On Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 3:06:25 PM UTC-4, Graham wrote:
> On 2021-05-09 10:55 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 11:16:20 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> >
> >> I've never been a soft drink/soda pop fan. Much less the diet stuff
> >> with aspartame or stevia or whatever the heck they use these days.
> >> Occasionally I drink ginger ale but that's rare.
> >
> > For years, I drank two or three Diet Cokes every day. Then I was
> > facing bone grafts for dental implants, and I said, "Do I really need
> > to be rinsing my teeth with phosphoric acid?" and "Am I increasing
> > my risk of osteoporosis?"
> >
> > I stopped cold turkey. A couple of years later I needed some caffeine
> > and got a Diet Coke from the vending machine at work. Auggh!
> > It tasted terrible.
> >
> I've never drunk Coke and have no wish to.
> Interesting that you have developed an aversion to it. I have to peanuts
> and carrots. The latter is particularly annoying as it is an
> indispensible ingredient of the "trinity".

Sadly, because I drink beer so seldom, it doesn't taste as good as I
remember it. But I bravely soldier on.

Cindy Hamilton