Subj : Extra Sweet
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Oct 24 2025 04:03 pm

Hi Dave,

 RH> rats. I think it was the only "artificial sweetener" around, so it was

 DD> My Granny stocked the tiny tablets. I learned a bitter (literally)
 DD> lesson when I w2as six years old. Took one of the tablets and popped
 DD> it into my cake hole - thinking it would be like the teeny sugar bomb.
 DD> Eeeeewwww ... took over a week to lose the bitter taste. Never again

 RH> I tasted a tiny bit of crystalised stuff that was around the rim of the
 RH> bottle my parents had--and like you, instant eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww
 RH> ! Also, the summer after my last year of high school but before
 RH> starting college, I visited my mom's younger sister for a week. One
 RH> night she offered me a can of diet Dr. Pepper; I drank it but after the
 RH> first couple of swallows vowed never to drink it again. Don't remember
 RH> what the sweetener was but the combination of that and Dr. Pepper
 RH> converted me to a life long Coke drinker.

 DD> Diet "any soda" used to be verrrrrry strange tasting. It has improved
 DD> a lot over the years but I still get the off-putting metallic taste.
 DD> There used  to was a soda calle Diet Rite Cola. I've not seen it for a
 DD> long time,

I remember seeing it but never tried it. Drank a lot of the regular Coke
for years, then Steve suggested that I trade off for diet Coke. Saved
calories for other goodies, carbs when I was diagnosed diabetic.

 DD> I did discover a Dr. Pepper product Iquite like,mthough. Sugar free
 DD> Pwppwe mixed with Cream Soda. Apparently other like it as well DD>
 becaouse it's hard to find it not store shelves.  Bv)=

 DD> Kinda like my Dannon chocolate/raspberry/fat free yogut. Hard to keep
 DD> in stock.

And not one that can be replicated with just a scoop of raspberry jam in
plain yogurt. You need a source of good chocolate also.


 DD> I do tomato juice and the cranberry juice - which my nephrologist
 DD> (kidney doc) recommended as being good in several ways for my kidney

 RH> So far my kidneys seem to be doing well without cranberry juice. Had a
 RH> scare a few years ago with some blood work that indicated maybe
 RH> otherwise so my primary care dr. referred me to a nephrologist. He said
 RH> all was well, just come back once a year to keep an eye on things. Last
 RH> time I saw him, he suggested drinking more water (or whatever) to stay
 RH> better hydrated; this was not too long after our most recent long cross
 RH> country trip.

 DD> Staying hydrated on a long trip is easy for guys. Andy bush, tree or
 DD> the vehicle itself provides enough of a "fig leaf" for easing of the
 DD> pressur. Women don't have the same advantageous plumbing.

No, but having the camper has been handy for both of us. Just have to
find a relativly level space and pull off the road, lower the steps and
make sure the water pump is turned on.

 DD>      8<-----SNIP ----->8

 RH> I'd ask for a cuppa tea--English Breakfast or something similar. My
 RH> morning cup is usually British Blend but I will drink others if that
 RH> isn't available.

 DD> For breakfast - if I'm having tea - it's Lipton "orange, oekoe and
 DD> pekoe" ot, if I'm home it might be Constant Comment blend.

 DD> TO BE CONTINUED

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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