I remember seeing those machines, but was never fitted with one. We had the wooden foot measure, and then they graduated to the metal ones. We didn’t have a car, and whenever one of us got sick, our family doctor still made house calls. I think he charged my mother two bucks to come to the house. I always ended up with earaches, and he’d have to give me a penicillin shot in my butt. I ended up having to have my tonsils out when I was five. I can still remember the smell of the ether or chloroform they used. They put a strainer like gadget over my nose and mouth, and the last thing I remember seeing is the big light overhead, and spots in front of my eyes. The only thing I wanted was for my mother to buy me a Princess Summerfallwinterspring marionette from The Howdy Doody Show. She got me one too. I was the baby of the family, and she spoiled me.
I have a guy in my building named Buffalo Bob Smith