I can't fathom why anyone needs more than one soft drink at dinner.
Drinking while you eat dilutes your stomach juices, I was once told, which can exacerbate indigestion. One drink sipped slowly over the course of a meal should be plenty, actually.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 12:10, 1 reply)

coke
is only marginally less acidic that stomach acid, so I can't see that being a huge problem.

And yes, I really miss the free refills in the states. Especially the iced tea as my friends and I pootled across the Carolinas and Tennessee... they like their iced tea down there (and their whiskey, but that's a different story!).

The best part that I discovered was that if you go to a pub and have a couple of beers and then decide you've had enough alcohol for the night, any soft drink you subsequently order will be entirely gratis! I loved that, along with the fact that in my favourite pub if you asked for Jack Daniels (or even the Glenlivet), it arrives in a standard sized tumbler...filled almost to the top! Man that got me wasted for
$7. Fabulous.

Oh look, I told a whisk(e)y story in the end. I can't help it, I love the stuff.
(Stu Moo winner of five nobble piece prizes, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 13:14, closed)