[R-390] OT

[george stringe]

The little newspaper "The Onion" is not widely spread across the US and 
many will not be familiar with it.  Almost everything it it is fake and 
meant to be funny. See the web page:    
http://www.theonion.com/content/index

george
wg0s

Bob Bruno - K2KI wrote:
> I find it interesting that with all the replies to this topic that 
> nobody has mentioned anything about Mr. Days comment:
>
> "Even the name 'RadioShack'—can you imagine two less appealing words 
> placed next to one another?" Day said. "What is that, some kind of 
> World War II terminology? Are ham radio operators still around, even? 
> Aren't we in the digital age?"
>
> I wonder if Mr. Day realizes how many hams there are in this country, 
> how many new hams make the scene every day and also how many are kids? 
> There's a a demographic that spend huge money.
>
> He should also be made aware that we hams ARE IN THE DIGITAL AGE!!! We 
> have PSK, SDR, Packet plus many other digital modes. Many of us hams 
> build the equipment that allows us to operate these digital modes!
>
> Maybe it might help to convince him to restock the stores with parts 
> and ham equipment?
>
> I can dream can't I? :-)
>
> 73, cul...
> Bob de k2ki
>
> Tim Shoppa wrote:
>> Tish Hayes writes:
>>  
>>> Radio Shack transmogrified itself from Allied into a consumer 
>>> electronics
>>> store.
>>>     
>>
>> That's a little bit oversimplified.
>>
>> Allied Radio had their own line of kits and radios,
>> resold some other "name brands" sometimes with the original
>> brand and sometimes with the Allied brand, and had a lot of parts.
>>
>> Radio Shack was a Boston-area ham equipment dealer that didn't
>> really have its own line of radio equipment, and also did parts but
>> was obviously more oriented towards selling name-brand radio
>> equipment and just happened to do parts. I don't know if it was
>> geographic closeness or just coincidence, but the parts they did
>> sell were included National and Millen which were also Boston area
>> outfits.
>>
>> Both did mail-order stuff too, Allied obviously doing better at this
>> in the 1950's and 60's.
>>
>> Tandy Leather then bought Radio Shack and turned it from a
>> Boston-area outfit to nationwide. As recently as the 90's one of
>> the older Washington state Radio Shacks (Bellingham?) still did
>> hobby leather supplies too (but I think not Tandy brand.)
>>
>> The Allied-Radio Shack conglomeration existed for just a few years
>> in the early 70's and then was split up again. Radio Shack absorbed
>> (whithered? axed?) the Allied retail stores which was odd because
>> when a town had both Radio Shack and Allied Radio stores, the Allied
>> store had always been much much larger and diversified yet it was the 
>> one
>> that got closed down. Somehow Allied HQ left
>> Chicago and ended up in Texas too. One aspect that remains
>> is that the part numbering systems for the two companies are still
>> similar and last time I checked, the Allied "stock number" was identical
>> to the Radio Shack part number for a couple of very common items.
>>
>> I do still hit Radio Shack for battery holders, buzzers, fuses, etc.
>>
>> Tim N3QE
>>
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