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Article #1683Re: OT but fun - 1939 Radio Shack catalog
From: Ron
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:50
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:50
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On Dec 16, 8:34 pm, ChrisCoaster <ckozi...@snet.net> wrote: > On Dec 16, 8:00 pm, Ron <BigELil...@msn.com> wrote: > > > On Dec 13, 4:22 pm, ChrisCoaster <ckozi...@snet.net> wrote: > > > > On Dec 11, 4:00 am, Soundhaspriority <nowh...@nowhere.com> wrote: > > > > > <sshankSTRIKET...@tds.net> wrote in message > > > > > Xns9B70C1104A486sshanktds...@216.196.97.131 > > > > > > This is a hoot. > > > > > >http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1939/ > > > > > I cried myself to sleep for weeks after my local Radio Shack closed last > > > > year. While I rarely bought anything, the clerks taught me how to curse in > > > > Pakistani. And I could get lots of catalogs by giving them a different name > > > > every time I was there. I get Radio Shack catalogs by the hundreds. > > > > > Now I have to content myself with an ice cream from my Baskin Robbins (I got > > > > Bwian fired from this one, too) and the grocery store. > > > > > "I don't really have a career, it's a very gnawing thing" > > > > > Robert Morein > > > > (310) 237-6511 > > > > (215) 646-4894 > > > > ____________________ > > > That site is a SCREAM! > > > > ANYONE who wants to know what audio equipment is SUPPOSED to look like > > > should browse any catalog from the late 70s - early 80s. That goes for > > > boomboxes as well as home components. > > > I care more about performance than looks. > ______________________________ > If that's the case, I'll take looks over dumbed-down. What exactly do you mean my "dumbed-down"?
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X-Google-Thread: 10cf58,f4c037e36d31c213 X-Google-Thread: 108c0a,7d8d0d14b96b0bb9 X-Google-Thread: fb1f8,7d8d0d14b96b0bb9 X-Google-Thread: 104a1f,7d8d0d14b96b0bb9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10cf58,gid108c0a,gidfb1f8,gid104a1f,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!postnews.google.com!w1g2000prm.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Ron <BigELilE05@msn.com> Newsgroups: rec.audio.pro,aus.hi-fi,rec.audio.tech,rec.arts.movies.production.sound Subject: Re: OT but fun - 1939 Radio Shack catalog Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:50:26 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 51 Message-ID: <96dcde5e-deb9-4786-93e8-a67b2604eac4@w1g2000prm.googlegroups.com> References: <Xns9B70C1104A486sshanktdsnet@216.196.97.131> <C56713C6.B85D3%nowhere@nowhere.com> <84d0e4e7-a4b1-4b21-a112-61a61a751452@e24g2000vbe.googlegroups.com> <5300a6c5-e61d-42e2-8e9e-d6a733501217@a26g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <2bac351b-71a8-486b-8187-081e3445f6e5@e10g2000vbe.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 72.189.153.7 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1229478627 9458 127.0.0.1 (17 Dec 2008 01:50:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:50:27 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: w1g2000prm.googlegroups.com; posting-host=72.189.153.7; posting-account=iJqbegoAAAB-Y5j5hq97lV8PzMusnvLj User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe)