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9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More http://www.uretima.info/2009/07/9-electric-cars-100-years-old-or-more.html In article <6e5fa6ce-fe94-4848-9316-25d65adec1cd@k13g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, > 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More > http://www.uretima.info/2009/07/9-electric-cars-100-years-old-or-more.html Back in the early 80s the postal home delivery in a UK village I visited used an electric van. By the 90s that was changed to a diesel. I always wondered why? Cheaper? Of course our (UK) milk floats are still all electric. DAS To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" --- > Back in the early 80s the postal home delivery in a UK village I visited > used an electric van. > By the 90s that was changed to a diesel. > I always wondered why? There is still home delivery of milk in the UK? Ours in the Vancouver, BC area disappeared over 10 years ago. > Cheaper? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > By the 90s that was changed to a diesel. > > I always wondered why? Yep. But I suspect it's declining. I used to have it until the delivery company (a small franchisee in the end, after having been unloaded by the dairy) stopped coming to our area or folded a few years ago. The milkman was very inefficient anyway. As many do, he also delivered other goods like orange juice, bread and certain vegetables. And his billing was erratic, so his cash flow was probably erratic. I asked for a price list several times but none came. (Well, I left him notes on the doorstep - there was no way of communicating with him except by a phone that took only messages to which he never replied...) More recently our big dairies have amalgamated and still support home delivery. There is even a fancy website where you can register. Well, I tried phoning (speaking to some customer services person) and the web, and even speaking to a milkman doing commercial rounds (to shops). All promised me to start a service... but nothing happens. Businesses like that are likely to go under.... So I still have to shlep milk from the supermarket.... The consolation is that it is cheaper (from the supermarket). Anyway, electric milk floats (vehicles) are used by the dairies for commercial deliveries. Dig this: http://www.milkfloats.org.uk/ Three and four-wheelers... And no, we don't have any hand-pulled ones anymore. Nice one outside parliament in London http://www.milkfloats.org.uk/random4.html DAS To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" --- > There is still home delivery of milk in the UK? > Ours in the Vancouver, BC area disappeared over 10 years ago. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> > By the 90s that was changed to a diesel. >> > I always wondered why? > ...Dig this: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.milkfloats.org.uk/random4.html I would think those would prove to be rather nostalgic for those who grew up with them running around the neighborhood.  SignatureBill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x') > More recently our big dairies have amalgamated and still support home > delivery. There is even a fancy website where you can register. Well, I > tried phoning (speaking to some customer services person) and the web, and > even speaking to a milkman doing commercial rounds (to shops). All promised > me to start a service... but nothing happens. Businesses like that are > likely to go under.... Or they are forced by local Gov to provide that home delivery, but they really don't want it to grow. Is this a fact? News to me. Certainly fresh milk consumption would decline even faster if home deliveries were abolished. Relevant article from 2006: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4850336.stm And don't ask me why these vehicles are called milk floats. Apparently lost in the mists of time, according to that website I posted previously. DAS To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" --- [...] > Or they are forced by local Gov to provide that home delivery, but they > really don't want it to grow. > ...And don't ask me why these vehicles are called milk floats. Apparently lost > in the mists of time, according to that website I posted previously. Gotta wonder if the source of the term is the same as the things that are used to haul displays around in parades (at least in the U.S. that's what the term means). Maybe derived from some water-bourne vehicles (small barges, floats) that eventually evolved to wheeled land vehicles? Dori - my email spell checker wants to change your last name to 'chitterlings'. SignatureBill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x') Re float: Indeed. Valid speculation. Apparently tehre were some references to coal floats. Chitterlings - marvellous! "plural noun the smaller intestines of a pig, cooked for food." :-) DAS To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" --- >> ...And don't ask me why these vehicles are called milk floats. >> Apparently lost in the mists of time, according to that website I posted [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Dori - my email spell checker wants to change your last name to > 'chitterlings'. > Re float: Indeed. Valid speculation. Apparently tehre were some references > to coal floats. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > :-) > DAS Hah! And just so you know, the "correct" pronunciation is "chittlins". Didn't want you to embarrass yourself if you're ever over here and go to use the word to impress the locals with your knowledge of fine dining. :) They're considered a great southern delicacy. SignatureBill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x') Thank you for this cultural advice, which I take on board and shall use to save myself embarassment... Regrettably haven't been to the South for years. Unless you call Tombstone "South"...visited in Dec 06...together with Tucson. :-)) DAS To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" --- [...] > Hah! And just so you know, the "correct" pronunciation is "chittlins". > Didn't want you to embarrass yourself if you're ever over here and go to > use the word to impress the locals with your knowledge of fine dining. :) > They're considered a great southern delicacy. > There is still home delivery of milk in the UK? > Ours in the Vancouver, BC area disappeared over 10 years ago. It's been 20 years since they stopped in most areas here. Prior to that it was common to have to drive 10-20 miles to go food shopping. With a stay at home mom and a few kids to load into the car and going to get milk several times a week was a bit much. Now theres a food store or convenience market mile or less of most peoples homes. They still deliver to home on the outskirts of town. |
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