On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 02:47:54 UTC, "patgkz" wrote:

Man, you're bringing back memories with that RadShack
battery/ashtray.....hope you find one.

I remember those funky ashtrays and the fact that you could smoke freely
inside the stores back then. Most retail establishments had ashtrays placed
in aisles and such. People would walk around puffing and dropping clinkers
inside stereo's, on top of displays....what a mess! Little kids would kick
over the ashtrays, and that crappy white sand would be a mess on the floor.

What ever happened to the good old days?

BTW, I was at a hamfest this Summer and passed up one of those Shack "free"
5-cell flashlights (all the flyers had a coupon for this item to draw in the
unsuspecting fools - - - little did they know that they had to purchase five
D batteries while in the store to get the darned thing lit).

Ahhhhh, vintage Radio Shack.


While I definitely do not want one, I was thinking about the "morse
boxes" that I used to have as a kid. These came two to a set. It
was a painted steel box with a spring steel key, room for two
batteries, a three way switch that selected a light, a buzzer, or a
clicker.

The code was printed on the box. It came with steel wire.
Everything rusted right away.

I'm surprised that these don't show up on morse/FISTS sites, eBay.


"M. Kassay" wrote in message
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Hey, it's Mike. I've bought Heath stuff from him.

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