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   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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