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dsi1 wrote:
>Julie Bove wrote: > >> 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. We drank White Rock but mostly we drank siphon seltza... all delivered by the "Seltza Man" in heavy wooden cases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rock_Beverages See if you can guess why I loved White Rock Beverages: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/05/143059...fter-140-years >RC was the first to come out with diet soda, right? Yes, was named Diet Rite. Royal Crown was also first in steel cans and also aluminum cans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC_Cola |
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On 2016-08-02, jmcquown > wrote:
> Having worked where we hired people from temp agencies, > bouncing around from job to job was not their goal in life. They wanted > jobs with benefits. They weren't racking up money working six week > assignments. Who worked "six weeks"? I've worked temp jobs sereral times. Hard to recall one that wasn't at least a 3 yr stint. I knew one "designer". He preferred temp employment cuz his wife (nurse) had med care fer both of 'em and a perm employee designer was then making $20-$25 per hr (w/ bennies), whereas a temp designer could typically drag down $25-35 hr. Silly-Con Valley is NOT Dataw Island. Both temp agencies and full-time employers know exactly how to screw a temp worker, which is why they are so popular. Temps with a brain knew precisely how/when they were being screwed. Unfortunately, far too many temps were afraid to stand up fer themselves, so were continually reamed by the system. 8| nb |
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On 8/1/2016 10:46 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/1/2016 10:10 PM, notbob wrote: >> On 2016-08-02, jmcquown > wrote: >> >>> It's a good way to weed people out. >> >> You ppl know zip about temp comapanies. Some ppl preferred to work as >> temps. More $$$$. >> >> nb >> > I disagree. Having worked where we hired people from temp agencies, > bouncing around from job to job was not their goal in life. They wanted > jobs with benefits. They weren't racking up money working six week > assignments. > > Jill Both are correct. Temp work can often lead to a good career. There are people that just want to work a couple of weeks here and there to make a few bucks. True story. After a month the boss asked a new hire, "looks like you are only working four days a week. Why?" Reply: "I don't make enough to get by on three days." |
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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. |
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On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 3:55:11 AM UTC-10, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> dsi1 wrote: > >Julie Bove wrote: > > > >> 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. > > We drank White Rock but mostly we drank siphon seltza... all delivered > by the "Seltza Man" in heavy wooden cases. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rock_Beverages > See if you can guess why I loved White Rock Beverages: > http://www.npr.org/2011/12/05/143059...fter-140-years > > >RC was the first to come out with diet soda, right? > > Yes, was named Diet Rite. Royal Crown was also first in steel cans > and also aluminum cans. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC_Cola RC was quite the innovative company. I've tried some in the last few years and found it was bitter. Oh well. |
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On 8/2/2016 11:27 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/1/2016 10:46 PM, jmcquown wrote: >> On 8/1/2016 10:10 PM, notbob wrote: >>> On 2016-08-02, jmcquown > wrote: >>> >>>> It's a good way to weed people out. >>> >>> You ppl know zip about temp comapanies. Some ppl preferred to work as >>> temps. More $$$$. >>> >>> nb >>> >> I disagree. Having worked where we hired people from temp agencies, >> bouncing around from job to job was not their goal in life. They wanted >> jobs with benefits. They weren't racking up money working six week >> assignments. >> >> Jill > > Both are correct. Temp work can often lead to a good career. There are > people that just want to work a couple of weeks here and there to make a > few bucks. > > True story. After a month the boss asked a new hire, "looks like you > are only working four days a week. Why?" > Reply: "I don't make enough to get by on three days." > > I had an employee who would occasionally call in sick on Fridays or Mondays. She used those "sick days" to do church work!!!!!!!!!! She obviously couldn't see that she was being dishonest. Graham |
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"dsi1" > 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. |
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"notbob" > wrote in message ... > On 2016-08-02, jmcquown > wrote: > >> Having worked where we hired people from temp agencies, >> bouncing around from job to job was not their goal in life. They wanted >> jobs with benefits. They weren't racking up money working six week >> assignments. > > Who worked "six weeks"? I've worked temp jobs sereral times. Hard to > recall one that wasn't at least a 3 yr stint. > > I knew one "designer". He preferred temp employment cuz his wife > (nurse) had med care fer both of 'em and a perm employee designer was > then making $20-$25 per hr (w/ bennies), whereas a temp designer could > typically drag down $25-35 hr. > > Silly-Con Valley is NOT Dataw Island. Both temp agencies and > full-time employers know exactly how to screw a temp worker, which is > why they are so popular. Temps with a brain knew precisely how/when > they were being screwed. Unfortunately, far too many temps were > afraid to stand up fer themselves, so were continually reamed by the > system. 8| I never actually worked for a temp. agency but many years ago I applied to some. I was told most of the jobs would be for a day or two. Just not my thing. |
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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. |
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 12:07:53 -0600, graham > wrote:
>I had an employee who would occasionally call in sick on Fridays or >Mondays. She used those "sick days" to do church work!!!!!!!!!! She >obviously couldn't see that she was being dishonest. It's in the name of religion, so it's okay. You should already know that  |
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On Mon, 01 Aug 2016 22:25:47 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote: >On Tue, 02 Aug 2016 07:09:15 +1000, Jeßus > 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. > >I flat out wasn't allowed to drink coffee at home until I was about >18. Wow, that's quite extreme. I was allowed do have an occasional coffee at home. >I could have tea after dinner from about age 15, but at breakfast >we just drank orange juice. I usually had fruit juice of some sort. |
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On 2016-08-02 3:42 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 9:36:21 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote: >> 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. I sympathize. I know it can be difficult to keep up with the ever changing stories. > |
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"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. |
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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? |
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On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 1:28:11 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> I keep seeing that term bandied about in here and people keep accusing me of > eating it. But in looking up the term, there does not seem to be any one > answer. Chevy's Fresh Mex claims to be Tex Mex. We had one here years ago. > It didn't last very long. We tried it a few times and didn't like the food. > There was also one in Alameda. My husband did like it but Angela and I did > not. Have also read that Taco Bell is Tex Mex. Only thing they have that I > like are the bean burritos but I can't eat them due to all of the weird > added ingredients. Those are easy enough to make at home. > > Some sources say that Tex Mex is Americanized dishes smothered in cheese. > > My uncle told me that sour cream is never used in Mexico. I think he was > wrong about that as they have Crema which is very similar. > > Janet Wilder used to say that if you weren't eating it if you weren't in > Texas. > > Many of the Mexican restaurants here have sort of a fusion of foods from > both Mexico and South America. And certainly Americanized dishes such as > various salads. > > So... What is your interpretation of Tex Mex? what is a tiki bar? |
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On 8/2/2016 2:10 PM, Roy wrote:
> > I use DuckDuck and sometimes Google. > DuckDuck supposedly doesn't track users. > > You probably don't use Google because they reveal too much about you...stuff you'd like to keep SECRET. Right? > ==== > > Looks like I'm totally Google's bitch. That's the breaks. I didn't plan on it being that way. Mostly it was because I did nothing to prevent it. I'm not paranoid enough. |
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> wrote in message ... > On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 1:28:11 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote: >> I keep seeing that term bandied about in here and people keep accusing me >> of >> eating it. But in looking up the term, there does not seem to be any one >> answer. Chevy's Fresh Mex claims to be Tex Mex. We had one here years >> ago. >> It didn't last very long. We tried it a few times and didn't like the >> food. >> There was also one in Alameda. My husband did like it but Angela and I >> did >> not. Have also read that Taco Bell is Tex Mex. Only thing they have that >> I >> like are the bean burritos but I can't eat them due to all of the weird >> added ingredients. Those are easy enough to make at home. >> >> Some sources say that Tex Mex is Americanized dishes smothered in cheese. >> >> My uncle told me that sour cream is never used in Mexico. I think he was >> wrong about that as they have Crema which is very similar. >> >> Janet Wilder used to say that if you weren't eating it if you weren't in >> Texas. >> >> Many of the Mexican restaurants here have sort of a fusion of foods from >> both Mexico and South America. And certainly Americanized dishes such as >> various salads. >> >> So... What is your interpretation of Tex Mex? > > > > > > > what is a tiki bar? It was a bar for drinks, in the basement. Not a wet bar, meaning no sink. Here are some examples. http://www.wayfair.com/Best-of-Times...=1104000085716 http://www.wholesalepatiostore.com/R...t=Bull %20BBQ http://www.luxedecor.com/product/pan...pjpjo1401atqbr This one wasn't quite like those as it was built in. It did have a little roof over it and grassy stuff at the front along with plastic fruit and a string of patio type lights at the top. |
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On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 2:26:20 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> > wrote in message > ... > > On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 1:28:11 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote: > >> I keep seeing that term bandied about in here and people keep accusing me > >> of > >> eating it. But in looking up the term, there does not seem to be any one > >> answer. Chevy's Fresh Mex claims to be Tex Mex. We had one here years > >> ago. > >> It didn't last very long. We tried it a few times and didn't like the > >> food. > >> There was also one in Alameda. My husband did like it but Angela and I > >> did > >> not. Have also read that Taco Bell is Tex Mex. Only thing they have that > >> I > >> like are the bean burritos but I can't eat them due to all of the weird > >> added ingredients. Those are easy enough to make at home. > >> > >> Some sources say that Tex Mex is Americanized dishes smothered in cheese. > >> > >> My uncle told me that sour cream is never used in Mexico. I think he was > >> wrong about that as they have Crema which is very similar. > >> > >> Janet Wilder used to say that if you weren't eating it if you weren't in > >> Texas. > >> > >> Many of the Mexican restaurants here have sort of a fusion of foods from > >> both Mexico and South America. And certainly Americanized dishes such as > >> various salads. > >> > >> So... What is your interpretation of Tex Mex? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > what is a tiki bar? > > It was a bar for drinks, in the basement. Not a wet bar, meaning no sink. > > Here are some examples. > > http://www.wayfair.com/Best-of-Times...=1104000085716 > > http://www.wholesalepatiostore.com/R...t=Bull %20BBQ > > http://www.luxedecor.com/product/pan...pjpjo1401atqbr > > This one wasn't quite like those as it was built in. It did have a little > roof over it and grassy stuff at the front along with plastic fruit and a > string of patio type lights at the top. Hoo boy. I like that bamboo one. Too bad I don't have a basement to put one of these things. Don't forget the tiki lounge music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2dQ3WbcF44 |
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"dsi1" > wrote in message ... > On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 2:26:20 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote: >> > wrote in message >> ... >> > On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 1:28:11 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote: >> >> I keep seeing that term bandied about in here and people keep accusing >> >> me >> >> of >> >> eating it. But in looking up the term, there does not seem to be any >> >> one >> >> answer. Chevy's Fresh Mex claims to be Tex Mex. We had one here years >> >> ago. >> >> It didn't last very long. We tried it a few times and didn't like the >> >> food. >> >> There was also one in Alameda. My husband did like it but Angela and I >> >> did >> >> not. Have also read that Taco Bell is Tex Mex. Only thing they have >> >> that >> >> I >> >> like are the bean burritos but I can't eat them due to all of the >> >> weird >> >> added ingredients. Those are easy enough to make at home. >> >> >> >> Some sources say that Tex Mex is Americanized dishes smothered in >> >> cheese. >> >> >> >> My uncle told me that sour cream is never used in Mexico. I think he >> >> was >> >> wrong about that as they have Crema which is very similar. >> >> >> >> Janet Wilder used to say that if you weren't eating it if you weren't >> >> in >> >> Texas. >> >> >> >> Many of the Mexican restaurants here have sort of a fusion of foods >> >> from >> >> both Mexico and South America. And certainly Americanized dishes such >> >> as >> >> various salads. >> >> >> >> So... What is your interpretation of Tex Mex? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > what is a tiki bar? >> >> It was a bar for drinks, in the basement. Not a wet bar, meaning no sink. >> >> Here are some examples. >> >> http://www.wayfair.com/Best-of-Times...=1104000085716 >> >> http://www.wholesalepatiostore.com/R...t=Bull %20BBQ >> >> http://www.luxedecor.com/product/pan...pjpjo1401atqbr >> >> This one wasn't quite like those as it was built in. It did have a little >> roof over it and grassy stuff at the front along with plastic fruit and a >> string of patio type lights at the top. > > Hoo boy. I like that bamboo one. Too bad I don't have a basement to put > one of these things. Don't forget the tiki lounge music. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2dQ3WbcF44 When we were looking at houses to buy here, there was one in Brier that Angela and I really liked. The kitchen was done up in pink and lavender but it appeared to need some work. The back yard was huge and needed work but it had a super cool tiki bar back there. Husband put his foot down and would not consider that place at all, I think because of the bar. But as you can imagine, stuff like that really appeals to a kid. We used our bar not necessarily to play bar but to play restaurant. And it made a great stage for puppet shows. |
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On 7/24/2016 5:42 AM, Sky wrote:
> > It seems bove cannot grasp the term or understand the concept that > "Tex-Mex" has many different connotations for many different peoples -- > IOW, there are many definitions. Does bove desire a 'sole' and > 'singular' definition when "Tex-Mex" is used to described a genre of > foods? If so, then bove limits, as usual, her dining experiences to the > finite Bubble of Bothell where a singular definition of culinary > niche(s) is the rule. What a shame and isn't that so sad - oh well. Or > should one use the "Church Lady" voice and think, "Isn't that special!?" !! I've had just about enough of you. You are one of the most mean-spirited people here and that is saying a LOT. Bye bye bitch. -- ღ.¸¸.œ«*¨`*œ¶ Cheryl |
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 12:36:12 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: >"dsi1" > wrote in message ... >> 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 can't picture having so much soda that you wouldn't be able to store it all. In my house, currently, I have a 12-pack of club soda that is in the laundry room on my dryer. Husband has a case of 24 beer sitting on the floor next to the recycle containers. I think we could double or triple (or quadruple) the above amounts without running into storage issues. Doris |
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 12:37:19 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: > >"notbob" > wrote in message ... >> On 2016-08-02, jmcquown > wrote: >> >>> Having worked where we hired people from temp agencies, >>> bouncing around from job to job was not their goal in life. They wanted >>> jobs with benefits. They weren't racking up money working six week >>> assignments. >> >> Who worked "six weeks"? I've worked temp jobs sereral times. Hard to >> recall one that wasn't at least a 3 yr stint. >> >> I knew one "designer". He preferred temp employment cuz his wife >> (nurse) had med care fer both of 'em and a perm employee designer was >> then making $20-$25 per hr (w/ bennies), whereas a temp designer could >> typically drag down $25-35 hr. >> >> Silly-Con Valley is NOT Dataw Island. Both temp agencies and >> full-time employers know exactly how to screw a temp worker, which is >> why they are so popular. Temps with a brain knew precisely how/when >> they were being screwed. Unfortunately, far too many temps were >> afraid to stand up fer themselves, so were continually reamed by the >> system. 8| > >I never actually worked for a temp. agency but many years ago I applied to >some. I was told most of the jobs would be for a day or two. Just not my >thing. I've worked for accounting temp agencies, and found them to be fantastic. I got contracts for between 3 months and a year, and the pay was about 25% higher than full-time employment. Doris |
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"Doris Night" > wrote in message ... > On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 12:36:12 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > wrote: > >>"dsi1" > wrote in message ... > >>> 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 can't picture having so much soda that you wouldn't be able to store > it all. That house didn't have much storage room. There was no pantry. My brother and I shared a room with a small closet. My parents had an average sized closet in there room. I think there was a small linen closet and small coat closet. One car garage that barely fit the car. No work bench in there. We did have a small metal shed in the back but it was for garden stuff. > > In my house, currently, I have a 12-pack of club soda that is in the > laundry room on my dryer. Husband has a case of 24 beer sitting on the > floor next to the recycle containers. That's nothing! I really can't remember too much about drinks back then. We did move from there almost 50 years ago. I do remember that my paternal grandpa owned a Western Auto store and he had a Coke machine in it. It had the lid that opened up from the top and you had to move the bottle like a maze to get it out. Then you had to use the opener on the side of the machine to pop the top off of the bottle. I do remember extracting the bottles a couple of times. Perhaps a customer let me do it. I don't remember drinking them. I do remember begging for something called a chocolate soldier at some machine somewhere. It was horrible. The problem? My parents said if I got it, I had to drink the whole thing. I just could not. It was very sweet. Perhaps we didn't have a lot of soda when we lived there because most likely we couldn't have afforded it. I do remember my parents always being on a diet. They drank Sego and bought horrid little fruit flavored candies that stuck to your teeth. Not hard, not gummy, not jelly but kind of a combination of those things. You couldn't really bite into them and they didn't taste so good. My mom used to give me candies in her 1/4 cup metal, dry measuring cup. It wasn't full. I remember getting those things more often than I'd like to and a few times some M & Ms. I also remember my dad getting ice and using the big red metal cooler for drinks when we had company. And using some grape jelly jars as juice glasses for breakfast. They had the Flintstones on the outside. I also remember Fizzies. I liked to watch them fizz in the glass but I didn't like the resulting drink. Too sweet. And we did have various fruit flavored powdered drinks that were made with Cyclamates or Saccharine instead of sugar. And tons of iced tea. Perhaps part of the problem with that house is that we had a rather small fridge. It was the old kind that needed to be defrosted and had a small compartment for ice cubes but it had no more room for frozen stuff. I would imagine that soda would have taken up a lot of valuable refrigerator space. And my mom did not drive when I was really young so she couldn't go to the store as there wasn't one nearby. Once we moved here, we used the lower shelf on the workbench for soda. It was usually Shasta and we usually bought about 4-6 flats per week. I gather that the term "flat" is a PNW one but it is one of the old timey flat boxes that held 24 cans. Soda was very cheap in those days. Perhaps 8 or 10 cents a can, depending on if it was on sale or not. My parents were fond of the black cherry cola which is no longer made. At least not in diet. But we also got diet cola, diet fruit flavors and diet ginger ale. Sometimes we also got RC and when Tab came out, that. In later years all sorts of other stuff. The rest of my family loved Mr. Pibb and Dr. Pepper. I did not. This is how much soda we bought each week, just for the family and neighbor kids. We had a lot of kids on that street when we were younger and we pretty much just went house to house some days. In later years, we bought even more soda. My dad was a chief in Indian Guides and was also a leader for our Junior Achievement group. He brought drinks and snacks to sell to earn money. > > I think we could double or triple (or quadruple) the above amounts > without running into storage issues. > That could be. I have two of these: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 One in the kitchen with cleaning supplies, paper products, trash bags, etc. The other is in the garage for beverages. No soda on that with the exception of occasional bottles which we normally do not buy. It is full of water, seltzer, tea, sports drinks, coconut water and sometimes juice. I also have a shelving unit with 6 of these on it: https://smile.amazon.com/BEVERAGE-DI...spenser+12+can And no, I didn't pay that price. Not anywhere close. One has tomato and other vegetable juices and the rest is stuff for my husband. Although he doesn't drink as many cans as I do, he likes a big assortment of things so I buy them on sale. The bottom shelf of the shelving unit holds about 12, 12 packs. Depends on how they are packaged. The Shasta are not in a dispenser pack. That space is generally full. And sometimes we have some more 12 packs next to the shelf. I try to really stock up when cheap. Or if we are having company, I might have to buy something I wouldn't usually buy. My soda consumption is down some now that we have the ice maker. I am trying to drink at least one Chug bottle full of ice water, sometimes with flavoring or lemon and/or lime slices. And I have been drinking a lot of seltzer now that I have an online source for it. |
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 20:52:51 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: > >"Doris Night" > wrote in message .. . >> On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 12:36:12 -0700, "Julie Bove" >> > wrote: >> >>>"dsi1" > wrote in message ... >> >>>> 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 can't picture having so much soda that you wouldn't be able to store >> it all. > >That house didn't have much storage room. There was no pantry. My brother >and I shared a room with a small closet. My parents had an average sized >closet in there room. I think there was a small linen closet and small coat >closet. One car garage that barely fit the car. No work bench in there. We >did have a small metal shed in the back but it was for garden stuff. >> >> In my house, currently, I have a 12-pack of club soda that is in the >> laundry room on my dryer. Husband has a case of 24 beer sitting on the >> floor next to the recycle containers. > >That's nothing! I really can't remember too much about drinks back then. We >did move from there almost 50 years ago. I do remember that my paternal >grandpa owned a Western Auto store and he had a Coke machine in it. It had >the lid that opened up from the top and you had to move the bottle like a >maze to get it out. Then you had to use the opener on the side of the >machine to pop the top off of the bottle. I do remember extracting the >bottles a couple of times. Perhaps a customer let me do it. I don't remember >drinking them. I do remember begging for something called a chocolate >soldier at some machine somewhere. It was horrible. The problem? My parents >said if I got it, I had to drink the whole thing. I just could not. It was >very sweet. > >Perhaps we didn't have a lot of soda when we lived there because most likely >we couldn't have afforded it. I do remember my parents always being on a >diet. They drank Sego and bought horrid little fruit flavored candies that >stuck to your teeth. Not hard, not gummy, not jelly but kind of a >combination of those things. You couldn't really bite into them and they >didn't taste so good. My mom used to give me candies in her 1/4 cup metal, >dry measuring cup. It wasn't full. I remember getting those things more >often than I'd like to and a few times some M & Ms. > >I also remember my dad getting ice and using the big red metal cooler for >drinks when we had company. And using some grape jelly jars as juice glasses >for breakfast. They had the Flintstones on the outside. > >I also remember Fizzies. I liked to watch them fizz in the glass but I >didn't like the resulting drink. Too sweet. And we did have various fruit >flavored powdered drinks that were made with Cyclamates or Saccharine >instead of sugar. And tons of iced tea. > >Perhaps part of the problem with that house is that we had a rather small >fridge. It was the old kind that needed to be defrosted and had a small >compartment for ice cubes but it had no more room for frozen stuff. I would >imagine that soda would have taken up a lot of valuable refrigerator space. >And my mom did not drive when I was really young so she couldn't go to the >store as there wasn't one nearby. > >Once we moved here, we used the lower shelf on the workbench for soda. It >was usually Shasta and we usually bought about 4-6 flats per week. I gather >that the term "flat" is a PNW one but it is one of the old timey flat boxes >that held 24 cans. Soda was very cheap in those days. Perhaps 8 or 10 cents >a can, depending on if it was on sale or not. My parents were fond of the >black cherry cola which is no longer made. At least not in diet. But we also >got diet cola, diet fruit flavors and diet ginger ale. Sometimes we also got >RC and when Tab came out, that. In later years all sorts of other stuff. The >rest of my family loved Mr. Pibb and Dr. Pepper. I did not. > >This is how much soda we bought each week, just for the family and neighbor >kids. We had a lot of kids on that street when we were younger and we pretty >much just went house to house some days. In later years, we bought even more >soda. My dad was a chief in Indian Guides and was also a leader for our >Junior Achievement group. He brought drinks and snacks to sell to earn >money. >> >> I think we could double or triple (or quadruple) the above amounts >> without running into storage issues. >> > >That could be. I have two of these: > >https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > >One in the kitchen with cleaning supplies, paper products, trash bags, etc. >The other is in the garage for beverages. No soda on that with the exception >of occasional bottles which we normally do not buy. It is full of water, >seltzer, tea, sports drinks, coconut water and sometimes juice. > >I also have a shelving unit with 6 of these on it: > >https://smile.amazon.com/BEVERAGE-DI...spenser+12+can > >And no, I didn't pay that price. Not anywhere close. One has tomato and >other vegetable juices and the rest is stuff for my husband. Although he >doesn't drink as many cans as I do, he likes a big assortment of things so I >buy them on sale. The bottom shelf of the shelving unit holds about 12, 12 >packs. Depends on how they are packaged. The Shasta are not in a dispenser >pack. That space is generally full. And sometimes we have some more 12 packs >next to the shelf. I try to really stock up when cheap. Or if we are having >company, I might have to buy something I wouldn't usually buy. > >My soda consumption is down some now that we have the ice maker. I am trying >to drink at least one Chug bottle full of ice water, sometimes with >flavoring or lemon and/or lime slices. And I have been drinking a lot of >seltzer now that I have an online source for it. Holy crap. My soda consumption consists of one can of iced club soda, but only on hot afternoons. Other than that, nothing. If I'm drinking alcohol (aside from wine), it's usually consumed with water. Vodka and water is actually pretty good. My husband never drinks any kind of soda, but he does drink beer. I guess I save a lot of money by avoiding pop of all kinds. Doris |
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"Doris Night" > wrote in message ... > Holy crap. My soda consumption consists of one can of iced club soda, > but only on hot afternoons. Other than that, nothing. If I'm drinking > alcohol (aside from wine), it's usually consumed with water. Vodka and > water is actually pretty good. My husband never drinks any kind of > soda, but he does drink beer. > > I guess I save a lot of money by avoiding pop of all kinds. My husband occasionally drinks alcohol. I just wish he'd quit buying beer. We've had a 24 pack of something in the way in the garage for longer than I care to remember. Every 3 years or so, Angela and I throw out all the beer, assuming it to be bad. He never notices and eventually buys more that never gets consumed. We did buy him a can of something at PCC. Has a rainbow and a unicorn on it. Angela keeps trying to serve it to him but he won't take it. We thought it was cute. He does have some hard liquor. Not sure what. Gifts, I think. I never was much of a drinker. Last drink I had was some expensive champagne that was given to my husband by some other Coast Guard ship captain when they were doing drug runs near South America. We had it on Christmas Eve but we each only had a few sips as there was just the one bottle and a lot of people. Although I do like the taste of wine in some cooked dishes, I never did like the effects of alcohol and I certainly don't need the calories that come with it. It's just as well as I can't drink it anyway due to a medication I take. I never cared much for club soda either. Too salty. Although that is usually what I drank back in my clubbing (no pun intended but yet it's there) days. I preferred Diet Coke but people kept bugging me to have liquor. For some reason they didn't do this when I had the club soda. So I would alternate that with lime and Diet Coke. Usually 2 club sodas after one Diet Coke. Soda is something that I pretty much only buy not only when on sale but on sale for a good price. That's why I keep so much of it. I can not always find a good price on it. And the way most store do the sales these days, you have to by 3 or 4 packs to get the sale price. Winco is the exception. They don't always have good prices though. But they are the only store that sells the Diet Shasta around here. I got the lemon lime while in the hospital and we like it better than Sprite or 7 Up. In general, it is cheaper than Coke or Pepsi. Husband is the annoying one. Not only do I have to keep different flavors of things but different brands. He gets fussy. |
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On Tue, 02 Aug 2016 22:48:59 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote: > I've worked for accounting temp agencies, and found them to be > fantastic. I got contracts for between 3 months and a year, and the > pay was about 25% higher than full-time employment. Times have changed. -- I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. |
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:03:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: >My husband occasionally drinks alcohol. I just wish he'd quit buying beer. >We've had a 24 pack of something in the way in the garage for longer than I >care to remember. Every 3 years or so, Angela and I throw out all the beer, >assuming it to be bad. LOL. Any decent beer would be fine after 3 years. I have beer here older than that. God... now you're throwing out beer as well as food. The amount of money you waste yearly must be unreal. Never mind the cost to the environment. |
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"Jeßus" > wrote in message ... > On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:03:42 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > wrote: > > >>My husband occasionally drinks alcohol. I just wish he'd quit buying beer. >>We've had a 24 pack of something in the way in the garage for longer than >>I >>care to remember. Every 3 years or so, Angela and I throw out all the >>beer, >>assuming it to be bad. > > LOL. Any decent beer would be fine after 3 years. I have beer here > older than that. God... now you're throwing out beer as well as food. > The amount of money you waste yearly must be unreal. Never mind the > cost to the environment. I don't know about that. It often has expiration dates on it. And it's always really cheap stuff that he gets at the Navy Base. According to this, it does not last for three years. And I do know that it goes bad. I was served a bad beer years ago. My friend's husband gave me a Budweiser (cheap beer) and as I was taking a swig, he said that it might be bad. He said it had been in and out of a cooler so many times that he'd lost track of it. I don't much like beer to begin with but I know what it should taste like and this was not good. http://www.eatbydate.com/drinks/alco...st-shelf-life/ I can also assure you that all of the beer we have thrown out had gone flat. Very flat. |
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In article >, says...
> > On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:03:42 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > wrote: > > > >My husband occasionally drinks alcohol. I just wish he'd quit buying beer. > >We've had a 24 pack of something in the way in the garage for longer than I > >care to remember. Every 3 years or so, Angela and I throw out all the beer, > >assuming it to be bad. > > LOL. Any decent beer would be fine after 3 years. I have beer here > older than that. God... now you're throwing out beer as well as food. > The amount of money you waste yearly must be unreal. I've had 3 year old average quality beers that were still drinkable, but the flavour had changed a bit. They tasted a bit maltier or darker than they should. > Never mind the cost to the environment. Negligeable compared to your pickup. |
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On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 7:12:34 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> 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. Because we hate walking in on the end of a conversation without knowing what came before. Context is everything. <http://rhymeswithorange.com/comics/june-15-2016/> Cindy Hamilton |
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In article >,
says... > > "Bruce" wrote in message > T... > > In article >, > says... > > > > In my house, currently, I have a 12-pack of club soda that is in the > > laundry room on my dryer. Husband has a case of 24 beer sitting on the > > floor next to the recycle containers. > > > > I think we could double or triple (or quadruple) the above amounts > > without running into storage issues. > > Furthermore, if I ran into beer storage issues, I would have the ability > to solve them. > > ------------------- > > Why do I believe you <g> I don't know |
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"Bruce" wrote in message
T... In article >, says... > > "Bruce" wrote in message > T... > > In article >, > says... > > > > In my house, currently, I have a 12-pack of club soda that is in the > > laundry room on my dryer. Husband has a case of 24 beer sitting on the > > floor next to the recycle containers. > > > > I think we could double or triple (or quadruple) the above amounts > > without running into storage issues. > > Furthermore, if I ran into beer storage issues, I would have the ability > to solve them. > > ------------------- > > Why do I believe you <g> I don't know ---------------------------- ;-) -- http;//www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 8/3/2016 1:14 AM, Je�us wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:03:42 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > wrote: > > >> My husband occasionally drinks alcohol. I just wish he'd quit buying beer. >> We've had a 24 pack of something in the way in the garage for longer than I >> care to remember. Every 3 years or so, Angela and I throw out all the beer, >> assuming it to be bad. > > LOL. Any decent beer would be fine after 3 years. I have beer here > older than that. God... now you're throwing out beer as well as food. > The amount of money you waste yearly must be unreal. Never mind the > cost to the environment. > Plenty of people will disagree with that. Some say as little as four months, but 6 to 9 is common. |
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