Trick or Treat

With the pandemic still haunting us, it's questionable whether kids should be out trick-or-treating this year.  But there's no scientific evidence yet to support the theory that COVID affects aluminum cans.

The original can

So I chose this pitiful (no offense) Big K cola can from my collection a couple of months ago and asked what it wanted to be for Halloween.  It said it wanted to be a big, beautiful can of Coca-Cola.  Not "New" Coke, but one with the original taste.

We started on its costume back in late August.  Some parts of the costume were found in thrift stores.  Some parts were donated by family members. And the remaining parts were ordered online, which may be considered cheating.

But in the end, the Big K can LOVES its costume and we doubt anyone recognizes it tonight when it knocks on peoples' doors (socially distant, of course) and utters those memorable words "Trick or Treat."

Big K can in its Halloween costume

H A P P Y   H A L L O W E E N

COVID Surge

COVID is still running rampant in the USA.  And the latest can given to me was the 16oz Surge can below.  

It's not my fault the title of this post wrote itself.

Stay safe!

Shark Week

The skies are overcast today and an autumn wind is blowing.  Rain is headed our way.  Although rain makes a sloppy mess of the dead leaves in the yard, do you know who doesn't mind being wet?  A shark!

I received this from someone last night.  Mtn Dew Frost Bite.  Winter is on its way and soon water falling from the sky will be frozen.  But shark don't care!  He crashes thru the ice and is poised to bite your fingers as you grab the can to taste the new limited time cool icy melon flavor.

And that's the story of the new can for my collection.

This for That: A Can Trading Story

A coworker recently de-cluttered his house.  He said he would bring some DVD's, CD's, and books for me to donate to my small-town library.  He brought the tubs yesterday and it was quite a bit more than I expected.

On the left is the tub of DVD's and on the right are the CD's.  Thinking of others, I didn't want to overwhelm the library with so much media so I went thru both tubs and took a few things from each for myself.  And then I thought of someone else who might like to check it out.  He said he'd come over and look thru the tubs... he had a can for me anyway.

He handed me this can of Duff energy drink and took a few discs for himself.  I immediately recognized this as the brand from the Simpson's TV show.  On the show it's beer, but IRL it's a "wonderful orange flavored" energy drink.

So I consider this a win-win-win-win situation; my coworker cleared up some space in his house, my trader ended up with some discs, the library will have new material for the town to enjoy, and most importantly... I have a new can for my collection.