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   -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DD> If Rat Shaft does make an actual comeback they shoukd "dance with   
    DD> who brought them" rather than reinventing themselfs avar couple years.   
      
    SD> From what I understand, the new RS owners are acutely aware of past   
    SD> mistakes.  When I worked for RS, they were just getting into cell   
    SD> phones.  Since I was (and still am) an amateur radio operator, they put   
    SD> my callign where my name went and my name underneath that on my name   
    SD> badge.  The other employees, save for the store manager, wondered why   
    SD> everyone went to me when they were looking for electronics and A/V   
    SD> parts.    
      
    SD> I do hope RS comes back.  A lot of my otherwise unhappy child/teen   
    SD> years were spent in RS stores and looking at those wonderful catalogs.   
      
   In the 60s Spring-A-Leak Had Bruce Electronics (local) Baptist Electronics   
   (also home grown) and Allied Radio (purveyor of pieces, parts and U-Build   
   kits) which was later bought up by Radio Shaft. Also Lafayette Electronics   
   which was sorta-kinda like like allied radio. We had a Tandy Leather store   
   but no Radio Shacks.   
      
   I built several of Allied Radio's SWL kits - the Space Spanner and the    
   Sky Buddy pop to the front of my mind. And Hi-Fi/Stereo equipment from   
   both Allied and Lafayette.   
      
   Sometimes I have to stop when I'm getting nostalgic about those days   
   and places and remind myself that "The best thing about the 'Gool Old    
   Days' is that they're gone."  Bv)=   
      
   ... There are 27 bones in my hand. 28 when I'm lonely. -- Kermit the Frog   
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