How long ago did you buy the Home Depot shovel? If it was recently you "might" have better luck in returning it then if it was a year or two ago. We ended up checking out the local yard sales for tools when we bought our new house and ended up buying a $2 shovel. First time I used it, the handle snapped, but when it did I noticed it had a Craftsman logo engossed on the handle. I whent on down to Sears and plunked down my broken shovel and walked with a brand new one. The Craftsman hand tools have a lifetime warranty, so even if this one breaks on me, I'll just go get another new one. On the website they have a fiberglass "drain spade" similar to, but not as beefy as the previous one, but carries a price tag of only $22.99. Perhaps even cheaper if you can find one with a wooden handle versus fiberglass. That 50" handle is NICE tho... not sure how long the Craftsman spade is. Good luck!! Shannonhttp://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=LAWN&pid=07183865000&tab=des#tab Here is a link that might be useful: Spade

Unfortunately they'd probably consider the breakage "weathered" and wouldn't honor the guarantee. It doesn't hurt to try though ;) The Aspects Lifetime Guarantee covers the function of the product against defects and damage. Do no dispose of your product, your warranty is not valid without it. If at any time the guaranteed Aspects product breaks or it will no longer function, Aspects will put it back in working order. Aspects will either repair or replace parts or the entire unit (at Aspects' option) at no charge. All Aspects' products are intended for outdoor use and may become dirty and weathered over time. This guarantee does not cover replacing parts or product because they are dirty or weathered, nor does it apply if the product fails due to neglect or misuse.

Oh Barbra, you go girl! Pricklypear I did buy all those roses through mail order in May and June. I have a spread sheet listed where they came from, how long in transit, how good they looked on arrival, bare root, potted, grafted, or own root. It's my summer experiment! The sales are so spectacular so I want to know what works or how well for next years sales. I ordered from J&P (the best bare roots ever), David Austin, Parks Wholesale, and Ashdown. Ashdown was the only one that shipped in pots, the shipping was more expensive than the roses themselves. The cheapest were the roses from Parks, I got Heritage for $3.89. The average was about $8 per rose and I also got a weeping maple for $15 (it was flat rate shipping so I said why not?). All of them were Austin English roses (it's an addiction), the only ones that did do spectacular in the shipping were the 3 from Ashdown, since they had leaves and it's so darn hot they came with bs. Just another thing to note on the spreadsheet for next year. All the bare roots leafed out spectacularly in the water buckets so far except for 2 of the 3 Heritage's have only got a few buds on the canes. These will be potted and we'll se how they do. I really think the mild wet weather has something to do with this luck though, I mean it's June and in the 80's, unheard of!

ah man, TOOMUCH I have BTDT. Front tooth broke right at the gums. Evidently the next tooth over (the one you broke) isn't strong enough to hold a bridge, so they ground away 3 other teeth to install the "appliance" ugh worse yet, I was living on an island so they would fit something temp and send off for it to be made and shipped, then if that wasn't a good match off it went.... the ordeal seemed to go on forever. One morning I was sheduled to pick up my boss and family coming into the airport and the temp fell out, I call the dentist and it rang at their house. His wife said, they're moving the offices today but if you run down there, maybe he can stop and glue it. By moving they meant the whole building was being jacked up and hauled to a new lot. My dentist was in the basement cutting through the plumbing! I yelled and he came up covered in dust, decided he could get just enough water from the pipes to mix up the glue. So there I am in the chair while contractors were outside placing RR ties and hydraulic lifts.... When I left, I had to jump down about 3 feet.