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<blockquote data-quote="Jim2" data-source="post: 2050024" data-attributes="member: 738612">The ringing of the Cow Bell is indeed alerting the neighbourhood that the garbage truck will be coming shortly.&nbsp; Sometimes 20 to 30 minutes.&nbsp; Many streets are too narrow for the trucks to navigate and people have to bring their trash to the truck. The bells can be heard for quite a distance and they don&#039;t always come during normal business hours. When I moved to an average Mexican neighbourhood I asked my vecino what day and time I could get rid of my garbage and what the schedule was?&nbsp; When you here the bell ringer.In my Barrio the Gas trucks blow their horns and the guys on the back( would have made good town criers), scream GAS!!GAS!! GAS!! They don&#039;t hit those tanks with wrenches&nbsp; where I live. (anymore)The flute is the sharpener.In 38 years going to Mexico I have never seen or heard of a Tortilla vendor.&nbsp; Everywhere I have been Tortillas are picked up at the retail outlet.&nbsp; There are no preservatives so they don&#039;t last the day.&nbsp; The leftovers are dried by some and sold to Chicken Ranchers as feed. They sell Bolillos on foot until close to midnight(Calabrese Buns)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim2, post: 2050024, member: 738612"] The ringing of the Cow Bell is indeed alerting the neighbourhood that the garbage truck will be coming shortly. Sometimes 20 to 30 minutes. Many streets are too narrow for the trucks to navigate and people have to bring their trash to the truck. The bells can be heard for quite a distance and they don't always come during normal business hours. When I moved to an average Mexican neighbourhood I asked my vecino what day and time I could get rid of my garbage and what the schedule was? When you here the bell ringer. In my Barrio the Gas trucks blow their horns and the guys on the back( would have made good town criers), scream GAS!!GAS!! GAS!! They don't hit those tanks with wrenches where I live. (anymore) The flute is the sharpener. In 38 years going to Mexico I have never seen or heard of a Tortilla vendor. Everywhere I have been Tortillas are picked up at the retail outlet. There are no preservatives so they don't last the day. The leftovers are dried by some and sold to Chicken Ranchers as feed. They sell Bolillos on foot until close to midnight(Calabrese Buns) [/QUOTE]

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