On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 02:57:05 +0000, Mike Andrews wrote:

I liked going to some of the Radio Shacks in San Antonio, TX, back when I
was in the Air Farce. Most of the [classified school] instructors seemed
to have part-time jobs at them, and that was a group with really serious
clue.

Well, yeah, in 1967 they were an electronics
store in a thriving DIY culture. I loved RS
back then, even though Lafayette was better.
(RS was far more convenient.)

``You want a cell phone shaped like
Marilyn Monroe or Mighty Mouse? We
have those!''