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AllaN01Bear

(26,548 posts) Tue Jul 22, 2025, 04:49 PM Tuesday

oltime hardware stores

when i moved up from southern ca to sonora ca , there was a old time hardware store called mundorfs . mundorfs seemed like they had everything hardwae wise in stock. if u asked for a thingamajig or a whatchamacallit they had it or could order it. u ask the big box stores and they look at you like : or idk

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oltime hardware stores (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Tuesday OP

In the town where I grew up, there were two hardware stores, owned by parents of two of my classmates. rsdsharp Tuesday #1

Because big box stores are home improvement stores, not hardware stores SheltieLover Tuesday #2

When I was a kid, the local hardware store would sharpen my ice skates. cloudbase Tuesday #3

rsdsharp

(11,088 posts)

1. In the town where I grew up, there were two hardware stores, owned by parents of two of my classmates.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 05:13 PM

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They were less than a block apart, and couldn’t have been more different. Van’s was well lighted, sold baseball gloves, guns, jack knives, and tools. If they sold screws and nails I never saw it.

Muesel’s was what you described. You walked up the narrow aisles on a plank floor with boxes of screws and bolts and nails and God knows what all crowding in on you. There was always some old fart up front chewing the fat with Mr. Muesel.

SheltieLover

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2. Because big box stores are home improvement stores, not hardware stores

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 05:17 PM

Tuesday

cloudbase

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3. When I was a kid, the local hardware store would sharpen my ice skates.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 05:30 PM

Tuesday

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