re: Are there "Ice Cream Man" trucks cruising neighborhoods in the summer anymore?

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but let me tell you about the cook-outs and my Uncle Gus!


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got us a little bromance brewing here?

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but let me tell you about the cook-outs and my Uncle Gus!

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On second thought...

Don't go to cook-outs. I hate cook-outs man. Stay away from cook-outs, if you're like me stay away. I don't like my family come by the house, with the relatives I ain't seen since the last cook-out.

You got certain relatives you just see at the cook-out. And they get on your frickin nerves every year. My uncle Gus come by the house every year. My uncle Gus is the uncle that likes to work the grill. And don't let nobody touch the grill when he's around and shite.

As soon as he walks in the house its like: "Get away from that grill you dunna know how to start a fire"
"You dunna start no fire, put this fire out. This ain't no fire goddamnit."
"JPinLondon go over there get all of that wood I need half a tree. Chop that tree. Chop down that tree and give me the wood."
"And Charlie go get me gallons of gasoline out the shed."
"Two gallons of gasoline, you kids roll up your shirt we're gonna start a fire."
"Come on, you wanna eat? You wanna eat? Then shut up and put it on the fire."
"O.k. put that wood on the side there. O.k. gimme the gasoline Charlie."
"Hold the match, when I tell you throw the match on the gasoline all right?"
"When I tell you right? We gonna make a fire.

We gonna eat.

"Here we go pour the gasoline on like this."
"We need the hole ...get that goddamn lighter fluid out of here we can't use that shite."
"Using all the gallons gasoline on this wood."
"And make a fire, we're gonna eat a hamburger o.k.?"
"Here we go, Charlie throw the match."
"NOW THAT"S A FIRE!"
"That's a fire, look at that, look at that."
"He be alright, roll Charlie 'round, roll him around."

I had to give mine up. It was impounded.

I see one on Old Pass Road near the Gulfport/Long Beach line sometimes.

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So they sell ice cream in winter too?

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The ones that come to our neighborhood do. They were riding around a couple times in January and February.

There is one that passes around my neighborhood during the summer. On a regular basis. All it takes is for one kid to stop and buy something and next thing you know, there is a crowd buying something.

During the other parts of the year, if it's a nice day (kinda warm) outside he will come around.

One time I seen him in another part of town on the Fourth of July. He was stopped at a house that was having a party and he hit jackpot. There was a line.. of about 12-15 people and it looked like there were more people making their way to the truck. I am sure that wasn't the only spot where a party was going on, kids were swimming, etc that he stopped at.

Also, I think the dude who drives it has a little system in terms of getting people outside. My neighborhood, which is two blocks, is off a highway then next to my neighborhood, there is another one, which is four streets (each street is like one block), then there is another neighborhood at the end of the street. I noticed that he will turn into my neighborhood, from the highway, make a pass around the two blocks, then go through start going slow down the middle of the road and through the neighborhood.

It's like he make sure everyone hears the ice cream truck so they can get ready when he comes back around.

In Houston we have taco trucks year-round.

Screwballs were the shite.