watab kid Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 the ice man and the milk man always leap to mind , i thought they would last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Keypunch operators. I graduated high school in '68. Half the girls went to learn to be keypunch operators. Half the boys were drafted. When I worked in an office in 72, there was a room about 30' square filled with keypunch girls. In a few years, everything went online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 I can't remember the last time I saw a caboose on a train. Do caboose men still exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 16 hours ago, Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 said: Leech collector In the mid-1800s when medical professionals believed that bloodletting could cure an illness or disease, leech collectors were responsible for retrieving the blood-sucking insects from their natural habitat for doctors to use. I like leeches. You must have gone to OU.....leeches aren't insects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 17 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Telephone repairman Cigarette girl Candy stripers Telegram delivery man Until the early 2000s , the Tobacco Company restaurant, on Carey St in Richmond, VA, still had roving cigarette girls. They were almost cute enough to make me take up smoking (almost). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 said: You must have gone to OU.....leeches aren't insects. Yer right. They're IRS agents and lawyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 I was a telephone repairman back when there was no charge for a repair. I'm old !!! Also fixed televisions when it was cheaper to fix than replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 7 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: I can't remember the last time I saw a caboose on a train. Do caboose men still exist? No it's a small sensor suite now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 The caboose was replaced by the Flashing Rear End Device or FRED. Sad, because even as a child I loved cabooses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 we have FREDs here too ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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