What Day Were You Born?

I started working for Sears in 1974. I became floor manager of hard goods like calculators and cameras etc. about three years later.

Calculators that we sold were made by Texas Instruments. They were huge! They were about fourteen inches long and ten inches wide. In this day and age we would call them a fancy adding machine. I can remember perfectly that they sold for seventy four dollars. For every three I sold, I got one back. They had some problems with them. As time went by they got smaller and better.

My mother was a whiz with numbers. She went to college for accounting when she was sixty eight years old and got an A+. For some reason one day I asked her what day I asked her what day of the week I was born. (She was in her seventies) She quickly answered Wednesday. Until today I never questioned her. I started thinking about my own children and what day they were born on. I remembered my daughter’s day, hours of labor and the depression that followed two days later. It was because all my company had gone home and nobody cared, or so I thought. Lol

I always remember my oldest son’s day because he ruined my Thanksgiving that year and had a forty five minute labor. Yippee! Also I never ever remember my youngest son’s birthday and sometimes not how old he is. Poor guy, In the month of his birth I put a card on the table with some money in it and pretend I remember his birthday. He has gotten so used to this trick he just teases me about it and grabs the money and gives me a hug.

On the Kathie Lee and Hoda show this morning they had a guy called the Human Calculator. This is what got me wondering what day I was born. Really what I was doing is checking out my mom. They have a calculator on the computer that calculates the day if you give them your birthday. Mom was right! Of course, I never doubted her. Lol Try it, it is fun.