We all scream for ice cream

Sad times for all ice cream lovers. It has been reported that

Irvine Robbins, one of the co-founders of the ice cream chain

Baskin-Robbins, died yesterday at the age of 90 after a long

illness. Robbins had opened his first ice-cream shop in 1945

after being discharged from the army, using funds that he 

had gotten from his bar mitzvah. His brother in law, Burton

Baskin, opened his own ice cream shop a year later. By the

end of the 1940's they had joined forces, flipping a coin to see

whose name would come first. One of their corporate policies

was to allow employees to eat all the ice cream they wanted,

because, as Robbins simply stated, "I don't want my employees

stealing." Baskin and Robbins also decided to sell their

stores to managers, pioneering the concept of franchises for

ice cream stores. Robbins, who retired in the 1970's, once

declared that "Frankly, I never met a flavor I didn't like."

Personally, there were some flavors that didn't suit my

palate, but I severely miss the old Baskin-Robbins that we

used to have in our fair city. But perhaps it is best, I am sure

I would be having even more weight issues if Jamocha 

Almond Fudge, simply the best Baskin-Robbins flavor EVER,

was readily available to me!