On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 8:25:12 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Dec 2018 21:42:03 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> On 2018-12-30 8:04 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>
> >>> "RichD" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> I'd like to make lemonade and suchlike juice drinks,
> >>>> but on a low sugar diet. Lemonade without sugar won't
> >>>> go over real big -
> >>>>
> >>>> Any suggestions for other sweeteners? Stevia or whatever -
> >>>
> >>> I won't touch Stevia and am not fond of Splenda. I would just put lemon
> >>> juice in water but I like it like that.
> >>
> >> Please remind us how many diet sodas you drink daily.
> >
> >One or less. I am transitioning over to only tea and water. Soda has gotten
> >too expensive.
>
> How much is too expensive? This week Coke products are on sale, a 12
> pack of 12oz cans is $4 and B2G1... that's 36 cans for $8, or 22.2в
> per can. I typically drink 1-2 cans per day, I don't consider that
> expensive. Oh, and there's 5в deposit on each can but I bring them
> back and my deposit is returned.

It was around 1977 that a 6-pack of soda went over $.99. It remember that it felt like a milestone had been broken and things would never be the same again. That's the breaks.