"The Other Guy" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:13:45 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>> Another item in online sales flyer: buy 6 gallons of milk, get the 7th
>>> free. Who the hell buys six, much less 7 gallons of milk?! I like to
>>> drink milk But not that much!
>>
>>That's a lot of milk! Although my friend uses a lot, she couldn't buy
>>that
>>much at once. Her fridge won't hold it. I thought buy one get one free
>>was
>>too much for a lot of things!
>
> When I was young, there were 3 adults and 4 active children in the
> household, and we went thru LOTS of milk. My Mom would buy 4 3 gallon
> boxes (6 half-gallon jugs in a cardboard box) at the commissary every
> week, and might have to get some extra occasionally.
>
> Of course, that WAS before faux health proscribed milk as a necessary
> item.
>
> I would often get up in the middle of the night and eat 4 pieces of
> toast with peanut butter and drink a half gallon of milk, then go back
> to bed.

We only bought milk in 2 quart cartons when I was a kid. If we had it at
all. Mostly we had powdered. Bro and I were required to have it at meals
when we were younger but we never willingly drank any.