Re: OT :Radio Shack

[Effenpig1 <dirtyspicevent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 22, 7:37=A0am, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Dec 21, 9:13=A0pm, Effenpig1 <dirtyspicev...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Dec 21, 10:34=A0am, "RockyTSquirrel" <gafa@/nospam/usa.com> wrote:
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> > >http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/305/Kits/1.html
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> > > You might have to rush shipping =A0but =A0they got a few...
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> > > "Effenpig1" <dirtyspicev...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > >news:6c8167c7-1208-4d92-8ff3-1d1c194e735f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=
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> > > > When did radio shack stop making those little circuit board project
> > > > kits?
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> > > > 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 ma=
ny
> > > > kids burnt their houses down with the soldering iron. I was going t=
o
> > > > 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 proje=
cts
> > > > for it. No soldering though.
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> > > > I figured I better start getting him interested in electronics earl=
y,
> > > > in a few years He'll be old enough to go out on jobs during the
> > > > summer.
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> > I'm going to see how he does with the solder-less kits first. I
> > actually did find and bookmark a few similar sites last night. There's
> > a company called Elenco that makes some pretty neat kits. If he does
> > good with the smaller solder kits I'll probably get him one of the
> > robot kits.
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> > When I was a kid my Dad and I built little telegraph boards with
> > buzzers and would sit in the living room talking in morse code. He
> > also was into ham radio, I still remember all the different antennas
> > all over the house.
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> Theres a company called Ramsey which makes neat kits too

I was looking at the (weller?) cold heat soldering iron but the guys
at my local electronics shop said it's not a good unit for teaching
"proper" soldering. They recommended a rechargeable unit made by Wahl.

The guys at my local electronics shop crack me up, it's the same 3
guys working as far back as I can remember. They all have pony-tails
and glasses so it's funny when a new customer gets asked who they
talked to about something. The usual reply " uh, it was the guy with
the ponytail and glasses". It's the big "joke" down there. Anyway,
they have everything, and I mean everything, you can possibly imagine.
Even shelf upon shelf of old vacuum tubes. I honestly cannot imagine
what I would do if they weren't around. Luckily, they've been in
business for a long time and have stayed profitable, so I doubt
they're going anywhere. I don't know if any of you guys ever heard of
the band Harpo, but the one guy who works there has been a member
since back when they were still cool.

Oh, yeah, also my garbage man is the bass player from Dirty Looks.
Seriously.