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

[Talisman]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457@> 
wrote:
> >
> > --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "carolynwhite2" 
> > <carolynwhite2@> 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..> 
> > 
> > Do they really still deliver, at all?  <snip> 
> > And bottles...do they still use those?  And collect empties?  

> Geoff:
> No, it is a picture of life in the UK in 2006.

 
Thank you Geoff.  That is the information I was looking for.

> In the village where I live, there is a doorstep delivery every 
other day - at aboout 05:00! 


We'll have to assume Petunia went out at 4:30. :)