"VideoFlyer" wrote in message
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Lowes and Home Dee-pot are *not* hardware stores. . . ;-)


That's true.....but they're the closest thing to a hardware store that I
have
seen for many years. Where did all the GOOD hardware stores go.

The only ones around the Northwest are McLendon's chain of stores
http://www.mclendons.com/. They *train* their staff!

Rich S.