Lowes/Home Depot vs. small local stores - recent experience

[dmccarty]

That would be called a Turkey Quesadilla.

I changed it up though. I made a grilled cheese sandwich with three cheeses, Mozzarella, Swiss and Parmesan, fresh tomatoes, and a slice of Prosciutto ham. :licking::licking::licking:

Washed down with the last bit of beer in the growler. :beer:

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[EddieWalker]

Another thing to consider when deciding on what store to shop at is the return policy. Home Depot and Lowes are both very easy and fast to return stuff to. The other local stores will take returns, but it can be a game and it takes time. If it's tile, they all want a restocking fee if you buy extra for the job.

When I lived in CA, I hated the local Home Depot because it was dirty and impossible to get any assistance. I would pay a bit more and go to Orchard, where everyone was very helpful and the place was spotless. Sears bought out Orchard and it started carrying all the Craftsman tools, which I really liked at the time.

Eddie

 

[forgeblast]

Lowes has that my lowes card now, that if you get it scanned at the check out they can pull up your purchases and you dont need a reciept. Plus I think you can put dimensions in to a program and pull them up at the store if needed.

 

[Danno1]

To connect this thread back to tractors, here is a clamp-on pizza cutter for your tractor:

View attachment 274272


Bruce

There was a show on the History Chan awhile back which said that Americans (America) eats 100 acres of pizza per day.


.

 

[IslandTractor]

There was a show on the History Chan awhile back which said that Americans (America) eats 100 acres of pizza per day.

.

Can you imagine how many Olympic swimming pools of beer it takes to wash all that down!

 

[rekees4300]

1 acre = 43560 square feet
100 acres = 4,356,000 square feet
estimated population of America on July 24 = 314,016,262
4,356,000 / 314,016,262 = .0138 square feet of pizza per American per day
1 square foot = 144 square inches
.0138 X 144 = 1.98 square inches of pizza per American per day

So the average American eats about 2 square inches of pizza per per day. Food for thought. izza:

 

[PatasColo]

1 acre = 43560 square feet
100 acres = 4,356,000 square feet
estimated population of America on July 24 = 314,016,262
4,356,000 / 314,016,262 = .0138 square feet of pizza per American per day
1 square foot = 144 square inches
.0138 X 144 = 1.98 square inches of pizza per American per day

So the average American eats about 2 square inches of pizza per per day. Food for thought. izza:

Who sells a 2-square-inch pizza? ....And most pizzas I see for sale are ROUND.




:laughing: :laughing: :drink:
-Mitch

 

[PatasColo]

Can you imagine how many Olympic swimming pools of beer it takes to wash all that down!

No need to imagine:
The Dimensions of an Olympic Size Swimming Pool is approximately 164ft x 82ft and 6ft deep.
Surface area = 13,454.72 sq ft Volume = 88,263 cu ft = 660,253.09 gallons

A typical large pizza is 18", and cut into eight slices. Area of a slice is 9-squared x pi x 1/8 = 31.8 sq inches. Thus there are 4,356,000 x 144 / 31.8 = 19,725,283 pizza slices in that 100 acres.
For calculation purposes only, we'll say that people drink a bottle of beer (12 oz.) per slice (YMMV :drink: ) - That's a total of 236,703,396 oz., divided by 128 to get gallons: 1,849,245 gallons of beer! Divide that by 660,253 (volume of Olympic pool) = 2.8 Olympic pools of beer per day to wash down the 100 acres of pizza!!!

[NOTE: This is not a scientific estimate, and ignores kids, soft drinks, religion, affinity for alcohol, and all other factors affecting beer consumption. :thumbsup:]

 

[IslandTractor]

.
For calculation purposes only, we'll say that people drink a bottle of beer (12 oz.) per slice (YMMV :drink: ) - That's a total of 236,703,396 oz., divided by 128 to get gallons: 1,849,245 gallons of beer! Divide that by 660,253 (volume of Olympic pool) = 2.8 Olympic pools of beer per day to wash down the 100 acres of pizza!!!

That's my kind of pool party! I also agree that one beer per slice is about civilized. Eating faster would be uncouth. Drinking slower would be,well, unmanly. Gotta keep up with the Canucks and Aussies.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Yeppers, now I will see if we can start talking about beer. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

To connect this thread back to tractors, here is a clamp-on pizza cutter for your tractor:

View attachment 274272


Bruce

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: