"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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> On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 4:38:02 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 11:06:04 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> > Do you make them at your house?
>>
>> No, I come from white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant (and somewhat Southern)
>> stock. We made ham for Easter dinner. Studded with cloves and
>> pineapple rings, glazed with a mixture of yellow mustard and brown
>> sugar. It's been so long, I can't remember the side dishes that
>> were served with it. Perhaps scalloped potatoes, although I guess
>> that might have been made the next day to accompany the leftovers.
>>
>> For a while, my husband and I observed Easter with unagi sushi,
>> but that has fallen by the wayside. Now it's just another Sunday,
>> filled with projects around the house and wishing that Home Depot
>> were open.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> **** Home Depot. I shop at real hardware stores!! Which are becoming
> harder and harder to find thanks to the MalWartization of modern U.S.
> (lack of) culture!! :-(

I don't know of any around here any more that aren't chains. Although I did
recently hear of a place in Everett that sells only screws of all kinds.