Swingman wrote:

I keep marveling at how prescient Orwell was in "1984" ... and I'll say it
again - the effect of B & D taking over Delta is analogous to Home Depot
taking over Lee Valley.


Oh, man. I already had an upset stomach keeping me home. I don't have
any problem with B&D tools in the proper atmosphere (just got a new
Workmate 425, in fact), but I sure hope your analogy nevers come close
to being true.