On Mon, 01 Aug 2016 22:25:47 -0400, 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
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>>>> 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.

Wow, that's quite extreme. I was allowed do have an occasional coffee
at home.

>I could have tea after dinner from about age 15, but at breakfast
>we just drank orange juice.

I usually had fruit juice of some sort.