Monday, April 16, 2007

Old hat, new hat

One of my favorite toy stores used to be Harbor Freight because they had so many interesting things there that, with sufficient rationalization, I just HAD to have. But then we managed to go there when the store was having a bad day - the store was disorganized and cluttered, the staff were in short supply and those who were there seemed aggravated at the customers. I decided I didn't need to take up their "precious" time any more.

But on a cold, rainy day recently we were in the market for a scrub board and thought maybe Harbor Freight might have one. They didn't. However, it was nice to see that something had changed. The store was neat and organized, the staff friendly and in good supply. The previous time must have just been a fluke.

We talked ourselves out of the three or four major items we could have purchased "for the house" but did walk out with this pre-Father's Day gift. The hat has a battery-powered LED light with three directional settings: up in the trees, straight ahead, ground about 20 feet ahead. This would have been great for camping so that you could see ahead and still have both hands to carry things instead of having to use one for a flashlight.

Anybody else out there think this would make a good Father's Day gift?

1 comment:

  1. That has got to be the coolest/nerdiest (whichever way you want to see it) fitted cap I have ever seen. Do they have them down south?

    PL

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