On Tue, 21 May 2013 16:21:42 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
wrote:

On Mon, 20 May 2013 23:09:55 -0700, Lew Hodgett wrote:

Armed with that info, the sales person can then direct the prospect to
an area of the store where they might find a "hooseydinger".

When I was a kid, Belknap Hardware was still in business in Louisville.
When I read about it today it's called a wholesale outfit, but I never
had any problem buying from them as a retail customer - must be they were
both. They claimed 40 acres of floor space :-).

Anyway, they had employees who knew where everything was in the whole 40
acres. At least it seemed that way. Some of the rooms were floor to
ceiling drawers and the employees in that area knew the exact drawer.

It's worth looking at their history:

http://www.wkfinetools.com/hus/0-har.../bHistory1.asp



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When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and
carrying a cross.

Ballard Hardware in Seattle, they started out servicing the fishing
boats. They had an old building about 7-8 stories, old wood floors
and wood parts drawers. You literally got a guide when you went in
there, and they did know where everything was.

Mike M