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Beth DeCarbo

Dedicated to independent hardware stores in Kansas and everywhere else.

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My Deceitful Dishwasher Wasted Both Money and Water

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‘Find yourself a good independently owned hardware store and defend it with your life.’

Just to prove that I’m not the only one who gets choked up around old hardware stores (must be all that dust!), here’s a beautiful tribute to McGuckin Hardware in a recent post in The Garage Journal.

(Hat tip to Bill S., whose son rejected...

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A Kids’ Party at the Hardware Store Sure Beats a Pony Ride

Seattle twins Eliza and Jade are maybe the COOLEST KIDS EVER.

To celebrate their 8th birthdays, the girls ditched the thought of pony rides and jumpy castles. Instead, they asked their mom if they could party at their local hardware store...

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Butts in Hardware? Yes. Butts on My Table? No

On the left, a pork butt in a slow cooker. On the right, a butt hinge joins two pieces of wood.

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2 months ago
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