I think I missed what White Castle and Krystal are. We still have RC and Moon Pies here in Texas. There is also not only Orange Crush, but also Grape Crush, now. Did y'all have those A&W Root Beer stands? That was wonderful, in frosted mugs-especially on a hot day. They sell it in bottles and cans, but it isn't nearly as good as they had at those drive ins. I don't think they have them anymore. The ones I knew of have all closed. Also loved the Pig Stands in Houston. Wonderful pork barbeque sandwiches. I loved to eat sliced chicken sandwiches in the dining cars on the train, years ago. We don't even have passenger trains through here anymore, although they are trying to get them back. I guess it was about 10 years ago that I rode the train from Bryan to Dallas and back. I was so disappointed in the dining. I really looked forward to one of those sliced chicken sandwiches, and the white tablecloths and silver. All they had was a little booth where you could buy hamburgers, snacks like a slice of pizza, chips, etc. at a very high price. I just got a bag of chips and went back to my seat. I used to get those sliced chicken sandwiches, an open faced sandwich, or breaded veal cutlets, when I would go out and eat. If it wasn't on a date or at a special event, I would just order french fries and a Coke. Anyone else ever have Lime Ice in the summer? I tried to remember how my friend who worked at the drugstore made it. After many years of wondering, I finally wrote to her and asked. She said it is just fresh lime squeezed over ice. Some people liked to put salt in it. It wasn't real sour, so I thought that maybe they had used some kind of syrup in it, too. I wanted my grandsons to have some. Another good place is Swensons, which is a chain. Wonderful, old fashioned food and atmosphere. Ice cream, hamburgers, etc., like they used to be. Unfortunately, the one here closed recently. I don't know where else they might have those shops, but that was one of my favorite places to go here. There used to be Bonanzas here, too, but the ones I knew about closed. Wonderful steaks. There was a similar chain called Sizzlers, but I don't know if they are still open. We used to go to one right behind my apartment when I lived in Galveston. I just drooled all the time, with the smell coming in my windows! Winn Dixie has been closed here, too, as has the Black Eyed Pea restaurant. It's amazing how many places go out of business here, then are quickly replaced by a similar thing. And this is a very rapidly growing area, but a lot of empty buildings are left behind. They have Golden Corral here, too. Our favorite used to be the Piccadilly in downtown Waco, before the big tornado leveled downtown. We went to their restaurant after they moved to the mall, but it wasn't the same. I sort of hate to go to those serve yourself places, after I saw a bunch of little kids, walking around, getting the serving spoons out of food, licking the spoons, them putting them back in the food. Lord knows what gets dropped into the food! Well, we all know stories about that sort of thing. I don't even like for my food to get mixed together. Picky, picky, picky! I know. But that's me. I can't drink any of the diet drinks or use the sugar substitutes. A couple of sips gives me a splitting headache that takes a long time to go away. I've about decided that the old stuff is best. I've gone back to real butter, put cream in the waterey milk they sell us these days. (And I lost weight that way.) The "old folks" lived to ripe old ages in their 90s. Those who died younger are the ones who started dieting and eating all this artificial stuff like margarine, using artificial sweetner, etc. Of course, they also smoked like crazy, too. (That doesn't include the children who died in accidents.) My sister diets, plays sports, and really works to have good health, and she is always telling me she doesn't know how I have lived to be as old as I am. She was a coach and P.E. teacher, still is into tennis, etc. She says it isn't fair, how hard she works on her health, and her cholesterol is high, blood pressure is high, she has had to have 2 back surgeries due to vertabra problems, has had to have surgery on her knees, had an eye injury from a tennis ball, etc. And all my tests are okay. My weight is too high from being given hormones some years ago. We do check because our mother and her sister developed diabetes in their 60s, within a short time of each other, although no one in their family ever had it. I dieted and starved, for years, trying to lose just a little weight, only to gain instead of lose. Doctors finally told me that some people are just meant to be weigh a certain thing. So, I've decided that I may as well enjoy myself. After my father died, my mother wouldn't take care of herself. She sat in her bed, in her underwear, and ate jars of peanut butter and candy, and smoked Cigarettes, then drank diet Coke. She was depressed, obviously. The central heating unit caught on fire in the attic, and all she would do is walk around the house looking for her cigarettes. Scared us to death! Fortunately, a man next door put out the little fire before it could do much damage, but we had to replace the unit and some boards. She got better when she went to stay with my sister, who kept her on a diet and on schedule. I used to drink Shasta Diet drinks, and those were good. They didn't give me headaches, until they changed the sweetner to something that the government said they had to use. I was doing well on Vioxx and cortisone shots in my knees, until my white blood cell count started to spike with the shots. At that time, they wouldn't give me anymore shots, and Vioxx went off the market. I'm taking Celebrex, but that doesn't work as well. I just have to creep around. Can't dance anymore, doggone it. 8>)) Isn't the sodium very low in Sprit or 7-Up. I read it, and that 70 doesn't sound so low, to me. Maybe it's lower than other things. Hmm. I thought that when I started drinking these things a few years ago, they advertised that they have no caffeine and are low sodium. I see that it doesn't say low sodium on the can anymore. One of my friends, an artist and professor in architecture at A&M, did an interesting art exhibit and project a few years ago that was on display several places. I took my students to see it and we all learned a lot. The title was "Sugar Boy". http://www-viz.tamu.edu/faculty/saslow/projects/sugarboy/index.html http://newsarchives.tamu.edu/stories/03/040903-4.html If you like art, you might enjoy her art work. She is a very creative, energetic, and interesting lady. My daughter is fixing our traditional and favorite Red Roast and Red Gravy for Mother's Day dinner tomorrow, with mashed potatoes, of course. Cecelia in Texas >I am Diabetic also. Watch the sodium on Sunkist Orange. I love Diet Grape, >but they do not have it up north. I found it at Winn Dixie in the South. > I remember when I was a driver for Tractor Supply in 1996. I use to go to > Cookeville, TN and deliver. They had a Bonanza just north of I-40 on the > main drag. Had excellent food, especially the Chicken Livers. They closed > all the Bonanzas up north here. I think we have two Ponderosas left. > Golden Corral and Ryans are big here. > Diet Mountain Dew is good also. > What happened to the RC and Moon Pie ?? > Kevin >