>>>New York City's limits on sugary drinks are not legal, a state judge ruled Monday. The ban on large-sized sugary drinks was set to go into effect on Tuesday.
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>>I'm curious. How would people here feel if, instead of banning large drinks, the law required that anyplace selling sugary drinks had to provide at least one actually small (8 oz. or 12 oz. maximum) size? IOW, they had to offer people the chance to buy a single serving, but could then go up as large as they wanted?
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>>When I was growing up, I think the standard soda cup sizes were 8, 12 and 16 oz. That 16 oz. seemed huge to us. Now, that's about the smallest you can ever find.
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>>Tamar
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>I remember when McDonald's introduced the Quarter-Pounder. That was a BIG burger! And that tiny pack of fries that now is included in the mini-meal was the standard portion.

I would tell you my first memory of McDonald's if it didn't reveal me as impossibly ancient. All right, all right, I won't be a tease. My family lived in Bangor, Maine, and not much went on there, so when McDonald's came to town it was a huge event. It was the original style, white and red tile with the signature golden arches. No booths, just takeaway. The only things on the menu were hamburgers and cheeseburgers -- 19 cents and 29 cents IIRC -- the fries you mention, and milkshakes. No soda. Ray Kroc paid the actual McDonald brothers in San Diego for the patent on their milkshakes.

The second bomb went off when they introduced the Big Mac. 51 cents.