On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 5:13:53 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> T...
> > 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.
>
> I don't use Google.

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You probably don't use Google because they reveal too much about you...stuff you'd like to keep SECRET. Right?
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