What a Lumberyard is Supposed To Be Like

First posted on Mark Is Cranky:

So here was a typical Saturday. There was a home-type project to be done (or at least started) by me & stepson #1. The project was to build a set of built in bookcases for the wife up in her office (The real skinny on this is that the bookcases were to be a Christmas present from stepson #1 to his mom. How I'm involved in this is both more complicated and more boring than anybody needs to be putting up with. Lets just say that stepson #1 has been very busy dealing with things like his last coop term, construction projects for a local theatre group and mooning about his girlfriend being all the way out in Oklahoma. Hmmmm....that last bit isn't quite right. I'm not actually certain that he's been mooning about said romance object but am guessing that if he is anything like was I was at the age of twenty-two, he's been doing some serious mooning.)

Ahem...

A few weeks back I'd given stepson #1 directions to a local lumber yard which looked to be A) promising and B) not Home Depot (which #1 has taken to calling 'Home Devil'.) He had stopped by there last weekend and discovered that they were only open til noon on Saturdays. So this past Saturday we loaded ourselves into the big rig (my old Chevy K1500, currently 'owned' by stepson #2, who has modified it to sound like your typical Honda Accord with Cabbage-Shooter exhaust, but on steroids) and head to the lumber yard. As #1 takes a turn to the left at a critical juncture, and away from the lumber yard, I just have to ask him where he's going. Turns out that the lumber yard I described to him didn't end up being the one he checked out. The yard I recommended looked like a smaller and less evil version of Home Depot. He did sort of go near that place but on the way spied a sign for another place. This turned out to be a fantastic and rewarding mistake.

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  • 1 - Dave Nalle

    Mar 08, 2005 at 1:40 am

    You inspire me to share my experiences polyurethaning the floor in my pool house - with pictures.

    Dave

  • 2 - SFC SKI

    Mar 08, 2005 at 2:31 am

    Sounds like you need to give that man all your business.

  • 3 - Mark Saleski

    Mar 08, 2005 at 6:22 am

    poly on the floor. gawd, my sinuses hurt just reading that!

    and you're right, this guy is going to get my business from now on.

  • 4 - Eric Olsen

    Mar 08, 2005 at 7:33 am

    think local act global, nice story Mark, thanks!

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