MILK FLOATS

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 10 Oct 2009, 10:36

When my dad's dad was a lad his dad brought the cow round and you milked it yourself.

Quintus · Post by **Quintus** » 10 Oct 2009, 12:17

There are still milk floats round where I live; they carry other things on the float in blue plastic crates (orders?). I don't use the service myself - not much of a milk drinker - plus I buy locally in the centre of town for most things.

When I was a nipper and went on school camps we used to drink still warm unpasturised milk all the time, someone told me that would be illegal now. When I'm in Europe it often seems to be UHT (yuk) so I often do without.

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 10 Oct 2009, 12:19

When my dad's dad's dad was a lad, his dad couldn't afford milk. He took water out of a ditch and mixed some chalk with it to make it look like milk.

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 10 Oct 2009, 15:37

chalk

Chalk????

You jammy gits. Our family was so poor that we couldn't afford chalk. My grandad used to dig up bodies from the graveyard and crush the dried bones to get the white powder needed to make 'milk'.

2 As and a B · Post by **2 As and a B** » 10 Oct 2009, 15:44

Luxury.

Our family used to have to slaughter the eldest member to get the bones to crush to make milk.

neckiep · Post by **neckiep** » 11 Oct 2009, 22:51

My old dad used to have to milk snakes for our tea. It seems like you lot are carrying on the tradition of milking the Python.....

2 As and a B · Post by **2 As and a B** » 12 Oct 2009, 07:15

Ah, quelque chose pour mon thé.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 12 Oct 2009, 12:14

One thing that puzzles me: what did the first person to milk a cow think they were doing?