What is The BORG?

[Brad Kimbrell]

Hate to ask a dumb question, but curiosity is getting to me! :confused:

I see a lot of guys mention a place that they buy things called "The BORG". What does B-O-R-G stand for?

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Well....initially I thought it stood for Big Orange Retail Giant......Home Depot..........But somebody else here had a different take on it. Basically most folks are implying HD or Lowes.................

[Norman Hitt]

"Big Old Retail Giant", can be any of the Home Improvement/hardware type Chains.

[Dev Emch]

"Big Old Retail Giant", can be any of the Home Improvement/hardware type Chains.
Well if we use the Star Trek definition, then it could include some of the very large import tool companies..... RESISTANCE IS FUTILE---- YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED INTO THE COLLECTIVE! Then when the greenie meanie arrives, your name will change to something like SEVEN OF NINE although I did find SEVEN OF NINE to be rather attractive.

[Bill Lewis]

I did find SEVEN OF NINE to be rather attractive.I dunno, I thought she was getting a bit long in the tooth. I was holding out for her younger sister, EIGHT OF NINE. :D

[David Eisenhauer]

Now I too want to see 8 of 9.

David

[Tim Clark]

I thought it was Big ORange Guys.

[tod evans]

brad, the color of the storefront doesn`t matter, anywhere you go to purchase lumber or home improvement items where the store employees are less likely to know what you`re asking for than the bubble gum smacking teenager at the burger joint across the street. the places where quality is second to price, you load your own trailer with 207 cca 2x12`s 18ft long.....and they offer "professional" installation of most items..by 21yo flunkies with a pick-up and skillsaw..where it takes 7 flag men to clear the heard for a forktruck.....

any of those places...02 tod

[David Eisenhauer]

The boys are crankin today!

David

[Brad Townsend]

Well if we use the Star Trek definition, then it could include some of the very large import tool companies..... RESISTANCE IS FUTILE---- YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED INTO THE COLLECTIVE! Then when the greenie meanie arrives, your name will change to something like SEVEN OF NINE although I did find SEVEN OF NINE to be rather attractive. And the fact that the Borg travelled through space in this HUGE, SQUARE BOX. The ship even kind of looked like Home Depot.:D

[Paul Turner]

[quote=Bill Lewis]I dunno, I thought she was getting a bit long in the tooth.

She hasn't even hit 40, yet!

[John Bailey]

Anybody that thinks 7 of 9 is long in the tooth has let his Ol' Arn' get rusty.

John

[Michael Adelong]

I dunno, I thought she was getting a bit long in the tooth. I was holding out for her younger sister, EIGHT OF NINE. :D

Shoot... Throw in FIVE OF NINE, SIX OF NINE, and NINE OF NINE and deal me a straight!!! :D

BTW: The folks at Lowes wear red aprons - don't hang out with them. All good Trekkies know that the dudes in the red shirts always get killed or maimed in some horrific fashion. You don't want to be a bystander. Trust me on this one. ;)

Michael

[Rob Littleton]

I love those descriptions. That about sums it up. Too funny Tod !!!:D


brad, the color of the storefront doesn`t matter, anywhere you go to purchase lumber or home improvement items where the store employees are less likely to know what you`re asking for than the bubble gum smacking teenager at the burger joint across the street. the places where quality is second to price, you load your own trailer with 207 cca 2x12`s 18ft long.....and they offer "professional" installation of most items..by 21yo flunkies with a pick-up and skillsaw..where it takes 7 flag men to clear the heard for a forktruck.....

any of those places...02 tod

[Barry O'Mahony]

brad, the color of the storefront doesn`t matter, anywhere you go to purchase lumber or home improvement items where the store employees are less likely to know what you`re asking for than the bubble gum smacking teenager at the burger joint across the street. the places where quality is second to price, you load your own trailer with 207 cca 2x12`s 18ft long.....and they offer "professional" installation of most items..by 21yo flunkies with a pick-up and skillsaw..where it takes 7 flag men to clear the heard for a forktruck.....

any of those places...02 tod

Yea, but they have lower prices on the same exact item as any of the "pro" outfit (especially if you don't count the 15% discount the "pro" places give to big customers), they are open alot more hours than 7-5 M-F, they don't assign the lousiest delivery driver to you because you're not a big cutomer (who'll damage something when he drops it off), and they don't have obnoxious "For The Trade Only" signs on their doors. In other words, it depends on what you are looking for. The Big Boxes try to meet the needs of their target market (homeowners/DIY'r) as best they can.

[Bruce Page]

(Borg) A money pit....

[Frank Chaffee]

Sure, I have had the smart kid who told me I could call Stanley for a free replacement for a tape measure blade that HD did not stock, but I have also spent a lot of time with the tool department’s smart guy, and guess what (?), that kids is now much more responsive to customer inquiries.

The retired electrician and plumber who work at HD to boost their SS earnings, I ask for them by name when I grab an orange aproned kid in the aisle for direction. Their spines visibly straighten as they tell me that “Mr. So and So is not in right now may I help you sir?” Darn near everyone I have ever met has wanted to do his or her very brest, and often us old and experienced poeps can help them to do that just by being respectful of the social challenges they are facing rather that demanding that they act like we did however many years ago when we were in their shoes. “Bridging the generation gap”, is something that changes with each successive generation.

One of the most accomplished builders I have known, a college professor who rebuilt a barn to four story’s of living and shop space in his spare time, worked for HD after he retired. There was very little he had not encountered in his many building years, and what new stuff he saw arising he was attentive to. He was another BORG resource.

Until we find a way to turn the juggernaut, we can still relate well to our neighbors who are riding on it, for their benefit and our own.

Frank