"Tom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> And it's INQUIRING, dammit!
> Someday, it'll all be over....
No it's not. Only you colonials spell it that way and us Brits was here
first.
Actually, my spell check will accept either version.
John
GTO69RA4 wrote:
>Kinda like what HD tends to do with local hardware and tool chains.
Akchoolee, this isn't entirely true. There are many
examples of small stores/businesses that continue to thrive
despite having a big box close by. In other words, there's
more than meets the eye when it comes down to why someone
is/isn't still in business. Its very convenient to blame
Home Depot/Lowes/Walmart/et al.
UA100
Unisaw A100 wrote:
> GTO69RA4 wrote:
>> Kinda like what HD tends to do with local hardware and tool chains.
>
> Akchoolee, this isn't entirely true. There are many
> examples of small stores/businesses that continue to thrive
> despite having a big box close by. In other words, there's
> more than meets the eye when it comes down to why someone
> is/isn't still in business. Its very convenient to blame
> Home Depot/Lowes/Walmart/et al.
The small hardware store in my town stocks repair stuff for homes like mine
built in the 60's. The Lowes & borg don't. One manager told me their
inventory was controlled from corporate HQ, about 2000 miles from here. No
local items at all.
When a pulley failed on my garage door I went to the boxes first but nothing
there fit. The little guy had 'em.
-- Mark
Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> GTO69RA4 wrote:
>>Kinda like what HD tends to do with local hardware and tool chains.
>
> Akchoolee, this isn't entirely true. There are many
> examples of small stores/businesses that continue to thrive
> despite having a big box close by.
It's reasonably representative of what HD would _like_ to do,
tho. Just as Star Trek's borg wants to take over other life
forms it finds, HD would like to take over any market for
hardware, etc, that it finds. Fortunately neither borg always
succeeds.
John
In article <BwZnb.218895$6C4.85224@pd7tw1no>,
"hedgehog" <[email protected]> wrote:
OMG, he's been assimilated!
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In article <[email protected]>,
"DexAZ" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Home Depot in particular, Lowe's and all other "Big Box" operations in
> general?
Sometimes Lowes is referred to as "Blue BORG".
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BORG=Big Orange Retail Giant
Home Depot in particular, Lowe's and all other "Big Box" operations in
general?
DexAZ
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