Surviving Empty Nest

Sometimes, I like to scan through the Net for the craziest things. Trust me as crazy as 10 things that you can do with a coin! And the most useful thing I found that one can do with a coin, is to save it till it becomes a dollar and then save more till you get more dollars and then buy an ice cream cone!  One such crazy search was jobs that disappeared over time and here is a short list: 1. Bowling Alley Pinsetter - apparently before it was mechanised, human beings manually set the pins back each time a bowler throws a ball. 2. Knocker Uppers (aka human alarm clocks, trust me, the first time I read those words, I thought of something else 😤) - it seems these were the folks who woke people up those days. A close resemblance in the 1990s was the hotel receptionist who would give wake up call, as long as you book it the night before! 3. Ice cutter - up till the time I left my hometown in late 1980s, these jobs were still there as I remember it. Roadside stalls which sold d...