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<blockquote data-quote="Big Babooba" data-source="post: 512035" data-attributes="member: 5402"><p>I love my job despite the spittin' and sputterin' that I do. We are among the last of the Mohicans. There aren't that many businesses where you get to go out and service the customer on their premises.</p><p></p><p>When I was a child (some may say that I still am), it was a given that you had deliveries made to your house. The corner grocer , milkman and produce man used to deliver to your door. In his youth, my father used to peddle bread from a horse & wagon for his parent's bakery. Doctors used to make house calls. The pharmacy would deliver your prescriptions. Around here, even the local packie would bring you your "medicine"<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy2:" title="Happy2 :happy2:" data-shortname=":happy2:" />. Except for a few scattered exceptions, this is not done anymore.</p><p></p><p>In the mid 30's my grandparents motorized the operation. The last truck they got was an early International Metro van. My grandfather used to take me on deliveries in it. They retired it in 1963 and went to a station wagon. It sat in the stable for a few years. I used to sneak in and open the sliders, climb up into the seat and "drive" it. I actually cried when they towed the old brown truck away - yes it was brown! I guess driving brown trucks is in my genetic makeup. Maybe I'm trying to relive my youth?<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Babooba, post: 512035, member: 5402"] I love my job despite the spittin' and sputterin' that I do. We are among the last of the Mohicans. There aren't that many businesses where you get to go out and service the customer on their premises. When I was a child (some may say that I still am), it was a given that you had deliveries made to your house. The corner grocer , milkman and produce man used to deliver to your door. In his youth, my father used to peddle bread from a horse & wagon for his parent's bakery. Doctors used to make house calls. The pharmacy would deliver your prescriptions. Around here, even the local packie would bring you your "medicine":happy2:. Except for a few scattered exceptions, this is not done anymore. In the mid 30's my grandparents motorized the operation. The last truck they got was an early International Metro van. My grandfather used to take me on deliveries in it. They retired it in 1963 and went to a station wagon. It sat in the stable for a few years. I used to sneak in and open the sliders, climb up into the seat and "drive" it. I actually cried when they towed the old brown truck away - yes it was brown! I guess driving brown trucks is in my genetic makeup. Maybe I'm trying to relive my youth?:happy-very: [/QUOTE]
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