John Grossbohlin wrote:


Home Depot has come to the realization that things need to be
simplified, or dumbed down, or that contractors need to be
available, or they'll lose sales...


Yeah - but it makes perfect sense. The big box stores made somethings
available to people who in prior times, did not have access to those types
of efforts. Plumbing, electrical work, flooring work, etc. used to be out
of the reach of a much larger percentage of our population than they are
now. I'm not so sure that the article was on target. I don't see any
correlation between the big box stores and any (possible) decline in
craftsmanship or skilled workers. In fact - quite the opposite. I see they
fostered an environment where more people can now do more for themselves
than what used to be the case.

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-Mike-