Do you have this where you live?

[Tonya]

A traveling library! That is such a wonderful idea! That would be great for disabled and senior citizens who can't get out. It would also encourage children to read more because they wouldn't have to rely on their parents to take them to the library.

[heinz57_79]

I don't know if tucson has anything special, but when i lived in Bangkok we had food stands all over the place - like noodle soup, seafood bbq, and stuff like that. Most of it was on little rolly carts that would sort of un-fold and bring out a chair and a cardboard box for you to sit down and eat.

[swimma253]

well... lets see...

We have.... Zippo! lol

I dont even have an ice-cream man! Which is sad for me because I love icecream!

But an icecream man comes to neighborhoods and his name is Mr.Ding-A-Ling...or...Ding-A-Ling-Dan... lol! (odd) But I have never seen him! lol I wish we had a mexican icecream person! lol
But we do have mail people...

[Cinder & Smoke]

When you live in the "Boonies"...
You Don't Have things that many folks take for granted...

* No "Fast Food" - Closest MickeyD's is 15 miles

* ONE gas station

But between County Fairs; a Hot Saussage Stand sets up at the Gas Station -
WE call that "OUR Fast Food" stand!

* NO Fire Hydrants (We Fire Guys get our Fire Water from private lakes & ponds!)

* NO Towne Doctor - Closest is 12 miles
* But the VET is only 7 miles away!

* NO Big City SMOG!

What *DO* we have?

* Family of Deer munchin in the front yard many evenings

* Family of Killdeer (Burds) raising 3 lil ones in the DRIVEway!

* The occasional Lost Horse or Cow wandering down the road

* Neighbors that *wave* Every Time they drive by!

[Uabassoon]

When I lived in South Texas we used to get the Elote guy. He would sell roasted corn on the cob and drive around the city. He would yell things from his megaphone like "compre mis elotes, son elotes muy ricos!" "Elotes con chile!" It was really random.

Here in Tucson we have the tamale lady, she walks around town selling tamales they are yummy

[Tonya]

We have a tamale lady too! I always place big orders and freeze them. Good for nights when I don't feel like cooking.

[kingrattus]

back home in smiths falls we had several cool things.

1. icecream guys on bikes
2. the hersheys factory
3. wild animals walking around...not everyday but atleast u see some once amonth..like coons, deer, skunks and there r several ospray nest stands around.
4.for a year their was an ostrich burger stand, great stuff mmmm.. but the guys fell deadly ill and he closed it down

here in the city of ottawa

1. guys who pull carts that you sit in
2. a bus service.. most bus' have wheel chair ramps and seats that fold up so the wheelchair can park there and buckel up


thats all i can think of

[Twisterdog]

Hmmmmmm ..... we have precious little that is exciting, that's for sure.

The bigger town near me once had a moose in our cemetery. And a herd of pronghorn (antelope) living on the lawn of their college. There used to be an ice cream truck in the summers when I was a kid, but it isn't around anymore.

In the town I live in, here is what we DON'T have: stoplights, gas stations, stores, theaters, sidewalks, crime, smog. And here is what we DO have: horses walking down the street, a one-room post office where everyone meets to gossip at 8:00 am, a volunteer fire department and a ladies' auxillary, and an abandoned mine tipple. What the heck is a mine tipple, you ask? A big building where coal was brought from the mine, separated by hand into piles by size, and loaded into railroad cars. The wives and kids of the miners usually worked at the tipple. I believe the tipple here is the only complete free-standing coal tipple left in the USA. (I attached a picture). We also have an underground coal mine that is slowly burning. In the winter, a whole mountain ridge steams, and all the snow melts off of it. Rather unique, I suppose.

[Tonya]

Wow, twisterdog. It is very pretty where you live! That tipple is cool looking.

Originally posted by kingrattus
back home in smiths falls we had several cool things.
1. icecream guys on bikes
2. the hersheys factory

We have a Hershey's factory in the town next to us. In fact, that is how I figured out I was pregnant. I was working in a subdivision next to it for months, and the chocolate smelled sooo good. Then, I was off of work for a week (because I was really tired ). When I came back to work, the chocolate suddenly smelled like poop to me. My nose always changes when I'm pregnant, so that was what gave me the clue. lol.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Jazzy
I saw on the street the other day, a guy was pushing a cart, I don't know what he was selling but I saw it's a grated ice with different colors and flavors.

I am new in this forum

He is selling raspadas (raw-spa-dahs) It's just a freshly made 'snow cone".

Welcome to pet talk!

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Cinder & Smoke


* Neighbors that *wave* Every Time they drive by!

For the record. ...


People do wave when they drive by here in Los Angeles......


Of course it's sad to see that waving handguns have given way to AK-74's....those machine guns wake EVERYONE up in the neighborhood!

[heinz57_79]

Originally posted by Uabassoon


Here in Tucson we have the tamale lady, she walks around town selling tamales they are yummy

I forgot about the tamale and tortilla lady... The tortillas are mm mm good! Fresh, and made with TONS of LARD!! hehehe Good stuff!

In Hawaii we have a shrimp truck on the north shore, that has actually been featured in Bon Appetite magazine.

[lizzielou742]

No tipples, tamale ladies, or mexican ice cream here in Kentucky. What we DO have (BESIDES the Kentucky Derby):

1. Ale-8-One!!!
2. Derby Pie
3. Kentucky Hot Brown
4. The Mint Julep
5. Come here, and you'll see lots of this: tobacco growing on farms with black barns and red roofs.
6. The best college EVAR!!!!! Bahahaha!!

Kentucky people, am I missing anything?? CCL, I know White Castle and Big Red, of course!!! Ever had Peach Nehi? That was one thing I discovered when I moved to KY that I had never had before - I LOVE it!!!

[lizzielou742]

Originally posted by Amber
nothing....our town gots nothing

But, when we were driving in downtown cincinatti I saw a hot dog stand

Amber, I've been to Grand Lake St. Marys a few times. Is that where you live? I thought it was a very cool place!

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by heinz57_79
I forgot about the tamale and tortilla lady... The tortillas are mm mm good! Fresh, and made with TONS of LARD!! hehehe Good stuff!

OMG.....

I'd marry a tamale lady for her wares....

We used to have a tamale lady. She sold us the best tamales I had ever eaten. My mouth waters when I think about them! The absolute best part was the 'masa'-it was fluffy and it didn't have the coarse texture of a regular tamale- and the beef was perfectly seasoned..