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Old 02-28-2012, 11:46 AM   #6
Sundae
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People have gone back to having goods delivered, and even knowing the delivery man.
Many of the staffroom have "internet" deliveries from Tesco, ie food ordered online that comes in a van to the door. Now that's old fashioned. Cook used to send someone with a note to the butchers, the bakers and the greengrocer, but the delivery of food is the same.

Also ordering food from specialist shops. The Upper Classes would have everything delivered when they went to their country retreats. Imagine trying to get decent foie gras in rural Buckinghamshire! Hahaha. Now I can log onto a website in the Wirral and have Char Siu Bao delivered to my door. (I could get foie gras too, but I don't agree with it and anyway, I can't afford it).

Same with mail order. It's of a more recent vintage, but Dad used to save up and send a postal order for records he could not buy locally. Now he orders on a debit card from Amazon, but the music comes through the post the same.

Plus ca change...
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