After searching on the Internet for about 16 hours, I went to Snow and Jones for a solution to a 1969 baseboard replacement piece. None exist in the current retail world. My next option was to go...

So I go into their shop in Falmouth, looking for a replacement valve for a basement washing machine hookup...you know the thing that has the lever in the middle to shut off both hot and cold water...

I walked into the store and one counter person was talking to two other people, the counter person never acknowledged me whatsoever. I stood there in front of him for two minutes before I coughed...