On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:40:06 +0000, mark wrote:

But that's my point - why in the world would you rely on the advice of a
radio shack employee? Their job is to ring up stuff at the register. They
don't know anything about electronics.

Then we're agreeing. Except that their
ads suggest they *are* there to help by
giving advice.

I never ask them anything, except where
something is when I can't find it. In
which case the answer lately is almost
always, ``We don't carry that any more.''

But lots of other folks believe the ads.

``You want a 5K ohm to 8/4/2 ohm,
25 watt output transformer, with
interleaved windings and a paper
bobbin? Is that a cell phone? We
have those!''