Beverly sort of did love an ice cold Coke - especially with a slice of pizza or a cheeseburger. Yum. "Nice choice," she grinned. "What kind of candy did you have in Australia?" She had never been, obviously. But it always seemed like an exotic place, where the toilets flushed backwards (did they really?) and kangaroos just bouncing around on the dusty roads.
She was delighted to explore the shop, with shelves that were taller than she was - and she picked out some good stuff too. Some old-fashioned things, like caramel marshmallow sticks, jellies, finger crackers (which just sort of looked like long, thin biscuits with chocolate), those Fun Dips and even, yes, a box or two of Bazooka gum.
Such nostalgia. Such greatness, that everything was basically a nickel.