[eastbay]

I suggest we each send the cash to jayraymondson. He'll either sit on it for the next 8 months and or blow it all on something silly during that time and if so I'll just consider it a donation to him. Cool?

[eastbay]

.... ooops, I mean send it to jasonraymondson.

[Atlantean_Relic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '.')... ooops, I mean send it to jasonraymondson.

[Tanada]

In a sad way I wish one of these big box home improvement stores near me would go out of bussiness, when it happenned to K-Mart a few years back I got some real deals on automotive supplies for my car. Perhaps this time around I would be able to pick up some insulation or other useful home improvement items that would help me through the dimmer energy future.

[dinopello]

I just got back from a local hardware store. We used to have a great hardware store about 4 blocks from my house but it closed and is now an Irish pub (the yuppification factor). But, the other hardware store is about a mile away and is very good also. It amazes me how they can stock everything you need in such a small space. I am building an outdoor shower and bought the wood at the Home Depot and while I was there looked around for some pipe and couplings and just could not find the exact stuff I needed. A trip to the local hardware store and I had everything. The bolts and pipes are all arranged nicely and if you can't find it they have about 5 people working there that can. Hechingers started out as "The world's most unusual lumber yard". It was a lumber yard that also sold some other stuff. When they morphed into the home improvement super store, it was OK, but when they really are no substitute for a good in-town hardware store.

[threadbear]

Lowe's is planning to open new stores all over Canada and Mexico. They have a couple planned for Owen Sound, apparently. Strange, as Ontario is in an official recession and the real estate boom is beginning to slow down country wide, including B.C. These plans are going to take it in the shorts, I think. What is Lowe's marketing plan, and what is their demographic? If they can merge with Home Depot, they will. This is the cannibal stage of capitalism, that ends in monopoly in previously strong, competetive sectors.

[TreebeardsUncle]

Don't think this means much. Let's see where things stand in 10 or 20 years.
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[cube]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TreebeardsUncle', 'D')on't think this means much. Let's see where things stand in 10 or 20 years.
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[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '.')..when it happenned to K-Mart a few years back I got some real deals on automotive supplies for my car. Perhaps this time around I would be able to pick up some insulation or other useful home improvement items ...