[SOC] Mars Update

[Bob Nielsen]

I guess the "old" Mars bars (which were great!) were considered a
premium candy bar.  I recall they cost ten cents, while Milky Ways were
only five cents.

So much for inflation (which has probably created more millionaires
than any other economic strategy).

On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 09:40:25PM -0700, JMcAulay wrote:
> At 11:34 PM 08/22/2003 -0400, Nick K3NY wrote:
> 
> >Did you know that in the UK a Mars bar is the same as what we in the
> >US call a Milky Way bar? A Mars is definitely not 1/75 th of a Milky
> >Way.
> 
> Neither, of course, satisfactorily emulates the OLD Mars bar; which was
> flatter, had a greater surface area, and contained several toasted whole
> almonds under that top chocolate layer.  Yum.
>