# so lets take a break from the race discussion in ferguson and talk about this **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 17, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732 "2014-08-17T02:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/21 "2014-08-17T08:01:06Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Hah! Joke’s on you - [They’re the same company!](http://www.searsholdings.com/) > > 🙂 Yeah, what the fuck is up with that? One day, I read that KMart is filing for bankruptcy, the next I hear about it is that their plan to emerge from bankruptcy is to buy Sears. Not go to Sears and buy a calculator to help them manage their money better. Buy SEARS. ALL of it. The whole company. How the hell does that work? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/22 "2014-08-17T08:04:57Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Well, I understand Craftsman’s offerings are still of reasonable, if not spectacular, quality. Do they still have the no-questions-asked replacement policy on hand tools? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/23 "2014-08-17T08:09:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > By the way, what the heck does Sears have to do with anything? Just a WAG: the link in the OP goes to a video that is preceded by a Sears commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/24 "2014-08-17T08:57:41Z")
So, let’s take a break from the race discussion to talk about…race. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/25 "2014-08-17T09:02:53Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Look, you smartasses are deliberately distracting from the major point here. > > How the hell is USA Today still a thing? Because USA Today is keeping The New York Daily News off the bottom of the list. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/26 "2014-08-17T09:13:54Z")
Hah…sucks to be all of you. No Sears ads here, nor USA Today. The joys of being Not an American. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/27 "2014-08-17T09:37:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Just a WAG: the link in the OP goes to a video that is preceded by a Sears commercial. Winner winner, chicken dinner. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/28 "2014-08-17T09:52:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Do they still have the no-questions-asked replacement policy on hand tools? As far as I know, not for the laser-guided scimitars. For the regular manually-operated ones, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/29 "2014-08-17T14:37:45Z")
Talk about fighting ignorance… there are still people who see internet ads? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/30 "2014-08-17T15:49:28Z")
Mr. Potato Head was one of my favorite toys as a kid. I think my parents bought him at Sears. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/31 "2014-08-17T17:06:56Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Mr. Potato Head was one of my favorite toys as a kid. I think my parents bought him at Sears. Me, too. But then I got a scimitar. Now its Mr. Potato Chips. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/32 "2014-08-17T17:30:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Do they still have the no-questions-asked replacement policy on hand tools? [For the most part, yeah.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craftsman_(tools)) I haven’t been to a Sears or KMart in probably close to a decade. But Ace Hardware carries Craftsman now, and I have one just a few blocks down. They’re a little spendy, but closer than Lowe’s or Home Depot. AIUI, Ace does not service warranties on Craftsman tools, though; that’s still through Sears (and now Kmart). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/33 "2014-08-17T18:43:33Z")
I agree - the Star Trek reboot sucks. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/34 "2014-08-17T18:45:29Z")
_USA Today_ has advertisers? Sears pays them perfectly good money for that? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/35 "2014-08-17T18:49:41Z")
Last week I went to Walmart for the first time EVER. For the longest time, they were the largest retailer in America, or something like that, yet I’d never even seen one. Now I’ve been. It was a lot like Kmart. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/36 "2014-08-17T20:42:42Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Last week I went to Walmart for the first time EVER. For the longest time, they were the largest retailer in America, or something like that, yet I’d never even seen one. Now I’ve been. It was a lot like Kmart. World. Walmart is the largest retailer in the world. Yeah, it’s pretty much like Kmart. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732/37 "2014-08-17T21:40:56Z")
Oh dear, looks like the OP has been sent on a permanent break. Guess we’ll never learn his opinion on Sears. Or K-Mart. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lets-take-a-break-from-the-race-discussion-in-ferguson-and-talk-about-this/695732.md?page=1)