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GiqueCee

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6. I don't remember block ice...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:19 PM

Mar 10

... but I do remember my grandparents' milk being delivered by a horse-drawn wagon. The delivery man used an old curling stone to tether the horse while he made deliveries. This was in early fifties Toronto.

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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