I learned that it has only been 20 years since Montgomery Wards went out of business.
@Nifty 's lawnmower post prompted that.
He said that his mower was about 30 years old and I thought, yeah that's about right. But no, it hasn't been quite that long ago that they sold their last mower. Usually, I'm surprised that things happened, people pass, events occurred - years earlier than I expected. I wonder why it was different with Monkey Wards.
That's what my Uncle Rob used to call them - Monkey Wards. He had this kinda joyful, joking personality. The hospital was the horse piddle
. That's the last place I saw him. He had a heart attack and I was staying at Mom and Dad's that weekend, working and away from college for 2 days to make some money. Mom woke me up when she answered the phone. We arrived at the hospital before my aunt and before Rob passed.
I had to work the next day, Sunday. It was okay. Physical job, for the most part. Also, had to drive 90+ miles to be back to the college town that evening to show up for Monday classes.
I'd already learned something following this schedule :
to keep my mouth shut in class on Monday mornings! It didn't matter that the little wheels could still turn in my head. Thoughts not clearly stated
Steve
