NSFW: Super Post Whore Thread v2.0

[karlac]

Big box stores ruined small town hardware, just like franchises ruined food ...

 

[ZX9RCAM]

We had two hardware stores like that in town. Both are long gone.

Yep.
My dad ran "Kingsville Lumber Co." for the ranch. I worked there from middle school through high school.
We sold everything.

 

[deemus]

Those guys are famous for having what you need. Its out of the way for me, but I like to shop there when I can.

 

[Younggun]

Big box stores ruined small town hardware, just like franchises ruined food ...

Nope. People chose where to spend their money. If anyone ruined anything it was the people who stopped shopping at the hardware store.


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[karlac]

Nope. People chose where to spend their money. If anyone ruined anything it was the people who stopped shopping at the hardware store.

Yep. Like a dimocrat parsing the word "spying", the bottom line is still the same.

 

[jrbfishn]

Finally found a double bit ax handle. HD or Lowes neither one had them. Elliot's Hardware in Plano for the win. Those guys always have what you need. They may only have one or two, but they got it.

We had one like that in Killeen years ago. Didn't matter what you asked for, seemed like they had it. Asked for a trigger switch for a 25 year old aluminum Black and Decker once. Yup, they had it. Guy that owned it sold out and retired after 45 yrs. New owner got rid of "obsolete" items. Lasted 3 years before he closed it down. Dumbass.

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[karlac]

We had one like that in Killeen years ago. Didn't matter what you asked for, seemed like they had it. Asked for a trigger switch for a 25 year old aluminum Black and Decker once. Yup, they had it. Guy that owned it sold out and retired after 45 yrs. New owner got rid of "obsolete" items. Lasted 3 years before he closed it down. Dumbass.

Love to go to those small town hardware stores and just browse. Most of those old time places had things on the shelves that were there from the turn on the last century. 100% product turnover was rare.

Did a cabinet and trim job in the Heights in Houston a few years back, and Grogan Lumber and Hardware on Yale still had period trim and crown molding in stock that had been there since the 1930's, most likely the source for the old trim I was needing to match.

But have also taken a hit a few times by a Mom & Pop hardware - from items that had a shelf life that was not obvious on the product.

Plastic resin wood glues, like Weldwood, have a critical shelf life and the only way to check the age is to run the lot# on the manufacturer's website.

Purchased a couple of cans for large, curved, architectural project, from a Mom & Pop hardware only to find it had been sitting on the shelf for 6 years ... but apparently dusted off once a week.

It is the ideal glue for laminated projects, just don't buy Weldwood at a local hardware store unless you want a callback a few years down the road with a glue that had only a 50% strength due to age.

Caught it in time, but that would have been a disaster for both my bottom line at the time, and reputation.

The big box stores, with their JIT inventory systems don't keep anything in stock that long.

 

[deemus]

There is a cool one in Blossom, TX I like to stop at. Nice gun offerings too. Fair prices on parts. But its the old school hardware scene I like most. My grandpa was a jack of all trades, and I spent many hours with him in those places.

 

[TxStetson]

And here I thought it was Saturday again.

You suck!!!!

 

[TxStetson]

Yawn... whats so significant about that? Happens about 8 times a day at my house One night there was a strong north wind. My boy whipped his out and pissed all over my leg and was back in the house before I even could react. Crazy little dude....

He lives in downtown Abilene with some really close neighbors.

 

[FireInTheWire]

He lives in downtown Abilene with some really close neighbors.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Tilapia skin vagina.
I'm not providing a link.
That is all....

 

[FireInTheWire]

Tilapia skin vagina.
I'm not providing a link.
That is all....

 

[Texasgordo]

Tilapia skin vagina.
I'm not providing a link.
That is all....

Alright you look for really kinky stuff.


***Edit***

I actually looked it up and puked in my mouth. People are facking weird.
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[ZX9RCAM]

Alright you look for really kinky stuff.


***Edit***

I actually looked it up and puked in my mouth. People are facking weird.
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It was on the news, I had to Google it too.

 

[vmax]

Yawn... whats so significant about that? Happens about 8 times a day at my house One night there was a strong north wind. My boy whipped his out and pissed all over my leg and was back in the house before I even could react. Crazy little dude....

 

[digger]

Bible Hardware in Abilene was a great "go to" place, competitive prices with big box, employee owned...even sold guns and ammo until it wasn't worth the hassle. Sold a few years ago and now "not so much" .......

 

[TxStetson]

Tilapia skin vagina.
I'm not providing a link.
That is all....

WTF???? Why would you do that to us? You sick bast**d!!!

 

[robertc1024]

I looked too. Sigh.

 

[EZ-E]