plonnie wrote ...
Guess I'm aging myself. This was back in 1983-1986. LOL

Yes, that was back when they had BOTH...
1) Good help (folk who knew a resistor from their elbow)
2) Actual corporate cognizance of what the electronics
business is. In the last few years, it seems to me that
the management in Texas doesn't know (or care) whether
they are in the electronics business, or selling fried
chicken or furniture.

Interesting to see the rise and fall in my lifetime. As a
teenager in high school, I remember Radio Shack taking
over several of the local electronics stores in town (Orange
County, CA). To be sure, the ~schlock 5 resistors in a
plastic bag on a peg type places, not the really serious
electronics suppliers. RS never really had a "Golden
Era" IMHO, but they made it to Bronze there for a while.

On 02/20/06 02:56 am Richard Crowley wrote:

Guess I'm aging myself. This was back in 1983-1986. LOL

Yes, that was back when they had BOTH...
1) Good help (folk who knew a resistor from their elbow)
2) Actual corporate cognizance of what the electronics
business is. In the last few years, it seems to me that the management
in Texas doesn't know (or care) whether
they are in the electronics business, or selling fried
chicken or furniture.

US companies (*perhaps* companies in other countries too, but probably
to a lesser extent) don't care whether their CEOs know anything about
their particular products or services. Someone can go from a fast-food
co. to a computer co., to an automobile manufacturer, to a health-care
corporation, all the while knowing very little about the specifics of
the industry and getting a salary and benefits many times (hundreds of
times?) more than the CEO of a European company who actually has a
degree in electrical engineering or whatever is relevant to the
company's products.

"Perce"
(aka Alan NV8A)

Heh!! What make you think it is only the CEO's?
This last year before Mom passed away I had to go to a
drugstore (where they are SUPPOSE to be educated)
and it took 4 trips to get one prescription filled correctly. I find the
same incompetence at nearly every turn of the consumer
trail. I am not even sure they require a reading and
writing skill anymore. If you guess you way through all
the "computer applications" the stores have, your in.
Stores with workers wearing "How may I help you" on
their work clothes and then rush past you like you
were not even there. Ok.... let me see if this spell
checker works.....






"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
...
On 02/20/06 02:56 am Richard Crowley wrote:

Guess I'm aging myself. This was back in 1983-1986. LOL

Yes, that was back when they had BOTH...
1) Good help (folk who knew a resistor from their elbow)
2) Actual corporate cognizance of what the electronics
business is. In the last few years, it seems to me that the management
in Texas doesn't know (or care) whether
they are in the electronics business, or selling fried
chicken or furniture.

US companies (*perhaps* companies in other countries too, but probably to
a lesser extent) don't care whether their CEOs know anything about their
particular products or services. Someone can go from a fast-food co. to a
computer co., to an automobile manufacturer, to a health-care corporation,
all the while knowing very little about the specifics of the industry and
getting a salary and benefits many times (hundreds of times?) more than
the CEO of a European company who actually has a degree in electrical
engineering or whatever is relevant to the company's products.

"Perce"
(aka Alan NV8A)

But at least the store clerks aren't getting multi-million-dollar
salaries plus additional multi-million-dollar handshakes when it is
found that they don't have a clue how to make the company profitable.

"Perce"
(aka Alan NV8A)

On 02/20/06 05:51 pm Mr Fed UP wrote:

Heh!! What make you think it is only the CEO's?
This last year before Mom passed away I had to go to a
drugstore (where they are SUPPOSE to be educated)
and it took 4 trips to get one prescription filled correctly. I find the
same incompetence at nearly every turn of the consumer
trail. I am not even sure they require a reading and
writing skill anymore. If you guess you way through all
the "computer applications" the stores have, your in.
Stores with workers wearing "How may I help you" on
their work clothes and then rush past you like you
were not even there. Ok.... let me see if this spell
checker works.....

Guess I'm aging myself. This was back in 1983-1986. LOL
Yes, that was back when they had BOTH...
1) Good help (folk who knew a resistor from their elbow)
2) Actual corporate cognizance of what the electronics
business is. In the last few years, it seems to me that the management
in Texas doesn't know (or care) whether
they are in the electronics business, or selling fried
chicken or furniture.

US companies (*perhaps* companies in other countries too, but probably to
a lesser extent) don't care whether their CEOs know anything about their
particular products or services. Someone can go from a fast-food co. to a
computer co., to an automobile manufacturer, to a health-care corporation,
all the while knowing very little about the specifics of the industry and
getting a salary and benefits many times (hundreds of times?) more than
the CEO of a European company who actually has a degree in electrical
engineering or whatever is relevant to the company's products.

Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 02/20/06 02:56 am Richard Crowley wrote:

Guess I'm aging myself. This was back in 1983-1986. LOL


Yes, that was back when they had BOTH...
1) Good help (folk who knew a resistor from their elbow)
2) Actual corporate cognizance of what the electronics
business is. In the last few years, it seems to me that the
management in Texas doesn't know (or care) whether
they are in the electronics business, or selling fried
chicken or furniture.


US companies (*perhaps* companies in other countries too, but probably
to a lesser extent) don't care whether their CEOs know anything about
their particular products or services. Someone can go from a fast-food
co. to a computer co., to an automobile manufacturer, to a health-care
corporation, all the while knowing very little about the specifics of
the industry and getting a salary and benefits many times (hundreds of
times?) more than the CEO of a European company who actually has a
degree in electrical engineering or whatever is relevant to the
company's products.

"Perce"
(aka Alan NV8A)
Apparently in Radio Shack's case, they don't even care whether their
CEO's even went to college. The just-fired CEO lied on his
resume...instead of the standard MBA, he received a ThG (whatever that
is) after 3 years in some institution.

A theology degree.

Say hallelujah!

john

Ref Radio Shack. does anybody on here remember the 1st Radio shack??
The one called "Boston Radio Shack". It was the only one in the
country and it was the original one. I was told the new Radio shack
bought out the rights to the title. The old Boston Radio Shack was
truly a hams delight back in the late 30's.
They had Catalogs available for a postage stamp too something
present day Radio Shacks no longer offer.
Joe

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"Joseph Fenn" wrote in message
va.net...
Ref Radio Shack. does anybody on here remember the 1st Radio shack??
The one called "Boston Radio Shack". It was the only one in the
country and it was the original one. I was told the new Radio shack
bought out the rights to the title. The old Boston Radio Shack was
truly a hams delight back in the late 30's.
They had Catalogs available for a postage stamp too something
present day Radio Shacks no longer offer.
Joe

It was still a great place to shop in the late 40's and early 50's. Lots of
surplus on the ground level and then I think the ham stuff was on the
mezzanine. Somewhere in the early 50's, I remember seeing ads for the
Cosmophone desktop kw/receiver. I wonder if any of them actually were sold.

Leanne - W1WXS

"Joseph Fenn" wrote ...
Ref Radio Shack. does anybody on here remember the
1st Radio shack?? The one called "Boston Radio Shack".
It was the only one in the country and it was the original one.

Tandy Leather in Texas bought the name from them and
the rest, as they say, is history.