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    From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to All on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 11:07:40
    Re: Re: people with autism
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mike Powell on Wed May 13 2026 06:52:38

    ...I'd look at my local grocery stores, and they'd have lots of Coke, Cherry coke, Vanilla Coke, caffeine free coke, and an empty space where all of the Diet Coke used to be.

    How's that for irony. What once was avoided by most because of taste, becomes the item of choice because of price.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Mortar on Thursday, May 14, 2026 08:03:30
    Mortar wrote to All <=-

    How's that for irony. What once was avoided by most because of taste, becomes the item of choice because of price.

    I thought about that when I ordered a diet coke at a restaurant. It
    came with a lemon wedge. Partly, I'm sure, to make refills easier, but
    I'm old enough to remember saccharrin sweetened drinks and how off they
    tasted. The lemon was to mask the off-ness.

    I'll just stick to a Fresca.



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  • From Denn@VERT/OUTWEST to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, May 14, 2026 12:06:42
    Re: Re: Pop Goes the Prices
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Thu May 14 2026 08:03 am

    I thought about that when I ordered a diet coke at a restaurant. It came with a lemon wedge. Partly, I'm sure, to make refills easier, but I'm old enough to remember saccharrin sweetened drinks and how off they tasted. The lemon was to mask the off-ness.

    I'll just stick to a Fresca.

    They still make fresca?

    Denn

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