"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 8/4/2016 4:06 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> My dad always drank it for breakfast on work days and often in
>> restaurants too. Back then, it was cheaper than soda and you always got
>> free refills. Free refills of soda are pretty much a given everywhere
>> these days but you didn't get free ones back then.
>
> Back then we didn't go out to eat often. It was a rare treat to go out to
> eat as a family, just birthdays to a pizza place. My parents went out, I
> guess as a date night, about once a month.

We dined out a lot when I was a kid. Exceptions being times when my dad was
on Weight Watchers or his hours got cut at work. We actually still did dine
out when he was dieting. Just not quite as much.

My parents had date one once a week, most of the time.