No, I don't know that, Michelle. I think they've outlived any warranty at this point... I went out and bought a good hedge clipper.. cost me twice as much, but has more power, a longer blade, and will most likely last several times longer.

Until this thread closes (and I have no love for Walmart) I wanted to add a comment about country blues. One of the things that I like best about country blues is there is often a humorous criticism made of the singer, by the singer... "Serves us people, serves us fine, for thinking that a mill was a darned gold mine." If I was really trying to write this song and put any work into it, I'd like to have it be a laugh on me for being so gullible to think I could get something good on the cheap. I've cut way back on what I buy at Walmart/K-Mart/Target/Home Depot/Lowes/ etc. because I've come to realize that I can't afford to save money buying stuff from those stores. For example, Three years in a row I bought grass seed... first at Walmart, and then Home Depot. Again, the brand name was highly respected. In all three years, the grass hadn't been grown in for more than a few weeks when crabgrass took over and completely crowded out the new grass. This year, I spent ten or fifteen dollars more to buy grass seed at a nursery and even with the heat and dryness of the last few weeks, there is not a single blade of crabgrass in the long.

Dumb me.

Same with paint. If I went orgasmic painting, those stores are the place to go because you end up painting again every year... at least with their outdoor paint.

I don't have to observe how dumb people are, trying to save money. I can just look in the mirror. My excuse is particularly weak because I can afford to but better quality stuff, and now I am doing what I can to keep the local hardware, nursery and paint stores going.

This time, the laugh's on me..

Jerry