the first law suit against Red bull etc will pull it all up...same as coke a cola had cocaine in it for years. two aspirin in the bottle and away with fairies...

I see the discovery of aspirin was made while fiddling with coal tar extracts....as was heroin..

[RD]

Fark guys
I have been living on V, Redbull, Mother and all the others for at least the last 10 years, normally 2x 500ml a day.
Absolutley addicted to it and between the stress of life (parenthood ,owning a small business, family illness etc) have become reliant on it but never thought about what it could be doing to me.
This is the first day i havent drank it for as long as i can remember.
I am not looking foreward to the cafine withdrawal  headache but they can shove the giddyup up there arses.
Thanks for the wake up call.
Roger

[80-85 husky]

go back to a plain old cappacino