>>>>John,
>>>>
>>>>You're diet soda (pop to the east coasters)
>>>
>>>Not to east-coasters. Middle-westerners, though, do say "pop."
>>>
>>>Tamar
>>
>>Being the smart lady you are, you are probably already aware of this, but . . . in the South, everything is called coke.
>>
>>Customer - "I'll have a hamburger, fries and a coke"
>>Waitress - "What type of coke would you like?"
>>Customer - "Give me a Diet-Coke"
>>
>>Go figure.
>>
>>"Coke is It!"
>
>On the west coast you say coke or diet coke depending upon which one you want. When I was in the south in the early 1960's a favorite expression was, "Give me an RC and Moonpie". I do not know if they still use that expression or not?
>
>We had RC in San Francisco when I was a kid and I liked it more than coke. I have not looked for RC for years and do not know if it is still made. In fact I have not had a softdrink in about 35 years, as I just do not like the taste (too much sugar and God only knows) and will not drink a Diet anything! :)


AFAIK RC is still produced. My ex-father-in-law swears by it. Me, I like Coke as an occasional treat.

I think Saturday I achieved a personal best in beverage consumption. It was 94 degrees here, the AC was out, and I was refereeing soccer from 10 until 3. I went through a quart of Gatorade, a half gallon of lemonade, a Biggie Coke from the Wendy's near the soccer fields, three bottles of water, and untold glasses of water from the tap. And that was just keeping up. I only had to "offload liquid" once or twice all day.