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They had everything from seed, to oil, to those bins of nails where you buy by weight! Then the basement had the absolute best BBQ section that also included a large number of rubs and sauces. One of the best I've ever seen. I would go there rather than to HD that was only 5 minutes the other direction. The cost difference was pennies. They knew their stuff too. So old school they don't even have a web site... Google tells me that the original owner from 1979 just sold last year. https://alexandrialivingmagazine.com/business/village-hardware-changes-hands/ |
There was a candy/soda/sandwich place in town, closed 1993, that was just about unchanged from the 1930s.
I got to fill in for my roommate shortly before it closed. Drake's Sandwich Shop still stirs the memories of its fans https://aadl.org/N101_0464_002 |
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A local Ace Hardware is my first choice over Lowes or Home Depot. |
My Amazon orders today totaled 9. From gun oil to a bag of durabond
That’s 15 in 24 hours If I was to drive around looking for all these things it would have taken me 3 weeks and I probably would have found less than half of them |
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Interesting thread and reading. As an owner of a business it is a good read to see peoples thoughts.
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I understand that you might expand a lot of energy and time to go round up all that stuff yourself, but I tend to structure my trips outside the house to accomplish several tasks at once, so I’m not coming and going constantly. Ordinarily, I’ll wait till I have at least four or five things to do before I make a trip. |
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That’s not how Amazon works. My packages are delivered at once by one person. Amazon workers are paid to fulfill orders and much of it is automated. Maybe i don’t understand what you mean I have a job. I don’t have time anymore to run around, especially since I work from home. My only trips outside the house to an actual store are to flip through the bins at the record store for the most part |
And don’t forget, I’m not in Texas. It’s no fun running these errand in 10 degrees with wet feet and hitting pot holes that destroy my suspension and wheels when I can get it all shipped with no shipping fees
In summer, I will use an errand as an excuse to drive the Porsche or my DD because I like to drive |
There are benefits to online shopping but at times it's hard to see them - How many people barely get of the couch in their off time now?
I really like going to the store to buy my groceries. I re-watched Jackie Brown (1997) recently. The Malls were full of people and you get to see a busy record/CD store that sold cassettes! We got on fine before buying online and it's certainly been a boon for Chinese manufacturers. |
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