sherwindu wrote:
Just for comparison, I remember many years ago there was a store in Chicago called
Land's End that carried almost every conceivable kind of boat hardware.
Unfortunately, the bean counters got control of the company and now they are a
catalog and outlet store with dappy nautical looking clothing. There was a similar
store called Chicago Navigation Equitpment that simply vanished that had an excellent
supply of boat hardware and supplies. It's all catalogs and internet shopping now,
but I miss those stores where you could actually handle something before you bought
it.


Land's End is now owned by Sears.

Hell, I remember when Abercrombie and Fitch was a real outfitter to
sportsmen, instead of a purveyor of clothes to young yups.