Warning!!! Don't take a sip of your soda when reading Charles' posts! Hahaha!
BTW, OT, but have you always lived in CA? Where did you pick up "soda"? I was born and raised in Chicago and always have said "pop" or at most "soda pop." I married a St. Louisan and now live in St. Louis and the locals here say "soda" when they mean "pop." To me, a "soda" has ice cream in it and you get it at a soda fountain.