Short entry today. I just went to Lowe’s, and their hook-and-loop pads (for the greatest tool ever made) are $15 for a 50-pack. And they’re Porter Cable. Home Depot? The same price, but you only get 25. And they’re Norton sandpaper, which is a notoriously crappy. So if you need a big pack of sandpaper in a hurry, get it from Lowe’s, not Home Depot. You’ll thank me for it.

(Home Depot and Lowes both have crappy websites, but Lowes is worse. They don’t have most of their stock online. I was going to fact-check my recollection of HD’s lousy prices, but they don’t have them on line, so tough for them.)
(I generally default to Home Depot; they tend to hire smarter people, and their cheap tool brand (Ryobi) is one of the best, while Lowe’s cheap tool brand (General Something?) is one of the worst.)

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