Ok, I guess Jerry may have put it in a slightly better way, but he does
have
a point. I have a hardware shop 2 minutes walk from the house and it is
bloody useful. Popping over on a sunday morning for almost anything is a
luxury that I find useful. I hardly ever go to the sheds now.

What hasn't occurred to either of you is that there are large numbers of
people who, for numerous reasons, don't have access to the sort of
convenient shop that you do.