From: davidc@wa-wd.com   
      
   >He and his partner, Arthur Blank, a former colleague at the California   
   >chain, Handy Dan, launched Home Depot that year, opening its first outlet   
   >in Atlanta with the backing of the Wall Street financier Ken Langone.   
   >Today, Home Depot boasts more than 2,300 stores across North America, with   
   >more than $150 billion in annual revenue. .   
      
   Ahem. It's The Home Depot. THE Home Depot.   
      
   I've never owned a share in The Home Depot, I've never worked there,   
   and I don't have any reason to care about this, but I inexplicably do.   
   It's THE Home Depot.   
      
   Me, literally: "Where is the closest The Home Depot from here?"   
      
   David Carson   
      
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