re: #286 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Different strokes (and bores) for different folks. My office is across the street from Century 21, and used to live 15 minutes from Woodbury Commons (one of the biggest outlet centers in the US. Nowadays, I go there mostly to look for cookware and other household items and occasionally clothing end of season - when you can get stuff for serious markdowns.

I try never to pay for retail. That goes for tools too, though I don’t need to many at the moment.