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Post by mikemonger on Apr 8, 2023 16:34:56 GMT
When you've been going to the same big box home improvement store for over a decade, and every time you go you pass the ax and hatchet section, and every single time you think you should probably pick one up just to have lying around but you never actually do, then the day comes when you actually need an ax to take out that last little nub of tree stump in your yard, and you go to the store and they've friggen moved them and you need to hunt someone down to tell you where they are.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Apr 8, 2023 16:46:28 GMT
Have you ever walked into a Lowe’s thinking you’re in a Home Depot?
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Post by mikemonger on Apr 8, 2023 17:14:08 GMT
Have you ever walked into a Lowe’s thinking you’re in a Home Depot? Around here no. There's a Lowes and a Home Depot both within 10 minutes from my house, but they're like night and day. The Home Depot is small, kind of crappy, and the prices suck. The Lowes is much much better. |
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Apr 8, 2023 18:06:30 GMT
Have you ever walked into a Lowe’s thinking you’re in a Home Depot? Around here no. There's a Lowes and a Home Depot both within 10 minutes from my house, but they're like night and day. The Home Depot is small, kind of crappy, and the prices suck. The Lowes is much much better. I have an upscale hardware in my neighborhood that’s limited and overpriced, but you get as much assistance as you need. They tell you how do whatever honey-do you’re shopping for and even make you a cup of coffee.  |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 8, 2023 18:13:24 GMT
When you've been going to the same big box home improvement store for over a decade, and every time you go you pass the ax and hatchet section, and every single time you think you should probably pick one up just to have lying around but you never actually do, then the day comes when you actually need an ax to take out that last little nub of tree stump in your yard, and you go to the store and they've friggen moved them and you need to hunt someone down to tell you where they are. So you had to aks someone? That’s one of my first world annoyances; muppets who can’t pronounce three letter words correctly! |
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Post by hugsfromlv426 on Apr 8, 2023 19:10:41 GMT
When you've been going to the same big box home improvement store for over a decade, and every time you go you pass the ax and hatchet section, and every single time you think you should probably pick one up just to have lying around but you never actually do, then the day comes when you actually need an ax to take out that last little nub of tree stump in your yard, and you go to the store and they've friggen moved them and you need to hunt someone down to tell you where they are. "Solving the following riddle will reveal the awful secret behind the universe, assuming you do not go utterly mad in the attempt. If you already happen to know the awful secret behind the universe, feel free to skip ahead. Let’s say you have an ax. Just a cheap one, from Home Depot. On one bitter winter day, you use said ax to behead a man. Don’t worry, the man was already dead. Or maybe you should worry, because you’re the one who shot him. He had been a big, twitchy guy with veiny skin stretched over swollen biceps, a tattoo of a swastika on his tongue. Teeth filed into razor-sharp fangs, you know the type. And you’re chopping off his head because, even with eight bullet holes in him, you’re pretty sure he’s about to spring back to his feet and eat the look of terror right off your face. On the follow-through of the last swing, though, the handle of the ax snaps in a spray of splinters. You now have a broken ax. So, after a long night of looking for a place to dump the man and his head, you take a trip into town with your ax. You go to the hardware store, explaining away the dark reddish stains on the broken handle as barbecue sauce. You walk out with a brand new handle for your ax. The repaired ax sits undisturbed in your garage until the next spring when, on one rainy morning, you find in your kitchen a creature that appears to be a foot-long slug with a bulging egg sac on its tail. Its jaws bite one of your forks in half with what seems like very little effort. You grab your trusty ax and chop the thing into several pieces. On the last blow, however, the ax strikes a metal leg of the overturned kitchen table and chips out a notch right in the middle of the blade. Of course, a chipped head means yet another trip to the hardware store. They sell you a brand new head for your ax. As soon as you get home with your newly-headed ax, though, you meet the reanimated body of the guy you beheaded last year. He’s also got a new head, stitched on with what looks like plastic weed trimmer line, and it’s wearing that unique expression of “you’re the man who killed me last winter” resentment that one so rarely encounters in everyday life. You brandish your ax. The guy takes a long look at the weapon with his squishy, rotting eyes and in a gargly voice he screams, “That’s the same ax that slayed me!” Is he right?" Stolen from John Dies at the End |
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Post by merh on Apr 9, 2023 6:52:18 GMT
 Sometimes we make our own. I tend to discount my problems with others have it worse so how can I let it beat me? |
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Post by WarrenPeace on Apr 9, 2023 7:03:18 GMT
Around here no. There's a Lowes and a Home Depot both within 10 minutes from my house, but they're like night and day. The Home Depot is small, kind of crappy, and the prices suck. The Lowes is much much better. I have an upscale hardware in my neighborhood that’s limited and overpriced, but you get as much assistance as you need. They tell you how do whatever honey-do you’re shopping for and even make you a cup of coffee. The irony is that a robot answers the phone going down the menu of which button to push for the right dept. I kid but I would be surprised if I was right! I consider it a small miracle when an actual person still answers the phone. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2023 9:34:42 GMT
The big box hardware store here has the aisle and bay numbers available on their website. Simple to use on smartphones, comes in very handy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2023 9:38:35 GMT
My preferred steak is now $100 a piece. Doesn’t look like I’ll be having them anytime soon.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2023 9:43:35 GMT
What about Middle Earth annoyances?
Black Hobbits!
Two many women with swords!
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Post by tommyrockarolla on Apr 9, 2023 10:54:41 GMT
When you've been going to the same big box home improvement store for over a decade, and every time you go you pass the ax and hatchet section, and every single time you think you should probably pick one up just to have lying around but you never actually do, then the day comes when you actually need an ax to take out that last little nub of tree stump in your yard, and you go to the store and they've friggen moved them and you need to hunt someone down to tell you where they are. "Solving the following riddle will reveal the awful secret behind the universe, assuming you do not go utterly mad in the attempt. If you already happen to know the awful secret behind the universe, feel free to skip ahead. Let’s say you have an ax. Just a cheap one, from Home Depot. On one bitter winter day, you use said ax to behead a man. Don’t worry, the man was already dead. Or maybe you should worry, because you’re the one who shot him. He had been a big, twitchy guy with veiny skin stretched over swollen biceps, a tattoo of a swastika on his tongue. Teeth filed into razor-sharp fangs, you know the type. And you’re chopping off his head because, even with eight bullet holes in him, you’re pretty sure he’s about to spring back to his feet and eat the look of terror right off your face. On the follow-through of the last swing, though, the handle of the ax snaps in a spray of splinters. You now have a broken ax. So, after a long night of looking for a place to dump the man and his head, you take a trip into town with your ax. You go to the hardware store, explaining away the dark reddish stains on the broken handle as barbecue sauce. You walk out with a brand new handle for your ax. The repaired ax sits undisturbed in your garage until the next spring when, on one rainy morning, you find in your kitchen a creature that appears to be a foot-long slug with a bulging egg sac on its tail. Its jaws bite one of your forks in half with what seems like very little effort. You grab your trusty ax and chop the thing into several pieces. On the last blow, however, the ax strikes a metal leg of the overturned kitchen table and chips out a notch right in the middle of the blade. Of course, a chipped head means yet another trip to the hardware store. They sell you a brand new head for your ax. As soon as you get home with your newly-headed ax, though, you meet the reanimated body of the guy you beheaded last year. He’s also got a new head, stitched on with what looks like plastic weed trimmer line, and it’s wearing that unique expression of “you’re the man who killed me last winter” resentment that one so rarely encounters in everyday life. You brandish your ax. The guy takes a long look at the weapon with his squishy, rotting eyes and in a gargly voice he screams, “That’s the same ax that slayed me!” Is he right?" Stolen from John Dies at the EndHe’s right. But you just get down your knees, hands clasped, and say? “Happy Easter”. 😇 |
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Post by thekindercarebear on Apr 9, 2023 17:17:30 GMT
Planning to have a 4 day Easter holiday weekend and
Friday: 9am-9pm
Saturday: 10am-7pm
Sunday: 10am-maybe 5pm.
Monday: 8am-maybe 7pm.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2023 17:41:20 GMT
What about Middle Earth annoyances? Black Hobbits! Two many women with swords!  Me writing Two instead of Too and not noticing it until now. >:D |
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Post by thekindercarebear on Apr 9, 2023 17:42:14 GMT
What about Middle Earth annoyances? Black Hobbits! Two many women with swords! Me writing Two instead of Too and not noticing it until now. >:D
Two is two too many!
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