davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2025

[Alliecat]

My Sofia says hello, and wants to know if the lederhosen are hot, sailing in the tropics

Agree about the Youtube videos. Sometimes it takes longer to find a good one than it does to watch them. Why do people make how-to videos if they're not going to show it well, ex.plain it well, or speak clearly??

We have a hardware store & lumber yard. Doesn't always mean it will be good lumber, but, that could be the case anywhere. I got my porch railing kit away, after several attempts to get what I wanted here and getting either silly advice or they didn't have the materials. But I remember going through the whole rack to find enough rails that weren't warped.
The store has "some" things, but you often have to order, (in which case you have to deal with the glitchy website and know what you want; there isn't much in-store to browse) and they very often either don't have, or have only one of, the thing you want. I bought their one tube of grout, and weeks later when I needed another, they hadn't restocked, and I had to order and wait.
There is indeed lots of running back & forth to the mainland for stuff, and "everyone" shops online. Package depot is always busy.