I heard my first ice cream truck tonight. I heard that they

[applegrove]

go to low income areas in this city. I live in one and here they came tonight. Don't know if they give out ice cream for free in tough neighbourhoods but they should. Someone I work with told me they go to government housing in Ottawa once a week in the summer. I love government programs. I love good government. Canada's motto has always been Peace, Order and Good Government. The conservative government is trying to change that by stealth to Strong, Proud and Free.

[NightWatcher]

1. but did you get some ice cream?

You lost me at the second sentence. Did you get something? My fav was the

I'm a little stoned right now but did you go all 'socio-eco, government ...." in The Lounge in a post about the ice cream man?

[applegrove]

2. I had a conversation with someone a few weeks ago about the ice cream truck going to a poor

neighbourhood once a week. I thought what an excellent idea. Ignored the ice cream truck sound tonight at first. Thought it was the tv. Then looked and sure enough it was the real thing. Never seen one before. And am glad all kids get access to summer fun. I did not go outside and get an ice cream as I am on a diet. As a kid ice cream would excite me. Now I get excited about government programs. I guess I'm grown up. Sorry my post did not make sense.

[mackerel]

3. I could go for a Missile Pop right now.

[pinboy3niner]

4. The ice cream truck was the reason I failed as a coin collector as a kid

I was always robbing my collection to buy ice cream.

But when I was interning with a Dem congressman in '77 I did get to go see Pierre Trudeau address a Joint Meeting of Congress.

[applegrove]

5. I loved Trudeau. He was such a dynamic leader.

[Art_from_Ark]

6. I remember using a Mercury dime to buy an ice cream bar

from the ice cream cart when I was 7 or 8 years old. Suddenly I realized I had spent a silver dime, so after that I made sure to use cheapie nickels to make my purchases

[Major Nikon]

7. There's one that comes through my neighborhood just about every weekend

It's certainly not low income. I think they just go wherever they can make money, which is usually wherever they can find kids.

[hunter]

8. Many of the songs the ice cream trucks play have some very dirty and wicked lyrics...

..the sorts of things men would sing in mens-only mining and military community pubs.

The U.S.A. is a very strange place.

[applegrove]

9. I was trying to figure out the song last night but drew a blank.

[BarbaRosa]

10. That's what is fun about living New Mexico.

When the Ice Cream truck does the trailer park across the valley it's playing the Ice Cream truck version of La Cucaracha

[NorthCarolinaL]

11. Man, that brings back memories.

Funny how you view the ice cream man as a child and an adult. As a child, you see this adult figure that you solemnly wait for and dutifully pay your savings As an adult, you see a guy who does not have the best job, barely pays his expensive truck gas, and makes the thinnest of margins on food that is expensive to refrigerate.