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."
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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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
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.
Liese S. - Aug 03, 2009 4:12:03 pm PDT #10833 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Also, also, does anyone want a non-working bigass printer? Heh.