I think this is where I pull out that Onion article: [link]
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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Jon B. - Aug 03, 2009 8:48:07 am PDT #10823 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
omnis_audis - Aug 03, 2009 9:03:23 am PDT #10824 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Ha! My fav from that article is:
"I know one thing," Day continued. "If Sony and JVC start including gold-tipped cable cords with their products, we're screwed."
Laga - Aug 03, 2009 10:22:10 am PDT #10825 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm trying to remember the last thing I bought at Radio Shack. I think it was some kind of cable. There was definitely a time in my life when it was fun to go in there. I may have been 10.
beth b - Aug 03, 2009 11:00:52 am PDT #10826 of 25501
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I'm guessing 90% of the time they don't have what we need.
I'm guessing two years since we've been in one and walked out with something. It might be more like 5 years though.
Vortex - Aug 03, 2009 11:07:32 am PDT #10827 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think that I went in there looking for a battery, and as I recall, the guy pissed me off so badly that I left without buying anything.
brenda m - Aug 03, 2009 12:28:13 pm PDT #10828 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I bought a massively overpriced power cord for my laptop there this year, only because it was New Year's Eve when the old one crapped out on my and I couldn't go the entire weekend with no internets.
NoiseDesign - Aug 03, 2009 12:48:09 pm PDT #10829 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
They're abandoning their core market of ham radio enthusiasts.
They lost that market years and years and years ago. You'd have a hard time getting the parts for a crystal radio there, let alone a ham set.
Sean K - Aug 03, 2009 2:55:49 pm PDT #10830 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
There was definitely a time in my life when it was fun to go in there. I may have been 10.
I still have fun in a Radio Shack.
Okay, maybe "fun" is overselling it a bit, but I have cause to go into Radio Shacks all the time. I cannot count the number of times we've needed some particular part for a show and the nearest Radio Shack was the closest available place to go.
And I have no problems blowing off obsequious RS staff.
Liese S. - Aug 03, 2009 4:07:23 pm PDT #10831 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, we go to Radio Shack a lot, still, generally for overpriced cable adapters.
But I do remember when it was a destination, full of nifty bits of things you could plug into other things.
And also, that I always got followed around in there, just like my Navajo buddies. Dude! I'm not going to steal your pseudo autonomous robot dinosaur! What am I going to do, stick it up my shirt?
Liese S. - Aug 03, 2009 4:11:28 pm PDT #10832 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, yeah, and I also just bought a bigass printer to replace the printer Tino killed when he broke a piece of it off in his paper jam fury.
I did it via ebay with a hinky payment option wherein I had to fax my cc info, so I hope all is well and a giant truck pulls up to my house with a new to me printer shortly.
Because a) I need to print, realio trulio and b) the entire printer (refurb Ricoh Aficio AP4510) cost about the same amount as a new toner cartridge for the broken printer.