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ice cream trucks
« on: August 12, 2005, 05:35:34 PM »
Silly question, but my kids are very interested in the whole ice cream truck thing. Do they still drive round each town or neighborhood like they did when I was a kid?
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Re: ice cream trucks
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2005, 05:36:31 PM »
YES.  TWICE A DAY in my neighbourhood. 

MUST. NOT. KILL. ICE. CREAM. TRUCK. DRIVER.
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Re: ice cream trucks
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2005, 05:39:55 PM »
Quote from: mwrkgreen on August 12, 2005, 05:35:34 PM
Silly question, but my kids are very interested in the whole ice cream truck thing. Do they still drive round each town or neighborhood like they did when I was a kid?

Yes, and for some reason the song of choice is Green sleeves. I saw two of them parked and gearing up for the run yesterday
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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2005, 05:40:55 PM »
In my town they just tend to lurk where they know there will be children. :)
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« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2005, 05:45:23 PM »
Thank you. My seven and eight year old just went from, "Okay, I guess moving will be an alright thing to do " to "Cool, when do we leave and do we have to spend our allowance money at the icey or will you give us extra"
Who could have known that an ice cream truck could save my day!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: ice cream trucks
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2005, 05:50:52 PM »
One comes around here quite often during the summer months, usually playing "The Happy Wanderer."    In fact it was here about an hour ago!  

Don;t forget to follow Tufty's advice when you go to get your icecream, will you?     :)
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Re: ice cream trucks
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2005, 05:53:37 PM »
Thanks for the Tufty's link.
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« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2005, 07:02:47 PM »
Twice a day in the summer, once in the evening in winter...
In addition to ice cream, our one also sells bread and milk!
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« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2005, 07:44:28 PM »
Not around here.
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Re: ice cream trucks
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2005, 08:22:50 PM »
wow. the memories. My dad was in the royal navy and once when he was home on leave he drove an ice cream truck in Plymouth. My sisters and I would be so excited to ride in the back, it didnt even matter that we froze our butts off sitting on cold boxes. The song was 'moulon rouge'. I think its spelled right, anyway a hit in the fiftys.
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« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2005, 08:25:36 PM »
I hear it up to about 10pm here
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Re: ice cream trucks
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2005, 08:30:12 PM »
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The song was 'moulon rouge'. I think its spelled right, anyway a hit in the fiftys.

Theme from The Moulin Rouge (The Red Windmill)   :)

Also known by the alternate title "Where Is Your Heart."  


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Re: ice cream trucks
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2005, 08:36:52 PM »
Yes the ice cream vans are all over ..it's horrible when you've got a child..nevermind that there is a freezer full of all kinds of ice cream ...Ice cream is not ice cream unless is being serve out of a diesel ladden automobile... :P

Come spring one parks it's butt on the high road ..so I have to devise some sort of distraction coming home from school to avoid the "mummy can I have some Ice cream " question.

We went to the Ben and Jerry thing that was HOURS of free ice cream of any flavour...as soon as we walked out of the festival gates there was an ice cream van ...I can not believe Jessica had the nerve to ask "Mummy can I have an ice cream from the ice cream van" .... ::)


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« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2005, 09:19:07 PM »
Here they just stay parked where they know there will be lots of crowds and tourists.
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Re: ice cream trucks
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2005, 09:20:39 PM »
Our ice cream truck guy is VERY scary. Is it the same in the UK?
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