I was giving my health history & she asked if I drank coffee. Yes! When did I start? I knew the answer: as a hitchhiker, people often offered to buy you a cup of coffee & it would have been rude not to accept. I guess it made the transactional ride become more like a favor. I didn't drink coffee until the, but that was when I began to. Occasionally, a driver would buy me a sandwich or, memorably, a fantastic Italian lunch in Worcester, Massachusetts, but usually it was coffee.
That memory is locked in! she said.