Every town has one, the hardware store you never think about going to until Home Depot or Lowes doesn't have what you need. If your lucky, they tell you to try Ace, or some other "bigger" store, and likewise, they don't have what I need either. When all hope is lost, I trek over to Jehling Hardware. This is an old time hardware store, right out of Mayberry. I have never brought in a part, screw, or appliance and been disappointed. To me, it is a modern marvel, how they can
cram so much stuff into so little space. Even more amazing, they know exactly where it is. Unbelievable. One of these days I'll learn to go there first, but they just aren't as convenient as some of the big box stores, and Like Jehlings inventory, I'm always trying to squeeze more time into a day than there is. Unfortunatetly, I don't have the same success as they do. I had an opportunity this week to visit, like always, it was after two of the others weren't able to cut spare keys to the Remos for me. It had been a while since I was there, and even longer since I was there during the Christmas season. Jehling puts out a train display that we used to take the kids to every year
when they
were small enough for me to lift up so they could see everything. Sure enough, the display was there, and I spent a lot more time watching the trains, and exploring every nook and cranny of the display than it took for them to cut my keys and find the other things on my list. Something else I'm going to put on my list is to go ahead and be inconvenienced once in a while, because it sure was worth it Saturday. I hope you enjoy the pictures, but they don't do justice to the live version.
Every town has one, the hardware store you never think about going to until Home Depot or Lowes doesn't have what you need. If your lucky, they tell you to try Ace, or some other "bigger" store, and likewise, they don't have what I need either. When all hope is lost, I trek over to Jehling Hardware. This is an old time hardware store, right out of Mayberry. I have never brought in a part, screw, or appliance and been disappointed. To me, it is a modern marvel, how they can 
cram so much stuff into so little space. Even more amazing, they know exactly where it is. Unbelievable. One of these days I'll learn to go there first, but they just aren't as convenient as some of the big box stores, and Like Jehlings inventory, I'm always trying to squeeze more time into a day than there is. Unfortunatetly, I don't have the same success as they do. I had an opportunity this week to visit, like always, it was after two of the others weren't able to cut spare keys to the Remos for me. It had been a while since I was there, and even longer since I was there during the Christmas season. Jehling puts out a train display that we used to take the kids to every year 
when they 
were small enough for me to lift up so they could see everything. Sure enough, the display was there, and I spent a lot more time watching the trains, and exploring every nook and cranny of the display than it took for them to cut my keys and find the other things on my list. Something else I'm going to put on my list is to go ahead and be inconvenienced once in a while, because it sure was worth it Saturday. I hope you enjoy the pictures, but they don't do justice to the live version.
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