A few years ago, there was an article in The Smithsonian Magazine about those machines, I took special interst in the article, as my grandmother would always take me there to buy my new shoes for school. The bottom line in the story was that there is some concern that the X-rays MAY have had a negative impact on the body parts exposed. I have not seen any followup information, but I'm sure a SEARCH would uncover something. For me personally, I feel the X-rays prevented me from becoming rich and famous, and dating Jill St. John. Of course, I could ne wrong... doris bjork <doris_bjork@yahoo.com> wrote: >Do you remember trying on Buster Brown shoes and putting your foot in the x-ray machine  and seeing your green foot at the HUB on Shelby St?  We lived across from a big ice plant on Logan St and in summer all the kids would get ice out of the chute after someone had bought ice to munch on to cool us off.  Around the corner was the 5 and 10 cent store where everything was actually a nickle or  a dime.  We played duck, duck, goose on the manhole covers.  My neighbor was the first to get a TV and it was round...first show was Kookla, Fran and Ollie. >                 >--------------------------------- >Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >