Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We have a Stines in town that almost always has nearly what you need, Kaffie usually has exactly what you need, and if not, will have it in three days On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Richard S. Taylor < r.s.taylor_post@comcast.net> wrote: > Man, oh, man! ... a real hardware store. Brings back childhood memories > of Brooklyn. We also had one of these in town until a couple of years ago. > They had everything and it was cheap. Of course, sometimes you had to > have > a local guide to find stuff shelved away in obscure corners of the store > and > blow dust off the merchandise when you found it, but somehow, that was OK. > It's been replaced by a modern, well-organized hardware store with twice > the staff, half the selection,, and seemingly double the prices. I find > myself more and more trekking down Route 128 to the nearest Home Depot when > I need stuff rather than deal with them. > > > Regards, > > Dick > off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please. > > > > > > > On Oct 7, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > > >> >> Sonny showed: >> >> Subject: [Leica] Kaffie Frederick's >> >> A visit to Kaffie-Frederick Hardware from this Saturday. I've been going >>>> >>> there for more than 60 years, I was just a baby the first time. >> >> >> >> All the pictures are on one page. It might be a little slow on dial-up, >> but >> there are just six pictures. So, load up the url, go get some tea and sit >> back and enjoy another look at Natchitoches. >> >> http://www.sonc.com/hardware/ <<<<<<< >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi Sonny, >> >> What a wonderful store for a guy to browse, particularly the older bunch >> of >> us for a shot of nostalgia and rekindling our youth in similar type >> hardware >> stores. >> >> Thanks for some fond memories. I think this kind of picture series beats >> the >> heck out of the modern day subjects on many days. >> >> Thanks for posting. >> >> Ted >> >> PS: I had a bag of marbles myself , usually not for long as I never had a >> good eye for knocking other guy's marbles out of play! :-( >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA