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PoindexterOglethorpe

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32. I'm sure I'll piss off every one here by suggesting

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:42 AM

Jul 18

you NOT drink any soft drink of any kind, no matter how it is sweetened.

I know, it's almost like suggesting you drive a car with a stick shift.

I gave up soft drinks of all kinds some thirty years ago, because my son had gotten to the point where he would not drink anything else, not even water, so I got rid of all soft drinks. Which pissed me off at the time, because I didn't think I should also be giving them up, but realized I couldn't keep some in the house just for me. After a while I got used to no soft drinks, and I'm glad. I think there are probably a lot of subtle effects from soft drinks that we don't yet understand, sort of like it took far too long for everyone to understand how bad cigarettes are.

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I believe it is wolfie001 Jul 18 #61

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nasty in so many ways ShepKat Jul 18 #39

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I have been trying to come up with a way to describe the difference - at least to me BumRushDaShow Jul 18 #49

Oh yes. That first swallow, the Coke slightly burns the back of the throat. Irish_Dem Jul 18 #50

I actually think it's interesting to hear you folks describe how it tastes mahina Jul 18 #52

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Man, when I was pregnant that would have done me in. mahina Jul 18 #55

Lol Diamond_Dog Jul 18 #58

Hiya mahina Jul 18 #70

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You make it sound delicious! mahina Jul 18 #57

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You do better to only drink fruit juice occasionally Diamond_Dog Jul 18 #62

Just as well you never liked it. Irish_Dem Jul 18 #59

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Besides their bottles womanofthehills Jul 17 #28

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Maybe he secretly drinks real coke with the corn syrup. Irish_Dem Jul 18 #41

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Ha, yep. Trump wants Coke to contain cocaine like the old days. Irish_Dem Jul 18 #44

I'm sure I'll piss off every one here by suggesting PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 18 #32

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Its been on my grocers shelves for years. Historic NY Jul 18 #53

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