Re: OT :Radio Shack

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 20, 9:53=A0pm, Effenpig1 <dirtyspicev...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When did radio shack stop making those little circuit board project
> kits?
>
> I went to get my kid a few for Christmas and they didn't have any, the
> guy at the checkout said they don't make them anymore. Maybe too many
> kids burnt their houses down with the soldering iron. I was going to
> get him one of those battery operated "cold" soldering irons. They did
> have a pretty neat kit with a solar panel and a few different projects
> for it. No soldering though.
>
> I figured I better start getting him interested in electronics early,
> in a few years He'll be old enough to go out on jobs during the
> summer.

My guess is they weren't selling like they used to, try Amazon.com