On Tue, 2 Aug 2016, Je?us wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 12:21:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 7/27/2016 8:53 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 7/27/2016 6:11 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>> Only on Planet Bove do teens need a Starbucks within walking distance
>>>>>> of their high school. And if they don't have a Starbucks they put
>>>>>> coffee vending machines in the school.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How mach caffeine DOES Angela eat and drink?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>
>>>>> Beats me. I don't know anyone who started drinking coffee until they
>>>>> were in their 20's. She claims it's because "Seattle" is the home of
>>>>> Starbucks. I claim it's because parents are stupid. Then again,
>>>>> Julie drinks a 12 pack of caffeine laden soda pop every day. There's
>>>>> no way her child could expect to do otherwise.
>>>>
>>>> Didn't your parents grow up drinking it?
>>>
>>> Nope. They likely started drinking coffee in their 20's. When they were
>>> at work (and Dad had enlisted).
>>>
>>>> Mine did. Very common in those days for the whole family to drink it.
>>>
>>> Common where?! I'm not familiar with "those days".
>>
>> My parents said that most kids drank coffee for breakfast when they were
>> young. And in reading stories of the past, this seems to be true.
>
> Clearly that depends where you are because it sure as hell wasn't like
> that in Australia, even when I was a kid in the 70's.

Exactly. My folks weren't coffee drinkers anyhow, but we didn't have any
caffeinated sodas in the house, either. (My impression was that coffee was
expensive back then, another reason not to buy it, as we weren't rolling
in money...) I might get some tea in a great once in awhile, but until I
was old enough to buy my own, no coffee, no colas, no caffeine. I didn't
start drinking coffee til I was in my 20's. Did drink Tab in college,
though.