On Sun, 15 May 2016 21:49:40 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

On 05/15/2016 07:28 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:

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I try to patronize the local Ace Hardware. Where else to
get an odd plumbing piece on a weekend or evening? The
next generation is taking over so there will be a learning
curve. The older employees knew their stuff.

There used to be a good old Ace hardware store around here like that. We
had another good hardware store too. Neither lasted long after Lowe's
opened.

3 or 4 Aces in baltimore are small, packed with stuff and one or 2
definitelyh doing good business. One in a west suburb is very busy,
larger, and was mobbed 9 days ago (sunday), the firstg good weekend
day this year. There were twice as many cars as usual, filling a
parking area that is always empty. They were giving free hotdogs that
day.