[daler]

Us, too.

And my dad would cut the doc a check for his fee before he left the house.

[trebb]

To quote Archie and Edith Bunker - "Those were the days"....

Still had the ice man coming around in the mid '50s - we used to follow the truck in the Summer and the guy would knock a block off into the street and help break it up so we could grab chunks to suck on.

[oldvirginian]

“And my dad would cut the doc a check for his fee before he left the house.”

I remember the doctor coming to see my grandmother.
My mom paid the bill with a fresh baked pecan pie.
Her baked goods were legendary.