I was scanning Newletters for the next update, and saw this memory. I remember my mom always ordering goodies like this a few months before Xmas....then the wait came....but it was worth it....
Aaah! fond memories . The Riveiera hamper .. and once the contents were consumed the various containers were also useful and kind of buy food and tupperware at the same time .. .. so strange the minute I saw the heading before opening up .. Jenny Gersteners name popped into my head ... I remember reading her beautiful words in the obit to her son .. only a loving understanding mother could write such words .
Sandy, I will always remember Greg Gerstener,
the picture that is fixed in my mind is Greg as a youngster asking if he could shoot my Colt 45,
Then me standing behind him and catching his hands as the recoil lifted his hands, the look of pleasure on his face wo'nt ever leave me.
Quote from: Clive Symes on September 22, 2007, 06:40:34 PM
wo'nt ever leave me.
Clive,
Now we are on to grammar......... :P
my home postal adress is ............ ,,,,,,,,, uk , i await the parcel
Ha Ha Ha !!!
Richard Gerstner here, twas my Mum that did the Riveiera orders. Our Lounge Area used to be loaded with the stuff after the truck from CT got there.
Oh, by the way, if you ever opened your tub and found you were missing a "Chocolate Peanut Cluster" or a "Sweety Pie" then ... Ermm .... don't blame Riveiera Foods.
It was me.
Best Regards
Richard.
feeling much better now ..... hehehe
Years of guilt washed away.... the relief! ;)
Richard, Im sure Greg would have been one step behind you. ( I still think of him fondly)
Richard, flashback, sometime in 1978, you bullied me in the boys changing rooms at the swimming pool!..... I;m bigger now.... ;)
Strange memory's coming back, but remember all the things that went on in those changing rooms, wet towel fights, throwing peoples underpants onto the roof lights.....
hehehe ;D
Mike,
OMG !! Are you serious ?
I honestly cannot remember that (no seriously...) :-[
Kids do the most regretful things.
Regards
Richard
Clive,
You are not wrong.
Many of my fondest memories are locked into O'mund.
Regards
Richard
I think thats why this site is so great, I'm now hearing how similar we all grew up in Oranjemund
grew up? are you serious, I'm still waiting for the moment I'm grown up, still feeling it man. Popcorn in plastic containers for xmas, now you can buy it in foil bags or in bags for microwave, seasoned and everything? crazy!
BArbara, my wife will agree with you,
but then if there is not a bit of a child in you, whats left to live for
the grandchildren???????
Take revenge............or so I'm told, obviously I'm still to young to be a grandmother, aghhhhhhhh
The rate my daughters are going, they will be studying for ever, Im too young to be a Grandfather ( Hell that sound horrible)
There was a health warning put out in the states about a month ago about the fumes produced form microwave popcorn, one person died.... maybe just stick to tupperware popcorn.... :D
people die and depending on who is paying for the research the results change as to the cause, eat, drink and be merry, in the protestant
moderate way. everything in moderation including moderation. Here's a question for you all, what is moderation?
A bit of everything all at once
I think our Riviera order never made it to Xmas...... just the plastic bakkies.......
:-\
a bit of everything at once, in what quantity-
Barbara, now that is the question, How do we define a moderate quantity
Clive, yes how do we define a moderate quantity?
It's a question I have been seeking the answer to for 2 decades.
My conclusion is that is it very much individual, and it evolves even so.
Barbara,
My daughter gave me the best bit of advice; she said if you haven't grown up by 50 - you don't have to! My mantra. ;D
Cherry
You won't believe what we received with Friday's Simba delivery - 10 boxes of Riviera biscuits! What are the chances!
Yip Cherry, and at 50 you can do stupid things and get away with it because after all at 50 you supposed to be old. :o
Cherry, I like the comment your daughter made, mind if I use it
Help yourself Clive! This is one of the better ones from Genna (daughter) sometimes they ain't so complimentary :D
GET DRUNK AND GO TO HEAVEN.....
When I drink I get Drunk
When I'm Drunk i fall asleep
When I'm sleeping I can do no wrong....
So therefore..............all good drunks go to heaven........ ::) ::) ::)
Yip Diana; amazing how we are "supposed" to be old - must have missed that lesson in church or school whichever one I was bunking at the time! ;D
Howdy Richard,
Fascinating hearing you speak about the Riviera truck. I remember it so well .... Used to take up half the road. I think some of those "Chocolate Peanut Clusters" and "Sweety Pies" used to find their way to my house also. I'm sure you may have bribed me once or twice, for a go on those swings we had hanging from that large fir tree in our yard. LOL. Can you remember raiding your Mom's larder for tins of condensed milk? What about when we wrapped up your little dogs in blankets and called them "luggage" or something?
Thanks heaps for your email recently. I sent one back to you with Photos, but have not heard anything back as yet. Did you receive them ok? Some of my email's don't always appear to be successful initially. Let me know, and I shall resend.
Cheers
Nick.
Here is a scan from the 1975 Bulletin for RIviera....