Quote Originally Posted by slowhike View Post
most people in those stores have never done an outdoor project, so they usually don't have a clue about the kind of fabrics we're looking for<g>.
You've got that right. They have perfected the dumb-look. "Do you carry any silnylon?", "Huh, I've never heard of that so we don't have it". "We do have this nice camouflage fabric though"