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Old 01-17-2020, 12:59 PM
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I can't believe I don't drink soda anymore. It actually turns my stomach just thinking about it. Maybe an occasional warm Ginger Ale when my stomach is very upset

From mass quantities to one once in a while. I'll take it and it's a miracle.
We never had any soft drinks at home when I was growing up. My father had been a grocer most of his life and did not approve of them.

My first couple of years at college I drank a large coke every afternoon at the cafe in the Student Union Building. I guess the caffeine and sugar helped keep me going.

Then I took a part time job at a research lab at a local US Air Force base. One of the captains brought a six pack of coke to work every single day and drank it all! They were the large bottles of the time, 1962 - 1964. He was probably at least 25 at most maybe 28 years old, by far the fattest officer there and his face was covered with pimples. After this I gave up drinking more than an occasional coke.
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