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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
On that note, whatever happened to the traditional hardware store? Seems to be a dying breed. We used to have a Northwest chain known as Ersnt Hardware that was fantastic. Gone the way of the dodo bird. We also had Pay'n'Pack (anyone remember the old Pride of Pay'n'Pack unlimited hydro from the early '70's?), which went out of business, to be bought up by Eagle Hardware, which was still outstanding. They went under too, though, only to be replaced by Lowe's - know locally as "Less of what Eagle Stocked". Purely a "home improvement" store. Our last hardware store is Tacoma Screw, which is not open on weekends - when we typically discover we need those kinds of things.
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Unfortunately they are as hard to find as a buggy whip store.
The big box store mentality consumer killed them off. There was a great local brand of hardware store that always had a group of grey haired men sitting around the front desk drinking coffee. I could go in there with any project and one of the guys that was just hanging out could give rock solid advice. That store close 25 years ago and I still miss it, and that group of men.