@Krunchyman --the milk that was delivered to your door was not free. You paid for it just like the newspaper that was delivered every day and even further back, the ice blocks to keep things cold before the electric refrigerator. Like a lot of things, it all changed when people began leaving the house for work every day and no one was there to get the deliveries along with other life style changes. You only had "free" milk if you owned the cow.

While I've never had diabetes before, so I can't comment on what it's like to have the condition, on the other hand, I never knew that diabetes used to be fatal. More often than not, I've always thought that there was always some cure or solution to the problem.

Adding onto this, while I do know what diabetes entails, I'm assuming that the amount of insulin that someone needs usually depends on how severe their case is, right?

For example, let's look at it this way. If someone only has a minor case of diabetes, where all they need to do is watch what they eat, maintaining a stable blood sugar certainly wouldn't be too much a problem.

However, I know some people use how to inject themselves with insulin every hour. Even then, that sometimes doesn't cut it. Though that's more of a rare case, it's still a harsh and unfitting lifestyle. Myself included, I feel people who don't have diabetes need to be a lot more aware of it.

Even though in this day and age, I don't see milk being delivered (especially not in bottles), I do think it's a rather interesting concept. After all, anytime most people want some fresh milk, all they have to do is go to the store and buy a carton or two.

However, just imagine getting your milk for free in the morning, not having to go the hassle of driving or walking to get your milk. It's little things like this we take for granted, and it's a great way to wake up in the morning.

On a final note, does anyone know why many places stopped delivering milk? Also, how long has this been going on? Just a guess, but I'm assuming that because the milk was free, stores weren't making as much money as they should. Due to this, they probably moved all milk beverages to stores, where people now buy them, and the store owners are able to make money.

In relation to the second bullet point, does anyone else wonder why smoking was so popular in the 1960's, and generally speaking, that time period? Obviously, there are still many people who are smoking several packs a day, but it still doesn't seem as popular as it was back then. If anything, many people avoid it because they now know it's bad for their health. If anything, the only reason why some people continue to smoke is because it's addicting. It's extremely difficult to quit, and if many smokers were able to, they would have done so a long time ago.

Even though my answer is just speculation for the most part, I've come to the conclusion that many people found smoking to be glamorous, and that's why they did it so much. After all, from reading the second bullet point again, notice how it's mentioned that cigarettes were a highly visible milti-billion dollar industry. Overall, this definitely gives some good insight on why it was considered so popular back then.