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-t - Jul 22, 2009 10:58:24 am PDT #308 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Speaking of things you never see any more, just recently I saw a MILKMAN delivering milk. In glass bottles. wow

I was just thinking how convenient that would be. I do buy cream in glass bottles, but I haven't found a way to get it delivered.


megan walker - Jul 22, 2009 10:59:30 am PDT #309 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I love milk in glass bottles. I also miss my egg boy.


Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 11:00:23 am PDT #310 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

No, I meant manual windows and locks. Thank goodness, since I don't know how to drive stick.

Ok, now I understand. That I have seen.


msbelle - Jul 22, 2009 11:08:19 am PDT #311 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Where to find milk in glass bottles (sound): [link]


lisah - Jul 22, 2009 11:08:34 am PDT #312 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

Thank goodness, since I don't know how to drive stick.

I have to learn! And soon. There's a stick shift car sharing my parking pad now. Never saw the point of it. So much more fiddly than a regular car!

My grandparents owned a dairy store and we got milk delivered from them until it closed in the early 80s. That was the best milk ever.


Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 11:12:46 am PDT #313 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Almost all the grocery stores around here have milk in glass bottles available.

So much more fiddly than a regular car!

Once you get used to it, it just becomes second nature. It can be a pain in stop and go traffic though. I'm so used to manuals that sometimes automatics get on my nerves, "Hey car, I didn't want to shift gears right now."


megan walker - Jul 22, 2009 11:14:35 am PDT #314 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Whole Foods also sells milks in glass bottles but I assume the deposit is as expensive as it was in MD, so that becomes a pain.

If they sold it at the farmers' market here like Ronnybrook Farm in NY then I would get it every week.

You'd think there would be more people into this concept in CA.


lisah - Jul 22, 2009 11:14:56 am PDT #315 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

Once you get used to it, it just becomes second nature.

That's what everyone tells me. But they all learned when they were young people! I am old and unable to easily learn new things.


Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 11:15:56 am PDT #316 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I am old and unable to easily learn new things.

It might actually be easier since the whole driving thing isn't new. Just learn someplace where there is plenty of space in front of you (behind you in reverse), especially in a car with a lot of power.


-t - Jul 22, 2009 11:16:59 am PDT #317 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't remember what the deposit is, but I bring the empties back so it's moot at this point.