The Milkman Hasn't Cometh ( was: Weighing In Very Late

[severelysigune]

carolynwhite wrote:
<<  Ok, fair cop - should have checked the actual wording. I could 
start a ghastly British Thread by explaining you put empty milk 
bottles out the night *before* for collection, because milkmen 
collect and deliver at unseemly hours in the early morning, waking 
you up if you have only just dozed off after worrying into the small 
hours..>> 

Talisman replied:
> Do they really still deliver, at all? The last time I had a 
milkman, I was a kid in my parent's home.  Okay, I didn't actually 
HAVE the milkman, just his delivery services...oh, never mind.

And bottles...do they still use those?  And collect empties?  Sounds 
like life 40 years ago. >


Sigune's two Knuts:

Well, I'm twenty-six, the age Hermione would be today, and I remember 
most definitely that milk was delivered in glass bottles at home. The 
baker also delivered his bread. I don't think either still happens 
today in the town where I used to live, but sixteen years ago? 
Definitely.