On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:33:06 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2010-11-06, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
>> Next thing you know, they'll reinvent the wheel!
>>
>> When I was a kid, my aunt and uncle had a Sears catalog. We had a
>> catalog at home but it was a current catalog. Theirs was a reprint of a
>> really old catalog. It was a new concept back then. Order something,
>> and it would be shipped to you!
>
>Heh.... I agee. I'm old enough to recall all those catalogs. We
>called 'em "wish books" when we were kids. The annual Sears Christmas
>toy catalog was serious business and given more hours of concentrated
>study than even afternoon cartoon shows on tv. Sears and Roebuck, JC
>Penny's, Montgomery Wards, all did that. Wards is gone. Don't know
>if Penny's still has a catalog. I'm sure Sears does.
>
>Sears used to sell killer fruitcakes from their Christmas catalog,
>only. One, Grandma's Finest, or something like that, was truly
>awesome. Mostly nuts and a couple dried fruits like raisins and
>dates. None of those day-glo polyvinyl fruit thingies. Used to be
>able to buy fine hunting rifles and shotguns from the Penny's catalog,
>even in CA.
>
>I guess catalogs never really went away. Mom still gets dozens in the
>mail. I get the occasional Cabela's catalog, but all that stuff in on
>their website. And then there's QVC and their ilk on tv. Buy 29 high
>quality folding and hunting knives for only $46!! What crap! lol
>
>nb

Admit it, what you remember most about those old Sears catalogues were
the pictures of ladies modeling brassieres.