On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 4:25:50 PM UTC-10, Doris Night wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Aug 2016 07:09:15 +1000, Jeßus > 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.
>
> I flat out wasn't allowed to drink coffee at home until I was about
> 18. I could have tea after dinner from about age 15, but at breakfast
> we just drank orange juice.
>
> Doris

Drinking coffee was a rite of passage back in those days. No so much anymore. I don't remember when my daughter started drinking coffee. Come to think of it, I'd rather not know when my daughter started doing things.