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3. I used to live off the grid

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 04:28 PM

Mar 10

and used an "icebox"

and I know they used to bury the ice in sawdust to keep it cold.... I'm that old

I'm so old, I went to a one-room schoolhouse

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Remember then?🧊🚚 [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 OP

yah.... markie Mar 10 #1

Welcome to the club! 🧊 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #2

I used to live off the grid markie Mar 10 #3

My grandfather had that job dweller Mar 10 #4

Cool history! Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #9

When Tom Waits had a day job? johnp3907 Mar 10 #5

😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #10

I don't remember block ice... GiqueCee Mar 10 #6

Very cool! Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #11

This guy looks like a hipster. cachukis Mar 10 #7

Ice hipster! 😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #12

Sure do. I never saw our ice man this unkempt though. LoisB Mar 10 #8

The end of a hard day! Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #13