[GreenKeys] OT the end of radio shack?

David Christ radioham at mchsi.com
Fri Jun 20 20:56:14 EDT 2014


Also interesting is this site <http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com>  Go to the catalog archive and see catalogs from 1939 to 2005.  That 1939 catalog is a lot of fun for us old timers.

David K0LUM


On Jun 20, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

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> ADDED NOTE -
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> Check out a book called TANDY'S MONEY MACHINE
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> Interesting  history of the  company,,,,  Lots of  detail...
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> Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC  www.smecc.org
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> In a message dated 6/20/2014 4:17:37 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, jdangus at att.net writes:
> On 6/20/2014 6:08 PM, Jim Haynes wrote:
> > I have to order online and wait several days for delivery and pay
> > shipping.  So I'm hardly buying online just to escape paying state
> > and local taxes.
> I live kind of in the middle of nowhere. About 1/2 way between
> Abilene and Fort Worth. The Radio Shack is 12 miles from here, so
> I don't run there every day for some odd bit of stuff. Although I
> will hit them occasionally on one of my "drive into town to go to
> Wal-Mart" runs.
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> Since I usually wait anyway, ordering stuff online is no big deal.
> Interestingly enough, stuff from Mouser.com is almost next day.
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> Jeff-1.0
> wa6fwi
> http://www.foxsmercantile.com
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