[upcountry miss]

Got my wicks and lamp oil a couple weeks ago at Ace. We had a power outage as a result of an ice storm in December. We were only out a few hours but some neighbors were out several days. A good wake-up call as we realized that we had loads of lamps but most of them needed wicks and the lamps burn better with lamp oil than kerosene. When we went to get more wicks and lamp oil, they were completely sold out of everything-lamps, oil, wicks, flashlights and batteries. Didn't think of checking on line. Several months ago, Ace promised to order some “strike anywhere” wooden matches for me. Hate those strike on box ones. Every time I check they tell me they forgot. If I order them on line to be delivered to the store, I won't need to keep reminding them. Don't imagine that is a hot item with them.

[DelaWhere]

Ace hardware knows when they see me coming that something unusual is in the works... LOL

The Manager usually greets me with ‘What are we building today?’ She seems to keep one eye out for me...

Ran in today to get a tank of LP gas - she wanted to know how the chicken plucker worked out that I was building... Told her I would let her know after I got the gas to heat the scalder to use it today... (Worked pretty well, think I will expand it thought. Make it a double so it does the job faster.)

I usually call them first to see if they have what I need and if not, order it online and pick it up with the free delivery.