Anyone Remember "sucking on ice chips" ? I can remember following the ice truck on a hot summer day (40's) and grabbing chips of ice that had fallen from the blocks that had been...

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I can remember following the ice truck on a hot summer day (40's) and grabbing chips of ice that had fallen from the blocks that had been chipped for delivery to homes.
This photo (from MSN) reminded me of those "good old days" experiences of my youth. Sure beats smart phones. LOL (But I have one too!!)

And another photo, reminiscent from of my youth. In 1946/47, there was a Philco store on Main Street in my hometown. They had the first TV! We would stand for hours in front of the plate glass window and watch this "new" invention. This photo reminded me of that too.
Mark

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RobertW Loc: Breezy Point, New York

BEST PART OF EVERY SUMMER DAY WAS WAITING FOR THE ICEMAN!!!

RRS Loc: Not sure

markngolf wrote:

I can remember following the ice truck on a hot summer day (40's) and grabbing chips of ice that had fallen from the blocks that had been chipped for delivery to homes.
This photo (from MSN) reminded me of those "good old days" experiences of my youth. Sure beats smart phones. LOL (But I have one too!!)
Mark

Mark, I still remember the oak ice box that we as kids weren't allowed to open for fear of melting the ice.

chienfou Loc: Valley Stream, NY

That can still be found in some Spanish neighborhoods in NYC. The chips are mixed the syrup flavor of your choice, mint, coconut, vanilla etc..

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

For sure. Sounds crazy and I'm still very much alive, but we used to peel chunks of tar from the road and chew it. Now, you think I use a wipe for the shopping cart as I enter a store? I also ate dirt, drank water from a hose and public fountains, and sand from the beach. I'm still here. My opinion - we wrap kids in "shrink wrap" today and do not allow them to be exposed to anything. (My grand kids included!!)
Mark

RobertW wrote:

BEST PART OF EVERY SUMMER DAY WAS WAITING FOR THE ICEMAN!!!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

markngolf wrote:

I can remember following the ice truck on a hot summer day (40's) and grabbing chips of ice that had fallen from the blocks that had been chipped for delivery to homes.
This photo (from MSN) reminded me of those "good old days" experiences of my youth. Sure beats smart phones. LOL (But I have one too!!)
Mark

We got our off the milk truck and then Joe the Icy ice man hand scraped snow cones for a nickle, Joe pushed a two wheeled cart containing three blocks of ice covered with burlap, and 4 or 5 bottles of syrup, he hand scraped the ice for what later became the Sno-Cone, all for a nickle There was also a tamale vendor his cart contained a "steam" table heated by a kerosene burner, Tamales were bigger than what you get today and wrapped in a corn husk, I think they cost $.10 or $.15

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

markngolf wrote:

For sure. Sounds crazy and I'm still very much alive, but we used to peel chunks of tar from the road and chew it. Now, you think I use a wipe for the shopping cart as I enter a store? I also ate dirt, drank water from a hose and public fountains, and sand from the beach. I'm still here. My opinion - we wrap kids in "shrink wrap" today and do not allow them to be exposed to anything. (My grand kids included!!)
Mark

Lol how did we survive ? We did the same even drank water from the creek, among other things. I chatted with my Doctor about all of this sterile paranoia a couple of years ago, He agreed, if you don't get exposed you don't develop an immunity . I do agree there are some bad things out there , but geeze it seems there are a lot more sickly kids out there these days.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Yes. We had a junk man (horse driven), knife sharpener & vegetable man, each with an old truck that traversed the streets every day. There was a balloon man that walked the streets too.
Mark

Manglesphoto wrote:

We got our off the milk truck and then Joe the Icy ice man hand scraped snow cones for a nickle, Joe pushed a two wheeled cart containing three blocks of ice covered with burlap, and 4 or 5 bottles of syrup, he hand scraped the ice for what later became the Sno-Cone, all for a nickle There was also a tamale vendor his cart contained a "steam" table heated by a kerosene burner, Tamales were bigger than what you get today and wrapped in a corn husk, I think they cost $.10 or $.15

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Allergies rampant! I agree with your doctor. Many others also agree. No exposure, no immunity.
Mark

Manglesphoto wrote:

Lol how did we survive ? We did the same even drank water from the creek, among other things. I chatted with my Doctor about all of this sterile paranoia a couple of years ago, He agreed, if you don't get exposed you don't develop an immunity . I do agree there are some bad things out there , but geeze it seems there are a lot more sickly kids out there these days.

Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana

markngolf wrote:

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As a country kid from the south in the 40's, we had a medicine man that came around about once a month. I can hardly ever remember going to the doctor as a kid, if iodine, macuricone or yellow salve from the Medicine man didn't cure whatever you had, you just lived with it. Lol

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Yup, we had all that stuff in the bathroom cabinet. Our doctors made house visits.
Mark

Sirsnapalot wrote:

As a country kid from the south in the 40's, we had a medicine man that came around about once a month. I can hardly ever remember going to the doctor as a kid, if iodine, macuricone or yellow salve from the Medicine man didn't cure whatever you had, you just lived with it. Lol

alby Loc: very eastern pa.

iodine and a black salve. i think pop used to call it "unguentene" or something like that... worked like neosporin, only black and thicker. he had dandruff when young, my grand mother rubbed kerosene in real good... he told me he never had dandruff again... of course he was bald when he passed at 94....... we were on a farm, outside all day, in the dirt... never sick

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Yup!! I remember "Unguentine". Once I drank turpentine. Sore throat for weeks. It went away.
Mark

alby wrote:

iodine and a black salve. i think pop used to call it "unguentene" or something like that... worked like neosporin, only black and thicker. he had dandruff when young, my grand mother rubbed kerosene in real good... he told me he never had dandruff again... of course he was bald when he passed at 94....... we were on a farm, outside all day, in the dirt... never sick

BarryUP Loc: NEW YORK CITY

You bring up many memories of my being brought up in The Bronx. Thank you.

Frank47 Loc: West coast Florida

Oh, man! Lots of similar memories. We had the "rag man". He would slowly walk down the sidewalk of our suburban community chanting "raaaag man raaaag man". He would be pushing his big two wheeled cart. His forte was exchanging cleaning rags and selling small cleaning supplies, sharpening knives, lawnmower blades (push mower of course). I had not seen one in 50 years and then one day in 2010 saw a "raaaag man" in another community on his lunch break! I was stunned and flooded with memories.

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