This or that or your choice. Pepsi or Coca Cola or your soft drink selection.

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[kacekwl]

1. Dr. Pepper

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12. Thank you kacekwi for your choice.

[Hangingon]

147. My first choice too!

[SheltieLover]

2. Diet Pepsi when I can get it

If ice cream is involved, A&W rootbeer.



Ps - I detest coke, esp coke zero.

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13. Thank you very much SheltieLover. Love your choices.

[Jim__]

3. No sugar Pepsi.

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14. Thank you very much Jim__

[Irish_Dem]

4. The P word does not belong in the same airspace as CC.

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15. HAHAHAH. Thank you very much Irish_Dem.

[doc03]

5. Pepsi.

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17. Thank you doc03 for your choice.

[dem4decades]

6. Back when i drank soda i was a Diet Coke guy, no Pepsi.

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18. Thank you very much dem4decades.

[ChazII]

7. Pepsi

I keep it on hand so that when I get a migraine I take two Excedrin with some Pepsi and my pain is relieved.

[debm55]

20. Thank you Chazil. I haven't tried Pepsi for my migraines, but I use black coffee.

[GreatGazoo]

8. Coke

Has notes of spice and vanilla that Pepsi lacks.

Fun fact: Coca-cola created the iconic red coat wearing, high-BMI Santa Claus that we all know in 1931. Prior to that many depictions were gaunt and some wore green coats.

https://www.coca-cola.com/us/en/about-us/faq/did-coca-cola-create-santa-claus

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21. Thank you very much Great Gazoo.

[kimbutgar]

9. It's been 25 years that I gave up drinking sodas

But when I did it was Pepsi !

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22. Thank you very much kimbutgar.

[Colorado Liberal]

10. All Coca-Cola

...all the time

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24. Thank you very much Colorado Liberal.

[beemerphill]

11. I gave up soft drinks a while back.

When I do have one, it is a Root Beer - lots of sugar and no caffeine. When the urge for Soda hits now, I will usually make ZipFiz. It's kind of like a soft drink but good for you.

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26. Thank you very much beemerphill

[Diamond_Dog]

16. I drink a half a can of Coke once a week with pizza.

Flavored Seltzer water the rest of the time.

I used to loooove Coca Cola but quit drinking it about 25 yrs ago. Pepsi = too bland.

Even now when I drink a Coke it’s not as good as when they put real sugar in it.

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30. Thank you very much, Diamond_Dog. I like flavored seltzer too

[JoseBalow]

19. Vernors

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39. Thank you very much JoseBalow. I would have to add Canadian Dry also.

[FadedMullet]

67. Hard to find in Spokane. I love serving some to friends who have never had it. "Try this, it's sweet ginger ale"......

......Folks always like it cause it's so different.

[JoseBalow]

69. Always a treat, when I can find it these days

It's been rare since I moved away from home.

[leftieNanner]

23. Ice water.

Sorry Deb! Gave up soda a long time ago.

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42. Thank you leftieNanner. I enjoy ice water too.

[HorsesflyHigh]

83. Same here, there's nothing like ice water. n/t

[Ritabert]

25. None. I drink unsweetened iced tea that I make

[debm55]

38. My Number 3 drink is Unsweetened ice tea Thank you Ritabert.

[Ritabert]

77. I'm a big fan of tea hot or cold

[debm55]

105. I agree with you Ritabert.

[Bluestocking]

27. Fever Tree Sparkling Sicilian Lemonade

I would drink it everyday if it were not so damn expensive

[elleng]

33. Sounds GOOD!

Where available?

[Bluestocking]

46. In the mixer section of soda aisle in supermarket

Costco has it sometimes which is the cheapest I have found. Market Basket sells it but again really expensive.

[elleng]

56. Thanks. Not near Costco here.

Will check around, but not optimistic.

[debm55]

43. Thank you Bluestocking. That sounds good.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

28. Back when I used to drink soft drinks,

it was Dr Pepper.

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45. Thank you PoindexterOglethorpe.. I only drink Ginger Ale as a soft drink.

[rsdsharp]

29. Pepsi, usually, although sometimes I crave that Coke battery acid tang.

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34. HAAHHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much rsdsharp.

[elleng]

31. Ginger ale

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36. My favorite since I was a kid. I like flavored seltzers. Ginger ale was number 1 Thank you elleng

[FadedMullet]

32. I like both and can drink both, one after the other, recognize the difference at that time and not care. But then....

......I've always tried to open to anything and enjoy most things. Nice to see you back, Deb, hope you are well.

[debm55]

35. Thank you FadedMullet. Still on the Oxygen machine. Thank you for your kind words.

[relayerbob]

37. Neither, ugh. Root beer only!

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47. Thank you very much relayerbob.

[House of Roberts]

40. Coke Zero and Coke Zero decaf only.

Crystal Lite decaf tea with lemon if I run out of the Zero decaf.

[debm55]

48. Thank you very much House of Roberts. Enjoy.

[RoadRunner]

41. I only drank 5 1/2 soft drinks last year. I kept up so I know

Every one was Barq’s root beer.

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49. Thank you very much RoadRunner. That's a nice low count.

[no_hypocrisy]

44. Coca cola with sugar in glass bottles.

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50. Thank thou very much no_hypocrisy.

[womanofthehills]

84. My favorite too

Make sure the glass bottle has a red cap - those have sugar not corn syrup.

Sometimes our local store here in NM has Mexican glass coke bottles with the green cap - those will not list the ingredients on the bottle-and everything is written in Spanish. You have to go online to view ingredients. Green cap has corn syrup.

[Emile]

51. I prefer diet Coke over diet Pepsi

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66. Thank you very much Emile

[Norrrm]

52. Ginger beer --- multiple strength ginger ale. Snorts through your nose. Good schtuff!

but ginger ale most of the time.

[debm55]

54. Thank you very much, Norrrm. I only drink Ginger Ale when I have an upset stomach.

[waldnorm]

53. Bloom County Answered this back in the 80s

both taste like "malted battery acid." https://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/2013/06/27

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55. HAHAHAHAHAH. As a teacher , I did an experiment where they would remove rust. HAHAHAHAHHAHH thank you waldnorm

[Stargleamer]

57. Taste That Beats The Others Cold,

Pepsi pours it on!

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62. Thank you Stargleamer.

[LoisB]

58. Haven't had a soda in years. When I was a teen, I drank 7-Up when I drank soda; in my

20s, it was Schweppes ginger ale. Don't touch the stuff anymore. Never liked "dark" soda (the colas, root beers).

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68. Thank you very much LoisB

[AllaN01Bear]

59. when i was a kid , the top was orange crush.now include ,hires root beer, 7 up havent had thatt in a long time.

pepsi aand or coke , depends what is being served @ tthe fountain. ginger aile.

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65. Thank you very much. AllaNo1Bear.

[Polly Hennessey]

60. Love ginger ale especially the mini cans. Just enough.

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64. I agree. Thank you very much Polly Hennessey.

[moniss]

72. Depending on

where you live you may be able to find Canfield's or Graf's. Those are really good as well as some of the ones you can get from micro-breweries.

[Nittersing]

61. Never really been a soft drink person

I did go thru a phase of drinking Reed's Ginger Ale or Beer. And I don't think I've ever turned down a root beer float.

[debm55]

63. Same here, Nittersing. I occasionally will drink Ginger Ale, Thank you.

[moniss]

70. I used to prefer

Schweppes Bitter Orange or Sunrise Orange Soda when I was younger. Then the original formula Mountain Dew. A&W Root Beer on tap again the old formula from the '60's. Now it's various seltzer waters, Diet Coke etc. I like a good flavored seltzer. Less "flavor heavy" than a Diet Coke. The carbonation comes through nicer also.

We used to have some regional soda companies that had some good things. White Rock had really good orange, raspberry, cherry and other flavors beyond the cola thing and their lemon-lime was way better than 7-Up because it was lighter on the flavoring and the carbonation was more pronounced. Black Bear had tons of flavors. Graf's Root Beer or Ginger ale were some of the best ever bottled but after changing hands so many times it isn't the same.

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71. Thank you very much. moniss

[moniss]

73. I forgot to mention that I also now favor

Jarritos. I like the Fruit Punch, Mandarin and Lime.

[Morbius]

74. Sioux City Sarsaparilla.

"The granddaddy of all root beers."

It's ridiculously good.

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93. Thank you Morbius.

[catbyte]

75. Never could stand Pepsi for some reason; used to drink Coke.

Now I drink Soda Stream doet ginger ale and, if I run out of CO2, Diet Vernors (A Michigan tradition -- it's a type of spicy ginger ale)

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94. Thank you very much, catbyte.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

76. BlackBerry Hint or a latte. Coca Cola over Pepsi though.

Love Dr. Prpper.

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97. Thank you very much kerry-is-my-prez

[MichMan]

78. Classic Coke has been my drink of choice for over 50 plus years.

Easily my worst vice.

I don't drink coffee, but I'll be drinking a Coke at 6 am and ending at midnight. I will not under any circumstances drink Pepsi; if that's all they serve, Dr Pepper is acceptable, but nothing else. Can't stand Diet Coke or Coke Zero.

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98. Thank you very much, MichMan

[beveeheart]

128. Classic Coke for me for 61 years.

Used to be able to drink it anytime between 9am to 9pm, not anymore though.
When I was pregnant and sick the whole 9 months, drank straight Coke syrup which I had to get in gallon bottles from the drug store, you know what they made "fountain cokes" from.

[Wicked Blue]

79. Iced tea

Can't have anything with bubbles. Reflux.

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92. Thank you very much. Wicked Blue.

[The Wizard]

80. Pepsi made with real sugar

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106. Thank you The Wizard.

[Laffy Kat]

81. On the rare occasions these days when I actually drink soda...

It's Dr. Pepper, Baby. Ice cold DrP, YES!

[debm55]

96. Thank you very much, Laffy Kat

[BigMin28]

82. Coke

I don't drink coffee or tea. Coke is the one sweet thing I'll allow myself in moderation. Mexican coke taste like the original.

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107. Thank you very much BigMin28

[electric_blue68]

85. Classic Coke, occasional Ginger Ale, do enjoy lemonade, too.

I may only have a soda every month, or 2; these past 2 1/2 years.
I usually in the past found Pepsi to be too sweet.

Last year at a restaurant here in way upper Mahattan I had a Coke that tasted different- somehow it had more fizz in it than usual. 😄

I always hated Dr Pepper. It was big with one set of NJ Aunts & Uncles. Whatever herbs etc they included...

Now that was when I was a very picky eater. My palate has expanded like 500%+ . I might dislike it now, vs hate It. Or barely tolerate it. 😄 I'd be a bit surprised if I sort of liked it; been like 62 years since I had one! 😁

I also like (but not it's in the closeby small supermarket, will have to take the bus to a regular size one) the "Simply Juice" brand. Their watermelon(!), and Lemonlimeaide I've had. I just saw Peach (on line) - will have look for that.

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90. That sounds great, electric_blue68. I will look for the Simply Juice. Thank you.

[electric_blue68]

91. YW 👍 Enjoy!

[Ziggysmom]

86. Real Coke with sugar and a slice of lime, yum! In my teens I loved Fresca! Is that even around

any more?

Wishing you a speedy recovery Miss Deb My husband has been using an oxygen concentrator over 5 years now, so I understand how you must want to get off the O2 as soon as you can. His COPD and pulmonary hypertension slow him down, but we still go out and enjoy ourselves, especially to baseball games and old car shows in the summer. We stay home a lot in the cold weather because it gives him bronchospasm; thank goodness winter is over!

[debm55]

89. Thank you very much Ziggysmom. I hope I can get of the machine.Wishing you and you husband a great summer.

[SamKnause]

87. Pepsi.

I am drinking one as I type.

I will be 72 in June.

Pepsi has always been my choice.

We did a taste test at my high school.

One of my teachers stated that I couldn't taste the difference between Coke, Pepsi, or RC cola.

I identified all there correctly.

[debm55]

88. Thank you very much SamKnause. Congratulations on the taste test.

[Rebl2]

95. Neither

If I drink pop, it’s usually ginger ale or a lemon-lime drink like sprite.

[debm55]

109. Thank you Rebl2.

[Unwind Your Mind]

99. I really like a fountain Coke once in awhile

And our favorite local Mexican place has it in glass bottles from Mexico, those are great

[CrispyQ]

101. I read Mexican Coke uses real sugar & not HFCS.

They sell it at our grocery store. I'll take a look if I remember.

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110. Thank you for your choice. Unwind Your Mind.

[Dorothy V]

100. If a decent cup of coffee isn't available or it's 110 in the shade and sweet tea is not in the offing ...

a Barq's or a Dr. Pepper.
A Sprite if I'm sickly.

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104. Thank you very much Dorothy V. I like your selection.

[applegrove]

102. I was a diet coke person. Now I am a diet pepsi person. I'm trying to get up the guts to quit since

I am in Canada and you know ........ Trump trying to annex my country. But I'm not good at quitting things.

[debm55]

103. Thank you applegrove and good luck quitting.

[OnDoutside]

108. Diet Coke but pissed off with Coca Cola with their

pushing of Coke Zero in Europe. Coke Zero is NOT a substitute for Diet Coke, as it's designed to appeal as sugar free option for Coke drinkers.

However so many places over here will now only stock Coke and Coke Zero 😭

[debm55]

111. That is crapy to happen. OnDoutside thank you;

[Jeebo]

112. I'm a Pepper, have been for decades.

Y'know that flavor in Dr. Pepper that causes people who don't like it to complain that it "tastes like medicine"? Well, I just LOVE that flavor. Dr. Pepper has been my go-to soft drink since I was in my middle teens. That's 60-plus years. "It's the most original soft drink ... "

— Ron

[debm55]

113. Thank you very much, Jeebo

[happybird]

114. Dr Pepper

Cherry Coke and rootbeer

[debm55]

122. Thank you very much happybird. When I was a kid, I enjoyed Cherry Coke at the dinner.

[niyad]

115. Pepsi. Coke and I do not get along, it actually makes me ill.

[debm55]

123. Thank you very much. niyad.

[WmChris]

116. Coffee

I haven't used carbonated drinks for years.

[debm55]

124. Thank you very much for your selection.

[flvegan]

118. Jolt Cola

Back in the day. I heard they may start making it again. Not sure if it will be the same.

I haven't had a soft drink in 10 years though.

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121. Thank you fivegan.

[OldBaldy1701E]

131. Me too.

There is a very swanky subdivision outside of Chapel Hill, NC called 'The Governor's Club'. I worked for the surveying company that laid it out. When we started, it was just woods and an old farm. (The new lots were going for $500,000... the empty lots. And this was in 1988!)

Every day, my friend and I would carpool to the site. We would stop at the only convenience store close to the site. We would both get our 'Breakfast of Champions'... a king size 5th Avenue and a 20oz Jolt Cola.

I wonder why I am in such bad health these days...

[yellowdogintexas]

119. I seldom drink soda, but if I do it is regular Coke, and because it is readily available here

I generally purchase Mexican coke because it is made with regular sugar, not the high fructose corn syrup

Topo Chico is my favorite carbonated beverage

[debm55]

120. Thank you very much, vellowdogintexas.

[JMCKUSICK]

125. 7-UP

[debm55]

136. Thank you very much John.

[MIButterfly]

126. Coke, Cherry Coke, Dr. Pepper.

I switch between all three.

Here in Michigan, we have a brand called Faygo. Every so often, I have a craving for what we call red pop, no doubt left over from my childhood.

[debm55]

135. Thank you MIButterfly. We have Faygo here in PA also.Enjoy.

[MIButterfly]

137. Really! Learn something new everyday.

All these years, I thought Faygo was only in Michigan. When I was a kid, my mother and I would ride bikes to the park on Sunday and we'd each bring a bottle of Faygo, cream soda for her and red pop for me.

When I lived in Nashville, I was working at a restaurant and served a table of gentlemen from Detroit. I mentioned how much I missed red pop and for three years in a row, when they came back, they'd bring me a six pack of it!

Good memories. Do you have Vernor's in Pennsylvania as well?

[debm55]

138. Yes , we do. I live in the SW section of PA.

[MIButterfly]

139. I just realized I don't know (or don't remember) what red pop is actually named.

Strawberry? Cherry? Everybody just always calls it red pop.



Update: I looked it up. It’s actually called Red Pop. Color my face red!

[debm55]

140. Me either. We also call it pop---not soda. Not sure of the flavor. Sorry.

[MIButterfly]

141. I just updated my previous post. It's actually called Red Pop.

[brush]

127. Coke and Barq's rootbeer.

[debm55]

134. Thank you very much, brush.

[sakabatou]

129. Depends what I'm eating, but Pepsi

[debm55]

133. Thank you sakabatou. I agree.

[pansypoo53219]

130. i gave up soda, but i love squirt + shprecher root beer.

once in while...50/50 too regional.

[debm55]

132. Thank you very much pansypoo53219

[MorbidButterflyTat]

142. Where I come from

it's definitely Pepsi.

And we call it "pop"!

[debm55]

143. Thank you MorbidButterflyTat. Agree on both counts.

[ailsagirl]

144. My choice is (when I allow myself)...

Coca Cola BUT

Just one of those tiny cans has a whopping 25 grams of sugar so I rarely indulge

[debm55]

145. Thank you very much ailsagirl

[Luciferous]

146. Coke Zero. I have one every day.