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|    Dr. What to Sean Dennis    |
|    Re: Radio Shack Revival    |
|    08 Sep 23 07:36:00    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 397.fidonet_classicc@1:3634/27 29604059       REPLY: 1:18/200.0 64fa501c       PID: Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 Sep 20 2020 MSC 1927       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 r3.177 Sep 20 2020 MSC 1927       CHRS: ASCII 1       -=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-               SD> From what I understand, the new RS owners are acutely aware of past        SD> mistakes.              I hope so. I always found it strange that as the Maker movement was going up,       Radio Shack was reducing its electronic parts and equipment - replacing it with       cell phones.               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.              It would be really nice to be able to make a short trip to get those parts that       I need to finish the current project - instead of ordering online and having to       wait a week or so.              So we'll see. If the new Radio Shack is just going to be some online company,       I doubt that they will succeed. There's already some well-established       companies in that space.                     ... A cynic smells flowers and looks for the casket.       === MultiMail/Linux v0.52       --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32        * Origin: *The Gate BBS*Shelby, NC USA*thegateb.synchro.net* (1:3634/27)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 15/0 18/0 200 90/1 105/81 106/201 116/116 120/616       SEEN-BY: 123/0 10 25 126 131 180 200 525 755 3001 129/305 135/115       SEEN-BY: 135/300 153/7715 154/10 50 701 218/700 220/10 90 222/2 226/18       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 112 113 206 275 307 317 400 426 428       SEEN-BY: 229/452 470 664 700 240/1120 250/1 266/512 275/1000 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 291/111 292/854 299/6 305/3 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200       SEEN-BY: 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 1321 2320/105 3634/0 12 24       SEEN-BY: 3634/27 56 57 119 5020/1042 5075/35       PATH: 3634/27 12 154/10 229/426           |
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