On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:10:58 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:41:50 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:


Of all places, RADIO SHACK has these thermal fuses in those new parts
drawers in what's left of the parts department. A buck or two....buy
two and have a spare you can't ever find again.

What the hell has happened to Radio Shack, anyway? Half the time I
can't find spade connectors and dipole antennas...I end up going to a
surplus place with filthy metal shelves and plenty of attitude...and a
highly skilled staff I wouldn't trade for the world.
Less and less people are interested in electronics building now. More
and more people are interested in toys, cellphones (toys), and
simpleton devices. It's all part of the dumbing down process that
came out of the schools. Not many high school grads, today, can put
batteries in a flashlight and produce the desired results.


Now, if I want a crappy boom box and a strip of AA batts, the Shack is
convenient. But it's a pale shadow of the place I half-lived in as a
teenager. The more I sail, the more I hate the throwaway society I was
raised in and the more I prefer to fix stuff myself...but a man needs
parts and does not live by solder alone!

See? Dumbing Down items....

Rant over, good night.

It's good to blow off a little steam. Ask any of the guys who run the
boilers!


Larry W4CSC

Is it just me or did the US and UK just capture 1/3
of the world's sweetest oil supply? What idiot wants to
GIVE IT BACK?!!
Let's do what Europeans have been doing for centuries.
DIVIDE UP THE SPOILS OF OUR CONQUEST! Gas will be
$US0.50/US gallon again, STUPIDS!

The electronics home-build hobby is in free-fall, and Radio-Shack is
accomodating it accordingly.

Brian W

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:10:58 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:41:50 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:


Of all places, RADIO SHACK has these thermal fuses in those new parts
drawers in what's left of the parts department. A buck or two....buy
two and have a spare you can't ever find again.

What the hell has happened to Radio Shack, anyway? Half the time I
can't find spade connectors and dipole antennas...I end up going to a
surplus place with filthy metal shelves and plenty of attitude...and a
highly skilled staff I wouldn't trade for the world.

Now, if I want a crappy boom box and a strip of AA batts, the Shack is
convenient. But it's a pale shadow of the place I half-lived in as a
teenager. The more I sail, the more I hate the throwaway society I was
raised in and the more I prefer to fix stuff myself...but a man needs
parts and does not live by solder alone!

Rant over, good night.

R.

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:10:58 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:41:50 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:


Of all places, RADIO SHACK has these thermal fuses in those new parts
drawers in what's left of the parts department. A buck or two....buy
two and have a spare you can't ever find again.

What the hell has happened to Radio Shack, anyway? Half the time I
can't find spade connectors and dipole antennas...I end up going to a
surplus place with filthy metal shelves and plenty of attitude...and a
highly skilled staff I wouldn't trade for the world.
Less and less people are interested in electronics building now. More
and more people are interested in toys, cellphones (toys), and
simpleton devices. It's all part of the dumbing down process that
came out of the schools. Not many high school grads, today, can put
batteries in a flashlight and produce the desired results.


Now, if I want a crappy boom box and a strip of AA batts, the Shack is
convenient. But it's a pale shadow of the place I half-lived in as a
teenager. The more I sail, the more I hate the throwaway society I was
raised in and the more I prefer to fix stuff myself...but a man needs
parts and does not live by solder alone!

See? Dumbing Down items....

Rant over, good night.

It's good to blow off a little steam. Ask any of the guys who run the
boilers!


Larry W4CSC

Is it just me or did the US and UK just capture 1/3
of the world's sweetest oil supply? What idiot wants to
GIVE IT BACK?!!
Let's do what Europeans have been doing for centuries.
DIVIDE UP THE SPOILS OF OUR CONQUEST! Gas will be
$US0.50/US gallon again, STUPIDS!

The electronics home-build hobby is in free-fall, and Radio-Shack is
accomodating it accordingly.

Brian W

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:10:58 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:41:50 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:


Of all places, RADIO SHACK has these thermal fuses in those new parts
drawers in what's left of the parts department. A buck or two....buy
two and have a spare you can't ever find again.

What the hell has happened to Radio Shack, anyway? Half the time I
can't find spade connectors and dipole antennas...I end up going to a
surplus place with filthy metal shelves and plenty of attitude...and a
highly skilled staff I wouldn't trade for the world.

Now, if I want a crappy boom box and a strip of AA batts, the Shack is
convenient. But it's a pale shadow of the place I half-lived in as a
teenager. The more I sail, the more I hate the throwaway society I was
raised in and the more I prefer to fix stuff myself...but a man needs
parts and does not live by solder alone!

Rant over, good night.

R.

I agree. I used to make almost daily trips to the Shack for parts and
components......now I go for years without going in one. Why bother? Lots
of other stores selling the same junk, and usually for less. Now I just
order the stuff online and miss the browsing.
Sigh,
Greg.

wrote in message
...
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:41:50 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:


Of all places, RADIO SHACK has these thermal fuses in those new parts
drawers in what's left of the parts department. A buck or two....buy
two and have a spare you can't ever find again.

What the hell has happened to Radio Shack, anyway? Half the time I
can't find spade connectors and dipole antennas...I end up going to a
surplus place with filthy metal shelves and plenty of attitude...and a
highly skilled staff I wouldn't trade for the world.

Now, if I want a crappy boom box and a strip of AA batts, the Shack is
convenient. But it's a pale shadow of the place I half-lived in as a
teenager. The more I sail, the more I hate the throwaway society I was
raised in and the more I prefer to fix stuff myself...but a man needs
parts and does not live by solder alone!

Rant over, good night.

R.




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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:13:48 -0500, "Greg" wrote:

I agree. I used to make almost daily trips to the Shack for parts and
components......now I go for years without going in one. Why bother? Lots
of other stores selling the same junk, and usually for less. Now I just
order the stuff online and miss the browsing.
Sigh,
Greg.

www.mouser.com

They'll sell you one resistor if you pay the shipping, which is crazy.

Mouser is my parts store. Has been for years.....


Larry W4CSC

Is it just me or did the US and UK just capture 1/3
of the world's sweetest oil supply? What idiot wants to
GIVE IT BACK?!!

Larry wrote:
www.mouser.com

They'll sell you one resistor if you pay the shipping, which is crazy.

Mouser is my parts store. Has been for years.....

Thanks! I'll look there for my snap switch, 'cause I sure ain't finding it
locally...

Larry wrote:
www.mouser.com

They'll sell you one resistor if you pay the shipping, which is crazy.

Mouser is my parts store. Has been for years.....

Thanks! I'll look there for my snap switch, 'cause I sure ain't finding it
locally...

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:13:48 -0500, "Greg" wrote:

I agree. I used to make almost daily trips to the Shack for parts and
components......now I go for years without going in one. Why bother? Lots
of other stores selling the same junk, and usually for less. Now I just
order the stuff online and miss the browsing.
Sigh,
Greg.

www.mouser.com

They'll sell you one resistor if you pay the shipping, which is crazy.

Mouser is my parts store. Has been for years.....


Larry W4CSC

Is it just me or did the US and UK just capture 1/3
of the world's sweetest oil supply? What idiot wants to
GIVE IT BACK?!!

"Greg" wrote in message
...
I agree. I used to make almost daily trips to the Shack for
parts and
components......now I go for years without going in one. Why
bother? Lots
of other stores selling the same junk, and usually for less.
Now I just
order the stuff online and miss the browsing.
Sigh,

Greg,

Mostly it is a waste of time unless you are facinated at looking
at all of those
empty hooks where the stock should have been.

Leanne