On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:45:26 +0000 (UTC), Geoff Gass >
wrote:

>Sheldon > wrote:
>> These days ice dispensers are used to fill glasses... very few
>> businesses are still scooping drink ice. And there is nothing new
>> about the concept... cold drink vending machines have contained ice
>> dispensers for nigh on fifty years now... often the ice, the syrup,
>> and the carbonated water was dispensed perfectly but the machine would
>> forget the cup, so I suppose you can say it was so automated that it
>> drank it for you too.
>
>you live in the suburbs or in some place where everything is new.

Yep. He lives in Pleasantview.