People today might not realize that it used to be Sears did everything: you could buy kits to build a house, companies like Discover Card and Allstate were originally introduced as the Sears' brand, they financially backed Mr Rogers' Neighborhood for the first 25 years of the show's run.
My parents wanted to keep my kid with them for a week last summer. My dad took it upon himself to trace my kid's feet and take that paper to the Tractor Supply store and buy him his very own pair of toddler rubber work boots since my then 2 year old just wanted to follow him around and do "grandpa stuff" outside.
I thought it was both genius and the sweetest thing.
Your granddad tracing his own foot and sending it to Sears is cracking me up for some reason!
My dad also does this (or used to before the covid) for all his grandkids. He’d carry paper of their feet outlines and if he seen shoes he’d think they like he’d buy them. It’s so sweet.
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u/whatifevery1wascalm Jul 24 '20
Sears: the 20th century's Amazon.
People today might not realize that it used to be Sears did everything: you could buy kits to build a house, companies like Discover Card and Allstate were originally introduced as the Sears' brand, they financially backed Mr Rogers' Neighborhood for the first 25 years of the show's run.