"Jim Thompson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 16:14:22 -0700, Tim Wescott
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Jim Thompson wrote:


Circuit Specialists is a good outfit... been around for a long time
(33 years), and they're in my neighborhood (Mesa, AZ), about 20
minutes away.

About the only place in the Phoenix area to buy **real** parts.

...Jim Thompson

Lucky you. PDX has a Fry's and a little local outfit, but that doesn't
count for real parts. I used to live in the Boston area, 30 minutes
away from an Active store -- that was nice, particularly since it backed
up against Future (same company) & you could get non-catalog items at
the counter if you really needed them.

When I lived in the Boston area Radio Shack was a real parts warehouse
(on Commonwealth Avenue) with a will-call counter (only 45 years ago

Here in the UK virtually all the local component outlets have disappeared.
However, there are plenty of mail order suppliers and one can get most items
the next day.

Leon