"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> Nobody was interested in big-ass drinks, unlike America. We're a thirsty
> bunch! I'm betting that a lot of it is due to the rampant undiagnosed
> diabetes in this country. It's gonna have a big impact on our health care
> system. That's my prediction anyway.

I think you are probably right. I see overweight kids here who are always
holding a bottle of some kind of fizzy drink. You never see a thin kid
doing that. (Or I haven't)! Do yours not drink the low sugar drinks?
(dunno about ours)

> In London there were some coffee shops. Starbucks for one. Costa is the
> local business. They pretty much borrowed the Starbucks model and expanded
> the menu items. My opinion is that they improved upon the SB concept. The
> good news is that, unlike here, they weren't filled with snooty Americans.
> The bad news is that it looked like there was a lot of Persian organized
> crime types holding meetings in the joint. :-)

lol I rarely get into one. I think the last time was a couple of years
ago. I had taken my great grandmother's opera glasses to a shop in Glasgow
that deals in binoculars because they needed a little work. He asked us to
return in an hour. I got fed up with walking around (I am not big on
shopping) We went into Starbuck (first time ever) I suppose the coffee was
nice enough but not nice enough to pay those prices. The place was full of
people working on their laptops.
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