On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:05:31 +0100, wrote:

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:16:41 +0100, "Capitol"
wrote:

Fortunately a lot of places in the US have ACE hardware, their range of
miscellaneous oddments puts all of our places to shame.
Regards
Capitol

If I were orgasmically-inclined over DIY stores, then Home Depot in
the US would be the place to give me one. You could easily spend half
a day looking round one and trying to stop yourself buying half the
stuff.

MJ

I know what you mean, although in reality you may have noted that B&Q
Warehouse have tried to copy HD in as many details as they can
including the colours, the signage and even the plastic buckets that
they have at the door on the way in to use instead of baskets.

I think that part of the attraction is that there are a different set
of products available because of the different construction techniques
compared with the UK. For example, a lot more timber products used
in various ways, and a good selection of tools. Then there are the
appalling electrical fittings and archaic water heaters, so it's not
all good.

I also quite enjoy the specialist tool stores and the woodworking
places like Rockler and Woodcraft - they really do have interesting
stuff.



..andy

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