NWI INGO General Post - Part 22 - Racoon Pets, Sadclowns Kids, and golf carts

[melensdad]

I haven't been to Menards since they went full mask nazi. Home Depot now gets all of my business of that kind.

I go to Menards ONLY when I have to.

Home Depot is my box store of choice. Lowes is good for some things, but I have a hard time finding things I need in stock at Lowes.

Both Home Depot and Lowes have higher quality goods than Menards for most things. I'm good with not replacing cheap junk every 3 years when I can pay 10-15% more and get something that lasts 7-10+ years.

I miss Sears Hardware stores. The guy working the plumbing department was typically a retired plumber who knew exactly what I needed. Guy in the electrical area was a retired electrician. Etc Etc

 

[marvin02]

I miss Sears Hardware stores

+1, I liked those places.

 

[GhostofWinter]

the gar-iffith store is a trip compared to most menards, dark, dirty, disorganizede kinda like an old school local hardware store.

Are you talking about the one on ridge road across from calumet high school? If so, I believe that may be listed as Gary, which is how it feels…

 

[Snapdragon]

Are you talking about the one on ridge road across from calumet high school? If so, I believe that may be listed as Gary, which is how it feels…

Or Cal Township.

 

[melensdad]

Or Cal Township.

Gary ... Cal Township

Snap I didn't realize you had a stuttering problem.

 

[Snapdragon]

Gary ... Cal Township

Snap I didn't realize you had a stuttering problem.

Unincorporated Cal Township=not Gary

 

[Bill2905]

Are you trying to imply that the 17yo girl with pigtails and zero experience in plumbing who works at Menards is not also an expert? I thought Menards only hires the most qualified for the job.

Yes, I was. But I like the way you said it better.

 

[Bill2905]

+1, I liked those places.

+2, those were my favorite hardware stores when they were around.

 

[Ballstater98]

Oh, yay, more FedEx.

 

[melensdad]

Unincorporated Cal Township=not Gary

meh

I owned a house there. Same Same

 

[Ballstater98]

Some mysterious liquid fell from the sky.

 

[Bill2905]

Some mysterious liquid fell from the sky.

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Got about the same amount in my rain gauge. I was in the basement cleaning a rifle and didn't even know it was raining until a big thunderclap occurred.

 

[darkkevin]

never understood the calumet township/black oak/miller etc. all Gary. I get naming sections of the city unofficially, but it's all gary per postal code.

 

[GRAVES219]

In 10 years I haven’t had a 4473 take more than 10 mins to hear back from. Had a AR lower shipped to an FFL, filled out all the ****, they said July 8th they’ll get back to me.

 

[GRAVES219]

never understood the calumet township/black oak/miller etc. all Gary. I get naming sections of the city unofficially, but it's all gary per postal code.

Chicago is the same way. And when I lived in Gary, I made sure to tel folks it was Calumet Township. Because even mentioning Gary to some folks is bad

 

[KLB]

never understood the calumet township/black oak/miller etc. all Gary. I get naming sections of the city unofficially, but it's all gary per postal code.

Hell, I'm Valpo according to postal code.

 

[melensdad]

Hell, I'm Valpo according to postal code.

Somehow I am considered to be in Lowell, but really I'm far suburban Lowellabama where the banjos play and the cows outnumber people.

 

[marvin02]

never understood the calumet township/black oak/miller etc. all Gary. I get naming sections of the city unofficially, but it's all gary per postal code.

Sections of Calumet Twp are not part of any city/town, they are unincorporated areas. Black Oak was not a part of Gary until 1976, when Gary annexed the area.

Black Oak is still part of the Calumet Twp. school system.

Miller actually asked to be annexed in 1919.

Postal codes are assigned to make the delivery of mail possible/more efficient, they have little to do with the governing body you answer to. That is the biggest difference, the unincorporated areas are not governed by Gary.

'From Bog to Park - Miller, Indiana and Marquette Park'

The annexation of Miller, Indiana and the building of Marquette Park from 1907 on.

spicerweb.org

Chicago has 77 community areas most defined in the 1920s:

Chicago's Neighborhoods

Explore where to eat, shop, and go in the City of Neighborhoods!

chicagostudies.uchicago.edu

 

[marvin02]

Oh, yay, more FedEx.

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BREAKING: UPS cancelling gun dealers’ accounts, destroying packages in transit

The shipping giant cites "ghost guns" as the reason for terminations.

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[bloodandgutsmurphy]

never understood the calumet township/black oak/miller etc. all Gary. I get naming sections of the city unofficially, but it's all gary per postal code.

Some Neighborhoods in larger towns/cities used to be independent municipalities. Overtime time, they were incorporated into the larger city. Those old neighborhoods still retain their old city name