Strange Humming in Panel

[Joethemechanic]

It brings back tons of memories for me, of heading to the hardware store to buy those EverReady batteries

Yeah I used to go down the block to "Kleber's Hardware" to buy them. While I was there Mrs. Kleber used to give me fruit from her garden and honey from her bees. (They were friends of my grandparents). They were both German immigrants, and I was a little blond haired blue eyed German kid who was festinated with everything in their store, so,,,,,,,,,,,,,

It was an almost Norman Rockwell thing

 

[hbiss]

Berger Hardware for me. Used to ride my bike down to it when I was 9. The owner's son was my age and we got to know each other. Years later when his father passed away, he took over the business and when he decided to retire he sold to a new owner who went with True Value. True Value came in and completely redid the store. The original owner's son had stayed on as a "consultant" and called me to say that they would be throwing out a bunch of stuff that was there for years and there's a lot of wire I might be interested in. It was mostly reels of CAT3 telcom stuff that I had a use for at that time.

-Hal