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On 8/2/2016 1:02 PM, Bruce wrote:
> 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.
>

Modern life - it's hell! I see it right now. It's not that big a deal
too me because I have a fast scroll wheel on my track ball. Why not stop
posting on the bottom so I can just read stuff in my preview window and
not have to scroll down at all? Yeah, that would make my life ever so
perfect.