Why did they get rid of the glass milk bottles that the milkman delivered?

Seve OB · 14-10-2011 12:51PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

This thread's so feckin old, that when I spotted a comment on the first page, I thought - "that's the kind of smart-arse comment that I would come out with"

You can guess the rest.:(

I think you did actually come out with that re-constituted smart arse comment!!

14-10-2011 06:59PM

stevieob wrote: »

I heard this on TV somewhere. Apparently it is some sort of law that they can't sell it through dairys, but you can sell it if you are a farmer.

Where the hell can us Dubs get some unhomogenised milk????

I'm not sure you can anymore. The only unhomogenised milk I knew of was Lullaby Milk from Ardrahan creamery in Kanturk, Co. Cork. Apparently it's homogenised now.

jamesie_boy · 14-10-2011 07:05PM

And now to ride Mrs. O'Reilly!!

melekalikimaka · 14-10-2011 07:09PM

we have an italia 90 branded one somewhere

lcrcboy · 14-10-2011 07:54PM

In Limerick criminals realized that a person wasint home when the milk bottles were left out and not used, so they started targeting these houses, I believe this has happened in other parts of the world as well.

wotzgoingon · 14-10-2011 08:10PM

melekalikimaka wrote: »

we have an italia 90 branded one somewhere

i remember them. My aunty still has hers but we werent smart enough to keep ours.

im invisible · 14-10-2011 08:14PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

This thread's so feckin old, that when I spotted a comment on the first page, I thought - "that's the kind of smart-arse comment that I would come out with"

You can guess the rest.:(

yeah, came across a funny post, thought 'i must thank that' but i couldnt, because i already had, only one to thank it too

14-10-2011 08:15PM

melekalikimaka wrote: »

we have an italia 90 branded one somewhere

My parents still have it, they also have a 1988 Dublin Millennium bottle.

IR · 17-10-2011 09:26AM

A company called Kelly's organic do pasteurised unhomogenised milk. They sell to some shops in Dublin as well as in Dublin co-op every Saturday. there are a couple of producers around Ireland doing this now and selling direct...
http://www.kellysorganic.com/
Its not in Glass though...

Also for the moment anyhow unpasteurised unhomogenised milk is also available, though the government is intending to ban this

19-10-2011 06:28PM

IR wrote: »

A company called Kelly's organic do pasteurised unhomogenised milk. They sell to some shops in Dublin as well as in Dublin co-op every Saturday. there are a couple of producers around Ireland doing this now and selling direct...
http://www.kellysorganic.com/
Its not in Glass though...

I just got some in The Hopsack in the Swan Centre, Rathmines. I'll check it out later.

Skerries · 19-10-2011 06:53PM

do you remember the sign you had to put in your window to tell the milkie how many pints you wanted?
I remember because of Chenobyl they gave us cartons of milk in school instead of the bottles because it was safer or something

Seve OB · 20-10-2011 01:53PM

Karsini wrote: »

I just got some in The Hopsack in the Swan Centre, Rathmines. I'll check it out later.

well what was it like??

I'm off now to try and get me some

- - update, tried Lillyput stores in Arbour hill on way home but they had none

Judgement Day · 20-10-2011 04:13PM

Skerries wrote: »

do you remember the sign you had to put in your window to tell the milkie how many pints you wanted?
I remember because of Chenobyl they gave us cartons of milk in school instead of the bottles because it was safer or something

I think you're off on a red herring about Chernobyl and cartons. When I was a kid you put out the number of clean empties and got back the equivalent number of full bottles.

Seve OB · 20-10-2011 05:09PM

Judgement Day wrote: »

I think you're off on a red herring about Chernobyl and cartons. When I was a kid you put out the number of clean empties and got back the equivalent number of full bottles.

I remember two ways to order. A plastic card a bit smaller than A4 in the window with a kind of clock thing on it, just point to the number you wanted and hey presto.

Otherwise, if it was broken or you wanted something extra like cream or eggs, you could stick a note in one of the empties you put out

20-10-2011 07:56PM

stevieob wrote: »

well what was it like??

I'm off now to try and get me some

It's like drinking cream!

Very creamy but quite nice.

vixdname · 20-10-2011 08:00PM

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

No it's called pasteurisation....:cool:

WRONG...The milk in bottles was also pasteurised to kill bacteria, the cartoned milk was "Homogenised"- The process where the cream is dispersed evenly throughout the milk and not just left float to the top like it did in the old glass bottles. :cool::cool::cool:

Poor Uncle Tom · 20-10-2011 08:07PM

Excuse me, all milk goes past-your-eyes before you drink it.......:cool:

vixdname · 20-10-2011 08:08PM

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Excuse me, all milk goes past-your-eyes before you drink it.......:cool:

Hahaha !!! Very Good !!!!

:D:D

Saila · 20-10-2011 08:11PM

Karsini wrote: »

It's like drinking cream! Very creamy but quite nice.

quoted for evidence

Seve OB · 20-10-2011 08:16PM

Karsini wrote: »

It's like drinking cream! Very creamy but quite nice.

Does the cream float at the top?

20-10-2011 08:35PM

Saila wrote: »

quoted for evidence

Perv!

stevieob wrote: »

Does the cream float at the top?

See for yourself.

Judgement Day · 20-10-2011 08:49PM

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Excuse me, all milk goes past-your-eyes before you drink it.......:cool:

Reminds me of these lyrics from Ernie by Bennie Hill.

They called him Ernie, (Ernieeeeeeeeeee)
And he drove the fastest milk cart in the west.

She said she'd like to bathe in milk, he said, "All right, sweetheart,"
And when he'd finished work one night he loaded up his cart.
He said, "D'you want it pasturize? 'Cause pasturize is best,"
She says, "Ernie, I'll be happy if it comes up to my chest."

Seve OB · 20-10-2011 09:04PM

Karsini wrote: »

Perv!

See for yourself.

If I was to tell you what that looks like I'd probably get banned from here!

gbee · 20-10-2011 09:32PM

Which reminds me! How many delivery vans [today] will follow you up the road as you do your rounds?

subscriber · 21-10-2011 02:31AM

swingking wrote: »

Does anyone know why they got rid of the glass milk bottles that came to your door everyday?

Because you touch yourself at night..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W23LKD9Z1hw

flanum · 21-10-2011 05:22AM

Amberjack wrote: »

I remember in nursery school (laye 70's) we used to collect the foil tops and they were sent off to orphanages in Africa or other 3rd world places. Anyone else do this?

why????

AlmightyCushion · 21-10-2011 05:26AM

flanum wrote: »

why????

Just to rub in the fact that we had food and they didn't.

Mike 1972 · 21-10-2011 04:20PM

lcrcboy wrote: »

In Limerick criminals realized that a person wasint home when the milk bottles were left out and not used, so they started targeting these houses.

1) Buy double barreled shotgun (get free house in Limerick ?)
2) Leave milk bottles on doorstep and hide behind sofa
3) ?
4) PROFIT!

afatbollix · 21-10-2011 04:26PM

I get mine delivered in a glass bottle 3 times a week it's awesome..

Best reason to move to London if ya ask me..

bodhrandude · 21-10-2011 04:37PM

genericguy wrote: »

fcuked if i know cos i'm only a yunfla, but these days the milkman would probably be getting stabbed with the bottles for his money.

Not a grammar nazi here, love the way you pronounce young fellah, immediately I thought, Donegal accent, are you from Donegal?

Why did they get rid of the glass milk bottles that the milkman delivered?

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