the shack is about to collapse

[Joseph Bento]

I have hope for the future after subscribing to a Facebook antique radio 
group.  Several of the members are Canadian teens from Quebec.  These 
kids knowledge of electronics and their thirst to learn more from the 
older generation is amazing!  One kid has a collection of Marconi Canada 
radios - all restored by him.  He's only 16.

Maybe that's a Canadian phenomenon.  Maybe it's more localized to 
Quebec.  Whatever it is, I hope interests like that spread.

Joe, N6DGY



On 8/3/2014 7:39 AM, Richard O'Neill wrote:
>
>  Radio Shack has been slowly expiring for at least two decades. I 
> won't count them out yet but if corporate planners don't get their 
> heads out of the sand very soon what remains will be scrappy bones for 
> vultures to pick over.
>
>  If you want anything that RS stocks better get it quick. Ages ago I 
> stocked up on their inexpensive packages of germanium diodes and 
> assorted parts for future projects I couldn't conveniently get elsewhere.
>
>  During a visit to Ocean city a few years ago I stopped at Radio Shack 
> for germanium diodes but found none in stock. I asked the young man 
> working there for the Summer when they would be getting more Germanium 
> diodes. With a quizzical he paused for a moment then asked, "You mean, 
> like the flower?" He went on about how his mother used to grow them. 
> Nice kid, totally clueless. What do you expect from a phone company?
>
> Radio Shack Motto: You have questions? We have dumb stares! :'(
>
> Richard
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