[Leica] Kaffie Frederick's

[r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)]

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  It's been replaced by a  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
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On Oct 7, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

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>>> A visit to Kaffie-Frederick Hardware from this Saturday.  I've  
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> there for more than 60 years, I was just a baby the first time.
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> All the pictures are on one page. It might be a little slow on dial- 
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> there are just six pictures. So, load up the url, go get some tea  
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> back and enjoy another look at Natchitoches.
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> http://www.sonc.com/hardware/ <<<<<<<
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> What a wonderful store for a guy to browse, particularly the older  
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> Thanks for some fond memories. I think this kind of picture series  
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> Thanks for posting.
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> Ted
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> PS: I had a bag of marbles myself , usually not for long as I never  
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> good eye for knocking other guy's marbles out of play! :-(
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