On 8-Jun-2005, lgb wrote:

I think I mentioned this before, but here in Spokane WA Lowes bought out
a chain called Eagle Hardware. If you went into Eagle and asked for a
2" long 3/8" bolt, the clerk asked what grade you wanted.

Then Lowes took over. It is now known locally as LOWES: Less Of What
Eagle Stocked :-).

When Home Depot first moved into Toronto, they took over Aikenhead's.
Same problem - a supplier of all sorts of neat stuff replaced by a
supplier of the lowest common denominator.

Mike