![]() ![]() He reports that his wife has told him, ''You're just a novelty.'' ''The bottles are worth so much I'd be better off pulling all my bottles out of every customer's house and selling them slowly as antique collectibles,'' he says ruefully. ![]() Once this endearing eccentric would have been a New York cliché, but now - not yet 50 years old - he's as anachronistic as the seltzer bottles he delivers. ![]() I've got a truck that's extremely chaotic and to anyone else would appear to be a shambles. I've got guide books, I've got tour books, in case I'm curious when I'm driving by I see an old building and I want to know a little bit about the history. I've got some aspirin in case anyone who comes in the truck's got a headache. ''Let me start from scratch,'' he begins. Walter Backerman is a particular kind of New York character. ![]()
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