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- From: danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Dan Odom)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Big Brother Radio Shack
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 18:48:04 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- ac94691@dunix.drake.edu (The Dark Kitty) writes:
-
- >Oh yeah, did this click real well in my mind. I don't know how many
- >times I've gone into the local Radio Rip Off Store and asked for a
- >certain size of capacitor/resistor that hasn't been restocked only to
- >be told "capacitors? I'm not sure I know what those are. I don't think
- >we carry those." Aiiiiiigggghhhh!!! I also don't know how many times
- >I've been browsing and overheard a salesman tell another customer that
- >RS doesn't carry an item that I happen to be looking right at!
-
- Yes, or when they tell you "If you want to get a transformer for your kid,
- try Toys-R-Us. We don't do that stuff.". Or "What's an IC again?".
- Or "RJ14? Is that the new computer game?". Or (etc. etc. ad nauseam (sp?))
- I go mail order whenever possible.
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- Dan Odom
- Kansas State University
- danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
- Member of the League for Programming Freedom; mail lpf@uunet.uu.net
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