The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XXXIV

[Valka D'Ur]

I've been bitten and scratched a number of times over the years, and it's just part of the territory when kittens are involved (they haven't learned manners yet), but when it comes to destroying my books... I ended up giving one of my cats to my dad when she started that.

 

[Samson]

Anybody here have a milkman?

I still have a milkman, I did not realise it was so rare.

 

[CKS]

Anybody here have a milkman?

We do. Early Friday morning (like 1-3 am) milk appears in our cooler on the porch and the empty bottles disappear. They do deliver a few other things, but we've only ever ordered milk and, once or twice, yogurt. My wife, especially, likes the taste of milk in glass bottles.

I can't stand the taste of milk. I find it a little amusing that I buy lots of expensive milk delivered by a milkman.

 

[Morty]

I still have a milkman, I did not realise it was so rare.

Yep - most of them in England have folded due to the rise of the super-markets - they simply can't compete on price. Used to have a milkman when I was growing up, and know that there's at least one still doing the rounds near my parents...but I don't think I've seen one 'up north' recently.

 

[Synobun]

Amazon Fresh + their subscription service is sort of playing that role in some cities.

 

[Cutlass]

Amazon Fresh didn't work out around here. But fresh milk is so readily available at all sorts of markets that there isn't really a market for delivery of it as a stand alone business any longer.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

We do. Early Friday morning (like 1-3 am) milk appears in our cooler on the porch and the empty bottles disappear. They do deliver a few other things, but we've only ever ordered milk and, once or twice, yogurt. My wife, especially, likes the taste of milk in glass bottles.

It's been approximately 45 years since I've seen milk in glass bottles. I remember that the empty ones had to be thoroughly washed and dried before putting them out for the milkman to pick up.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Amazon Fresh + their subscription service is sort of playing that role in some cities.

Amazon Fresh didn't work out around here. But fresh milk is so readily available at all sorts of markets that there isn't really a market for delivery of it as a stand alone business any longer.

I used it for a while but they were frequently late with their delivery, sometimes by a full day. For most things you order online, it doesn't matter too much if it's a few hours late. Food is not that way.

 

[CKS]

It's been approximately 45 years since I've seen milk in glass bottles. I remember that the empty ones had to be thoroughly washed and dried before putting them out for the milkman to pick up.

They ask us to rinse them out, but we usually run them through the dishwasher.

The fun part of glass bottles is that when it gets really cold (which has been about once every 2 or 3 years here), they'll want us to get up in the middle of the night when the milk is delivered so that the milk doesn't freeze before morning and break the bottles. They used to deliver during the day, but they don't anymore. I don't know why.

Glass bottles are pretty heavy, too. Ours are half-gallon bottles, and my nine-year-old son can't manage them when they are full, though he does just fine with a plastic half-gallon. Another year or two, I think.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I can't think in gallons anymore. How much is that in litres?

 

[Chukchi Husky]

An Imperial gallon is 4.54609 litres, an American gallon about 3.785 litres.

 

[Cutlass]

I can't think in gallons anymore. How much is that in litres?

Close enough to 4.

When my parents had milk delivery, it came in 2 gallon plastic containers.

 

[Arakhor]

Was it a weekly delivery or did you just enjoy bathing in milk?

 

[Cutlass]

I think it was weekly. And when we were young and several of us in the house we used a fair amount of it. I've lost the taste for it at this point, and don't drink it anymore. But it's interesting to see how many houses in the area still have the insulated box on their front steps, even though the service ended who knows how many years ago.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Was it a weekly delivery or did you just enjoy bathing in milk?

4 litres a week isn't excessive. I drink one or two 473 mL bottles of milk per day.

And when some of it's included in soups, stews, baking, or if someone likes it in milk or tea, they're really not drinking all of it anyway.

 

[Arakhor]

That very specific number of ml rather suggests that although Canada does things ostensibly in Metric, you still buy milk by the (US) pint.

 

[cardgame]

Depends on the family. I would have to be pretty enthusiastic about my consumption to go through 4 liters in a week (usually I get the longest or second-longest lasting expiration dates and use it up within a day or two of expiry) but one of my brothers could drink more than that in a day. Every day.

Also last month I had these incredible cake donuts and drained a whole half gallon in one sitting with them. I can't drink milk normally, the standalone taste is repugnant, but combined with cereal, waffles/pancakes/french toast or donuts I can go absolutely ham.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

That very specific number of ml rather suggests that although Canada does things ostensibly in Metric, you still buy milk by the (US) pint.

Actually, it's a case of making the customer pay more for less.

They used to contain a full 500 mL.

I used to buy a lot of the smaller sizes, but they switched to a type of cap that I find impossible to open. I informed the company that when they redesigned their bottle caps, they neglected to get the input of people with various physical disabilities and medical conditions such as arthritis and fibromyalgia, and I would no longer be buying those products.

 

[Snerk]

Milk is bad for your bones and your general health, I'm told.. https://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g6015

I never drink it straight up, but my diet does contain some dairy.

 

[cardgame]

1. Milk is bad for your bones
2. Fresh fruit causes cancer
3. Red meat linked to muscle atrophy
4. The food pyramid you're all familiar with is completely arbitrary and baseless

find the lie

I can't take any dietary information seriously, particularly because we've reversed course on literally every stance we've ever taken since the field came into existence.