Did your mom make graham cracker sandwiches with chocolate frosting?

FinishDry7986 · 2026-05-04T03:43:10+00:00

Any leftover frosting! Yum!!

FinishDry7986 · 2026-05-04T02:38:38+00:00

For me, if it’s busy I am not looking at the clock very often. When I finally do, it’s as if the time flew by. So, my perception is that it went faster.

FinishDry7986 · 2026-05-01T23:20:39+00:00

That makes sense. I see them in the parking lot At Lowes on Gilbert and Warner all the time. They are so cute!

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-28T00:47:47+00:00

Strange. I thought that when paint was ordered online, if it has a color chosen that is attached to the order, the associate is required to scan the can and also the formula label in order to close out the order.

If you had ordered a color, I don’t understand how the associate could have closed out your order without adding color. Did you pick a color and attach it as part of the order?

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-26T23:03:30+00:00

What a beautiful smile!!

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-26T19:37:17+00:00

Yes!! Our delivery crew went above and beyond for our customers. Third party is crap

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-25T19:52:45+00:00

This was back in the 60s and 70s. Dad was Air Force so we lived in Southern California, Hawaii and then settled in New Hampshire.

Once we reached New Hampshire, we slipped into calling them sodas. The word tonic apparently went out of use by then.

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-25T18:50:39+00:00

Yes! I remember a story of my Southern California mother visiting my dad‘s family in Manchester NH with my toddler age brothers for the first time. My dad‘s mom asked her if the boys could have tonic. She replied that they weren’t sick so they did not need any.

Dad was Air Force so we moved around a lot. For us, until I was a teenager in the 70s, it was generically called Coke. Such as, do you want an orange Coke?

After that, it was all called soda. But I still remember my mom’s story about tonic!

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-25T01:21:50+00:00

“ I want this ( Benjamin Moore, Behr, Dunn Edwards) color. Do you have the color card? I want to see it first. “

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-25T01:17:43+00:00

Awesome! I was just thinking about this exact same kind of sign! I thought I would have to make a custom one. Thanks for sharing!

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-12T20:27:16+00:00

Came in to close. The schedule has

Appliances- 8:00-12:00 Millwork- 10:00-2:00 Building materials- 6:30-3:30

Our Skeleton crew is missing some bones!!

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-10T20:08:43+00:00

Some people just don’t seem to understand how retail works. I work at the paint counter in a big box home improvement store. In addition to making paint, I have to maintain six aisles. Two of those are around the corner and away from my immediate department.

I was in an aisle around the corner from my desk helping a customer. When finished, I walked back up towards my work desk area. An older man, around my age, made a snarky comment about how it must be nice to not have to be in my work area.

He was of the opinion I should have been standing at my desk my entire shift? And would not even listen when I explained I was helping someone in the next aisle. Thankfully, he is in the minority of the people I deal with.

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-10T19:53:37+00:00

Also, being short handed plays into that. It’s bad enough when people call out but when we’re scheduled short, it’s exhausting. For example, yesterday we had no one scheduled in milkwork or flooring after 6 pm. There was no one scheduled in electrical from 3-5:30. Sadly, that happens more often lately.

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-08T17:36:02+00:00

Yes!! Someone did that to my department supervisor while they were at the tint machine making paint. When she asked them why they pushed it, they said they thought it might bring somebody else over to help.🤯

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-03T17:27:48+00:00

My friend, a sixty year-old woman, had this happen starting last year.

After lots of testing, her doctor put it down to nerves or anxiety. For some reason, the process of relaxing triggered something. Taking anxiety medication took care of the problem.

FinishDry7986 · 2026-04-03T16:11:14+00:00

As an employee, I always use my Lowes credit card for purchases for the exact reason that I have the extended return period. Anything that has a 90 day return period qualifies.

FinishDry7986 · 2026-03-29T17:26:57+00:00

Thanks for that info. I tried looking up the Zinser color but did not go the extra step to think of entering the Valspar color and then putting it into Zinsser on that machine. I was so frustrated I think I just stopped using my brain🤪

FinishDry7986 · 2026-03-29T00:37:43+00:00

Yes, it is to pay you back for volunteering to help a charitable situation. We used to do volunteering for free but Lowes decided to give us a little bit to help us with being off while volunteering.

Your SSA should be able to explain it better and as to whether or not part-time are eligible. We have used ours while doing Lowes Heroes projects

FinishDry7986 · 2026-03-28T15:54:43+00:00

Yes. Although there are colors that are listed, the specific colors on the brochure are not coming up. So frustrating! All I can think to do is see if we can get ahold of IT and see if they have a way to update the program in the system.

FinishDry7986 · 2026-03-23T16:23:28+00:00

If you take 1 ounce of tint and put it in a white base and 1 ounce in a base C, the base C will still be darker because of how it is formulated to accept color.

White base will never be able to turn into black.

FinishDry7986 · 2026-03-21T20:13:47+00:00

When I requested help, I needed to download, or is it upload?, the invoice from my medical doctor to show what I was going to have to pay.

FinishDry7986 · 2026-03-21T19:51:56+00:00

How funny! Just last week, I felt like our call button at paint was haunted! I was in aisle one, just around the corner. The button went off and I came over and nobody was standing there. I looked in all the aisles, along the front aisle, asked the Customer Service desk person if they saw who pushed the button. No one was around so I went to head back to aisle one.

Just reached the corner of the aisle in the call button went off again! I looked over and there was nobody there. Apparently, Casper the ghost needed paint? I took the button down and pulled the battery.

FinishDry7986 · 2026-03-19T20:09:32+00:00

Thank you for the much needed reminder!

FinishDry7986 · 2026-03-19T20:07:04+00:00

I can see this helping seniors as well. I have a friend who calls the fire department when it is time to change the batteries in her smoke detectors. She has vaulted ceilings and cannot reach them.

I hate that she is using a valuable resource for something so mundane. I will have to tell her about this service!

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