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The old times (from a young guy)
October 6, 2006I know things can't stay the same. But once in a while something reminds me of fun times as a kid.
I drove by the downtown Sears building the other day. Empty as can be for all I could tell. Signs up advertising warehouse space.
It just doesn't seem right. Sears now is within a couple minutes of my house. But I rarely even enter their store, let alone buy anything.
But Sears used to be a fun adventure. Ride downtown with dad. Park on the roof. That was big-city stuff I thought.
Talk him into buying some popcorn or a snack. And walk around the store seeing all the things we wished we could take home.
It was a great perch from which to watch the downtown parades, too.
It seemed like Sears had everything a person could want back then. Shoot, they may have more stuff now at the mall, it was probably just three boys wanting a chance to park on the roof, ride an escalator and spend some of dad's money.
Downtown Sears had a catch. The mall Sears is just another big store on the west side of town.
Posted by Andy Newberry at 12:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
