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The Way Things Used to Be 23--Coal Delivery

Before our landlord switched to oil, I used to love watching the old three compartment coal trucks make deliveries to my apartment house on 88th and West End. The driver backed up to the sidewalk a... read more | posted by oldtimewriter
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Apology

Someone brought to my attention that it is rude to invite via groups, so I apologize to this group and to the group leader. | posted by jo56

Invitation

I have started a new group, Bailout Payback. The purpose is to educate ourselves about the bailout and then go get even with whoever we can via legal means. All areas of expertise are needed. Pleas... read more | posted by jo56

EONS AUTHORS' WEEKEND

On October 4th and 5th Eons' authors would be available for interactive chat. Click on this link view link Eons Book Gallery for more information. | posted by Daffodil56

Way Things Used To Be 22--The Fruit Peddler

There were dozens of guys with pushcarts along the streets—the hot dog man; the Eskimo Pie Man trying to compete against the Good Humor Man's bells, white uniform, Sam Browne belt and freezer truck... read more | posted by oldtimewriter
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The Way Things Used To Be 21--The Icemen Part 2

We had three different Ice Men in our neighborhood and they looked so much alike we thought they might be brothers. Later we found out that two of them came from Naples and one from Sicily and that... read more | posted by oldtimewriter

The Way Things Used To Be 20--The Icemen

The most interesting deliverymen to watch were the short, dark, silent men pushing open carts with metal wheels, loaded with three hundred pound cakes of ice. The cakes were a foot wide, a foot hig... read more | posted by oldtimewriter

The Way Things Used To Be 19--The Milkman

Every morning before seven, Sheffield Farms and Borden’s delivered milk and cream door-to-door in horse-drawn carts. The milk came in one quart glass bottles wide at the base, narrow at the neck, w... read more | posted by oldtimewriter
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New historical fiction...

Hello All-
I am a screenwriter and novelist living in Southern California. My first novel, the Historical novel SWEETSMOKE, is available 8/27. I hope you'll have a chance to check it out! More info... read more | posted by DavidFuller

WAY THINGS USED TO BE 18--The Street Sweeper

Between the twenty story apartment houses on Riverside and West End, 88th Street was lined with five story single-family homes, some brownstone, some white stone. We knew all the people in all the ... read more | posted by oldtimewriter

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