[Boatanchors] Sears was. was soldering/desoldering

[James Duffer]

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>I'll agree for the most part with your first five points but Sears has been
>in the appliance busines for at least most of my life.  First washer and 
>dryer
>I ever bought came from Sears Roebuck.  Circa 1970 when I bought my first
>house.  All of the major appliances in my current home except for the 
>central
>heating and AC unit and the hot water heater came from Sears.  BTW, 
>whatever
>happened to Roebuck?

I don't know what happened to Roebuck, he must of went to the same place 
that the catalog went.  As a kid I use to love those catalogs.  As some of 
you may remember, you could order just about everything from Sears and 
Roebuck.  Dynamite, a Henry J automobile, Jim Walter houses just to name a 
few.  In fact I was lead to believe that babies were ordered from Sears, 
understandable when you viewed those baby layouts, with diapers, belly bands 
and baby. Now we know it is the stork that delivers those babies.  Oh yes, 
don't forget the baby chickens.  I can imagine the red tape now for buying 
dynamite which was used  for removing stumps and other farm work.

73, Jim wd4air