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Bruce[_28_]

In article >, says...
>
> On 8/2/2016 11:50 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > "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?

I had to bring lunch to get to the bottom of this post. You never seem
to realize how much gunk's hidden behind Google's "Show Quoted Text" (?)
button.