I hear ya, Pjo! I used to adore my coca-cola! Especially a fountain coke with crushed ice! And once in a while, a fountain VANILLA coke!

For a while, I was sad, yes, even crushed, that it tasted yucky. Now I'm over it. You'll move on too, eventually. Maybe a taste here and there to confirm that it still tastes nasty.

I always hated diet sodas--especially w/ aspartame. Now, I drink the occasional diet vanilla coke, or diet coke w/ lemon. I have to have the added flavor to help disguise the aspartame. But, it is good to know that I've been able to survive w/o coke!