my sister and her new husband come over every wedensday evening,and we all talk about so odd things....last night.the story of my parent first color tv as a couple came up,seems it was the first tv for either of them..was the early 60s...my dad and grandfather were doing installations for the local sears store at the time,they were plumbers,did only custom homes..but the main bread n butter work was allways service work..and in winter..sears alone kept them in business with water heater replacements alone,but at that time here,several homes still didnt have indoor plumbing..so the people would go to sears,buy the Water closet,tub,basin,then have the sears installation crew do the work....well that was my grandpa and dad......
well all that leads to this.....the sears store got two color tvs instock,my dad was also a community minded guy..20-30 club,rotary.elks,volunteer fire department,auburn jeep club,motorised search and rescue division(jeeps),so he and the sears manager were also friends ooutside of thier professioonal lives...dad said...man id like to try one of those new ttvs..see what the wife n kids think....
so the manager showed up that night..without dads knowlage,dad was bowling..with this brand new color tv and told my mom to tell dave to try it for two weeks and see what he thinks of it......that tv was still in a shed in the backyard at this house in 2011...when a piece of lead (an old ingot from the old days,about 50 pounds) fell from a shelf and went through the top...
