[CTS] Re: Remember
- From: Don L Elias <donelias@xxxxxxxx>
- To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:48:53 -0500
I just bought milk in a glass bottle on Tuesday at
the coop grocery. We also have Schwan's Diary
delivery on our street as well as grocery delivery.
What comes around goes around. :^)
Go Hawks!!!!!!!!!!!
Don Elias
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 06:24:43 -0500 "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Actually I've seen it, one of the dairies in Chicago had a nostalgia
thing
> going for a few weeks and they brought a few of their retired milk
wagons
> from mothballs, had period uniforms made, and rented draft horses and
> actually did the routes the way they used to, of course by this time
the
> city required a "muffler" on the exhaust (canvas catch bag).
>
> I still see horse and buggy as well as horse drawn farming as we have a
> heavy Amish population as well.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Murray
Reid
> > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 8:13 PM
> > To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [CTS] Re: Remember
> >
> >
> > Only Joe and I remember milk delivery by horse and wagon, though
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 11:16 PM
> > Subject: [CTS] Re: Remember
> >
> >
> > > Remember those dumb gelatin eggs in Mrs Grass soup mix? We had BW
until1962
> > > and then 75% of the broadcasts were in BW until 65 or 66. My
parents finally
> > > got rid of the Zenith color console from 62 in 1993 when it blew a
hole in
> > > the HV board from arcing. I remember home delivery of milk with the
> > > insulated box that they put the chuck of ice into, and glass
bottles with a
> > > plastic carry handle and waxed cap. I hated that margarine tasted
like
> > > bearing grease.
> > >
> > > I had a Cushman Eagle scooter with single cylinder engine and 2
speed
> > > trans - looked like a Harley frame with golf cart tires - suicide
shifter
> > > too.
> > >
> > > Oh the off-topic things I could dig from this pre-alziehmer's
brain.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jack
Hand
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:41 PM
> > > > To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [CTS] Re: Remember
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Joe,
> > > >
> > > > Heck, I remember black & white TV. And, when you put
> > > > the green sheet of plastic on the screen to give you the
> > > > sense of 'color'.
> > > >
> > > > Also, when you bought margarine and it had the dye egg
> > > > that you broke and mixed the yellow dye in to give the
> > > > white margarine a yellow color, to make it like butter.
> > > >
> > > > And, the Homes to Homes milk delivery trucks. And the fruit
> > > > and vegetable trucks that came through our neighborhood
> > > > during the summer, loaded with fresh produce for sale.
> > > >
> > > > Long, long, long time gone.
> > > >
> > > > ;-)))
> > > >
> > > > >From: Cuffy10@xxxxxxx
> > > > >
> > > > >"Remember?"
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