Five things....

[Sargent's Fox Hole]

Things that the 5 men in every woman's life says....

1. Ice Man----"Here it is, where do you want me to put it?"

2. TV Man----"Now that it's in, how do you like it?"

3. Dentist----"Now that it's out, how do you feel?"

4. Banker----"If you don't stop putting it in and taking it out, you'll lose interest!"

5. Insurance Man----"If you don't take it out now, you'll regret it the rest of your life!"

[old guys]

Good stuff but what is an ice man?

[Sargent's Fox Hole]

Originally Posted by old guys

Good stuff but what is an ice man?

You know, back in the old days, before modern electric fridges.... when ice men would deliver blocks of ice, to put in refrigerators....to keep food cold. Get out your history bookl

[old guys]

No history book needed. That Old Guys is for real. I was only teasing. I can remember waiting for the ice man to come in the summer and we would ask for free samples from the chips that were made when he downsized the blocks. I don't remember if popsicles were invented then or we just couldn't afford them as my dad didn't make much per hour back then. Now that I think back maybe they were the first flavored popsicles when I think about some of the rivers or ponds where that ice was cut from.Old Guys

[OldCoot]

We had a card that we put in the window that had 25 & 50 on one side and 75 & 100 on the other and whatever number was up was what the iceman delivered.

[Weezer]

Originally Posted by old guys

No history book needed. That Old Guys is for real. I was only teasing. I can remember waiting for the ice man to come in the summer and we would ask for free samples from the chips that were made when he downsized the blocks. I don't remember if popsicles were invented then or we just couldn't afford them as my dad didn't make much per hour back then. Now that I think back maybe they were the first flavored popsicles when I think about some of the rivers or ponds where that ice was cut from.Old Guys

SNOW ice cream! Back when you didn't have to worry 'bout pollution.

We'd scrape it off the top of our car (and probably ate a lot of dirt) by the buckets full.

Never seemed strange to us that Mom made ice cream for us in winter.

And yes, when I was young we got snow often here in the pines of N E Louisiana. Mom even ordered snow suits for us each winter from Sears Roebuck & Co.

[Weezer]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

We had a card that we put in the window that had 25 & 50 on one side and 75 & 100 on the other and whatever number was up was what the iceman delivered.

YEP, the ice man has gone the way of the milk man. Mom had a card like that to put in the window for milk delivery.

Dad had to rig a wire basket on the fence to put the milk bottles in, cuz we had a dog that HATED the milk man.

[B47]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

We had a card that we put in the window that had 25 & 50 on one side and 75 & 100 on the other and whatever number was up was what the iceman delivered.

OC - ain't no way I'm ever going to say that you and I are about the same age after this.

We always had a refrigerator and No it didn't have a coil on top. I will concede that we had to put water in those little trays to make ice cubes,but never had ice delivered.

[Broadway Joe]

Who had $1.00 to spend on ice, it was always 25 or 50 cents worth.

[GaryanJane]

Originally Posted by Weezer

SNOW ice cream! Back when you didn't have to worry 'bout pollution.

We'd scrape it off the top of our car (and probably ate a lot of dirt) by the buckets full.

Never seemed strange to us that Mom made ice cream for us in winter.

And yes, when I was young we got snow often here in the pines of N E Louisiana. Mom even ordered snow suits for us each winter from Sears Roebuck & Co.

snow ice cream brings back lots of good memories

[youroo]

We would follow the Ice truck on our bikes until the driver would finally give us some (Ice chips). When he told us that it caused (Polio) we stopped asking! (50s) Youroo!!

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by joenic53

Who had $1.00 to spend on ice, it was always 25 or 50 cents worth.

The 25,50,75 & 100 represented the pounds you wanted, not the price. I have no idea what the cost was as it wasn't my concern. I think we got an electric refrigerator in 1945 or 46.

[mjones12]

Originally Posted by GaryanJane

snow ice cream brings back lots of good memories

In the late 50's and early 60's, we had to wait until the SECOND snowfall, figuring that all the radioactive fallout in the atmosphere would have been brought down and disposed of by the first snowfall. Go figure.

[wmtire]

Being born in 1967 (post caveman days). I can't recall milkmen, icemen, or such around these parts.

I do remember using/seeing telephone exchange names on phone numbers, like FAirfax 5440...............on a rotary dial phone (which were heavy enough to substitute for a boat anchor). I can remember our rich neighbors getting a touch-tone phone.

I also remember that when you bought a 26 inch television, you had it delivered, as it took several men to move it.

[rattleNsmoke]

'Watch out where the huskies go....and don't you eat that yellow snow'.

[B47]

Originally Posted by mjones12

In the late 50's and early 60's, we had to wait until the SECOND snowfall, figuring that all the radioactive fallout in the atmosphere would have been brought down and disposed of by the first snowfall. Go figure.

Being raised in upstate NY, I should probably know,but how do you make snow ice cream?

[B47]

Originally Posted by wmtire

Being born in 1967 (post caveman days). I can't recall milkmen, icemen, or such around these parts.

I do remember using/seeing telephone exchange names on phone numbers, like FAirfax 5440...............on a rotary dial phone (which were heavy enough to substitute for a boat anchor). I can remember our rich neighbors getting a touch-tone phone.

I also remember that when you bought a 26 inch television, you had it delivered, as it took several men to move it.

My family lived in what I'll call a "semi- country" area of upstate NY South of Rochester and I remember a man who had a big Chevy truck with a wooden body that he peddled groceries from. The thing was painted red and had numerous compartments,shelves,etc. containing canned goods,bread,vegetables,pastries and several other types of food - everything but perishables IIRC.

I wish I had taken pictures of it.

[Broadway Joe]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

The 25,50,75 & 100 represented the pounds you wanted, not the price. I have no idea what the cost was as it wasn't my concern. I think we got an electric refrigerator in 1945 or 46.

Jimmy our local iceman used to charge 25, 50 or 75 cents depending on the
size of the block he would deliver, granted this was in brooklyn, ny in the 40's.

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by joenic53

Jimmy our local iceman used to charge 25, 50 or 75 cents depending on the
size of the block he would deliver, granted this was in brooklyn, ny in the 40's.

We lived in Trenton, MO and the numbers were weight of the block of ice he would deliver as noted previously.