DrakeZ07
Regular Member
So, My mother brought up an idea to me, on building a lil back porch/deck for her at her home, wanting to know if I knew of any cheap, but good contractors to build it for her, ya know. I kinda talked her into letting me try and build it for her, at no labour cost to her, just that she had to buy the materials for it. Which honestly, I had no idea how to work a hammer, or saw, or the difference between a 2x4 and a 8x8, xD
Anyway, We took my Jeep to the lowes in Mt. Sterling, mother went with me, as she wanted some decorating ideas for her front yard, and we didn't want to scratch up her lil Chevy~
I OC'd my Hi-point .40 while there, didn't have any problems at all, only a couple looks to of from some other shoppers. I went over to the lumber part, and asked some advice from one of the people back there, on what tools I would need, and the wood types I should use, and you know, how to use a hammer, and saw, and stuff. I did notice him taking random glances at my Pistol when i sorta looked away. Though he was very friendly, and very helpful to me, even taking the time to teach me the best design and set up for a small back porch, and how to place the 4x4's, use 2x4's to box it in, and 1x6's for the deck flooring. The guy, as I said, was very helpful and friendly, but did seem a bit rushed to leave the conversation after a couple minutes of explaining~
I got the materials, and went to the check out, waited in line for a couple minutes, no problems so far~
Then Someone walked up behind me, and asked; "Is that a loaded gun on your hip?" - To which I turned around, and noticed this tall, muscled guy with the Lowes tags and stuff, his name tag said "Manager" on it. I smiled, and told him yes, said the make and model of it, and though I was a bit afraid that he'd say it was illegal to OC there, I did interject before he could say anything, and explained to him that it wasn't illegal to OC a loaded hand-gun and stuff~
What surprised me, was, when he asked if we could take a couple steps over to the side for a little talk. I was thinking the worse at that point, because his complexion and the sound of his voice was neutral, ya know, like, not showing any emotional signs, no constricting or dilating of pupils.
We got to the side, next to an unmanned cash register, and he pulls out a lil DVD, and went on about talking about the DVD showing how to build a deck, and how it was full of information, everything from the type of nail to use, and how to place the support beams and stuff, even offering to take me to the tools section and giving me pointers on the hammers, and nails, and saws. I gotta admit, I was taken aback by it and the conversation, LOL.
Anyway, after getting the tools, and nails he suggested, which actually wasn't the more expensive things, we got on the topic of my firearm. The manager said he has a CCDW, and often CC's a Sig Sauer (I cant recall if he said P226, or something like that), both at home, and when he is not working. He thought the Hi-point was a cheap, and poorly made pistol, but I tried to talk into why I love it, and why I bought it, how accurate it actually is, and stuff.
Sorry to ramble on, but, all in all, I had a fun visit to Lowes, Learned alot about building thingies, and even had a very friendly and pleasant talk with the manager, who had no problem at all with my OC'ing, and perhaps even turned him onto OC'ing instead of CC'ing. I wrote down the OCDO forum address/URL onto a slip of paper, and told him to check us out, and stuff.
So, Lowes in Mt. Sterling, I would say is pretty OC friendly <3
Anyway, We took my Jeep to the lowes in Mt. Sterling, mother went with me, as she wanted some decorating ideas for her front yard, and we didn't want to scratch up her lil Chevy~
I OC'd my Hi-point .40 while there, didn't have any problems at all, only a couple looks to of from some other shoppers. I went over to the lumber part, and asked some advice from one of the people back there, on what tools I would need, and the wood types I should use, and you know, how to use a hammer, and saw, and stuff. I did notice him taking random glances at my Pistol when i sorta looked away. Though he was very friendly, and very helpful to me, even taking the time to teach me the best design and set up for a small back porch, and how to place the 4x4's, use 2x4's to box it in, and 1x6's for the deck flooring. The guy, as I said, was very helpful and friendly, but did seem a bit rushed to leave the conversation after a couple minutes of explaining~
I got the materials, and went to the check out, waited in line for a couple minutes, no problems so far~
Then Someone walked up behind me, and asked; "Is that a loaded gun on your hip?" - To which I turned around, and noticed this tall, muscled guy with the Lowes tags and stuff, his name tag said "Manager" on it. I smiled, and told him yes, said the make and model of it, and though I was a bit afraid that he'd say it was illegal to OC there, I did interject before he could say anything, and explained to him that it wasn't illegal to OC a loaded hand-gun and stuff~
What surprised me, was, when he asked if we could take a couple steps over to the side for a little talk. I was thinking the worse at that point, because his complexion and the sound of his voice was neutral, ya know, like, not showing any emotional signs, no constricting or dilating of pupils.
We got to the side, next to an unmanned cash register, and he pulls out a lil DVD, and went on about talking about the DVD showing how to build a deck, and how it was full of information, everything from the type of nail to use, and how to place the support beams and stuff, even offering to take me to the tools section and giving me pointers on the hammers, and nails, and saws. I gotta admit, I was taken aback by it and the conversation, LOL.
Anyway, after getting the tools, and nails he suggested, which actually wasn't the more expensive things, we got on the topic of my firearm. The manager said he has a CCDW, and often CC's a Sig Sauer (I cant recall if he said P226, or something like that), both at home, and when he is not working. He thought the Hi-point was a cheap, and poorly made pistol, but I tried to talk into why I love it, and why I bought it, how accurate it actually is, and stuff.
Sorry to ramble on, but, all in all, I had a fun visit to Lowes, Learned alot about building thingies, and even had a very friendly and pleasant talk with the manager, who had no problem at all with my OC'ing, and perhaps even turned him onto OC'ing instead of CC'ing. I wrote down the OCDO forum address/URL onto a slip of paper, and told him to check us out, and stuff.
So, Lowes in Mt. Sterling, I would say is pretty OC friendly <3