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» Marge_Talt - can't find it anymore
Ain't that the way it goes, Clay? Seems the sources for the oddball stuff you need now and again are all going the way of the Dodo...mass marketing does it, I think.The old-fashioned hardware stores that had everything from soup to nuts are almost extinct. Now, if it doesn't come shrink wrapped, you can't get it.
You remember that neat hardware store on Wisconsin Ave. in Bethesda, don't you? The one with the wood floor and bins of just about anything you would ever need? Sigh...plus the sales staff who actually *knew* what you were talking about and where to find it!
Strosniders and Wheaton Lumber are about the only two places I know of today where you can still find odd bits...but, even they don't carry bridge planking!
-- posted by Marge_Talt
» Charlie_Murphy - Hardware stores
Hi all: We too have an old hardware store in Catonsville. Old oak floor, stocked with odds and ends to the ceiling. Its called Muir hardware. In fact Mr. Muir still runs it. He's as old as the store. I try to buy from them as much as possible. I don't ever want to lose it. It cost a little more but it's close and has NO lines, so time is saved. You know what they say...Time is $$$$$. It also has what may be the last penny gum machine in America! Later Charlie-- posted by Charlie_Murphy
» Marge_Talt - clag
Gary, this is a good word! Very descriptive of soggy boggy...I like it!! Thx for the definition.-- posted by Marge_Talt
» Marge_Talt - hardware stores
Clay...yes, esp. the one on Arlington Blvd. The one out here is OK, but not quite as good as the original one.Charlie, you've got one of the vanishing breed and you're right to support it! If Mr. Muir is that old, maybe you ought to take him vitamins or something so he lasts:-) Penny gum machines are also museum quality! Yikes! Haven't seen one of those for eons.
-- posted by Marge_Talt
» Daffyclay - Definition of "Old"
Marge,I have a new definition of old. I was raised on a farm and was very familiar with farm tractors. Yesterday, while visiting a "tourist trap" on the outer bank of North Carolina, called the "Cotton Gin", they had a display or Museum of ancient tractors.
There, amongst those tractors called ancient were the tractors that I grew up with, a "D" model (the last "tractor fuel" tractor, and "R" model (the first Diesel tractor like a CAT on tires) and a "730" model John Deer the first (The first multi - "Row Crop" diesel tractor.. All attributed to the 1950s. Hey, that ain't old.
-- posted by Daffyclay
» Treeman - Clay,
You should come up to Rockingham County for one of our steam and gas tractor meets during the summer. We do get a lot of the the old Steam Horses, but also a lot of those vintage childhood era tractors also. Last year I was given a job organizing an antique farm equipment exhibit at the county fair. Seems that the only criteria to be an antique is that your daddy drove it. Anyway I didn't have any trouble filling space.-- posted by Treeman
» Marge_Talt - not old
Clay...I agree, 50's stuff does NOT qualify for antique! Lordy! That was just yesterday!But, seems like if it is more than a year old anymore, it's ready for "revival".
We are NOT aging...we are maturing, like fine wine:-) Leastways, that's what my Mom says...always believe what your Mother tells you:-)
-- posted by Marge_Talt
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