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The ellusive ice-cream man
It happens every few days- in the distance there is a sound, bells... musical bells, becoming louder. Down the hall I hear the cry: "Ice-cream man! ice-cream-man!" I run to the door, grabbing my ice-cream response kit ($20 and a bag to carry 8 sno-cones home in) and hit the streets. The ice cream truck is an ellusive beast- always one street over, easily startled. I've pursued him on foot, bicycle, and automobile, but he usually manages to escape.
Last time I made the catch, my wife and I were walking near Laurel Park- I chased him on foot halfway to San Mateo on Trumbull before he pulled over. He comes and goes like a stealth bomber in the night- sudden, out of nowhere, and gone before it's even possible to respond. There's still a month of summer and our reserves are depleted.
Fixers, especially in Ridgecrest, how do you get the beast to stop? I'm thinking about remote control caltrops, but would prefer to implement the more humane catch and release policy if at all possible.
A source for actual sno-cones (as opposed to shaved ice) would also be useful. Thanks!
Last time I made the catch, my wife and I were walking near Laurel Park- I chased him on foot halfway to San Mateo on Trumbull before he pulled over. He comes and goes like a stealth bomber in the night- sudden, out of nowhere, and gone before it's even possible to respond. There's still a month of summer and our reserves are depleted.
Fixers, especially in Ridgecrest, how do you get the beast to stop? I'm thinking about remote control caltrops, but would prefer to implement the more humane catch and release policy if at all possible.
A source for actual sno-cones (as opposed to shaved ice) would also be useful. Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Hairy McLairy on -
oohh i was there in the weekend, mango con crema, delicious!
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Permalink Reply by JMG on -
I heard the ice cream truck last week, ran out into the street and flagged him down while I went in to get money. He waved back. When I came back outside, he was gone.
Was that you, Rocco?
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Permalink Reply by FactWino on -
Off-topic: Does everyone in NM use "green chile" as code? Because I've heard it all over the place, used by all kinds of people, and now I see it here. And if everyone uses it, doesn't that sort of negate its usefulness?
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Permalink Reply by Masshole in Fringecrest on -
I have no idea what you are talking about.
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Permalink Reply by Hairy McLairy on
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I cannot recall every hearing that term used as code
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Permalink Reply by killbox on -
Code for a spicy topping for just about everything. Why they are talking about it in conjunction with ICM I don't know. ;-D
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Permalink Reply by Barelas Babe on -
Do any other neighborhoods have palleta/ice cream pushcarts? My only complaint is that I never hear the bells.
Hmm. Maybe that's a good thing, otherwise I'd be buying paletas every time he comes down the street.
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Permalink Reply by misterhinkydink on -
I always buy from them when I hear them come through Huning Castle to and from the bus station on Central. They haven't come by in the last couple of months and the truck hasn't been by since last summer.
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