On Aug 3, 9:45*am, sf > wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:24:47 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:
> >> They also
> >> attempted to keep the taco trucks from parking for more than one hour
> >> in one place - claimed it hurt local restaurants. Like a taco truck is
> >> going to be competition for a restaurant?
>
> >Of course they are. *I like them, but it is something to think about.
>
> I didn't know all that, I just knew some of the smarter truck owners
> have resorted to Twitter to alert regulars of their whereabouts.
>
>
>
> >> Likewise, the Santa Ana city
> >> council has been discussing banning the ice cream handcarts. What a
> >> crock.
>
> >Something else to think about. *They provide a valuable service, but
> >they are still competition.
>
> Next to go will be the old fashioned ice cream truck. *Shame.
>
> --
> I love cooking with wine.
> Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Actually, the "old-fashioned" ice cream truck can leave anytime and
the sooner the better -- they aren't "old-fashioned" any more - they
drive around playing electronic music at decibels to rival the loudest
heavy metal rock band (Pop Goes the Weasel is a favorite) and it is
the most annoying thing on the planet. I can shut all my doors and
windows and still hear them 3 blocks away. If they went back to the
little handlbar-type bells they used to use, no problem.

N.