tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post5124676555740647406..comments2023-10-17T13:33:51.141+02:00Comments on Something to Say: About Life in The Netherlands: Something to Count OnJenn in Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356887577439040747noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-77391382544574926272007-08-24T20:32:00.000+02:002007-08-24T20:32:00.000+02:00I miss this kind of delivery from my childhood. S...I miss this kind of delivery from my childhood. Sigh. How wonderful.Desert Songbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320552900816326120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-15104009398254215152007-08-23T21:53:00.000+02:002007-08-23T21:53:00.000+02:00I'll bet that was great milk!However, it's my opin...I'll bet that was great milk!<BR/><BR/>However, it's my opinion that milk is for cats and babies. Adult humans have no business drinking it! <BR/><BR/>Lovely way you expressed the memory, though, babe. :)cathouse terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547258612468286876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-16666454312018474682007-08-23T20:49:00.000+02:002007-08-23T20:49:00.000+02:00People still get milk delivered on my street, if y...People still get milk delivered on my street, if you can believe it. When I walk my dog in the evening, I see a white sign with an 'F' for Farmer's Dairy in the front window of some houses. I'm never up early enough in the morning to see the actual deliveries...Julia Phillips Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392455413201190775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-48077956310675386552007-08-23T19:13:00.000+02:002007-08-23T19:13:00.000+02:00I'd forgotten about ours until you reminded me of ...I'd forgotten about ours until you reminded me of yours. Lovely post.annohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05102616203481686227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-52690438729219370572007-08-23T18:15:00.000+02:002007-08-23T18:15:00.000+02:00Simple things can give you such wonderful warm mem...Simple things can give you such wonderful warm memories.<BR/>Love this post.<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/>ConnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-51454167997499015062007-08-23T17:47:00.000+02:002007-08-23T17:47:00.000+02:00How I remember that! The Sunshine Farms milk man ...How I remember that! The Sunshine Farms milk man and that wonderful (to me) insulated dairy box. I had forgotten about the foil lids though. Thanks for the great memory. I *love* "the old days" of my early childhood.<BR/>Blessings,<BR/>~Toni~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-60869321966694765702007-08-23T16:44:00.000+02:002007-08-23T16:44:00.000+02:00leslie, whom I call buck-I had a feeling you would...leslie, whom I call buck-<BR/>I had a feeling you would find the haiku!<BR/><BR/>lori-<BR/>I sat down to write something entirely different and this is what came out. I kinda think it must have needed to...<BR/><BR/>jennifer-<BR/>LOVE the new picture of you. Yes, yes, yes!<BR/><BR/>SMID-<BR/>After glass bottles the dairy did a stint with big plastic bags full of milk (think ziploc with a spigot) which then went into a holding container in the fridge. Cool, but not nearly as cool as the bottles.<BR/><BR/>rebecca-<BR/>Gosh, I've missed ya. Yeah, LOVE the cream!<BR/><BR/>brillig-<BR/>This was Utah, land of my youth. And yeah, perhaps a different generation. That was a nice way for you to tell me I am frickin' brackin' old! Thanks for that.<BR/><BR/>fa-<BR/>I have had a turn getting the milk right off the farm from the cows (and the goats) too. Down to the choice I'd go with Winder Dairy delivery every time.<BR/><BR/>mnm-<BR/>Thanks!<BR/><BR/>jen-<BR/>No, you're not. As Brillig says you are just from a *gasp* <I>different</I> generation...Jenn in Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356887577439040747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-77912146887194202602007-08-23T15:53:00.000+02:002007-08-23T15:53:00.000+02:00Wow! Where did you grow up? I remember this from...Wow! Where did you grow up? I remember this from my Grandmother's house in Jersey City, and I <I>know</I> I'm older than you are!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02362687820368214420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-57103869581862391282007-08-23T11:06:00.000+02:002007-08-23T11:06:00.000+02:00When I lived on the farm, we just got ours from th...When I lived on the farm, we just got ours from the cow!<BR/><BR/>Lovely imagery and haiku!Fourier Analysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09689357373595434853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-24322984050386860432007-08-23T06:13:00.000+02:002007-08-23T06:13:00.000+02:00Beautiful post, Jenn. Where was this? Here in Ut...Beautiful post, Jenn. Where was this? Here in Utah???? We had milk delivered similarly when I was a kid in London, though it came in a crate. But never in Utah. Maybe you're just of a *ahem* <I>different</I> generation...Brillighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694582598855276158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-11993737534759185792007-08-23T04:52:00.000+02:002007-08-23T04:52:00.000+02:00great post - love those milk bottles and their foi...great post - love those milk bottles and their foil caps - and the way the cream would float to the top!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582796689281835066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-39298503563692831762007-08-23T03:33:00.000+02:002007-08-23T03:33:00.000+02:00Lov-e-ly! We had a milk box to but got cartons of...Lov-e-ly! We had a milk box to but got cartons of milk, not glass bottles. We also had some a lid in the ground to throw away the trash.soccer mom in denialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779961065417497337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-38183666045662927642007-08-23T03:08:00.000+02:002007-08-23T03:08:00.000+02:00We had a milkbox, too! I still remember it so fond...We had a milkbox, too! I still remember it so fondly. That was a great post.jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511174413208544186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-89953622663925681292007-08-23T00:36:00.000+02:002007-08-23T00:36:00.000+02:00Ex-cell-ent. Such an evocative post.Ex-cell-ent. Such an evocative post.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100513347252567500.post-42782290924451482592007-08-22T23:45:00.000+02:002007-08-22T23:45:00.000+02:00Jenn, this is precious. It evokes such a warm fee...Jenn, this is precious. It evokes such a warm feeling. I love this post.<BR/><BR/>(And I love the haiku!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com