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Title: The ice cream man
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Blog Entry: ''The ice cream man''......I went into town to help a girlfriend weed her gardens... Hot, sweaty and sunburnt I was about ready to call it quits for the day when I heard the familiar catchy little tune floating faintly on the wind... it was a-ways off in the distance and the melody sure rang a bell in my minds memory banks.... I straightened up from my weeding listening intently and yep, that's what I thought it was.... The ice cream song!... The ice cream truck was coming our way!... Images of rainbow popsickles of my youth ran thru my head as she and I ran to the curb...digging deep in our levis for change and already drooling... When he finally rounded the corner 10 minutes later and came down her street... I had to laugh right out loud... As huffin' and puffin... this craggy lookin' Ole Timer in a beat to heck straw cowboy hat and bright red sneakers with yellow laces was pedaling along towards us on a vintage three wheeled bicycle...with a cooler on the back of it... Painted every single color of the rainbow and then some... Pulling over, stopping in front of us and eyeballin' us both up and down without saying a word... he flipped back the coolers top and there lay 2 choices of ice cream.... Chocolate and vanilla bars... $ 3.50 a piece... Not even close to my image of a rainbow popsickle... Now I love antiques, unusual relics and nostalgia... But I hate inflation and rudeness... But I just couldn't help myself on this hot day... I bought the chocolate one... So I'm weak. Smiles..