And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When CEO let stupid people run the show, first they get rid of the catalog and over time they started to delete items that were best sellers. Loved their paint dept. Painted the whole inside of the house with Sears paint. Brother purchased a whole house fan and it worked great, it sucked out all the hot air in the attic to make the entire house really comfortable. Yes, miss Sears, Woolworths and K-mart.
Actually, the CEO of Sears is not really to blame. The retail atmosphere in the US changed. In 1972, when I graduated from college and took my first job at a major department store, those in the know said that department stores were "dinosaurs." And wouldn't you know it, by 1982, many department stores began going out of business... And by 1992, there were virtually none left. What happened? Consumers began finding other venues to purchase what they thought that they needed. In addition to the traditional department store ... Sears, Monkey Wards, Woolworths, K-Mart and a zillion other retailers were left by the wayside.
I saw a graph the other day, housing prices that went from where a single income was enough for a house, car & vacations to where it wasn't. It started in the early 70's about the same time as when Nixon took us off the gold standard. A lot of things started changing for the worse about then.... I wish I'd kept the URL for that...
yeah. I still have and use tools I bought from them over 50 years ago now. Craftsman badged tools made of cast iron and they still work like they did when I bought them. might have replaced a motor or bearing in a few of them. but by and large, they stood the test and lasted. like my MOM told me many years ago "good tools are never a waste of your money as long as you care for them " well, I have and I still have them.
Ah! Bench seats!
ReplyDeleteAnd being flexible enough to use them...
That hardtop in front....I'd drive that with a smile every day.
DeleteGonna buy me a Mercury and drive it up and dow-own the road.
DeleteChristmas, Sears and their "Wishbook" all go together to form Christmas memories from when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteWhen CEO let stupid people run the show, first they get rid of the catalog and over time they started to delete items that were best sellers. Loved their paint dept. Painted the whole inside of the house with Sears paint. Brother purchased a whole house fan and it worked great, it sucked out all the hot air in the attic to make the entire house really comfortable. Yes, miss Sears, Woolworths and K-mart.
ReplyDeletemiss Sears tools, Woolworth's lunch counter, K-Mart not so much. My wife loved that place.
DeleteActually, the CEO of Sears is not really to blame. The retail atmosphere in the US changed. In 1972, when I graduated from college and took my first job at a major department store, those in the know said that department stores were "dinosaurs." And wouldn't you know it, by 1982, many department stores began going out of business... And by 1992, there were virtually none left. What happened? Consumers began finding other venues to purchase what they thought that they needed. In addition to the traditional department store ... Sears, Monkey Wards, Woolworths, K-Mart and a zillion other retailers were left by the wayside.
DeleteI saw a graph the other day, housing prices that went from where a single income was enough for a house, car & vacations to where it wasn't.
DeleteIt started in the early 70's about the same time as when Nixon took us off the gold standard.
A lot of things started changing for the worse about then.... I wish I'd kept the URL for that...
yeah. I still have and use tools I bought from them over 50 years ago now.
ReplyDeleteCraftsman badged tools made of cast iron and they still work like they did when I bought them. might have replaced a motor or bearing in a few of them. but
by and large, they stood the test and lasted. like my MOM told me many years ago "good tools are never a waste of your money as long as you care for them "
well, I have and I still have them.
We didn't know how good we had it
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