"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Swingman wrote:
>>BTW, don't try talking to that friendly looking 5' 4" gentleman/lady
>>always
>>standing in the same spot just past the entrance door ... he/she's a
>>cardboard cutout.
>
>
> Now you tell me.
>
> I thought she was a lezbo 'cause she ignored me when I hit
> on her.
>
> sigh...
>
> UA100
You hit on a cardboard sign?
sigh....
Bob
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> Home Depot you turn right.
Consider yourself lucky. In our Home Depot, depending on where you park,
you can access the tools from the right or left.
SH - The "decisions, decisions" woodworker
In article <[email protected]>,
Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>Unisaw A100 wrote:
>
>> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
>> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
>> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
>> Home Depot you turn right.
>>
>> UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
>
>Our Lowe's 's will open February 8th. Can you offer any more
>insight? I'm thinking I should camp at the doorway until it opens.
>
>For the longest time the sign on the building read "owe's". I wonder
>if it was an omen.
Yup. means that the place had *NOT* "gone to L" yet. <groan>
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> ">
> BTW, don't try talking to that friendly looking 5' 4" gentleman/lady
> always
> standing in the same spot just past the entrance door ... he/she's a
> cardboard cutout.
>
> --
>
How can you tell the difference? Most of the clerks act and look like a
cardboard cutout, 'cept some of them move a bit faster!
Greg
"Nova" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Unisaw A100 wrote:
>
>> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
>> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
>> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
>> Home Depot you turn right.
>>
>> UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
>
> Our Lowe's 's will open February 8th. Can you offer any more
> insight? I'm thinking I should camp at the doorway until it opens.
>
>
If you have no life, no hobbies, it will do.
Greg
Dave Hinz wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:21:56 -0600, Unisaw A100
<[email protected]> wrote:
> > We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> > noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> > At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> > Home Depot you turn right.
>
> Where is it at? Haven't seen anything about it until now.
>
> Dave
Right around 60th and Capital. I plan on stopping by soon. The last
time I was at HD I said in my loudest voice to one of the floor
managers "I will never shop here again!" I suspect Lowe's will reach
that point after two or three visits.
dave
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Unisaw A100 wrote:
> >Capitol Court.
>
> >No really. A brilliant move on Lowes' part with the nearest
> >Home Depot's being 60 blocks in either direction (Tosa/Port
> >Road).
>
> >St. Soozan told me where the next one is going in but I've
> >slept since then and, well, I forgot.
>
> >UA100
>
>
> This just in. St. Soozan informs me that the rumor is the
> next Lowes is going in at a 124th. and Burleigh, where the
> Briggs & Stratton plant *used* to be which puts them nearly
> in Home Depot's front parking lot.
>
> UA100, who hasn't been by to see the carnage at B&S yet...
They moved all of the stuff to Mexico. Remember what Ross Perot said in the
debates about "hearing a giant sucking sound"?
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
"TaskMule" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Here's some fun. Go into one of these places and ask the sales person to
> give you a better price on an item.
> The look of confusion on their faces is intriguing.
>
They don't have salesmen at the Borg, they have clerks.
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
Unisaw A100 wrote:
>
>
> This just in. St. Soozan informs me that the rumor is the
> next Lowes is going in at a 124th. and Burleigh, where the
> Briggs & Stratton plant *used* to be which puts them nearly
> in Home Depot's front parking lot.
>
> UA100, who hasn't been by to see the carnage at B&S yet...
I believe this rumor. In the paper today (or yesterday) was a picture
of the demolition of the B&S plant, with a caption about a "Big Box"
store in the works. Me, I try my best to stick to Elliot's. Just west
of 164 (fomerly J) on Capital. Best Hardware Store in the Land.
There's also one in Elm Grove, and at least one other...
dave
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:21:56 -0600, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> Home Depot you turn right.
Where is it at? Haven't seen anything about it until now.
Dave
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:36:57 -0600, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Unisaw A100" wrote in message
>> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
>> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
>> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
>> Home Depot you turn right.
>>
>> UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
>
> Must be red state/blue state ... it's just the opposite down heah.
Well, 'sconsin is juuuuuuuust barely whatever color Democrat is, so I'm
not sure that makes a difference. Almost at the point where if the
invalid votes in Milwaukee hadn't been cast, it might have gone the
other way.
On 28 Jan 2005 12:48:35 -0800, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dave Hinz wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:21:56 -0600, Unisaw A100
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> > We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
>> > noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
>> > At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
>> > Home Depot you turn right.
>>
>> Where is it at? Haven't seen anything about it until now.
>
> Right around 60th and Capital.
Um. OK, so I should take Smith _and_ Wesson with me I assume? Or has
that area improved in the last, say, 10 years?
> I plan on stopping by soon. The last
> time I was at HD I said in my loudest voice to one of the floor
> managers "I will never shop here again!" I suspect Lowe's will reach
> that point after two or three visits.
You may be more tolerant than I. I only will go into my local-ish HD
(out on Hwy 83 and I-94) if, and only if, the hardware store at the
bottom of HD's hill doesn't have what I want. So I pay 5 bucks more
per trip or something - but they know what I'm talking about when I
ask for or about something.
Dave Hinz
Duane Bozarth wrote:
> Actually, they (HD) lay different ones out as mirror images for some
> reason I don't fathom...the two in Konxville, TN, are mirror images of
> each other...of course, one is west, the other east--maybe that's it..
> :)
This is pretty common in lots of different stores. I used to work at a
"left handed" Wal-Mart. Since it was the only Wal-Mart around, I had no
idea it was backwards until I started driving a truck.
As far as the Lowes' vs. HD experience, when HD finally came to town, I
looked around a few times, and pronounced it "just like Lowe's, only
orange." I wonder if Keith feels the same about Lowe's, having grown up in
HD. The two stores are about 90% identical merchandise/price wise. The
layouts are different, and that's annoying. I'd rather shop at the one
where I know how to find stuff, and for me, that's Lowe's. I almost never
bother to drive a bit further up the street to HD. It's not that I hate
HD, but I do feel like their store is pretty much superfluous. Lowe's is
closer, familiar, and 90% identical. Oh, and it's blue, not orange. I
hate orange.
--
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:37:22 -0600, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unisaw A100 wrote:
>>Capitol Court.
>
> This just in. St. Soozan informs me that the rumor is the
> next Lowes is going in at a 124th. and Burleigh, where the
> Briggs & Stratton plant *used* to be which puts them nearly
> in Home Depot's front parking lot.
OK, _there_, I'll drive to, it's nominally on my way home from work.
Hell, I live out near Madison. _Everything_ is on my way home
from work from downtown Milwaukee.
On 29 Jan 2005 18:02:17 -0800, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Unisaw A100 wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> This just in. St. Soozan informs me that the rumor is the
>> next Lowes is going in at a 124th. and Burleigh, where the
>> Briggs & Stratton plant *used* to be which puts them nearly
>> in Home Depot's front parking lot.
>>
>> UA100, who hasn't been by to see the carnage at B&S yet...
>
> I believe this rumor. In the paper today (or yesterday) was a picture
> of the demolition of the B&S plant, with a caption about a "Big Box"
> store in the works. Me, I try my best to stick to Elliot's. Just west
> of 164 (fomerly J) on Capital. Best Hardware Store in the Land.
> There's also one in Elm Grove, and at least one other...
The other one is on 109th and Oklahoma. I was at the Brookfield one
friday, and for the first time ever, they didn't have what I was
looking for (.27 caliber powder load gun loads - they have the .22 cal).
On a related note, you can use one of those to nail 2x4's into a
Spancrete ceiling. Something just odd about nailing into concrete
using gunpowder.
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:20:55 -0800, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:33:17 -0800, the inscrutable Fly-by-Night CC
><[email protected]> spake:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>> Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>SNIP
>>> buggered
>>SNIP
>>> buggered
>>SNIP
>>> unbuggered
>>SNIP
>>> buggered...
>>
>>Sompin' on yer mind there Uni a'hunnert?
>
> It definitely seems so, but is it legal in his state?
Pretty sure, just don't drive drunk or the State's Attorney will
be all over you (snicker).
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:46:55 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dave Hinz wrote:
>>Um. OK, so I should take Smith _and_ Wesson with me I assume? Or has
>>that area improved in the last, say, 10 years?
>
> Well, let me give you directions. Head east on Capitol and
> make a left at Starbucks, in front of the new Pick 'N Save,
> the other side of the new WalMart.
> Sound like it may have improved to you?
Apparently so.
> UA100, who finds Milwaukeeans funny when it comes to
> "colored folk"...
I live in the country, but grew up in Tosa. 60th and Capitol wasn't
good 20 years ago, at least not on bike.
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:17:36 -0600, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
>
>> So you actually *see* clerks in HD? I see checkout people and every
> once
>> in a while, if I turn my head quickly enough, I will see an orange apron
>> scurrying around the corner of an aisle (they must be shy and customers
>> scare them).
>
> Ever notice all the various badges and pins on those orange aprons? Must be
> based on seniority and experience ... the more badges, the better they are
> at ignoring you, or scurrying away.
They're required to wear a certain number of "flair".
Dave "Spot the reference..." Hinz
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:46:14 GMT, patrick conroy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Dave Hinz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>> They're required to wear a certain number of "flair".
>>
>> Dave "Spot the reference..." Hinz
>
> Beat me to it...
>
> 15 is the minimum. We really want you to express yourself.
> And, yes I have my trusty Swingline 747 right here under lock n' key.
I've got the model 346, myself. And, it's red. Binds up less than the
Boston.
Dave:
>Right around 60th and Capital. I plan on stopping by soon. The last
>time I was at HD I said in my loudest voice to one of the floor
>managers "I will never shop here again!" I suspect Lowe's will reach
>that point after two or three visits.
Yahbut, you don't have to go quite as far to get the
same(ish) service.
Good thing there's an Eliot's on your way home?
UA100, who was a wee bit put out at Nue's the last time
because they didn't have a single 5/16" hex head cap
screw/no really, it's true...
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:21:56 -0600, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:
>We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
>noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
>At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
>Home Depot you turn right.
Yeah, we had a Lowes open up here last fall, right behind the orange
Borg. As soon as they opened HD laid off about half their employees.
You go into Lowes and there are salespeople crawling the halls, mostly
in pairs talking to each other. It's the same stuff at the same prices
in a newer store with (unbelievably enough) worse service. Yowsa!
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
Unisaw A100 wrote:
>
> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> Home Depot you turn right.
Actually, they (HD) lay different ones out as mirror images for some
reason I don't fathom...the two in Konxville, TN, are mirror images of
each other...of course, one is west, the other east--maybe that's it..
:)
Unisaw A100 wrote:
> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> Home Depot you turn right.
>
> UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
Our Lowe's 's will open February 8th. Can you offer any more
insight? I'm thinking I should camp at the doorway until it opens.
For the longest time the sign on the building read "owe's". I wonder
if it was an omen.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
(Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)
Funny thing this wreck of ours. I'm reading a post, as I read most of
the regulars, then it occurs to me that I spend time on the wreck as I
want to learn, and not waste my time on mindless soapies following the
lives of virtual existences.
Then I recall the great house/shop fire, major tool purchases, on-line
flame fests, the death of valued regulars, shop dogs, births and
marriages and wonder "what *is* the difference"?
I suppose the fact that these 'virtual existences' are woven with our
specific interests yet combined with knowledge, amusement, sometimes
drama, and a modicum of interaction are the keys. But it is a
powerful mix to keep people coming back year after year. Some of the
grumpy old men have been trapped here for more than a decade.
So, what say you, what is the attraction for yourself?
Groggy
As the anniversary of the passing of Paully Radovanic is approaching
I'd like to say he's still missed, and I hope his family are well. For
the newbies, may I suggest you read some of Paul's posts in Google on
finishing.
Groggy asks:
>Funny thing this wreck of ours. I'm reading a post, as I read most of
>the regulars, then it occurs to me that I spend time on the wreck as I
>want to learn, and not waste my time on mindless soapies following the
>lives of virtual existences.
>
>Then I recall the great house/shop fire, major tool purchases, on-line
>flame fests, the death of valued regulars, shop dogs, births and
>marriages and wonder "what *is* the difference"?
>
>I suppose the fact that these 'virtual existences' are woven with our
>specific interests yet combined with knowledge, amusement, sometimes
>drama, and a modicum of interaction are the keys. But it is a
>powerful mix to keep people coming back year after year. Some of the
>grumpy old men have been trapped here for more than a decade.
>
>So, what say you, what is the attraction for yourself?
Well, my chin whiskers are caught in my keyboard, for a start. Part of the
reason I'm grumpy. The rest of the reason is I'm old.
Charlie Self
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some
kind of federal program." George W. Bush, St. Charles, Missouri, November 2,
2000
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Must be red state/blue state ... it's just the opposite down heah.
>
> BTW, don't try talking to that friendly looking 5' 4" gentleman/lady
> always
> standing in the same spot just past the entrance door ... he/she's a
> cardboard cutout.
I talk to that lady in the Sugarland SW Freeway store on occasion. This one
is so realistic that she actually walks and talks. However her standard
answer is to continue looking where you were looking if you are having a
hard time finding something. Soooo although the model in the Sugarland
store is sophisticated enough that she does walk and talk she cannot think
or give more than one answer to multiple questions. She must have been a
doctor or weather forecaster model in a previous job function as she is
never right the first time she answers.
That will make it very convenient, you will be able to tell which one you
are in. I used to live in the Northern VA suburbs of DC and there were 5
HDs within 5 miles of my house (some were Hechingers), and 5 different floor
plans. Very confusing. And you still couldn't get informed help. At
least, I had 3 good wood dealers nearby; here in NC it is 30 miles to get
good wood at a good price.
Steve
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> Home Depot you turn right.
>
> UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
>
>
>
>
>
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Unisaw A100 wrote:
>>Capitol Court.
>
>>No really. A brilliant move on Lowes' part with the nearest
>>Home Depot's being 60 blocks in either direction (Tosa/Port
>>Road).
>
>>St. Soozan told me where the next one is going in but I've
>>slept since then and, well, I forgot.
>
>>UA100
>
>
> This just in. St. Soozan informs me that the rumor is the
> next Lowes is going in at a 124th. and Burleigh, where the
> Briggs & Stratton plant *used* to be which puts them nearly
> in Home Depot's front parking lot.
>
> UA100, who hasn't been by to see the carnage at B&S yet...
Check the front page of this morning's Journal Sentinel business section.
On Friday 28 Jan 2005 7:55 pm, Tom Watson scribbled:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:21:56 -0600, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
>>noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
>>At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
>>Home Depot you turn right.
>>
>>UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
>
>
> I saw this episode, too!
>
> Pretty soon a guy with a Lowes nametag comes out and asks if the nice
> man wants any help!
>
> Only on TV! It's completely unbelievable!
>
> watson - who only wishes that real life was just like TV.
Can be. SOP is: I walk into my Home Hardware quasi borg, say hi to some
of the nice staff. Start looking for stuff. Nice guy or gal comes to me
and says: "Can I help you Luigi?"
"I'm looking for a certain particular blurfl, can't seem to find it. Do
you have any?" says I. Answer is:
(a) "I think we have some in aisle XX, let's go check." or
(b) "I don't think so, but I think Crappy Tire/Gordy/Kilrich might have
it." or
(c) "I don't know, but [insert name of other staff] might know. Hey
[name of other staff]! Do you know where the blurfls are?" or
(d) "We don't have any, but how about using a whatchamacallit instead?"
or
(e) "We could bring it in/We can't bring them in anymore."
Like JOAT says, life is good.
--
Luigi
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:32:43 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Sandlewood.
>
>UA100
Ya know, 'hunnert - yer 'bout ta onliest one dat stays in touch wit'
Uncle Jessy.
I was tinkin' mebbe ya could contact da misserable ole bastige an get
some advise out to da newerest piglets at da wreck trough.
Uncle Jessy never had a good 'ting ta say 'bout nobody, which I always
found refreshing.
watson - uncle jessy fan.
tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)
Unisaw A100 wrote:
> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> Home Depot you turn right.
>
> UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
We have several here in the city, all of them except one the tool department
is on the right. I stopped in the mirrored Lowes one day and walked to the
back and pushed the door to the womens restroom open and the women employee
said "this Lowes is opposite from the rest" so she seemed used to other
people doing the same thing.
The Lowes around here have terrible lumber, takes me forever to dig through
the pile for a straight piece. All of them are like that too so when I
sent a note to them on their web site they had the manager of the closest
store to me call and apologize, which it wasn't his fault if they are all
like that.
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:53:38 +0000, the inscrutable Luigi Zanasi
<[email protected]> spake:
>> watson - who only wishes that real life was just like TV.
(What TV, Tawm, the Simpsons?)
>Can be. SOP is: I walk into my Home Hardware quasi borg, say hi to some
>of the nice staff. Start looking for stuff. Nice guy or gal comes to me
>and says: "Can I help you Luigi?"
>
>"I'm looking for a certain particular blurfl, can't seem to find it. Do
>you have any?" says I. Answer is:
>(a) "I think we have some in aisle XX, let's go check." or
>(b) "I don't think so, but I think Crappy Tire/Gordy/Kilrich might have
>it." or
>(c) "I don't know, but [insert name of other staff] might know. Hey
>[name of other staff]! Do you know where the blurfls are?" or
>(d) "We don't have any, but how about using a whatchamacallit instead?"
I get a lot of those. "Here, try this plastic blurfl. Oh, no, it won't
weldable onto the barfl, will it? Sorry, can't help you."
The one store in town which has good, helpful, intelligent folks like
your guys is the Farmer's Building Supply. I need to go there today to
pick up some deck screws to rebuild a grape arbor for my 83 y/o
neighbor. His fix about 5 years ago left the standard pineywood
tubafores full of bent concrete nails.
I believe the parts still standing are those which have lichen on
them, and I think it's the lichen which is holding them together. ;)
Anyway, he won't spring for new wood, so I get to climb around in some
really old, shaky buildings for replacement tubafores. Despite being
regular old pineywood, they'll probably outlive him.
>(e) "We could bring it in/We can't bring them in anymore."
>
>Like JOAT says, life is good.
Poor WeeGee. Good customer service is simply rampant up there, isn't
it? (You Suck.)
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"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It definitely seems so, but is it legal in his state?
Not if a Holstein's involved. Seems to screw up the milk production, if I
recollect.
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:40:17 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>As far as the Lowes' vs. HD experience, when HD finally came to town, I
>looked around a few times, and pronounced it "just like Lowe's, only
>orange."
Don't the Lowes tend to have wider aisles and better lighting ?
The local HD I go to is "remodeling" now to achieve the same
effect before Lowes moves in (western ny).
There are two basic influences on service. One is the company,
the other is the attitude of the customer. While the former is the
more signficant one, don't underestimate the influence of the latter.
Greg O wrote:
>"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>
>>">
>>BTW, don't try talking to that friendly looking 5' 4" gentleman/lady
>>always
>>standing in the same spot just past the entrance door ... he/she's a
>>cardboard cutout.
>>
>>--
>>
>>
>>
>How can you tell the difference? Most of the clerks act and look like a
>cardboard cutout, 'cept some of them move a bit faster!
>Greg
>
>
>
>
'Cause this is the cutout that looks like Norm.............
On Saturday 29 Jan 2005 4:07 am, Unisaw A100 scribbled:
> On that note, anyone have a link to the Paully Rad
> masterpiece Bonefish?
>
> UA100
You mean this one?
http://www.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=34E4BC5B.DF0F4482%40concentric.net
Google is your friend. Gotta add that one to the hoomer page.
--
Luigi
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:21:56 -0600, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:
>We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
>noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
>At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
>Home Depot you turn right.
>
>UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
Cis Trans Boom
Cis Boom Trans
Cis Boom Ba
watson - who has been wondering about which store Uncle Jessy would
shop at.
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"Roger Shoaf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> They don't have salesmen at the Borg, they have clerks.
>
> --
>
> Roger Shoaf
>
Aren't they all "associates" now? Or are they just human resources?
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:33:17 -0800, the inscrutable Fly-by-Night CC
<[email protected]> spake:
>In article <[email protected]>,
> Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>SNIP
>> buggered
>SNIP
>> buggered
>SNIP
>> unbuggered
>SNIP
>> buggered...
>
>Sompin' on yer mind there Uni a'hunnert?
It definitely seems so, but is it legal in his state?
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"Dave Hinz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> They're required to wear a certain number of "flair".
>
> Dave "Spot the reference..." Hinz
Beat me to it...
15 is the minimum. We really want you to express yourself.
And, yes I have my trusty Swingline 747 right here under lock n' key.
Wouldn't doubt it, after LOWE's had been in town about 10yrs, HD
bought the lot absolutely right across the street and built the HD
there. Great, I get to walk across the street and price shop, then go
back across the street and tell them "The guys across the street have
it cheaper, you gonna match it??
John
On 29 Jan 2005 18:02:17 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>
>Unisaw A100 wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> This just in. St. Soozan informs me that the rumor is the
>> next Lowes is going in at a 124th. and Burleigh, where the
>> Briggs & Stratton plant *used* to be which puts them nearly
>> in Home Depot's front parking lot.
>>
>> UA100, who hasn't been by to see the carnage at B&S yet...
>
>I believe this rumor. In the paper today (or yesterday) was a picture
>of the demolition of the B&S plant, with a caption about a "Big Box"
>store in the works. Me, I try my best to stick to Elliot's. Just west
>of 164 (fomerly J) on Capital. Best Hardware Store in the Land.
>There's also one in Elm Grove, and at least one other...
>
>dave
TaskMule wrote:
>Here's some fun. Go into one of these places and ask the sales person to
>give you a better price on an item.
>The look of confusion on their faces is intriguing.
Actually, I did that. I was needing a smallish piece of MCP
(The Claire (age 9) Bed Project) and everything they had was
buggered up in one place or another. I asked the guy what
he'd discount it if I took a particular one (one buggered
where it didn't matter to me) and I got a third ($5) off.
UA100, who realizes they don't do this willingly for
unbuggered product but damn I didn't want to pay full
freight on something buggered...
Dave Hinz wrote:
>Where is it at? Haven't seen anything about it until now.
Capitol Court.
No really. A brilliant move on Lowes' part with the nearest
Home Depot's being 60 blocks in either direction (Tosa/Port
Road).
St. Soozan told me where the next one is going in but I've
slept since then and, well, I forgot.
UA100
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> Home Depot you turn right.
>
> UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
Is there another entrance?
Groggy wrote:
>As the anniversary of the passing of Paully Radovanic is approaching
>I'd like to say he's still missed, and I hope his family are well. For
>the newbies, may I suggest you read some of Paul's posts in Google on
>finishing.
On that note, anyone have a link to the Paully Rad
masterpiece Bonefish?
UA100
Dave Hinz wrote:
>Um. OK, so I should take Smith _and_ Wesson with me I assume? Or has
>that area improved in the last, say, 10 years?
Well, let me give you directions. Head east on Capitol and
make a left at Starbucks, in front of the new Pick 'N Save,
the other side of the new WalMart.
Sound like it may have improved to you?
UA100, who finds Milwaukeeans funny when it comes to
"colored folk"...
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:21:56 -0600, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:
>We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
>noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
>At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
>Home Depot you turn right.
>
>UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
I saw this episode, too!
Pretty soon a guy with a Lowes nametag comes out and asks if the nice
man wants any help!
Only on TV! It's completely unbelievable!
watson - who only wishes that real life was just like TV.
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"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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The times I've asked for help in Lowes, they've always been able to
help me. That's never happendd to me in a HD, and usually takes 2 or 3,
minimum; even then, they usually didn't stock what I needed. Which is
only "one" of the reasons I don't shop at HD.
As far as I am concerned they are all the same! I don't got to HD or Lowes
and expect knowledgeable clerks to surround me. I go to buy a tubafour. If I
need help, I go else where!
I while back I needed a piece of "B" vent for a furnace I was helping my
neighbor install. Now normally I would go to the local wholesale house, but
I was a piece short and we wanted to get-r-done. We went to HD, but they had
a different brand, ("B" vent varies by brand, you can not mix and match
brands), so we went to Lowes. In Lowes heating department I found one piece
of "B" vent, right brand, Lowes sticker on it, so I know they stocked it!
But no more, no selection of various lengths, no fittings, just this one
lost and lonely piece. I asked the confused clerk where in the store did
they have this venting, of course I just got some mumbling and shuffling of
his feet. Next I asked where they had water heaters in the store, more
mumbling, shuffling. I walked off and eventually found the water heaters and
a good selection of the venting I was looking for. Seems they stock it with
the gas fired water heaters.
Greg
Fri, Jan 28, 2005, 2:55pm [email protected] (Tom=A0Watson) claims:
<snip> Pretty soon a guy with a Lowes nametag comes out and asks if the
nice man wants any help! <snip>
I've actually had that happen in various Lowes. But never, ever,
in a HD.
The times I've asked for help in Lowes, they've always been able to
help me. That's never happendd to me in a HD, and usually takes 2 or 3,
minimum; even then, they usually didn't stock what I needed. Which is
only "one" of the reasons I don't shop at HD.
JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Australopithecus scobis wrote:
>>Menard's OTH (on 76th) has actively hostile twerps roaming the aisles.
>
>
> The Menard's "up by me" has a program where they'll give you
> a discount if you can show a picture of a car on blocks in
> front of your double wide or prove that you store your ice
> auger in your bedroom.
>
> UA100, who once saw a bumper sticker that read, "Deer Fear
> Me, Women Crave Me" and thought, that's a Menard's
> shopper...
If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through
38 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim
by, you might live in Wisconsin.
If you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too
spendy", you might live in Wisconsin.
If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might
live in Wisconsin.
If you have either a pet or a child named "Brett", you might live
in Wisconsin.
If you see people wearing camouflage at social events (including
weddings and funerals), you might live in Wisconsin.
Bob
Australopithecus scobis wrote:
>Menard's OTH (on 76th) has actively hostile twerps roaming the aisles.
The Menard's "up by me" has a program where they'll give you
a discount if you can show a picture of a car on blocks in
front of your double wide or prove that you store your ice
auger in your bedroom.
UA100, who once saw a bumper sticker that read, "Deer Fear
Me, Women Crave Me" and thought, that's a Menard's
shopper...
UA100 responds:
>
>The Menard's "up by me" has a program where they'll give you
>a discount if you can show a picture of a car on blocks in
>front of your double wide or prove that you store your ice
>auger in your bedroom.
>
>UA100, who once saw a bumper sticker that read, "Deer Fear
>Me, Women Crave Me" and thought, that's a Menard's
>shopper.
Dyslexic, too. He got it backwards.
Charlie Self
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some
kind of federal program." George W. Bush, St. Charles, Missouri, November 2,
2000
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> Dyslexic, too. He got it backwards.
He craves wummen and is afraid of deer?
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:33:54 -0500, J T wrote:
> I've actually had that happen in various Lowes. But never, ever,
> in a HD.
HD on Port road off Capitol. Look for Carla in Paints. I was looking at
weatherseal, she asked if I was finding everything, I quipped offhand that
the stuff I was looking at required 40 degrees and it was a 30 degree day.
She said I needed Seal&Peel, walked down the aisle, and brought a tube to
me. OK, I wasn't actually intending to buy any at all, but I left with two
tubes. When I got home, I called up HD and asked for her manager to be
sure he heard my "AttaGirl" loud and clear.
Menard's OTH (on 76th) has actively hostile twerps roaming the aisles.
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:33:54 -0500, J T wrote:
> Fri, Jan 28, 2005, 2:55pm [email protected] (Tom Watson) claims: <snip>
> Pretty soon a guy with a Lowes nametag comes out and asks if the nice man
> wants any help! <snip>
>
> I've actually had that happen in various Lowes. But never, ever,
> in a HD.
>
> The times I've asked for help in Lowes, they've always been able to
> help me. That's never happendd to me in a HD, and usually takes 2 or 3,
> minimum; even then, they usually didn't stock what I needed. Which is
> only "one" of the reasons I don't shop at HD.
I've just given up on asking. If I can't find what I want, I assume that
either a) they don't have it, or 2) they don't care if they sell it to me.
Either way I leave and go to the next one (and the next and... until I put
the project on-hold and get what I need on-line).
--
Joe Wells
In article <[email protected]>,
Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > And, yes I have my trusty Swingline 747 right here under lock n' key.
>
> I've got the model 346, myself. And, it's red. Binds up less than the
> Boston.
Swingline 50 for me - had a couple of 'em for decades and another is
from my mom's desk from the '50s or '60s.'
;)
--
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____
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as 100% Americanism." -- Huey P. Long
In article <[email protected]>,
Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
SNIP
> buggered
SNIP
> buggered
SNIP
> unbuggered
SNIP
> buggered...
Sompin' on yer mind there Uni a'hunnert?
--
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____
"Sure we'll have fascism in America, but it'll come disguised
as 100% Americanism." -- Huey P. Long
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:19:00 -0500, Tom Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
... snip
>
>Yabbut yer in Canuckistan, where people treat each other more nicer.
>It's sorta like Minnesota (the Stepford State), only more Norther.
>
>Around here a lot of the folks who work at HD look like they were
>hired to keep them from hanging around the parking lot and mugging
>people.
So you actually *see* clerks in HD? I see checkout people and every once
in a while, if I turn my head quickly enough, I will see an orange apron
scurrying around the corner of an aisle (they must be shy and customers
scare them). But clerks, can't say I've seen a live one in a while.
>
>Got a kid with purple hair and more metal stuck in his body than yer
>average junk yard - and the only reason I can figure for him working
>in the plumbing section is that he's got plumbers cleavage from
>wearing his pants so low.
>
Well, for a while they were advertising that many of their clerks were
experienced in the trades. Maybe they equate plumber's cleavage with
plumber's experience.
>
>tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:53:38 +0000, Luigi Zanasi <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Can be. SOP is: I walk into my Home Hardware quasi borg, say hi to some
>of the nice staff. Start looking for stuff. Nice guy or gal comes to me
>and says: "Can I help you Luigi?"
>
>"I'm looking for a certain particular blurfl, can't seem to find it. Do
>you have any?" says I. Answer is:
>(a) "I think we have some in aisle XX, let's go check." or
>(b) "I don't think so, but I think Crappy Tire/Gordy/Kilrich might have
>it." or
>(c) "I don't know, but [insert name of other staff] might know. Hey
>[name of other staff]! Do you know where the blurfls are?" or
>(d) "We don't have any, but how about using a whatchamacallit instead?"
>or
>(e) "We could bring it in/We can't bring them in anymore."
>
Yabbut yer in Canuckistan, where people treat each other more nicer.
It's sorta like Minnesota (the Stepford State), only more Norther.
Around here a lot of the folks who work at HD look like they were
hired to keep them from hanging around the parking lot and mugging
people.
Got a kid with purple hair and more metal stuck in his body than yer
average junk yard - and the only reason I can figure for him working
in the plumbing section is that he's got plumbers cleavage from
wearing his pants so low.
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http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)
Tom Watson responds:
>Around here a lot of the folks who work at HD look like they were
>hired to keep them from hanging around the parking lot and mugging
>people.
>
>Got a kid with purple hair and more metal stuck in his body than yer
>average junk yard - and the only reason I can figure for him working
>in the plumbing section is that he's got plumbers cleavage from
>wearing his pants so low.
I asked one of those kids if he wanted me to talk to his boss about a raise,
see if maybe he could then afford some clothes that fit. I guess being broke
embarrassed him. He turned purplish red (or reddish purple: I never could tell
the difference).
Charlie Self
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some
kind of federal program." George W. Bush, St. Charles, Missouri, November 2,
2000
Charlie Self wrote:
>>Got a kid with purple hair and more metal stuck in his body than yer
>>average junk yard - and the only reason I can figure for him working
>>in the plumbing section is that he's got plumbers cleavage from
>>wearing his pants so low.
>
> I asked one of those kids if he wanted me to talk to his boss about a
> raise, see if maybe he could then afford some clothes that fit. I guess
> being broke embarrassed him. He turned purplish red (or reddish purple: I
> never could tell the difference).
An interesting aside. The guy who played Stiffler, the obnoxious prick in
the American Pie series of movies, was found working in a Home Depot.
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"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
> So you actually *see* clerks in HD? I see checkout people and every
once
> in a while, if I turn my head quickly enough, I will see an orange apron
> scurrying around the corner of an aisle (they must be shy and customers
> scare them).
Ever notice all the various badges and pins on those orange aprons? Must be
based on seniority and experience ... the more badges, the better they are
at ignoring you, or scurrying away.
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Unisaw A100 wrote:
>Capitol Court.
>No really. A brilliant move on Lowes' part with the nearest
>Home Depot's being 60 blocks in either direction (Tosa/Port
>Road).
>St. Soozan told me where the next one is going in but I've
>slept since then and, well, I forgot.
>UA100
This just in. St. Soozan informs me that the rumor is the
next Lowes is going in at a 124th. and Burleigh, where the
Briggs & Stratton plant *used* to be which puts them nearly
in Home Depot's front parking lot.
UA100, who hasn't been by to see the carnage at B&S yet...
On Saturday 29 Jan 2005 4:52 pm, Larry Jaques scribbled:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:53:38 +0000, the inscrutable Luigi Zanasi
> <[email protected]> spake:
>
>>(e) "We could bring it in/We can't bring them in anymore."
>>
>>Like JOAT says, life is good.
>
> Poor WeeGee. Good customer service is simply rampant up there, isn't
> it? (You Suck.)
I forgot the best part: the tool section is straight ahead as you walk
in the door (no need to turn) and there is no cage for the tools like I
saw in a HD in Montreal. The SOP is usually prefaced with an initial
involuntary ablution of the General 350 with Biesemeyer clone fence.
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"Silvan" wrote in message
> HD. The two stores are about 90% identical merchandise/price wise. The
> layouts are different, and that's annoying. I'd rather shop at the one
> where I know how to find stuff, and for me, that's Lowe's. I almost never
> bother to drive a bit further up the street to HD. It's not that I hate
> HD, but I do feel like their store is pretty much superfluous. Lowe's is
> closer, familiar, and 90% identical. Oh, and it's blue, not orange. I
> hate orange.
Here in my neck of the woods, Lowe's is cleaner, much more organized, less
busy, and you are more likely to hear English over the PA.
Home Depot is the exact opposite, but closer, and, since I have both a
commercial and individual HD account, I rarely go elsewhere.
Besides, Lowe's, thus far, is also the ONLY place in the world I've been,
including the UK and Europe, where my Visa business debit card will simply
NOT work without ten minutes hassle ... go figure.
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"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> Home Depot you turn right.
>
> UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
>
>
>
>
>
Here's some fun. Go into one of these places and ask the sales person to
give you a better price on an item.
The look of confusion on their faces is intriguing.
"Unisaw A100" wrote in message
> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> Home Depot you turn right.
>
> UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
Must be red state/blue state ... it's just the opposite down heah.
BTW, don't try talking to that friendly looking 5' 4" gentleman/lady always
standing in the same spot just past the entrance door ... he/she's a
cardboard cutout.
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ROFLMAO! Oh man Keith, that's a good un.
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"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> We just got our very first Lowes and after my visit I
> noticed that it/they are vastly different from Home Depot.
> At Lowes you turn left to get to the tool department. At
> Home Depot you turn right.
>
> UA100, who wonders if it's subliminal...
>
>
>
>
>
Geez, why don't they just throw it up in HD's parking lot?
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"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Unisaw A100 wrote:
> >Capitol Court.
>
> >No really. A brilliant move on Lowes' part with the nearest
> >Home Depot's being 60 blocks in either direction (Tosa/Port
> >Road).
>
> >St. Soozan told me where the next one is going in but I've
> >slept since then and, well, I forgot.
>
> >UA100
>
>
> This just in. St. Soozan informs me that the rumor is the
> next Lowes is going in at a 124th. and Burleigh, where the
> Briggs & Stratton plant *used* to be which puts them nearly
> in Home Depot's front parking lot.
>
> UA100, who hasn't been by to see the carnage at B&S yet...