I support the local business' when I can. Of course, I'm biased towards feeling that way.

But that Husky blower wasn't available locally.... though I almost went for an Echo at Home Depot.

The reality, though, is that despite Concord having a pretty healthy downtown, many little hardware stores that WERE around are already gone in favor of HD, Lowes, and WallyWorld. And I'm just fine with giving my money to Amazon instead of Wallyworld.

I went to a good, old-fashioned hardware store in Fall River yesterday looking for a pretty basic cabinet hinge for my parents kitchen cabinets. They still didn't have it, and neither does Lowes or HD. I'm going to have to try to find it online later.

::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::