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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2019-01-02 9:56 a.m., wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 06:37:04 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 9:25:10 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 02:47:53 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 3:36:58 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>> 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 22.2?
>>>>>> per can. I typically drink 1-2 cans per day, I don't consider that
>>>>>> expensive. Oh, and there's 5? 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.
>>>>
>>>> Congratulations. You're officially an old fart.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>> In 1950 a bottle of Coke cost 10¢, 8¢ when consummed at the store and
>>> the empty bottle left.... oh, and all straws were paper and didn't
>>> fall apart... who came up with the BS that paper straws dissolve/fall
>>> apart?
>>
>> The average family income in 1950 was $3300. The average family
>> income today is $53,046. That $0.10 Coke would cost $1.50 today
>> (assuming a 10-cent deposit) if the price of Coke kept up with
>> increases in pay.
>
> I've never seen even a Liter of Coke costing $1.50. today usually 99¢
> or less.
>
>> Was that an 8-ounce bottle?
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> Coke was 8 ozs.
> Pepsi was 12 ozs.

I wasn't sure about that so I had to Google. Up until the 80s the small
Coke bottles were only 6.5 oz. and most other pop bottles were 10 oz. Up
here they had larger sizes for Coke, but I always thought that it tasted
better in the small bottles.

> Deposit was 2 ¢.
> One qt. soda bottle deposit was 5¢.
> One qt. milk bottle deposit was 3¢.

> Depended where one lived... those were NYC prices.
>

Shades of the Seinfeld episode where Newman used the mail truck to ship
a load of empty pop bottles to Michigan where the would get a bigger
deposit return.