Re: OT :Radio Shack

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Dec 21, 3:41=EF=BF=BDpm, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Dec 21, 11:31=EF=BF=BDam, "Bob La Londe" <nos...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > "Effenpig1" <dirtyspicev...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > When did radio shack stop making those little circuit board project
> > > kits?
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> > American Scientific has a lot of electronics kits. =EF=BF=BDA little la=
te to order
> > for Christmas, but always a cool project.
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> > My son got one of those 1001 electronic experiments kits several years =
ago
> > like they sell at the main stream places and it was pretty lame. =EF=BF=
=BDA lot of
> > stuff was intended for somebody whop already knows the stuff to play an=
d
> > make themselves feel clever. =EF=BF=BDHis grampa brought him a crystal =
radio kit for
> > Christmas one year and that one was a big success. =EF=BF=BDOf course g=
ramps was the
> > kind to steal his dad's old razor blades to make his own crystal radion=
s in
> > ages past.
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> > > 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.
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> > My son does make a pretty good attic rat. =EF=BF=BDI had a panic attack=
 this last
> > year doing a floor crawl. =EF=BF=BD(First time ever.) =EF=BF=BDMy son s=
aved the day, and
> > pulled all the wires.
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> Its our instant satisfaction requirement in this country.
> why build it when i can buy it. =EF=BF=BDWhy get a ham license when i can=
 chat
> on line thru the internet all over the world.
> I do not know about you but I feel pretty dam good when I design and
> build things.
> Couple of the guys I have taught over the years have all said it is
> really great to be able to go to your kids or grand kids and say look
> at that building I piped it or wired it or built it.
> My Great grandfather was an iron worker and I get to see his work
> every time I drive thru the Oakland section of Pittsburgh.
> There is just something satisfying about working with ones hands that
> many in this country have missed out on.
> I do not know about you but I come home every day even bad days =EF=BF=BD=
when
> im all creaky with arthritis and still love what i do..
> How many people can honestly say that.-

I can, thankfully without the arthritis.