[HPFGU-OTChatter] Mr. Creevey's Profession

[Sherry Garfio]

Oh yeah, this reminds me - in Denver, Royal Crest Dairy recently converted
their entire fleet to propane.  They're kind of noisy if you happen to wake up
at 4:00 AM when they are usually delivering, but they run as fast as gasoline
cars.

Sherry


--- Kathryn <kcawte at kcawte.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> There are indeed still milkmen in this country. AFAIK they cover most of the
> country (if you actually want milk delivered) with the exception of people
> living in the middle of nowhere.
> Alas they no longer use a horse and cart as my mothers uncle used to, now
> they use annoying electric milk floats, well annoying if you've ever been
> stuck behind one.
> Seek out some old Open All Hours episodes, they haven't changed much since
> (if at all). 
> 
> K 
> -------Original Message-------
> 
> From: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
> Date: 14 October 2002 21:01:03
> To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Mr. Creevey's Profession
> 
> I was musing on the "mixed time" feel of the HP books - some 
> descriptions of the Muggle world seem to be fifties-ish or 
> sixties-ish, while other bits (computers and Playstations) are modern 
> times, or at least nineties-ish, and the Wizarding world is a muddle 
> of pseudo-medieval, pseudo-Elizibethan, and pseudo-Victorian 
> trappings - when something occurred to me.
> 
> Colin Creevey states in CoS that his father is a milkman. I had 
> semi-unconsciously sorted this as one of the fifties-ish details 
> about the story. I am now wondering if it is, instead, a cultural 
> detail. Would one of the British listies be so kind as to tell me 
> whether there are still milkmen in Britain (or, more to the point, if 
> there were circa 1992)?
> 
> Thanks,
> 


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"The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers."

      -Dave Barry, "Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn"

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