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Julie Bove[_2_]

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>> 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
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