[Shop-talk] Is this thing still on? <Thanksgiving and Leaf Blowers>

[Jim Franklin]

Drifiting a bit off topic but it should be noted that Sears closed because of greed-based mismanagement and nothing else. OSH was owned by Sears and died by their sword. OSH was my mecca and it was like watching a neighborhood of longstanding, beautiful, diverse, hand built homes being razed and replaced by a Soviet-era apartment block. 

Ace in my hood is just ok, way fewer fasteners and always out of most of the things I want. An employee told me that's becasuse the district managers get bonuses based on how low they can keep inventory. No idea if that's true.

They also have an attack parrot who will nip you if you get too close, like, say, when walking around the store not expecting to violate a parrot's territory. Both the store manager, and the local neighbors, crucified me when I brought this up as a problem, especially for small kids, so I crawled back under my curmudgeopn rock when I await rescue from my people. 

Amazon has been great for reviews and for weird stuff, so I'm torn between how I feel. 

jim

> On Dec 2, 2019, at 9:53 AM, Bob Spidell via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> When I finally moved close to an Orchard Hardware I was delighted.  Then, the Orchard closed down, but was replaced by an Ace Hardware which seems better all around than the OSH (more fasteners!).  There appears to be a few Aces in this region that are owned by the same guy.
> 
> Bob
> 
> On 12/2/2019 5:53 AM, Tim . via Shop-talk wrote:
>> My contribution is that I use the detachable unit from my Husky shop vac. It is fine for what I need it for but does require an extension cord which is not a big deal for my half acre or so lot. 
>> 
>> My gripe is that amazon is bad bad bad. Support brick and mortar shops because if we don't they will one day all be gone. Remember Sears? I remember having a hardware store in the small town we live it. That's gone. I can go on and on. 
>> 
>> tim
>> 
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