YIKES! I just got up. Am sitting here in front of the PC with my trusty Diet Coke trying to wake up.

I'm thinking fun post. NOT! Through the reading, my eyes popped open---in more ways than one.

I am having short term memory problems, joint aches, etc. And I'll be 44 in December. For a while there, I could drink 128 oz of Coke per day. The habit got pretty bad when I lived in the great NW and discovered to my dismay that I am solar-powered.

Time to kick the habit. Thank you, Colwyn, for the post.

One thing I am going to point out to all of y'all is that CAFFEINE IS A DRUG.

Having lived in the caffeine fueled NW United States, I can tell you that abuse of this particular drug is going to be a serious problem somewhere down the road. Now, there are espressos sold with 3X the amount of caffeine in them and some people actually drink a triple.

Amusing comment on OR for the rest of the US and Europe: You can scarcely find a drive-up automatic teller machine, but you can find a drive-up coffee house almost every mile. Yep, you have to get out in the rain to get money, but cheers---just down the street is a nice coffee shop with a drive in window.

BEK