Remember the ice cream truck?

I'm 56 too, but I DO remember them from childhood. The Good Humor Man used to park his truck in our driveway and rang his bell so all the neighborhood kids would come a-runnin'. We were the end of his route, so he'd often sell my mom whatever popscicles were left over for cheap. (I remember when they went from 5 cents, to 6 and then to 7!) She ended up with boxes of coconut popscicles because no one else bought them. Same with blueberry. I guess no one else liked them. :-) When my son was a kid, we never lived anywhere where the ice cream man would come. But here in the suburbs of Cincinnati, the ice cream man comes regularly on our street. Actually, there are 3 different trucks that come here, sometimes at the same time. Sadly, the job of ice cream man is no longer a very good one. Last I knew, they don't make anything per hour, just 40% of what they sell. That's great if they're parked at a ball field or something. But in our neighborhood, for instance, the guy is lucky to sell one thing. (They are way overpriced now...)

When I was in high school, we also had the "ice ball man" who came around the neighborhood. This guy sold ice balls from the back of his car. Had the ice and all the flavorings in his trunk. They sure were good on a hot summer day. But I don't think you could get away with that today. Health/sanitation problems?