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79. do I want to know what inspired you to try that in the first place?

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 07:22 PM

Jun 2013

ewww

my Mom never bought soda, but when we stayed on the Hopi Reservation a few summers, I drank Dr. Pepper at the trading post like all the other kids. carbonated prune juice was a fact.

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Nothing better with a Moon Pie! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #2

We never had them with Moon Pies. Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #17

RC anna Moon Pie. The Southern Ploughman's Lunch. trof Jun 2013 #66

yeah! we had a community market on the way to school that sold em for $0.25 tk2kewl Jun 2013 #20

This In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #3

Great one! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #4

Vernor's Ginger Ale sarge43 Jun 2013 #5

Excellent! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #6

Same here MrScorpio Jun 2013 #108

No it isn't, a ghost now. n/t sarge43 Jun 2013 #109

Nehi Orange Soda. femmocrat Jun 2013 #7

Nice! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #9

Cheerwine.... Little Star Jun 2013 #8

Never heard of it! Looks tasty! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #11

It's actually kind of nasty. GoCubsGo Jun 2013 #23

Rock Creek Ginger Ale Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #10

Another new one on me! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #12

Franks's Vanilla Cram Soda -- "Is it Franks? Thanks." MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #13

Cool! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #14

Any brand of pipi_k Jun 2013 #15

Classic! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #16

Nesbitt's did the trick for me. Iggo Jun 2013 #26

Growing up in Western Canada sharp_stick Jun 2013 #18

Lime Rickey! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #29

Is this an Alberta thing? Locut0s Jun 2013 #87

They were big in the late 70's and early 80's sharp_stick Jun 2013 #89

Big Red Dr. Strange Jun 2013 #19

Outstanding! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #30

It Hasta be Shasta! demwing Jun 2013 #21

Nice! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #31

It hasta be Shasta! Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #51

RC Cola tavernier Jun 2013 #22

Yep! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #32

Green River. GoCubsGo Jun 2013 #24

You can never go home! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #34

favorite when you were a kid? Flashmann Jun 2013 #25

Chocola! YES! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #37

my dad's beer and liquor datasuspect Jun 2013 #27

Explains so very much! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #38

What? No root beer yet? pink-o Jun 2013 #28

Oh yea! A&dub root beer float! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #39

sundrop cola rurallib Jun 2013 #33

Nope! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #40

think of Mountain Dew rurallib Jun 2013 #45

Oh! Thanks! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #47

black cherry soda, regardless of brand BainsBane Jun 2013 #35

The best! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #41

This ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #36

Just gotta be different! Dontcha? ohiosmith Jun 2013 #42

ya think? ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #55

Cherry coke. applegrove Jun 2013 #43

Great choice! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #44

Cactus Cooler azurnoir Jun 2013 #46

Very good! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #48

Orange Crush, with chip backwash pulp. hahah EvilAL Jun 2013 #49

Brilliant! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #50

Schweppes Ginger Ale HarveyDarkey Jun 2013 #52

Cool! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #53

I just now got it. "Pop" quiz. OriginalGeek Jun 2013 #54

Soda pop fooled ya! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #62

Squirt... Tom_Foolery Jun 2013 #56

Know it! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #63

Ever seen this stuff?? Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2013 #57

never saw it in single serve bottles Kali Jun 2013 #61

No! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #64

By the look of this blog, Hires has been "phased out" kentauros Jun 2013 #65

Dad's Old Fashioned Root Beer kentauros Jun 2013 #58

Outstanding! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #67

I loved that when it came out as popsicles sakabatou Jun 2013 #98

carbonated prune juice! Kali Jun 2013 #59

Oh yea! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #68

I know from experience kentauros Jun 2013 #69

do I want to know what inspired you to try that in the first place? Kali Jun 2013 #79

You'd have to ask my college-aged self why I did that. kentauros Jun 2013 #82

Barq's Root Beer from the original plant. nolabear Jun 2013 #60

Excellent! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #70

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Sounds tasty! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #72

Ale 8 One - 'A Late One' trof Jun 2013 #73

Interesting! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #74

Canada Dry ginger ale RILib Jun 2013 #75

Good one. Haven't had it in years! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #76

Grapico and Buffalo Rock ginger ale trof Jun 2013 #77

Cool! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #81

Dr. Brown's cream soda. surrealAmerican Jun 2013 #78

Excellent! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #83

MOXIE MizzM Jun 2013 #80

Cool! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #84

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Nehi Grape Soda csziggy Jun 2013 #85

Nice! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #90

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YooHoo is awesome! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #93

Squirt. nt Broken_Hero Jun 2013 #88

Back atcha! ohiosmith Jun 2013 #95

Suicide! Neoma Jun 2013 #91

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(Faygo) Moonshine! Myrina Jun 2013 #97

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Golden ginger ale! yewberry Jun 2013 #110