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In reply to the discussion: It's a hot summer day, You and your friends are outside playing, You hear the music--it's the Ice Cream man. I always [View all]
Traildogbob
(13,018 posts)6. We never had ice cream trucks
Just tankers spraying pesticides to kill mosquitoes.
Fun to run in the cool mist. 😩😵💫🤢
Rural MurKKKa in late fifties early sixties.
“We ain’t goin back”
I love ice cream so much.
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It's a hot summer day, You and your friends are outside playing, You hear the music--it's the Ice Cream man. I always [View all]
debm55
Jul 2024
OP
I remember them them and the Ice Ball that came in a paper cone. Ice Cream man would add your choice of colors. flavors.
debm55
Jul 2024
#8
Thank you Traildogbob that was dangerous running through the pesticides. I remember kids running down the street to get
debm55
Jul 2024
#9
Thank you very much, Traildogbob. I remember it being a quarter or dime. Yes, I look at the store and buy a box of
debm55
Jul 2024
#15
ice cream sandwich bars and popsicles . lol havnt heard of icream trucks in many many moons dbm
AllaN01Bear
Jul 2024
#7
Thank you AllaN01Bear. We also had the Vienna Bakery trucks that sold pastery--pies all kinds on dougnuts.
debm55
Jul 2024
#11
Thank you yorkster. Did you get the Captain Crunch bar that came in chocholate or strawberry?
debm55
Jul 2024
#13
We didn't have an ice cream truck in our town when I was a kid. Not that came through my neighborhood anyway.
arkielib
Jul 2024
#18
Thank you, The Polack MSgt. I remember them. Very popular in my neighborhood growing up.
debm55
Jul 2024
#30
Sorry, this made me laugh, kids playing outdoors......you're kidding right??? Oh ya mean when we were kids...
a kennedy
Jul 2024
#29
Thank you a kennedy. . And yes as a boomer we were never in the house during the summer.Unless it was lightning and
debm55
Jul 2024
#32
Thank you MiHale. We had the Push-up too. Always in orange sherbet. Thank you for your post.
debm55
Jul 2024
#38
There were a lot of good choices. Sometimes my decision was based on whim ...
surrealAmerican
Jul 2024
#43
surrealAmerican. thank you. All great choices. I forgot about the ice cream sandwiches. Your list is yummy.
debm55
Jul 2024
#44
The first "ice cream truck" that I remember was the Good Humor Man on a 3 wheel bicycle.
BluesRunTheGame
Jul 2024
#45
Thank you BluesRunTheGame. I guess even back when, some folks were jerks like your neighbors.
debm55
Jul 2024
#50
We never had a Good Humor Man in our area either. I forget the name of the owners. but I still remember the music and
debm55
Jul 2024
#49
Thank you, elleng . We didn't have a Good Humor Man. In fact, I don't know what kind it was as it was plastered with
debm55
Jul 2024
#56
Thank you happybird. That Mickey Mouse bar is great.. I love the line about Mickey's face being distorted.
debm55
Jul 2024
#67
Thank you subterranean, My Ice Cream Man sold the strawberry shortcake bars, but it wasn't Good Humor. I never got ice
debm55
Jul 2024
#68
friend of mine lived in santa cruz ca when a boy. the driver of the ice cream truck would give him grape popups .
AllaN01Bear
Jul 2024
#60
Thank you AllaN01Bear. Wow, I didn't know they had grape popups. I really liked the orange ones.
debm55
Jul 2024
#69
Most trouble I ever saw any of my siblings get into, and damn that's been a lot...
hunter
Jul 2024
#62
Yes sharing the popsicle.Breaking it so each got a part. Thank you, Mal , I remember that. I liked the blue popsicles, I
debm55
Aug 2024
#74
Yes, were I lived, a local bakery. Vienna Bakery , had a van that sold backed goods. They always came in the morning.
debm55
Aug 2024
#77
Mr Lake's dad was the refrigeration supervisor for the ice cream factories in several states.
LakeArenal
Aug 2024
#78
That is wonderful. Thank you, Lake Arenal. Eskimo pies. We called them Klondike bars, here.
debm55
Aug 2024
#88
Yes, I remember some of the sounds of youth and seasons and the normal of my growing-up
sanatanadharma
Aug 2024
#81