mowerman Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 ya,,,i was also jacked to see that new sears catalog,,guess we all were,,i also have a monkey ward lawn mower,,and a lawn tractor,,,i guess walfart,,has taken over the world....like bummer man.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Those were good american made shoes, I went in Penny's the other day to price some loafers and they were all junk - bring back the buster browns.If they ever stop making my style of red wing boots and Filson clothes in the USA I am going to just go naked. But I promised to be a good boy and not post any more naked pics of me on here, so don't worry.thats funny shit,,,i know what you mean,,they used to be all made here,,,now its china shoes,,or go barefoot,,,sucks man,,,i want some more thom mcann,knappe, striderite,keds,kinney,pf flyers,even georgia boot,,and harley boots,,are imports now...boy,,dont that make ya feel proud to be american.lol.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Remember when Dad said; "Sears Best" and that was the truth. Have Grandpa's old 1/2 inch drive and one my wife bought me last year.....Grandpa's is still going strong and last years model is striped and a knuckle buster so into the scrap pile and back to China it goes. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 and what about those old soda fountains they used to have,specially woolworths,,,too cool.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 But I promised to be a good boy and not post any more naked pics of me on here, so don't worry.Thank you. It was getting increasingly difficult to contain enthusiasm. If randyp don't return my gorilla soon, I don't know what we're gonna do.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 and what about those old soda fountains they used to have,specially woolworths,,,too cool.bob Had a woolworths lunch counter/soda fountain in the next town over from me in Jersey,the BEST real milkshakes! funny all the little things you miss later in life,especially the way the world is now! kids today dont know all the good stuff they missed! we had a small Mom and Pop hobby shop in my town growing up,remember slot cars? track was HUGE! hell we spent many a rainy saturday in there,never got molested,kidnapped,killed or anything! i still got an old tackle box with a few parts/bodies in it from the sixties,i remember you could get bigger tires,"hotter" engines,all kinds of shit! prolly even still have a trophy i won with my "badass" willys coupe! LMAO!..................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Had a woolworths lunch counter/soda fountain in the next town over from me in Jersey,the BEST real milkshakes! funny all the little things you miss later in life,especially the way the world is now! kids today dont know all the good stuff they missed! we had a small Mom and Pop hobby shop in my town growing up,remember slot cars? track was HUGE! hell we spent many a rainy saturday in there,never got molested,kidnapped,killed or anything! i still got an old tackle box with a few parts/bodies in it from the sixties,i remember you could get bigger tires,"hotter" engines,all kinds of shit! prolly even still have a trophy i won with my "badass" willys coupe! LMAO!..................................Markya,,,forgot all about those,,you had quite a selection of parts,,,as i recall they flew also,,had to take it easy on the curves or they would fly off the tracks.gas airplane kits,,lionel trains,,,ya we had a ball back then,,,great time to grow up.lol.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 thats funny shit,,,i know what you mean,,they used to be all made here,,,now its china shoes,,or go barefoot,,,sucks man,,,i want some more thom mcann,knappe, striderite,keds,kinney,pf flyers,even georgia boot,,and harley boots,,are imports now...boy,,dont that make ya feel proud to be american.lol.bobPaul Bunyon must buy his shoes in the USA.............. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 I've been wearing "Red Wings" over 30 years now. Wouldn't quite know what to do if they went under.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Dont have much need for a snowblower round here, wish they would invent sumpin to blow red dirt though, then pile it and smooth it and pack it. I remember as a kid, always looked forward to the new Sears and Roebuck catalog, specially the Christmas edition. I guess my first shot at porn was the Bra section. Ah, good times! randypDid you get "caught"? Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Did you get "caught"?Only when the priest asked why his wrist was in a cast during confession.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCR Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Pit bull dogs now are one of the most feared breeds today but I think media hype and Michael Vick contributed greatly to that. But way back when, the Buster Brown dog was a pit bull terrior as was the Little Rascals dog and the RCA Victor phonograph mascot. How things change over a period time. Quote Denny330-550-6020A "Mack Pack" Charter Member Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Had a woolworths lunch counter/soda fountain in the next town over from me in Jersey,the BEST real milkshakes! funny all the little things you miss later in life,especially the way the world is now! kids today dont know all the good stuff they missed! we had a small Mom and Pop hobby shop in my town growing up,remember slot cars? track was HUGE! hell we spent many a rainy saturday in there,never got molested,kidnapped,killed or anything! i still got an old tackle box with a few parts/bodies in it from the sixties,i remember you could get bigger tires,"hotter" engines,all kinds of shit! prolly even still have a trophy i won with my "badass" willys coupe! LMAO!..................................Markwas just thinking of those cool cone cups,,they used to put the soda in with the steel holders...wow almost forgot about those,and the sundae,s would come in some sort of glass n steel container,.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Paul Bunyon must buy his shoes in the USA..............wow,,,that thing looks real.well its been alotta fun down memory lane,,fella,s gotta take a nap,,back to the ole grind tonite.lol.seeya..bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB DINGSDALE Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 yeh but who signed the free trade agreement and who left your country before the ink was dry.Bendix-westinghouse ring a bell,Kenworth.Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Sears closed its 900,000 sq ft distribution facility in Greensboro about 20 years ago. Maybe the same time they quit publishing the catalog. They said the mail order business was dead and never coming back. About the same time Al Gore invented the internet. Timing is everything! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Sears closed its 900,000 sq ft distribution facility in Greensboro about 20 years ago. Maybe the same time they quit publishing the catalog. They said the mail order business was dead and never coming back. About the same time Al Gore invented the internet. Timing is everything!Same here David about the same time period Sears closed thier Catalog store in Memphis round 95' . A Group is planning on taking the old sears building in Memphis & Make Apartments out of the building . 1.3 million sq ft. building . stilling empty since 95 . my great uncles , great aunts & grandparents all remember going down there as kids .If 1 of the big 3 demolition contractors in Memphis ever tore it down they would have a job fer awhile. Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 We had a few stores on the east coast as well, W.T. Grants,Two Guys,Jamesway etc. i still have corded drill from Grants, prolly 50 years old, that works like a champ! we always looked forward to the Sears catalog too,it was a great big thing back then! last i saw a "print" catalog,it was maybe 20 pages long,with next to nothing usefull in it. The closest Sears to us growing up is the oldest one in Jersey,and is still in existance,i had a childhood friend who's father started working there in 1947,and just recently retired! they had a "kenmore" refridgerator with a "forever" warranty on it,that Sears had a shit-fit when they has to replace it for free a year or two ago!...........................P.S. bet Bullhusk remembers Two Guys!.................MarkMark, They actually started 1 town over from me, in Harrison and there name was Two Guys From Harrison. There first big store was in my home town of Kearny NJ.. Vornado Fan.......Leeds Fox truckingBULLHUSK Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 Sears closed its 900,000 sq ft distribution facility in Greensboro about 20 years ago. Maybe the same time they quit publishing the catalog. They said the mail order business was dead and never coming back. About the same time Al Gore invented the internet. Timing is everything!My deceased father in law worked for Sears for 30 years selling lawn and garden, and tools. He retired in 1986 after they kept fucking with his compensation because he made more than most district managers, but would not take one of those positions. Anyway, he used to bring home all their current catalogs that really weighted down a 3/4 ton Chevy truck almost to the wheel wells every year. We distributed these to "his" customer's homes free of charge, and he constantly had higher sales numbers than anybody in the store!! We did this for years! In those days you could "credit" your salesperson in the order and there were compensation bonuses paid to store sales personel.Man has Sears slipped. They are no more than a less than stellar retailer anymore. You used to walk in, a knowlegable salesperson helped you with a quality product. No more. We dumped our stock in the corporation before they nosedived as it was not difficult to see the future at that time.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 In Norwich Ct. we had a Two Guys and Grants. Who Remembers Buster Browns shoes? How about the good old truck company's like Shusters trucking, Rapid Transit, Holmes and Moskowitz who was out of Ct. and Jersey.Mahons Express Nwk. Gross & Hetch A&P Trucks (all Brockways) Nwk. Lombard Bros. Nwk. Benard Baron Trucking Nwk. Monarch Motor Freight Nwk. Stratford Motor Freight Nwk. (had the first stright truck in Jersey pulling a trailer back in the 30's an 40's.) Spiegel Trucking Harrison NJ. Matco Nwk. MEG & Ship Tank Nwk. Associated Nwk R.E.A (Railway Express Agency.) Nwk. M&M Trucking (all B Macks red with Budd wheels) Cooper Jarrett JC. Warner Continental JC. Denver-Chicago (D-C) Time Trucking (became Time D-C) Boss - Linco JC. Walsh Trucking JC. How about Yale Trucking out of NYC ? All blue LJ MacksBULLHUSK Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 WOW, That's some memory of truck companies. I remember my Uncle Matty who drove for Shusters for years when I was a young driver telling me; "When I drove truck men where steel and trucks where wood". As he hobbled away hunched over! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Ernie, Do you remember Canny's Trucking and PennYan Express? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 lotta carriers had terminals in south jersey too,all gone now! Mushroom trans. (B's R's etc) Marsh express (B's R's) Strang trans. (dodges,macks) RDS trucking (all makes) Halls motor freight,Cross trans. Lobiondo bros. motor express,Port Norris express,APA, Lane trans. AAA trucking,Matlack,Chemical Leaman,Alterman trucking,Spinelli Bros.trucking,Mural trans..................just to name a few off the top of my head!.....................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Ernie, Do you remember Canny's Trucking and PennYan Express? Yeah!! Canny's Trucking & Penn Yan's Brockways!! What A Time It Was!!BULLHUSK Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 lotta carriers had terminals in south jersey too,all gone now! Mushroom trans. (B's R's etc) Marsh express (B's R's) Strang trans. (dodges,macks) RDS trucking (all makes) Halls motor freight,Cross trans. Lobiondo bros. motor express,Port Norris express,APA, Lane trans. AAA trucking,Matlack,Chemical Leaman,Alterman trucking,Spinelli Bros.trucking,Mural trans..................just to name a few off the top of my head!.....................MarkMark, How about Bilkays/Jersey Coast Trucking originally from Nwk. then moved to Eliz NJ, U.S Trucking NYC, McLeans (Sea-land orig. name was Pan-Atlantic started by Malcolm McLean), Mason-Dixon Lines, Oneida, MTS Bulk carriers, Cement Express, Johnson Motor Lines (had those Emeryville corn binders), Maislin, Midwest Emery, Monfort, J-Lines, Ringsby Systems, Camel Express, Hermen Bros,BULLHUSK..... PS Thers a Johnny Cash song out there, where he names all of the trucking co!! I can't remember the name.. I've been everwhere man maybe??? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/22547-from-a-simpler-time/page/2/#findComment-97542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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