On asking.........................

Michael Wade points to opportunities missed.  His post resonated with me.  My grandfather was a young, small-town, down-state Illinois, country banker when the stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent depression struck the nation.  By some combination of  prudent business practices and forceful personality, he was able, not only to stave off a run on his bank, but to also be handed control over a number of less fortunate country banks in his part of the world.  I had the opportunity, but not the wit, to ask him about those trying days.  The questions, that are now too late to ask him, include, "what were you thinking?", "how did you do it?", and "did you see it coming?".