Grandson Collin is officially honorably discharged from the Marine Corps. Thank You for your service to this great Country.
Grasshopper No.4 and Family have a new addition. She is mostly Black Lab with a little Chow mixed in. She is a darling 2 year old and I am her favorite friend. Welcome Melanie.
Grandson Dominic has a summer job with a local heating/refrigeration company in Sheboygan. It takes me back 40 years because Grandpa George gave me a Summer job doing the same things as Dominic. My position was “gopher”. I would assist all the skilled trades people by “going for this, and going for that”. Of course I was underpaid but I was just glad to have a job. I did learn a lot about forming sheet metal, installing furnaces and “hanging gutters”. I used some of my earnings to pay the $90 semester tuition at UW-Oshkosh. I think a semester of tuition is $3000-$4000 today. It is called inflation.
My exercise routine is being threatened. It has been a blessing to have a convenient place to walk every day. The local Mall is comfortable “rain or shine”. Malls all over the Country are closing for lack of traffic. The culprit is on-line shopping. Why fight the crowds when you can go to places like Amazon.com, push a button and have the product delivered at your door. And at a lower price! The prediction is that 50% of all Malls in the U.S. will disappear in the next 10 years. What will I do if the local Mall closes? I will be forced to change my exercise routine. I do admit to being a fan of Amazon so I guess I am part of the “Mall problem”.
We are in July! Whoa! Enjoy the 4th.
Love,
Dad