"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
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I used a similar phone (Not Radio Shack) in the early days of my civilian federal employment. I annoyed some people because I could access the office email (dial up, back then) while traveling, even in some remote areas. Clunky but viable.
I also admit to still owning a computer similar to the one used by the boy at the end of the commercial. It has TWO (2) whole kilobytes of RAM. TWO!!, y’hear?
I miss Radio Shack, even though probably 90% of the stuff I used to buy there I no longer need. It's just another part of my past that's now gone, like so many other things.
Radio Shack still exists, just not in the numbers as in the past. There is one in our small town (Hondo, Texas), and one in Kerrville (50 miles north of us).
I used a similar phone (Not Radio Shack) in the early days of my civilian federal employment. I annoyed some people because I could access the office email (dial up, back then) while traveling, even in some remote areas. Clunky but viable.
ReplyDeleteI also admit to still owning a computer similar to the one used by the boy at the end of the commercial. It has TWO (2) whole kilobytes of RAM. TWO!!, y’hear?
Hey, if it works, that's all that matters!
ReplyDeleteAh, Tandy/Radio Shack! The heady days before geeks and nerds were cool!
ReplyDelete(NOTE: Geeks and nerds are not and never were cool, despite what the media and entertainment sectors pretend)
I miss Radio Shack, even though probably 90% of the stuff I used to buy there I no longer need. It's just another part of my past that's now gone, like so many other things.
ReplyDeleteRadio Shack still exists, just not in the numbers as in the past. There is one in our small town (Hondo, Texas), and one in Kerrville (50 miles north of us).
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