What are the ramifications of buying really old Clif Shot Bloks?
09-30-15, 03:57 PM
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What are the ramifications of buying really old Clif Shot Bloks?
I bought several boxes of Clif Shot Bloks from Nashbar for what I thought to be an excellent price. I now discovered (via the barfing thread) that these things have an expiration date. Are there performance draw backs to obselete bloks, and what sort of depreciation should I have received?
09-30-15, 03:58 PM
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If you put them out in the hot sun for a few hours they should be OK.
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They get a little tough over time, but I've never had any issues with them.
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AFAIK the same exact thing as these:
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Haribo SUGAR FREE Classic Gummi Bears, 1 Lb
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Haribo SUGAR FREE Classic Gummi Bears, 1 Lb
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5700 or 5800?
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As long as you don't consider this a performance drawback you should be ok.
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A guy in my club mentioned he had to throw out a whole box of energy bars because they were old. Someone asked how old . A couple of days past the "best buy" date.
Good thing, he'd likely have died from those.
Good thing, he'd likely have died from those.
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I once ate a Vanilla Bean Gu pack that was a full 8 years past its expiration date. It was really very bad.
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If you die from eating them, can I have your bikes?
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...when i was a boy, we would have been happy to have any shot bloks at all, expired or not. We had to make do with grabbing bugs on the fly and eating them.
...when i was a boy, we would have been happy to have any shot bloks at all, expired or not. We had to make do with grabbing bugs on the fly and eating them.
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Easier to just ride thru a cloud of those little gnats. No need to worry about expiration dates. They stop flying when they're not fresh.
09-30-15, 10:17 PM
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When I were a lad we'd have to wake up at three o'clock in the morning, ride 150 miles to the coal mill and then scrape bugs off the ground that the miners had trodden on, eat them, and then ride back home where our dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt.
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The only recompense is that you included a triple century in 1 day by a child. I would be king if I could, myself, do that.
10-01-15, 12:56 AM
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What?
Seems like you've missed the Monty Python reference.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
Seems like you've missed the Monty Python reference.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
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OP here. So I have reviewed my remaining balance of shot bloks, and where I understand the "best before, non-toxic after" approach, the data I discovered is disturbing for several reasons:
1). The sell by date is listed as "17AUG15". Is the year the first # or the last? The " 06SEP15" ones have me nervous.
B. How do they know to the damn day? That level of specificity indicates an exact service life.
1). The sell by date is listed as "17AUG15". Is the year the first # or the last? The " 06SEP15" ones have me nervous.
B. How do they know to the damn day? That level of specificity indicates an exact service life.
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Also< I got the Monty Python reference, but only because my hovercraft is full of eels.
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I've never had any problems with expired energy stuff. Those were the best cause they were free! It's not like there is real food in them.