Brenton, at 13:07 on Apr 22 1996, you wrote to Bob Lawrence...

BL>  I *hate* the new hardware shops. I used to like the days when you
BL> grabbed a handful of nails out of the box, put then in the brass tray
BL> and the man balanced themn up with little weights and figured a
BL> price in his head. Now they're all in little poofy plastic bags.

BV> The worst part is when you only need 1. You've got to buy a bag of 1,000
BV> AAArrrggghhh!!!

Just ONE nail?  Bloody hell, even Jesus Christ needed three...

Regards, Bill

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