On 8/2/2016 11:50 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 9:36:21 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "dsi1" <dsi1yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 6:57:45 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> >> "dsi1" <dsiyahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> >> ...
>>> >> On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 4:47:36 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> >> > "barbie gee" > wrote in message
>>> >> > crg.pbz...
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > > 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.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > We always had diet soda. My dad used to work for RC. I just
>>> asked my >> > 72
>>> >> > year
>>> >> > old friend about coffee. She grew up in Minnesota and said that
>>> >> > while
>>> >> > her
>>> >> > parents weren't real coffee drinkers, they did make cups of it for
>>> >> > dunking
>>> >> > donuts in and she often had that for breakfast. We mostly had
>>> tea at
>>> >> > meal
>>> >> > times. Either hot or iced. But we did buy soda by the case. And
>>> many
>>> >> > cases
>>> >> > at a time. The lower shelf of our work bench was nothing but
>>> soda. >> > It
>>> >> > was
>>> >> > usually the Shasta brand.
>>> >>
>>> >> RC was the first to come out with diet soda, right? And the rest is
>>> >> history.
>>> >> Did your dad have all the soda because he worked at RC or did he
>>> work >> at
>>> >> RC
>>> >> because he loved soda? I don't recall drinking soda much when I
>>> was
>>> >> growing up - deprived waifs we was.
>>> >>
>>> >> Yep and I think it was both. The RC job was a second job. He also
>>> >> sustained
>>> >> in injury from it. He had a scar on his chin that he got when
>>> driving >> the
>>> >> delivery truck. Something to do with a bottle somehow flying off,
>>> >> coming
>>> >> in
>>> >> the window and hitting him. I don't think he kept that job for
>>> very >> long.
>>> >> I
>>> >> think just long enough to make enough extra to buy a house and get us
>>> >> settled in it.
>>> >
>>> > Well a house full of soda is certainly intriguing.
>>>
>>> I don't recall having a lot of soda in that house. No place to store
>>> it. It
>>> was a very tiny house.
>>
>> I thought you said you stashed many cases of soda under a workbench.
>> Please to clarify please. Did I misattribute? That would be a serious
>> loss of face.
>
> That was after we moved here. Our house in Wichita was a tiny little two
> bedroom without a dining room. We moved here when I was 7. Lived in one
> house then moved to the one next door which was nearly identical. I did
> like the rental house better though as it had a grand piano and a tiki
> bar. We were not allowed to touch the piano but we sure did play in the
> tiki bar a lot. Both houses had three bedrooms, dining room and basement.
>
> Canadian family bought the house with the tiki bar. They had a boy a
> year younger than me and a girl, my brother's age. We were friends with
> them and still played in the tiki bar so it was all good. Their dad was
> a pilot and ham radio operator. He kept the radio in the bar so we had
> fun with that too.

Well okay then. I won't have to cut open my belly - or will I?