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Do Milkmen still exist?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Medro, Sep 16, 2011.

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    Must say I'm jealous you get fruit and veg delivered to your door - I am guessing it's viirtually straight out of the ground? We've got a plot of allotments behind our house and it's always tempting to jump the fence oin the middle of the night and nick some of the stuff.......
     
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    Medro Well-Known Member

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    Yeah pretty much. You tell them what you want and if you're not in they just leave it for ya and you square them up the next week, bit like a drug dealer "Bag a spuds on strap Donald...you know I'm a good for it."
     
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    We used to get milk delievered, but he put the prics up 25% and when I did a price check at Tesco, we were paying double what you could get a Tesco, so sacked him.
     
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    Do you live in Camberwick Green per chance?
     
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    Peter Kay is trawling this thread for new material.

    Who remembers Spangles?
     
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    I used to love it when someone would come round asking if we wanted to buy tablet and macaroon ... never happens anymore :( kids today are lazy buggers too busy playing call of duty.
     
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    Anyone seen a rag n bone man recently?
     
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    We've still got one, a sprightly little fella with a strong Wigan accent. He always wears his Liverpool FC top and runs everywhere.
     
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    Is it not cheaper to buy from the shops?
     
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    We do. When I said "we've got one", I meant there's one that delivers to our area.
     
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    We had the Alpine ginger man

    The Butcher Van

    The Milkman

    The Egg n Tottie Van

    The Grocer's van

    The Chip van
     
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    Like Juice Terry?
     
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    As in someone to bully? Calls at your door and you call him a ginger twat?

    You not have a pokey van Pud?

    When I was a kid our icre-cream man got busted for selling gear. He was like Big Worm from Friday, but white and skinny and some gash tattoos.
     
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