My email back to him, educating him that hail does not fall in the crescent shaped form from an ice maker, went unanswered.

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Rather than charging just customers to schlep it over, Kozmo should levy a fee from the ice cream maker.

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Manchester, Connecticut, institution Shady Glen began back in 1948 as a classic soda fountain and ice cream maker, the offshoot of a dairy farm.

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At home you can make ice cream in the freezer or in an ice cream maker but if you need to make thousands of litres a day, you need to use a different method.

BBC: Last Updated: Thursday April 28 2005 13:24 GMT