It's 7 Celsius here...the ice cream man just stopped by

RandallFlagg

Now that's optimism!

What with the temperatures being like November and my kids being the youngest at 18 & 19 in what is slowly turning into a pensioners paradise here in the Close...that's some hope Mr. Whippy!

He didn't stay parked up long... 

Ddigger

Maybe he wasn't selling ice cream?

Ice Cream Wars in the 80s in Glasgow... 

monquixote

Took my kids for a walk I had coffee, they all had ice cream.

EricTheWeary

We’ve had glorious sunshine and no ice cream. 

Actually I’ve been avoiding our local park as it’ll be jam packed and the litter louts will make me angry but there’s probably an ice cream van there. 

Neill

Seems the country is upside down today.

We've had 17 degrees in our back garden this afternoon.

But the forecast for Monday is sub zero and snow.  

A Polish couple moved to our village a few years ago, like most foreigners they couldn't understand why the British talk constantly about the weather.  They understand now...

Ddigger

Ddigger said:

Maybe he wasn't selling ice cream?

Ice Cream Wars in the 80s in Glasgow... 

Also, a lot of 70 year old have spent the last 50 years getting off their faces.  I remember seeing a report on the ages of some drug offenders.

Maybe that explains why Mrs Jones at No. 74 always seems tired and why Mr Jones was manically manicuring the lawn at half past two last Sunday morning?

Sassafras

I prefer eating ice cream in the cold weather. It stays firm longer.

Kittyfrisk

Sassafras said:

I prefer eating ice cream in the cold weather. It stays firm longer.

Softly whipped Mr.Stiffy I assume?

Nitefly

The noisy bastard has kept on round here all bloody winter, at least once a week.  The "Match of the Day" theme played on ice cream van chimes can fuck right off.

Dominic

Ice Cream Vans have changed;
There are 2 that pitch at a local garden centre ,
One is a Crepe Van
The other is an Oyster Bar but they also do Green Lipped Mussels grilled with  Lemongrass and Chilli , Pan Seared Scallops with Black pudding or Tempura Prawns with Sriracha 
...........Try sticking a Flake in that !

Dominic

Actually , people only "think" it is Ice Cream..........it's actually grotesque;
Not many realise that the "Whippy " mix is actually a powdered base of Hydrogenised Beef Fat and Potato Starch and has absolutely nothing Dairy -related in it........it has more genetic relationship to Sunday Roast Dinner 
 Now try sticking a Flake in that !........if the thought doesn't make you feel very ill .

ennspek

Ours is very optimistic as well. Still everyone has to make a living.

RandallFlagg

The ice cream vans around here are always old with little bits of rust. Does anyone make a brand new ice cream van? Where would you go to buy one?

I'm off to Google that.

TeleMaster

I have a huge dislike for ice cream vans. I worked nights for near enough 15 years in a job where I needed to be rested to function properly and those guys would wake me up with their stupid jingles every day in the summer, and once awake in the day I have always found it difficult to get back to sleep. Often multiple vans would come and mostly no one would ever come out!

I tried everything to block the noise and they would often be right outside my window so it was futile. I once asked one guy not to play his music on X days and he basically said he had to and was allowed to. 

No offence to any ice cream van men/women here, but I really think playing that music should be banned because to the many who work nights, it's unbelievablely inconsiderate. 

EricTheWeary

Relatives in Lincolnshire posting pictures of falling snow on far this morning so I guess it’s colder nearer to the OP still. 

RandallFlagg said:

The ice cream vans around here are always old with little bits of rust. Does anyone make a brand new ice cream van? Where would you go to buy one?

I'm off to Google that.

They are about £60k new so I guess if you are trying to make a profit you’d keep it until it fell apart. Commercial diesel engines but I guess ice cream vans usually only usually driven quite short distances so their engines would be good for many years. 

RandallFlagg

EricTheWeary said:

Relatives in Lincolnshire posting pictures of falling snow on far this morning so I guess it’s colder nearer to the OP still. 

RandallFlagg said:

The ice cream vans around here are always old with little bits of rust. Does anyone make a brand new ice cream van? Where would you go to buy one?

I'm off to Google that.

They are about £60k new so I guess if you are trying to make a profit you’d keep it until it fell apart. Commercial diesel engines but I guess ice cream vans usually only usually driven quite short distances so their engines would be good for many years. 

Yep snowed here this morning. No sign of Mr Whippy. I reckon he'd be better off getting a copy of the Racing Post and putting a few bets on this arvo with a few pints and a pasty.