[Milsurplus] Re: Surplus stores, then and now

[Patrick Jankowiak]

Houston? naw..

239.0 miles
Approximate Travel Time: 4 hours 46 mins.

get a cheap ho-tel, and use the next day, all to rummage.

The building shown is about 100x60.

By the way, if you need any Sams, he has thousands..

Not shown or mentioned is another similar sized building packed 
so full that you can hardly get down the aisles. dark cavernous 
rooms with shelves and piles to the ceiling, and rickety ladders 
etc.. where only the most brave and hardy spekunker would dare to 
explore in the dank air. I once balanced on a crate resting on a 
stool while hanging onto a shelf trying to dig through some old 
boxes which had some ancient tubes inside, teetering back and 
forth, gripping a flashlight in my teeth. Now that is what fun is 
all about. And one larger and also a smaller building full of junque.

If anyone plans for a Saturday, please let me know, it would be 
good to meet. And I know where everything is..

Patrick
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Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:08:33 -0400
From: Peter Gottlieb <nerd at verizon.net>

Ok, now you've done it.  How am I going to be able to get there?

Wait... Dallas... I have to ferry a plane to Florida in November, 
then go to
Houston...  Not that far, is it?

 >>I think one of the greatest surplus houses is Nortex 
Electronics in Fort
 >>Worth.
 >>
 >> http://www.montagar.com/~patj/nortex.htm