That it should happen in our lifetimes

[rolanni]

Steve and I were talking last evening about the jobs that had existed during our lifetimes which exist no more. Here's a partial list, in no particular order:

1. Lamplighter
2. Ice man
3. Pin boy
4. Ayrab
5. Tinker
6. Insurance man*
7. Milk man
8. Secretary**
9. Street sweeper
10. Beat cop

What occupations and jobs have vanished from the world around you?

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* Back in the Day, the insurance man would come to the house weekly, and collect his quarter or half-dollar. Yes, was the legitimate insurance man.

**Actually, secretary seemed to almost die out as a job,the reasoning being that the boss could type his own dern letters if only he was given a computer. Then corporate thinking came back around to the realization that the status of having a live person to do all that silly paperwork for you was priceless, so the occupation has enjoyed a minor renaissance.

Comments

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Where do you live? I've got two shoe repair places within spitting distance of my house. Send 'em down here and I'll take them in for you:) (It might cost an arm and a leg, but they could be resoled.)

I'm beginning to think I live in Nirvana here, which I had not really considered given that political climate around here is quite a bit more conservative than I'd like. But there are many things to recommend about my neighborhood/suburb:)

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

I live in central Florida. :)

Unfortunately at this point I have no shoes worth re-soling. The ones I have now were cheap Wal-mart sandals which I have worn literally to rags.

It's hard to find anything built to last these days. I don't want to have to re-buy things I like. :P

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

:( I'm with you. I don't like having to re-buy things I like either. I've got shoes all figured out (Dansko and Birkenstock), but for sneakers and other shoes, every time I need a new pair, it's been so long since the last pair, things have changed. I hate shopping for new clothes. I hate shopping for most new things, actually (except fabric).

Our mixer died last month and we looked into buying a new mixer, but we ultimately paid someone to ship her grandmother's really old mixer to us because that looked like the best deal all around. If it works out the way it should, it will have been cheaper and it will last a lot longer than a new one. Grrr. Why does fixing things have to be such an expensive ordeal? /rhetorical question